Abandoned in a cabbage patch as a baby, Misty-Rain is saved from certain death by a witch who brings her up as her own. Far from the company of humans, she is raised as one of the Dokebi, a magical race from Korean myth. Among them she is happy and content, until one day she loses the trust of her protector, causing the enchantment that had kept the secret of her true identity to be broken. She is cast out to the world of her birth and must find her place among her own kind. Land of Silver Rain is a captivating tale of love that is often regarded as a classic. A must read for every fan of romance comics.
MISTY-RAIN
Though a human, Misty-rain grows up as a little Dokebi girl with a dashing soul. She gets thrown out
of the land of Dokebis and thrown into the human world
when she falls into distrust with the Great King of Darkness.
SIRIUS
Sirius is the sole heir to the throne at the land of the unicorn Dokebis
in the West. He proposes to Misty-rain as an apology for getting
her expelled from the Dokebi land, and descends to the human world
following Misty-Rain.
THORNPRICKER
Thornpricker is an eternal enemy of Misty-rain since their childhood days. She provides the main cause of Misty-rain's deportation. To make things worse for Misty-rain, Thornpricker tries to bring Sirius back to the land of Dokebis.
THE GREAT KING OF DARKNESS
Unlike his title, the Great King of Darkness is a young king of the land of Dokebis who possesses a heart of gold. He takes in and becomes a guardian of Misty-rain even when he is aware that she is a human's child.
MONGRYONG
Mongryong is a three-tailed old fox who befriends Sirius and becomes his subordinate.
This story promises to tell a love story that unfolds in two
worlds - one in fantasy and one in reality. It begins in the
world of ghost-like spiritual beings of Korean lore, the dokebis.
They are much like us except they have horns and fang teeth. A
young human of Earth was abandoned in a cabbage patch but was
saved and raised by a dokebi witch. Silver Rain believes herself
to be a dokebi but that is because a spell has been cast to make
her look the part. She is very popular, except with Wild-Thorn
her jealous rival. A prince from the Unicorn Kingdom (they only
have one horn) happens upon her by accident and inadvertently
plays part in he imprisonment when she is famed by Wild-Thorn.
The results of her actions and the events that follow break the
spell and reveal her to be human. Now she is imprisoned and the
unicorn prince is sneaking off to see her.
There is so much in this volume the above recap just scratches
the surface. The relationship between Silver Rain and the witch
is explored in detail as are the cast of characters, which is a
lot larger than the few mentioned. Like many good stories there
is a fair amount of character development. The creator's style is
a mixture depending on the mood being set. Sometimes it is vague
and ghostly, then very fine-lined realistic and next it might be
cartoony in an emotional situation. There are even times when it
lapses into a lot of text to explain things. It is always
engaging and entertaining. The amount the main plot moves in
almost 200 pages may seem too little to those used to most
American comics. There are a lot of side stories and scenes to
help us to get to know the people, the culture and the folklore
it is derived from. The main characters are not entirely
admirable; each has some quirk that makes them more real to us.
It is a fine first chapter in what promises to be an interesting
story.
-David LeBlanc, Editor, Comic Book Network Electronic Magazine
so far (I'm only on volume 2). But it is a bit of a killjoy that the chapter titles are spoilers. Did anyone consider getting rid of that? It is really annoying.
I just love Mira Lee's style--so classic and beautiful. This one's a keeper. I can read it again and again. It never fails to make me smile, laugh out loud.
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