I saw Clover's Collector's Edition at the library and the cover said it was a most daring science-fiction work. The art seemed nice so I checked it out.
It's not science fiction. It's fantasy dystopia --- and a not very good one. For instance, the main character's supposed to be a four-leaf clover, the most power kind of sorcerer there is, uncontrollable and therefore forced to be alone. This makes no sense, because anyone that powerful can do whatever she wants, so why would she submit to forced isolation. We never see much demonstration of her powers.
There's a sort of romantic relationship, and references to the past, but we never see resolution of the major event, the death of Kazuhiko's lover/partner. I only found out later through a web-search that the series is indeed incomplete.
The narration revolves around a song with elusively written and vague lyrics. That's OK, but the same song is repeated in bits and pieces throughout the book as well as reproduced frequently in full length. Again, this works in movies or TV but not in comics.
About the best thing about this book is that it's short and therefore I didn't waste much time reading it.
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