Konnichiwa minasan!
I would like to apologise that I did not blog about the Japanese anime series
for sometime. Well, I have watched a few Japanese anime series lately. Now I
would like to recommend one of them to you. The title is called “Gosick”. It is
an adaption from the Japanese light novel series.
The story is set in a fictional
European country in 1924; a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious,
brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep. Her brother, a detective,
relies on her exceptional mind to solve difficult mysteries.
Title
: Gosick
Genre
: Mystery, Drama, Romance, Adventure
Episodes
: 24
Status
: Completed
Story :
GOSICK takes
place in 1924 in a small, made-up European country of Sauville. The story
centers on Kazuya Kujo, the third son of a Japanese Imperial soldier, who is a
transfer student to St. Marguerite Academy, where urban legends and horror
stories are all the rage. There he meets Victorique, a mysterious yet beautiful
and brilliant girl who never comes to class and spends her days reading the
entire content of the library or solving mysteries that even detectives can't
solve.
Characters Descriptions :
Victorique de Blois (ヴィクトリカ・ド・ブロワ)
Birthday:
December25, 1909
Height : 140 cm
The heroine of the story. Victorique has the appearance of a small, almost
doll-like, girl with long golden hair and emerald eyes and a voice that sounds
exactly like that of an older woman. It is mentioned once that she is 15 years
old. Another important part of Victorique's appearance is a pipe that she
smokes when thinking about something. She spends her days at the conservatory
at the top of the library, reading several difficult books, often in different
languages, simultaneously. She points at one wall of the library and has told
Kazuya that she has read almost all the books over there. Along with her sharp
tongue, abusive bluntness and eccentric attitude, she possesses amazing
detective skills.
Kazuya Kujou (久城 一弥)
Height: 168 cm (5' 6")
The main character of the story. As the youngest son of a soldier, Kazuya has
spent most of his life struggling with living in his highly successful
siblings' shadows. Jealous of all the attention his brothers got, he worked
hard to compete, but everything changed when he understood that adults, who
think that the youngest child is always spoiled and useless, will never
acknowledge his efforts. With a permanent scar in his heart he left the
military academy in Japan and before anyone from his family could stop him,
went to study abroad to St. Marguerite. Unfortunately, his appearance, combined
with the student body's belief that "the traveller who comes in the spring
brings death with him" has resulted in Kazuya being called the
"Reaper" and having no friends. By some twist of fate he becomes a
messenger and companion to the most eccentric pupil in the school, Victorique.
At first he didn't like Victorique because of her arrogant attitude, but after
some time he started to care for her and be protective of her. He is described,
by Victorique, as a good and sincere person whose soul is pure and beautiful
enough to admit pride. Despite everything that happened in Japan he is proud to
be a soldier's son.
Grevil de Blois (グレヴィール・ド・ブロワ, Gurevīru do Burowa)
Grevil is an aristocrat who had forced the
local police to make him a detective purely because he had an interest in crime.
The most noticeable thing in his appearance is his drill-like hairstyle that
Kazuya thinks could be used as a deadly weapon. In the light novels he smokes a
pipe identical to Victorique's. This isn't shown in the anime. Being a terrible
detective, he has relied on Victorique to solve his cases. Despite that,
Victorique was never acknowledged for her efforts because she must not be made known
to the public. Grevil is the half-brother of Victorique sharing the same
father; Marquis Albert du Blois. Grevil's mother was Albert's proper wife while
Victorique's mother was simply a mistress. It is revealed that he was in love
with his childhood friend Jacqueline. Unfortunately, at that time she was
already married. Grevil, with assistance from Victorique, solved a case and
acquitted Jacqueline of an accusation (framed) of murder. While he is described
by Victorique as a heel and a playboy, it is implied that his current happy
self is nothing but a shell to bury his sad past, including losing Jacqueline
to someone else and not being able to show his concern for his sister openly.
Avril Bradley (アブリル・ブラッドリー, Aburiru Buraddori
An international student from Great Britain.
Because she and Kazuya are both foreign students, they quickly found common
ground and were able to talk freely, instead of treating Kazuya like a monster,
which is what most of the rest of the students are doing. She is a beautiful
girl with short blond hair and blue eyes. It is hinted that she has feelings
for Kazuya. She represents Kazuya's ordinary ties to the school, apart from his
adventures with Victorique. She also enjoys eating and is fond of ghost
stories. Through the first novel she has not met Victorique.
Cordelia Gallo (コルデリア・ギャロ, Koruderia Gyaro)
Victorique's mother, who hails from the
legendary "Village of the Gray Wolves", a secluded castle town (later
stated to be a small independent kingdom by the village elder.) inhabited by
people with seemingly communal attributes - short stature, pale skin, blond
hair, green eyes, and high intelligence. It is also shown that they develop
precognitive abilities in old age. She was expelled from the town after being
framed for the murder of the then-current elder, and her whereabouts were a
mystery until Victorique manages to prove her innocence, when she is seen
beside Brian Roscoe.
Brian Roscoe (ブライアン・ロスコー, Buraian Rosukō)
A famous magician whom Kujo regularly
encounters. After Victorique proves Cordelia Gallo's innocence, he is seen
beside Cordelia commenting that her "sin" has been burned together
with the only bridge connecting the Grey Wolves' village to the outside world.
During the First World War, he used his capabilities as an
illusionist, along with a magic lantern, to disrupt a German bombing run on the
"Beelzebub's Skull" convent in Lithuania - a huge projection of the Virgin Mary.
He was the one who helped Cordelia escape from the sanitarium she was in left
by Albert after Victorique's birth. Since then they have been working together
to oppose the Marquis' intentions.
I really
like the character of Victorique as she looks very lovely with her doll-like
costume as she is a petite girl. But she is very intelligent and always teases
Kujo and her elder brother. She likes to eats sweets and it makes her even
cuter. :P She and her mother are having the same face.
As
for Kujo, he always “bullied” by Victorique but he likes her very much. He
tries his best to protect her and I am glad that they have a happy ending!!!
OK,
let us take a peek of “Gosick” below.
Well,
if you would like to catch the mysterious and adventure with Victorique and
Kujo, please click on the links below.
I
have yet to read the manga series of “Gosick”. I would like to read it if I have
spare time in future. I was enjoying the anime series very much as I think it
is very interesting with the story. It makes me to guess the ending with every
story in the series. Moreover, this series is very much in the Gothic style. The
costumes of the characters are beautiful especially on the main heroine,
Victorique and Avril.
Wish
you enjoy watching and/or reading “Gosick”! Sayonara!!! J
The official website for Ichijinsha's Monthly Comic Zero-Sum magazine announced on Saturday in Japan that Yuki Amemiya and Yukino Ichihara's 07-Ghost gothic fantasy manga will end in the magazine's October issue on August 28. The manga will also be featured on the issue's cover. The manga's story revolves around Teito, an orphaned slave with magical powers who enrolls in the military academy of the Barsburg Empire. However, he discovers his father's killers are in his school and flees. Teito gets caught in the larger struggle between Verloren, the God of Death, and the "beings of light" sent by Heaven: the Seven Ghosts. Amemiya and Ichihara launched the manga in 2005, and Ichijinsha published the 16th volume in Japan in May. Go! Comi published the beginning of the manga in North America in 2008. Viz Media then picked up the license in 2012, and the company released the fifth volume in English earlier this month. 
