Los dibujos de Manara, como siempre, excelentes. La historia deslavazada, carente de interés alguno. Mezcla conceptos de filosofía oriental y ritos indios sin orden ni concierto, los banaliza. El título, una impostura. Nada tiene que ver con el texto oriental, ni en la diversidad de posturas ni en su carácter instructivo para jóvenes esposos. Eso sí, se ajusta al canon pornográfico con el que fue acogido el texto en occidente desde el s. XIX. Si no se puede hablar de pérdida de tiempo es por lo poco que se consume de éste en su lectura. ( )

Parva, a blonde bombshell, has a traffic accident and inherits in the confusion a mysterious box. It contains a magical talking snake that, when rubbed, brings out a handsome male genie. The genie tells her that for him to become of flesh & blood (something she desires greatly) she must undergo a number of sexual exercises based on the ancient Sanskrit book The Kamasutra. Being hot for the genie she's more than willing to give this a try.

The illustrations are as you would expect from Manara, are up to standard, with many of the lithesome leggy women indulging in sexual antics. A pleasure to own and look at. My version in Spanish does not detract and were I to spend more time with it, would probably help me a little in learning the language. ( )

Adult full-color graphic novel.

This book is Manara's version of that old sex book. Manara's version is set in modern times, and involves two women, and the trouble they get into when one of them ends up with an odd object in their possession.

As a blonde woman rides a little motor scooter along a city street, a man calls out "Show me what you've got!" The girl turns, glares and flips him off. Distracted, the girl ends up driving into a courier on a scooter. The courier drives off, leaving one package in the street; the girl retrieves the package and takes it home. Unsure what to do with it, she calls up her friend, a female that wears a red hat throughout the book, and is occasionally attached to a geeky looking guy. The friend suggests that the blonde should open the box. Blondie does and finds a long green snake like thing.

After removing her pants, the blonde girl checks herself out in the mirror for injuries. Suddenly a voice calls out to her. Apparently it is the long green snake like thing. The girl raises her shirt at the green snake-like things command, and then strokes the snake. Out pops a genie like creature which is the spirit of Shiva, blondie's hero (oh, and if it is important at some point, blondie is called Parva). The nude shimmering spirit thing tells the blonde girl that he could be flesh and blood again. Blondie wants to help. Apparently, if she passes some tests, she can meet up with the spirit's body during the full moon in August. Just then, Parva's friends arrive. Blondie allows Red hat and geeky guy up to her apartment without bothering to put anything like pants on, leaving her half-naked.

The snake mentions that whoever possesses it is in danger of Kali the Destroyer, and only tantra can protect. Therefore, blondie and geeky guy end up kissing. Kissing doesn't seem to be enough, so they have an orgy. Two beautiful women, one geeky Woody Allen looking guy. During the orgy, the pictures turn reddish and the people are barely visible.

Suddenly an irate turbaned guy bursts in looking for the package. Blondie grabs the snake and runs upstairs. Geeky and red hat hurriedly dress (at least a short skirt and pants). Finding that she isn't safe hiding upstairs, blondie wraps the snake around her like a belt and runs out into city traffic. Blondie is now wandering around wearing just a white t-shirt and a green belt. Without the belt, she is barely covered, with the belt, all is exposed below the waist. Blondie runs down prostitute alley with angry turban man after her. To try to disguise herself, she grabs a guy's coat, and when she spots the angry turban man coming, she leaps into the strange man's arms (coat guy, not angry turban man). Angry turban walks past, blondie attempts to leave, coat guy flips her over, sucks on her, flings her down, and inserts himself into her. Suddenly red hat arrives and knocks out coat guy.

Blondie and red hat run away, but when red hat realizes that blondie left the coat behind, red hat (Lulu) runs back for it. Blondie (remember, Parva) hides in the back of a storage container resting on a truck trailer (18-wheeler). Red hat is captured by turban man and blondie ends up locked up in the back of the trailer, off to who knows where. The container is lifted straight off the trailer and placed on a merchant ship. Before she knows it, off blondie goes on an ocean voyage. She pounds on the door, is let out, is fondled and led before a strange fat guy and a nearly naked she-male. Running from them, she falls overboard, floats to a beach. Found by nearly nude, but masked and turbaned men and dragged, strangely enough, to where her friend had been lead after her capture. Another 18 pages of this strange little book.

Overall, a strange little story. The artwork was good, the plot-line was strange, the she-male was annoying, but especially annoying was red hat's refusal to ever take off that red hat. (by the way, that test that the spirit guy mentioned? it doesn't start until page 52). ( )