I found this series one weekend browsing through a local bookstore. What made me pick up this series then put it back before picking it up again was that the series was created by Kamome Shirahama: the women who created the popular series, Witch Hat Atelier. Eniale and Dewiela is a short manga, spanning only at three volumes, so I bought all three volumes in one swoop.
Angles and Demons coexist together in different planes but come together when visiting the world of the living. Two females who couldn't be friends any other time find a way to connect. One a low ranking Angel and the other a powerful devil. When the two fight about clothes, who needs help, and how to help them, the world never will be the same....
I wasn't sure what direction Eniale ad Dewiela was trying to go toward. The story opens using the start point of humanity using an infant who has lost his parents. The two women use every out of the box method to find the runaway parents. You would think that a she devil would care less about a random baby but, Eniale seems to bring out a caring bone in Dewiela. She's somewhat always on the fence. That's were the comedy lies. She will help out then in the next breath state that she will claim your soul. Eniale is presented in a more pure heavenly image since she's an angle. She's a pretty selfish character during certain points in the story. Especially when fashion is more important than clearing up the mess you made. Both ladies seem to come together when it comes to fashion and Kamome wastes no time drawing the ladies in different attractive wardrobes. Witch Hat Atelier has a more childlike theme that sets it's story apart from this one, though both have deep issues in their stories that don't seem so bad until they're right up in your face. Conflicts don't really come up until volume two which is my favorite part of the series. There's an introduction of more characters that cause Eniale and Dewiela to fight. We really get to believe that Dewiela is a demon as she works her magic. Then in the final volume, Eniale let her new found power go to her head and Dewiela keeps her distance. Comedic moments lace all three volumes through the girl's shenanigans only to balance the more serious moments to come. The conclusion felt never ending for the most part.
Kamome's artwork is what pulls readers into her works. She has some of the best looking character models in here genre. The scenery looks like very detailed sketches also. Everything just has a welcoming feel visually. If that makes sense.... Artwork can make you feel warm or embraced.
Eniale and Dewiela is the devil wears Prada literally. It's a series dressed as a comedy that isn't actually a comedy. These two have a light hearted friendship considering they come from different sides of the tracks though.
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