Title: Sarasah
Issue: Volume 3
Date: 2010
Publisher: Yen Press
Writer: Ryu Ryang
Artist: Ryu Ryang
Letterer: Abigail Blackman
Set in the Shilla kingdom of ancient Korea, this is a period court drama with some minor fantasy elements. Ji-Hae, a girl disguised as a boy, is training to become part of the Hwa-Rang-Do. She has feelings for Ja-Yun, a warrior recovering from an injury, and now has reason to suspect the feelings could be mutual.
Meanwhile, there is a plot against the Queen, and an investigation to try to uncover the conspiracy.
This is an exceptionally pretty book, and the courtly intrigue and drama were fun to follow, even in my position of jumping into this in the third volume. There is a lot going on here, and I found myself wishing I had a better (as in better-than-none-at-all) of Korean period costume to get a more sure sense of who everyone was and what their position was in the court. The fact that I had this train of thought is testament to how this managed to grab my interest.
I may be looking for more of this series.
Rating: 8/10
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