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Ayakashi Triangle review
This is a fairly new manga, with 19 chapters as of writing this. I usually don't write reviews for serializing manga since my opinion can quickly change, but I feel as if this story needs more attention. I'm not going to give a brief explanation about the plot of this story since you can read the synopsis yourself, I'm going to write a review, not a summary.
To be blunt, this is a really solid manga. The art is breathtaking at times for a story that updates weekly. The mangakas have a unique way of drawing horror panels which further enhances your reading experience. The clean and detailed art style is satisfying to see on each page. Add this with the eye catching character designs and you're left with eye candy. Well, that's what would happen if the story and characters weren't interesting themselves. That is not the case though, you see we are shown an interesting set of characters in a developing world which leaves us wanting for more. Each character has a different personality which makes their interactions funny since they may clash a lot. The female characters aren't used for fan service only and I hope it stays that way, I don't want to see fictional tits on my screen even though I like girls. The women in this manga are strong, mentally and physically, paring with the male characters. We don't have a vast cast but I'm sure it'll grow alongside their world. The setting is still off since the world building hasn't been the focal point as of now. It's too early to judge (at least in my opinion) them for that so I can brush it off now, but if it doesn't change in the future we're going to left with a huge problem. Overall this is a nice read if you want something generic but executed well.
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Himeyaka na Tousaku review
Himeyaka na Tousaku is a short series that follows the main character Miyuki who is a beautiful rich girl who lost her mother a few months ago and her father suddenly disappeared. Currently the leader/head of the household/family meaning she calls the shots. Mikage, her butler, lives in her mansion and is her only emotional support that she has.
So, I read this because the summary sounded amazing, don't you think it's interesting? Well, what it doesn't give off is the dark feeling the series has. Sure, she just lost her mother a few months ago and her father "suddenly" disappeared. That's a little dark but there is more to it then just that. Let's say, this isn't a series to read in a dark room if you don't like the feeling of suspense. How suspenseful can a Comedy, Romance, Shoujo be? Well, why don't you read it and find out for yourself, hm? There's only 5 chapters, no one-shots, so it makes up the whole "volume". This isn't my typical type to read... well the Romance, Shoujo and Comedy part is but there is a gothic feel and a dark underlying story. I highly recommend giving this a chance. Hey, feel free to let me know your thoughts on it once you do, yeah?
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KARE KANO HAJIMEMASHITA review
Alright, this is cute. It’s all about a boy and girl being in a relationship for the first time and not really understanding just what it means to be in a relationship. Hinano is rather confused and embarrassed almost all the times to be with the boy she loves so much, partly because I think it was unexpected. She never thought that she would be with him so when he said he loved her; it was so much for her to take in. On the other hand, the most popular boy would of course not feel embarrassed about the girl he likes so he doesn’t
really understand it. Misunderstanding happens and then everything ends up like a normal story. It’s cute and short, that’s pretty much it.
The artwork is pretty standard. Again, nothing really stood out to me on that. This is one I would reread. The story is what saves it.
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Kodomo no Kodomo review
This one wasn't classified as seinen for nothing, so if you're expecting a cute story, then pass. But if what you search in manga is a collision of ordinary human's life and society issues, that's one pretty unique read. It's trashy sometimes and heartwarming sometimes, just as a life of nasty, low-educated but still pure in heart kid looks like. This is also the only manga I know which deals with "gender-neutral" popularizing teacher and describes the flaws of both having and not having sexual education. This is the atory where naive and undisciplined kids have to decide the adult questions because...the adults sometimes behave
just kiddish! This might be a shocking story at some plarts, because it does describe ugly things together with important and heartwarming and at the point I'm writing this, it's scanlated only up to half, so it could go much worse or much better from this point. But since the conflicts of the story are promising, I await an interesting resolution to them. 9/10, in advance.
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Abara review
SPOILERS AHEAD! TL:DR: It's bad, but you can read if you want, there is some great art and its short.
While Blame! Manages to create a compelling narrative with little to no dialogue, Abara is too rushed, concepts are not build up, if the white Abaras invaded earth, who are the monsters that activated the tower? What is the tower? Did the city blow up in the end? Did the white Abaras died? Then why there were two out of place chapters about with the two women? What happened? At the end of the scan I read, there was a glossary explaining all the concepts, names and events that happened in the manga, I don't know if that was in the original manga, but I know that in Blame!, a manga by the same author and that also used less dialogue, didn't have one, that was because unlike Abara, Blame! actually builds up the world, the characters, the machines, the technology, everything, Abara starts with a man turning into a monster, killing another monster, then gets beheaded and comes back in the end, then we see other types of monsters? But what are these monsters? Weren't the Abaras the ones that invaded earth? What was that skeleton-cyborg-man that activated the tower? WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? "B-But you have to see the symbolism! And you must interpret your own opinions!" Nah Nah Nah, the greatest writers, movie directors and mangakas showed that you can't make symbolism and interpretation the basis of the history, you can add them as much as you want, but they can't hold the entire thing together alone, there has to be characterization, themes, world building, tone… etc. This was rushed, weird, nonsensical and disappointing.
