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Akira review
Akira est de ces mastodontes qu'on se doit de lire. Et de voir. Puisqu'il est bien connu que les deux embranchements pris par la saga, un brin chaotique, par Otomo tantôt Mangaka démiurge, tantôt réalisateur pressurisé, multiplie le champ des possibles. Akira, donc, c'est une œuvre somme, publiée pendant plusieurs années, condensées dans 6 volumes en papier massif. Et s'il avouer que l'œuvre plutôt titanesque, pour ce type de récit, a de quoi interpeller - et opéra comme une onde de choc en occident, la relecture, parfois un peu fastidieuse n'est pas tout à fait à la hauteur de la légende.
A blâmer ? Une histoire qui multiplie bien trop les séquences d'action à en devenir très rapidement rébarbatives. C'est comme si, au bas mot, 80% des planches étaient dévolues à mettre en scène des courses poursuites, des escapades, des fusillades ou autres bastonnades psychiques explosives (sans parler donc, des big bang catastrophe). Bien sûr, ces séquences sont assez magistralement dessinées et mises en scène. N'empêche que fort rapidement la lassitude pointe… Ce qui est d'autant plus dommage que l'univers mis en place est fort en promesses, pas toujours creusées. Pour l'époque du début de publication, en 1984, Otomo tente une anticipation finalement totalement hors-sujet, et aux problématiques raccordées à la guerre froide alors sur sa conclusion. Ainsi, les expérimentations militaires sur les bambins renvoie au danger nucléaire. Et les enjeux géopolitique (URSS vs US) s'avéreront plutôt vite obsolète IRL. N'empêche, même si Otomo est tout rivé à son effrénée cavalcade, il effleure ainsi le zeitgeist de son temps : jeunesse nipponne rebelle à canaliser, voulant s'émanciper d'une attitude paternaliste. La psychologie des personnages, pas immensément creusée (une lutte fratricide entre deux ex-meilleurs amis, une love story répulsive puis attractive… On a connu plus original), laisse tout de même quelques agréables surprises. Ainsi, l'évident personnage de grand vilain, Le Colonel, s'avère bien plus complexe et porté dès le départ par une problématiques hume-ienne (sacrifier quelques uns pour éviter la catastrophe majeure). A contrario, pas de franc manichéisme, malgré quelques rôles secondaires un peu fonctionnels (le politicien rat, le magouilleur se servant de Tetsuo/Akira pour son propre pouvoir). Et un scénario qui parvient tout de même, avec la césure du milieu (l'apocalypse comme si vous y étiez) et à la faveur d'une ellipse, à créer un geste ample, romanesque. Au final, une démonstration de force imposante, un peu pesante et redondante, mais à la majesté indéniable.
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Yuusha desu ga Isekai de Elf Yome to Pizza-ten Hajimemasu review
This goddamn pizza isekai is great and you literally cannot change my mind.
At its core, "Yuusha desu ga Isekai de Elf Yome to Pizza-ten Hajimemasu" is a food themed slice of life light novel with a relatively satire play on various isekai tropes and a premise that centres around making pizza. Do you like pizza? You'll like this light novel, which delivers mouthwatering descriptions of them. I absolutely live and breathe pizza, and I was pleasantly surprised at how accurate a lot of the descriptions are; it's clear the author has done at least some amount of research beyond the superficial. Good on them. Similarly to what the author states in the afterword, The chapters act as self contained comedic arcs with an overall overarching progression throughout the series. Because of its relatively short length, some people may be disappointed to hear that the progression doesn't go as far as many of them would like it to be, but such is to be expected in a slice of life series. There's occasional art that's relatively well done scattered about each chapter, though my only real complaint of such is that some of the characters look similar enough to blend together. That's the case with some of the characterizations as well, being relatively standard tropes at this point. The novel does take advantage of said fact to make a few relatively funny gags though. This novel obviously won't be a 10 for everyone, especially those who have read more light novels than I have, as a lot of it is pretty standard fare with some tropes that have probably been overdone. But given that the author does poke some fun at the isekai genre as a whole, if you aren't tired of isekai yet and you have any love for pizza, give this series a shot. You may not like it as much as I did, but you might also have a goofy smile on your face through at least some of the segments; it's a fun read that doesn't try to play itself off as anything it isn't.
