I haven't read the manga, but I did enjoy the brief Angel Sanctuary OVA. I had somewhat high hopes for this manga given it was published at around the same time as RG Veda. Lest to say, while I love how You draws human faces, this manga is pretty much a trainwreck.

It seems like the protagonist Hilda has memory problems that were caused by the villain named Lauress. He wants her for himself, but he wants her to fully fall in love with him. The problem is that while he does save her from the occasional loser that snares lewd comments at her beauty (because apparently an attractive young woman that works as a professional dancer in a tavern is just asking for the wrong kind of attention), he's the worst person of them all. Putting his beauty aside, Lauress is just a really awful, abusive and jealous person and Hilda seems to be just too stupid to realize he's up to no good.

I just don't understand Hilda. One moment she's all cuddly and goodie good shoes, then the next she has this evil grin on her face where she wants everyone to die and then the next moment Lauress tortures a guy in front of her and then she berates him one minute and kisses him the next.

What kind of tragic love story is this?

The sidekick characters are also confusing. Hilda is being kidnapped by thugs and one of the presumably heroic sidekick characters doesn't care and doesn't recognize Hilda's face when the apparent hero Roderique attempts to talk to Hilda to stay away from Lauress.

At just 10 volumes that are rather short, I could easily continue reading this series but dammit, the plot is so stupid and the artwork a hit-and-miss that I feel like I'd be wasting my time. You have been warned. ( )