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PAJAMA NA KANOJO review
Story: 7
The story is not bad. However, it's not a story that you can consider as something that will stand out. Throughout the story uses the cliche: Childhood friend x MC x Popular Women while adding a supernatural element to make it different. Some of the playful scenes of Makura were hilarious while Yuki's teasing scenes were spicy at first but they died down too fast. There is comedy in it but a comedy that does not standout that much. The pacing is slow, the portrayal gave off a sad feel and the ending was sudden but it was still enjoyable. Art: 7 The art is good but not outstanding. The lines are drawn clearly and you can't find any confusing pages to read. Personally I love Hotaru's character design. Character: 7 Both Keisuke and Yuki can be considered as "run of the mill" characters. Makura can be considered as above average but not outstanding. In any case, giving consideration that IT IS a shounen/ecchi manga, there were no characters that can be considered overly annoying. Enjoyment: 7 The series started off nice but the as the story progressed it gradually went down with a few plot twists. It had potential to be better if only the supernatural aspect was utilized more. With all that said it was enjoyable nonetheless. Overall: 7 It's not that bad and it's not that good. I suggest reading this as entry level to Supernatural Romance manga, a "pacifier manga" while waiting for your main manga releases or as something to just read for a few hours. If you enjoy short but not one-shot mangas or anthologies then you'll definitely enjoy this. Comments: I really would have loved it if it were given an extra 24 chapters!
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Tenshi no Hane to Akuma no Shippo review
I LOVE THIS MANGA!!!
The story is about this devil prince Luca, who attends an academy for angels. Because of his 'never say lose' attitude, he got forced into making a pact with Haniel to be one of the 'knights'. Whereas on the other hand, there's this fallen angel, Lilith who is bounded by a curse that he would be eaten by his own shadow. To prevent this calamity from happening, he has to slay devils/demons and feed the 'devil's tails' to his shadow. He's also one of the 'knights' and he gets along bad with Luca despite the fact that they have to work together. Tears appear on his eyes if he's touched by a devil. He seem to get along really well with Chronos. Haniel is the cute but cool angel. He wings are damaged and she could not fly. She's a mysterious character and Luca gets really suspicious of her. The academy is facing an unknown calamity and the knights are there to stop it. (would love to add apoilers but...) The art is really good. Even though it's stated that it's a shoujo manga on here but...I've bought the manga and from what I know, it's a shounen manga... ^_^ Or else, how else would you explain the number of 'Boys' words written behind the cover of the manga? And the style seem quite shounen to me as well... I've got a manga of the similar company and it's a shoujo manga, the words written behind are 'girl comic'. But there's the word 'Boy' written behind this manga!!! So, why is it shoujo? I'm confused... I enjoyed a lot reading this manga, it's really funny to see Luca making fun of poor Lilith and touching him purposely just to embarass him. And Chronos has a really GREAT obsession over Lilith. He even had a 'pillow' resembling Lilith. Luca seem evil at time because he's a devil but he has a kind soul inside of him and everyone is aware of that, even Lilith. Overall, this manga is AWESOME! It still remains as one of my favourites ^_^
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Okama Hakusho review
Okama Hakusho is a manga that explore the thematic of the narcissism though the gender bender genre. I would says that it is a "tragicomic" manga: furiously ridiculous/funny while being at the same time very terrible as you watch the MC loosing touch with reality little by little, especially in the last third of the manga.
The plot is relatively simple: Okama, the MC, try to find the "true love" of his life, but because of a joke of his pervy best friend, he ends up working at a gay bar as a drag queen. He quickly fall in love with his queen persona: Catherine. While working, he encounters a girl named Miki that looks like exactly as him-as-Catherine and falls in love with her too. Here starts a very uncomfortable relationship between Miki, Okama-as-Okama and Okama-as-Catherine. That manga probably would have been your standard "ecchi boy-dressed-as-a-girl meets girl and can't confess to her" if it wasn't for the psychological development of the MC. The manga use a very fast-paced comedy though ecchi and a very caricatural supporting cast, yet the manga also has very heavy moments where you see the MC loosing touch with reality, either loving or hating himself. Considering how fast-paced the manga is, the psychological development of the MC isn't done though long internal monologues, but mainly uses visual hallucinations, which I think is a good way to deals with the case of narcissism. The ending of the manga is on par with the rest of the story: a very surprising ending, both funny and terrible. And it concludes by an afterwords from a psychiatrist who explains the behaviors of both Okama and Miki, which is a very nice afterwords. Though, if I loved the manga, it also has its cons. First you have to tolerate/like that kind of humor. And I think that the manga drags out in its middle. Otherwise, it is definitely a very good gender bender manga in my book.
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