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Slow Starter review
Having read and enjoyed Chihiro Harumi's other works, such as 'Koi wo Suru no ga Shigoto desu' and 'Velvet Kiss', I found this manga to be severely disappointing. Though the art was as good as always, the story and characters were abysmal, demonstrating none of the finesse displayed in previous works.
Where the initial premise lay, one would expect to see a development akin to the series 'Kuzu no Honkai'. Two people who do not love each other come together in a shared intimacy driven by loneliness, and a longing desire for that which they cannot have. However, 'Slow Starter' lacks the intelligence shown in 'Kuzu no Honkai', and most disappointingly, the mangaka seems more focused on creating surprising plot twists, to the extent that they forgot a coherent story-line is still required. Stories about traumatic experiences can add incredible depth (see Bitter Virgin), but in 'Slow Starter', this is horribly mishandled. Inserting it for the sake of inserting it causes more harm than good, as these types of story-lines require careful and deliberate construction. The nonchalance a certain character showed towards her traumatic experience greatly disturbed me, mainly because she seemed to be so unaffected by the fact that her bodily integrity had been brutally violated. And that's exactly it, the characters as a whole were poorly written, which played a part in preventing the story from achieving its potential. Through the surface, there is very little depth to the characters, who often carried out actions that innately contradicted the qualities that were supposed to define them. First off, the lesbian Azami being fierce towards other guys for trying to take advantage of her drunken state, but makes an exemption for the male protagonist to exploit her inebriated stupor? Credit can be given, on the broad spectrum of emotions she exhibited, reflecting the pains and conflicting feelings of being in a love seen as socially taboo. I was also satisfied with the answers she found to her questions at the end, as well as how she turned out. Nonetheless, despite being the main heroine, she was largely absent for the remainder of the series, that it was difficult for me to feel attached to her as a character. Instead, the story became about how the main character interacted with the person Azami loved, which led to a dead end the mangaka desperately tried to salvage with a plot twist that came out of the blue. That is to say, although I was satisfied with the character Azami finally developed into, I would like to have seen an actual transition from her former self, rather than getting a sudden change that is difficult to justify. Kaoru ended up becoming the main heroine of the series, in my opinion. She was meant to be the enigma who drove the progression of the story. Unfortunately, she became the scapegoat for what I reckon was a massive cop out, and too much was left unanswered. All the suggestions made by other characters, which were supposed to imply something about Kaoru, were never really addressed. The hints were all there, but the puzzle pieces never fell into place. Additionally, it was both frustrating and concerning that one of the messages this manga seemed to advocate was slut shaming. In this story, certain actions are justified, if the girl 'acted' in a way to somehow deserve it. That is to say, being perceived as flirtatious and inviting, invites sexual assault upon oneself, which I cannot agree with whatsoever. At first, I felt that this series showed some real promise by seeking to deal with some pretty complex emotional questions on sexuality. However, the lack of character development really hurt it, and the ending as a whole was unsatisfactory. Most of all, its mishandling of a sensitive issue such as rape, is something I personally cannot justify.
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AME NO FURU BASHO review
Ame no Furu Basho is more of an idea and it aims and achieves nothing more than providing food for thought. It's a fairly straightforward tale that showcases life after a break-up and life after a death poignantly.
Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose after his girlfriend leaves him. After he is informed that she committed suicide, his brain is set to introspect mode. Through the course of the 28 pages, he introspects and goes on a journey of self-revelation. The story is very simple and there are no plot twists of any sort, and neither are they necessary. Real life conversations cut in occasionally with flashbacks is all that this one is about. And with less than thirty pages to work with, we are handed quite a heavy message. There are no distractions in the form of comic relief or melodrama and it all moves in a focused and rather melancholy direction. If you're a fan of ABe, looking for a manga with a lot of meat on it or even some eye candy, then Ame no Furu Basho will without a doubt disappoint you. However, if a quick thought-provoking read is your thing, then this should work like a charm. It takes only about five minutes to read, so just dive with both feet in, because you'll be up in no time.
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Youkai Watch review
(This review may change during time, i've only read the first volume and bit of the second volume, italian version, so it might not be a fully proper review.)
