Aflame Inferno © Lim DallYoung & Kim KwangHyun/Haksan
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media/Level Comics
Aflame Inferno 1 of 5+
By Lim DallYoung & Kim KwangHyun
Original title: 불꽃의 인페르노
Haksan, seinen
Volume 1: [contact] first released in Korea 2006.07
Published in Indonesia 2010.04 by PT Elex Media Komputindo/Level Comics
May contain [SPOILERS]
Synopsis
Model high school student Kang Sichan finds himself embroiled in a battle among demons — to his mortal peril. As he lays dying, he is possessed by the monster Inferno, effectively transforming him into a half demon. The only way for Kang Sichan to break free from the bond with Inferno is for them to stockpile a thousand Invento Hells, in the hopes of finding the right Resurrection spell.
[With additions from Baka-Updates Manga's Aflame Inferno entry]
This fantasy manhwa, Level sez, brims over with action and then some. Or as Aflame Inferno editor Tika-san puts it,
...presents the conflict between humans and demons in unique ways.
Both Tika-san and fellow editor Lenny-san agree that art-wise, Aflame resembles Oh! Great's martial arts action manga Tenjou Tenge, resulting in Tika-san endorsing the seinen manhwa as a Must-Read
for Tenjou Tenge fans.
Lenny-san zeroes in on what makes the two titles similar:
the cool guys and sexy ladies *ufufufu*
As I noted in the main Level post, the *ufufufu* chuckle is the original (unedited) punctuation to the soundbite. The cool guys and sexy ladies
bit explains the manhwa's most popular demon monsters-contract-older female
tags/categories in Baka-Updates Manga's Aflame Inferno entry.
The same source recommends this title if you also fan Shin Angyo Onshi and Claymore. Baka-Updates adds that the Japanese Kill Time Communication publication house began issuing Aflame Inferno in 2008. Titled 炎のインフェルノ, it has also logged five volumes (albeit with covers different from the Korean version's) and is serialized in Comic Valkyrie.
TOKYOPOP also licensed the manhwa for North American distribution, but its fate remains unknown. A Flame Inferno volume 1 was initially scheduled for a 2008.11.11 release, but at last check was still unavailable.
Level Comics Volume 1 street date: 21 April 2010
~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03) who thanks Level editors Lenny-san and Tika-san for the cover, blurb, and initial impressions
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