Planet Ladder Volume 5

Planet Ladder is my all-time favorite manga, and I don't say this lightly. The art is beautiful, and the plot is refreshingly complex. Sure, those summaries on the back may make Planet Ladder look simple, or even dopey, but once you start reading it's another story. All the characters are complicated and unique.Simply put, if you want a beautiful shoujo manga with some real substance, try Planet Ladder. Two thumbs up!

Wow! I think this book definately shows character, and the art is absolutely gorgeous. Hopefully more of the series will be coming out!

Idou fills in Bambi & Meshie fills in Kaguya, finally giving us a large amount of the story. We finally find out Kagami's connection to Kaguya & Seeu & their connection to the whole end of the universe thing. Bambi meets her sister, takes up Living Weapon Pyro, & embarks on her first campaign destroying a collapser for Emperor Kura in 7 minutes. Quite a bit happens in this Volume--we discover Bambi isn't quite human as we learn more about her father & Kaguya appears to all the worlds with the help of Gaviela, sage forbidden of Meteor, to announce her plans to save not a world, but someone who will help save the most people of all the worlds.The 4 pg mini-comic at the end of a day in the life of Mad Prince Seeu is cute.This is not a magical girl series like Rayearth. More sci-fi/fantasy than swords & sorcery since everything appears more science-based except the sages & their powers(which could be explained as psychic later) & the Living Weapons(which also could wind up having a tech rather than magical origin.) There are some very good-looking characters in this series--my fav is Mad Prince Seeu with straight red hair down to about his knees, owner of scythe-like Living Weapon Lunato Mercury.