As a new fan of Yokai Watch, it happened to me that i bought the second and third volume of the italian version of this manga when i went to a comics store. I love the character designs of the franchise, especially Jibanyan, which made me get into the franchise. I never bothered buying the game as infact the mangas costed about ten bucks or fewer, so let me get this straight on. The manga's storytelling is fairly simple enough for a teen-aged reader, due to the manga being directed to mostly children, but it has both funny moments and horrifying moments. There's a medium frequency of frightening scenes throught the chapters which can show that the Yokais in question can have depressing, scared or scary looks, and as a reader who tend to fear about these kind of scenes, kids might feel disgusted looking at these creepy faces that appear in some scenes. Even if the story seems bland, each chapter focusing on a Yokai can represent a real life social problem, such as arguing, uncomfy feelings, memory forgetting, etc., and it gives the fact that they can be technically "seen" through the manga's titular Yokai Watch, which will be accompanying us through the series. Nathan (or Keita) seems to retain its usual mediocre personality, but the story order is different that only each new chapter introduce either a new Yokai and/or other new characters such as his school mates, but that isn't a really big problem. About the art, I thought the manga was drawn by the same guys who did the franchise, but instead, the art style didn't find me familiar when i first saw the cover art of the mangas. The art style is indeed different from the original sources and sometimes they notably have less detail than what i've seen from the anime (yeah, there was only few times i've seen shots from the Yokai Watch anime). As said above, the creepy-inducing scenes make the art look gritty and there's yet lots of freaked out faces to expect. An example of this art style is that Jibanyan sometimes tend to have thin arms and legs depicted in some scenes, while other Yokai depicted surely can have creepy details. The art style seems fine, even if it's not exactly like the original art style in the games and anime versions. It's not very tasteful, but it's not bad either. Considering this is even the first manga i've bought, this isn't even technically, for me, the first manga i'd read. I've literally came to read this because of the light hearted characters, such as Jibanyan, Komasan, and some other favourites.
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Jinrou Game review
Jinrou Game is by no means a masterpiece. Nonetheless, it is still an entertaining and enjoyable read if you are looking for something that's easy to digest!
To call the story simple would be an understatement. It is a simple killing game (known to me as "Mafia", also known as "Werewolf Game") without an intricate setup or huge, surprising twists. But it doesn't work in spite of that, it works because it is so simple! You know what you get, is all I'm saying. It's simple-minded fun to see teenagers kill and suspect each other. The characters lack depth, but the main character is likeable and somewhat relatable. The support cast is two-dimensional and some are walking stereotypes. The art is great in some places and below average in others. Overall I like the style though and I am a fan of what they did in some parts, when they used symbolic pictures to describe a situation or explain some rules etc. Overall it is average, but it is good where it counts. Simply put: Know what to expect when you start reading Jinrou Game. It is nothing special, but in my opinion it doesn't need to be. It's an exciting killing game with decent art and decent characters that won't blow you away but makes for an enjoyable waste of time.
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KOUYA NO KOI review
There is always a time in everyone’s life when we get deceived by appearances and we try something out only to see it was absurdity packaged in a nice wrap. This is the case with Kouya no Koi, a seemingly coming of age story at the tender age of 12; learning about your body, learning the ways of the world, learning about the other sex and of course learning about love. Love is practically the answer to everything in this case, however convoluted it gets.
Where to begin with this? My experience with the manga can be summed up in a single scene: 12yo main girl keeps falling more often these days and her house’s helper takes her out bra shopping. Why did she do that? Because apparently her normally growing breasts made her fall forward and a bra would fix that. That is honestly the logic that permeates the work. For bonus points, in another scene, the 12yo main girl explains she hates being touched and an adult woman tells her that as a woman she will be touched by her romantic partner and she will give birth, so she needs to face her fears because that is what a woman is. I mean, is that not how you are supposed to advise a child who has such a fear? In yet another scene, a 13yo girl who is a stranger shows off her bra randomly to the 12yo main girl and other girls in the school grounds (and not the lockers room) just to tell her she is going to buy underwear that matches the taste of the boy she likes. What was the main girl’s reaction? “Her bra is so mature.” These have only been examples of how everyday things get a completely irrational spin to serve the purpose of entering teenhood. Everything feels forced after the first few chapters, the story revolves only after love in the most absurd of ways, everything keeps happening so the main girl can keep asking herself the same questions over and over again, the romance is idiotic at best with almost everyone falling for her at some point, most adults are laughable but are still trying to sound all pretentious because they are talking with a 12yo girl who supposedly does not know much and in general, it reaches the point that you read just to see how worse it gets. I will admit it had some cute/nice scenes, but they get lost under the sheer quantity of horrible treatment. The characters are not thought out well at all. The main girl starts as an ordinary girl to a bit smarter girl to a complete idiot in a matter of seconds. I kept trying to convince myself that she is really young and thus, she is learning a lot of things, but that would only get me this far, because a lot of things did not make any logical sense, other than “What is love?” in every other corner. In general, everyone’s character that we see is all about love and nothing else so at most we see some pretentious problems and illogical thinking. All in all, I laughed a lot while reading this. Thankfully, it was short enough so I do not regret wasting my time this much, but if I knew, I would never even glance at it. It was the art that pulled me in and that is where I can give a high score, but everything else was ridiculously bad so I cannot let art affect the final score much. This is more or less a warning for everyone who is thinking of reading it.
