The Hunting of The Snark (スナーク狩り, Sunaaku Kari), is all about one topic that has been told and told before, revenge! One ill-fated girl Keiko who has been cruelly cheated of her life by his ex boyfriend, set to commit herself for one sweet dark revenge, DEATH! (can i have sweet dark chocolate? ;p) In the midst of dark cloud of hatred, she went inside a bar for a drink and met this one innocent bartender Shu. Shu offered her more than just margarita, but also his charm and purity. I guess somebody up there responsible for destiny, either want to screw this pure poor man or believe that this innocent bartender is able to lift up the darkness. From here on is a battle of emotion between settling with the cruel past vs a chance to let it wash away.
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With the story continues, the pieces start coming all together and intertwine nicely towards the end. The surprisingly sad history of the pervert geezer bar owner Origuchi, Shu's broken family of hapless father and Shu's little angelic sister (who doesn't deserve to be in this gloomy manga). Not to mention sang pelengkap penderita (what's this in english?), Yumi, Shu's childhood friend who's in love with him but will never have him even she waits until eternity (even Setsuna came back to Marina Ismail after 50 years of quantum space travel). The story spans exactly one year from Christmas to Christmas. The last few pages is astonishingly beautiful drawing of snowy Christmas where it all ends happily (most of).
Now what is this scary dark human shaped shadow called Snark? I guess the cruel intention of revenge no? It's everywhere and once you give in it will eat you alive until no more. But, if you pay close attention, the real Snark is not from within your heart. The real Snark is that black cat Alice! It's all started once Keiko brought that cat home! ooh noo it's after me!! XDD
Revenge, revenge, is there anyone in this world immune to it? Even the innocent and pure Shu finally give in to revenge. And even more confusing, what makes them stop in the middle of it? With all those fuel burning feelings going on your head, suddenly a piece fragment of divine memory reminds you to stop? It won't happen every day of the week, gotta pray you're in the right day.
Hmm this manga title seems familiar, i think i've heard it somewhere before. *tepok jidat* aaah it's Lewis Carroll piece of work. No wonder this nonsense naming all over the story, Bar Jaberwocky, Apartment Bandersnatch, Alice the cat.. I guess the mangaka inspired by Lewis Caroll? Most possibly.
With this, I christen this little blog with IntenseDebate! \^^/
