"...You're wrong. It's ... not that I can't escape from my father!
I ... don't want to escape!! I am in the palm of his hand ...
and imprisoned within an endless ring. No matter what he does
to me ... every part of my body and soul belongs to him!
That's the way I have been molded!"
--Dr. Jezebel Disraeli
Man, this is one fucked-up manga series. I thought Naoe & Kagetora in "Mirage of Blaze" were the most seriously screwed-up characters ever, but everyone in Count Cain makes the two of them appear completely sane and reasonable by comparison. Thing is, N&K's descent into madness occurred over the course of four centuries, while the characters in Count Cain managed to do it in one lifetime. Quite the accomplishment, if you ask me.
I doubt this story will ever become an anime. It's just too damn disturbing. Victorian England is the perfect stage for such dark storylines that are about to unfold, and appropriately enough, the hero of the story is a poison specialist. He's also a child of incest whose mother tried to kill him, and his father physically & mentally abused him after her death. Together with his servant Riff, he solves various mysteries involving murder, ghosts, vampires, poisons and other macabre stuff.
Cain Hargreaves (in yellow) and Riffael Raffit. Don't worry, it's just fanservice, not yaoi.
The first two volumes are pretty standard one- or two-shot story fare. Once the author got approval for a longer series, however, other characters begin to appear that tie into a sinister plot by a secret organization known as Delilah which has its roots in the Hargreaves family's skeleton closet. Jack the Ripper
(Post in Progress. Will finish later.)
I ... don't want to escape!! I am in the palm of his hand ...
and imprisoned within an endless ring. No matter what he does
to me ... every part of my body and soul belongs to him!
That's the way I have been molded!"
--Dr. Jezebel Disraeli
Man, this is one fucked-up manga series. I thought Naoe & Kagetora in "Mirage of Blaze" were the most seriously screwed-up characters ever, but everyone in Count Cain makes the two of them appear completely sane and reasonable by comparison. Thing is, N&K's descent into madness occurred over the course of four centuries, while the characters in Count Cain managed to do it in one lifetime. Quite the accomplishment, if you ask me.
I doubt this story will ever become an anime. It's just too damn disturbing. Victorian England is the perfect stage for such dark storylines that are about to unfold, and appropriately enough, the hero of the story is a poison specialist. He's also a child of incest whose mother tried to kill him, and his father physically & mentally abused him after her death. Together with his servant Riff, he solves various mysteries involving murder, ghosts, vampires, poisons and other macabre stuff.
Cain Hargreaves (in yellow) and Riffael Raffit. Don't worry, it's just fanservice, not yaoi.The first two volumes are pretty standard one- or two-shot story fare. Once the author got approval for a longer series, however, other characters begin to appear that tie into a sinister plot by a secret organization known as Delilah which has its roots in the Hargreaves family's skeleton closet. Jack the Ripper
(Post in Progress. Will finish later.)
