I thought Cecily was okay but she was channeling a bit too much ditsy naiveness for me, hopefully this will be toned down in future books.

I enjoyed Luke a lot as a character: he has that whole mysterious lone samurai thing going on. The storyline is pretty typical fantasy complete with Demon Pacts, a lone swordsman who can kill anything, and a hopeful girl who wants to learn how to kill anything. I thought the drawing was good but not spectacular. However along the way she gets obsessed with the fact that maybe an awesome new sword will make up for her lack of training.ĭuring an incident where a madman starts terrorizing people in the marketplace, Cecily tries to stop the madman but fails miserably only to be rescued by reclusive swordman/blacksmith named Luke. She recognizes this and tries to seek out training. Cecily comes across as a bit silly at times she wants to be a Knight Guard like her father and grandfather before her but doesn’t really have the training. This was a decent start to this fantasy shounen manga series. A lone figure named Luke Ainsworth swoops to the rescue, a swordsman and blacksmith of much renown, who will repair the broken sword Cecily has inherited from her father and take her down a road of perilous adventure beyond her wildest dreams.” She quickly realizes, however, that she is hopelessly outmatched and ill-prepared for an actual fight. Eager to do her heritage proud and defend her city, Cecily rushes to the marketplace to stop a madman from terrorizing the populace. “Like her father and grandfather before her, Cecily Campbell has entered the knighthood and joined the ranks of the Knight Guards of Houseman.

They really played up the old school, romantic-leads-hate-each-other-until-they-fall-in-love schtick, with Sydney joking she thought Glen was his more famous co-star Miles Teller “until the fourth day of shooting.” Glen said Sydney’s character is “a real nightmare,” and she said he’s playing an “a**hole.Stand Alone or Series: 1st volume in the Sacred Blacksmith “We love seeing ourselves on the big screen.” A post shared by Sony Pictures front of a packed crowd of cinema chain owners, they proved why their movie is worth putting into theaters: pure heat! Though some of that was generated by the friction…Īs they set up the first trailer, Glen told the crowd:

Hotter Than Hell by Kim Harrison