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Past Future review
Past Future is a gag comedy manga, if you went in looking for deep exploration or drama then you will sorely be disappointed, BUT if you like a little laugh (or maybe even specifically looking for this kind of genderbender comedy) then it's surely worth reading (it's pretty short after all).
Essentially the manga used Densha Otoko's famous plot device of "discussing problems on the BBS/Internet" thing as a central plot driver for Kako (the main protagonist) to do various shenanigans to get approval from his little sister (which is pretty genius to be honest), the gag is that his attempts obviously fails and he go to the BBS to report and continue the cycle. There's just a bit of drama at the end to nicely tie up the story, and even in the climax the BBS is involved so it's not just an early gimmick or anything. As you might've assumed from this format, it is slightly repetitive and the little sister acts unreasonably just to create tension, thus it is pretty lacking in the story department. Some (to be more precise, just two) side characters showed up to mix things up a bit, but in the end it's still just about the relationship of him and his little sister. tl;dr: good if you want a quick laugh about a crossdressing dude, bad if you want good story. - Scores: Story: 3 Art: 4 Character: 6 Enjoyment: 7 Overall: 5
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Koko wa Green Wood review
I started reading the manga because of liking the anime a lot, and the manga was very enjoyable and fulfilling in more Here Is Greenwood greatness. There are a lot of funny moments, but then sometimes there are some moments that are a bit more touching. Occasionally there's moments of characters referencing the fact that they're in a manga and such, and other times there's an "appearance" by mangaka talking about the story. I usually don't like that kind of thing in manga/anime but it works well here.
The setting (usually) of school's dorm and the interactions between all the characters are interesting. But then of course the residents of the dorm aren't usually very normal, the main characters of them being Hasukawa, Mitsuru, Shinobu, Shun, and a guy that carries his motorcycle. Okay, the last one isn't a main character except for a few various chapters and makes appearances, but he's always fun to mention. Hasukawa can be a bit weak at times as well as taken advantage of or misled easily, but he's also kind, can be fast, and over time grows more. Shun, his roommate, has an interesting aspect and can be pretty amusing as well. Mitsuru, the head resident, pretty much tortures Hasukawa constantly and is the "pretty" one all the girls/women are after and has miraculous healing abilities in his face. Shinobu is the class president whom shares a close yet intricate relationship with Mitsuru and can be cold and calculating, as well as being the most feared by all students. The artwork is pretty good (maybe an understatement). There's interesting storylines; advancing things with Hasukawa's brother and first love, stories involving the main characters and get to see some backstories, as well as a bit of science fiction or fantasy type sidestories, and of course a bit of ghost stories what with it being a school sometimes taking place in summer. The characters and stories about them are pretty interesting and can easily draw you in making you wonder what happens with them next or had happened to them in the past. There are also times where there will be a problem or some outside character or force is trying to cause a problem and the main characters will skillfully (and sometimes not as skillfully) resolve the matter. The series is probably even better than I make it sound and so should at least be given a look if there's a chance to. There are only two bad things I can think of about it. The first being the major of the two, and that being the fact that every once in a while a bit of text will disappear off the edge of the page. The version I read was the Viz American release. The words having that problem aren't in bubbles and are usually easy enough to figure out what it's supposed to say, though. The other is that I wish there was a bit more to happen between some characters toward the end of the series, but that's just a personal wish. Nothing's left unresolved with them exactly, just would've liked to have seen more.
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