Fairy Cube: Vol. 3

by Kaori Yuki

Synopsis
Ian and Rin used to just see spirits. Now Ian is one. Using the Fairy Cube, Ian must figure out how to stop the lizard-spirit Tokage from taking over his life and destroying any chance he has of resurrection.

The Last Wing
Will Ian save Rin? Can he stop Tokage? Ian only has one chance left to get his life back!

Review
This is a pretty good series. It ends well and is a good read. There's nothing annoying or cliche about it, but there's also nothing spectacular about it.

The basics of this final volume is that the fairy god wants to recreate Faerie on earth, and to be resurrected, and he doesn't care who he kills or uses to get what he wants. Some of the minor players like Shira, the daughter of the president of the Gotoh Group, and Kaito, the mysterious man who helped Ian get his revenge, all have their own motives as well. The best part, though, is finding out what really happened to Ian and Tokage's mother, why she abandoned Tokage, and why she disappeared. It ends about how I expected, and was acceptable.

There's also a bonus story called Psycho Knocker, that actually is a side-story to this manga. It chronicles what Isaiah (you'll know who he is by the end of the main story) and Raven have been doing since the end of the story. It's pretty interesting, and I think it was a good inclusion and was well done. I'm glad it's not a regular series, because it would have too easily become a monster-of-the-week story.

Final thought: A good series that's worth reading, but not good enough to own.