Title: Angel Sanctuary
Issue: Volume 1
Date: 1994
Publisher Viz Media
Writer: Kaori Yuki
Artist: Kaori Yuki
Setsuna's life is a mess, and that's before we even get into the details of his incestuous feelings for his sister. In the background of all of this there is an ongoing war between angels and demons and their various earthly reincarnations.
The artwork had some pretty spots, and there were a few moments where this story's horror elements really stood out nicely, but overall, I found it to be on the confusing side. This was a very nihilistic take on angels and demons, but it didn't leave me with much in the way of likeable characters.
The worldbuilding and the backstory are there, and there is definitely potential to get a decent story out of this, but this failed to hook me as an opening chapter.
Rating: 4/10
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