Friday, 24 July 2015

Legend of the Sun Knight

Written by Yu Wo, author of 1/2 Prince and Kill No More, both also excellent works.

Originally began as light novel series, but now manga and anime exist. Correction, anime in my dreams, please come into reality soon.

I love this lady's writing. Gorgeous words and style and plot, wow.

Alternate Universe, gods exist and they bestow their followers powers through worship and spells.

In the Church of the Sun god, is the Sun knight and he is one grumpy, surly, beautiful blond, with a temper. Unfortunately his job requires him to smile all day ( with all teeth shining ), look beautiful all the time, and speak in flowery prose. Oh and it requires him to be a virgin/celibate, because everybody knows that the Sun Knight is devoted to his god. Ouch, you can't pay me enough to take that job.

The Sun knight also has to fight the powers of darkness and wield spells of light, so why is he so good at spells of darkness? And really lousy at sword fighting?

This is a comedy but it does have serious moments and the main character, for all that he seems unlikable, is actually a beloved leader and a really good guy. See for yourself, read the books.


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