Thanks to the recommendation by sanguisuga, I purchased my copy of Silver Diamond by Shiho Sugiura. It took some time to get to it. I don’t really know why but I finished it and I have to say that I really like it.
I’d seen the cover of Silver Diamond before but always passed it over. I find it kind of difficult to find new manga to read if I never heard of it or read a preview of it. With Vassalord I read a preview of it in one of the anime magazines that has since shut its doors. I had an initial idea of what I was getting myself into with Vassalord but with Silver Diamond I had no clue. So I was a little hesitant to start reading it. What if I don’t like or what if the characters are unrelateable and on and on I went but I had to give it a chance. I mean if someone took the time to comment and suggest a manga I could at least read it (not like I had any other manga to read).
Well, I’m glad I did. I worried for nothing (such a waste of energy)! Rakan, Chigusa, Narushige, and Koh (so far) have kept me plenty entertained. Silver Diamond Volume 1 Sliver Seed has a good plot and the relationship between each character has great potential. Volume 1 thus far has laid a solid foundation by providing a bit of background information on each character but holding back on the detail thus having me beg for more.
Silver Diamond Volume 1 is about Rakan Sawa who’s a junior in school and lives alone in a house that has an incredible garden which he tends to on a daily basis. His life seems pretty normal (minus the incredible garden) until a mysterious man drops out of nowhere into his backyard. Chigusa, this mysterious man, is from a another world and he has found his Samome (a person who can make plants grow at will) and vows to stay close be Rakan’s side – he must protect Rakan. Of course Rakan finds it all unbelievable that he has this special skill and that this guy came from another world but being the good guy that he is he goes with it (why fight the truth, right?) So Rakan “tries” to accept the situation which only gets more intriguing when another guy from the same world, expectantly appears in his backyard as well.
So, now Rakan has 2 guest living with him (oh did I mention the other guy Narushige has a companion? A talking snake Koh. I don’t really like snakes but this snake isn’t too scary – thank goodness). Which isn’t too bad of a thing – both guys (and snake) seem like good people and they both consider Rakan a Sanome and wonder why he looks so much like their Imperial prince (a question I continually ask myself as well).
Silver Diamond has really peaked my curiosity as to how all these characters relate to one another and who Rakan is actually? I’m looking forward to volume 2 but until then here is the Silver Diamond Volume 1: Silver Seed summary chapter 1
Book details:
Tokyopop
Age: 13+
Creator: Nanae Chrono
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