MANA

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Mana is really a charm with a short but cozy story that keeps you engaged until the very end.

The art style is 00's shoujo like, it highlights the characters fashion sense and personality, with really full lashes and defined thin eyebrows. The attention to details on backgrounds, solo panels, and storyboard is the cherry on top.

You can't resist to connect with the characters, they're all easily likable, complex, flawed. And each plays a role on plot progression. You'll see a lot of ghost stories cause the main plot develops within them, It's a very unique supernatural romance, that focuses more on the build ... up, but when it happens suddenly all the little pieces stick toghether.

If you like this type of genre, you'll certainly enjoy this manhwa. Mana remembered me a lot of xxxholic ( and you should also read it), like a distant cousin. The cultural and historical aspects are presented a similar way on both works.


tags: ghosts, spirits, haunting, possession, exorcism, folkore, shamanism

I liked this series a lot. Each chapter layered a new aspect to the story-line and Lee Vin took a great historical approach to the story as well. She nicely explained different customs as well as tied in actual events into the story. The art was outstanding, clean and detailed. The characters were complex but easily likable. Overall, it was really good!