Sprite

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Holy shit
The sun has appeared!
By the way
I've hit 2000 views 
No matter how I got to that number I'm happy that I did
I'd like to thank you, invisible audience, for all the views
Anyway
Today I bring you
Sprite~
(No, not the beverage.)


Sprite


Story & Art: Yugo Ishikawa
Publisher: Shogakukan
Rating: 16+
Synopsis: (mangaupdates.com) Yoshiko, a hardworking high-school student, is always taking care of others. Despite studying hard for herself, she still finds the time every day to copy her class notes and deliver them to her home bound, video game playing, childhood best friend who has not been to school for quite a while. One day on her way back from delivering the notes to her friend, she notices "black snow" falling from the sky. Confused, she asks her friends Miki and Kiriko if they had seen the snow, too. Having not seen anything, her friends assume she has been overworking herself. Yoshiko, who also regularly helps out a reclusive uncle, one day brings her friends along to help, planning on doing some karaoke afterward. Due to the appearance of the black snow, an ominous event happens and things keep getting stranger and stranger...


Art Review: 3.5/5


A very detailed manga, expected, as it is a apocalyptic manga and that tends to be detailed, although I don't like the design of the faces very much, every single person in this manga aside from the 'reborn Kurt Cobain' seems like they are chubby. I also don't like how all the fear faces in this manga just look like everyone is a zombie from 28 Days Later (an honestly botchy movie.)


Story Review: I think I picked this manga to review simply because it was called Sprite and I'm really thirsty. Yoshiko starts walking outside and sees black snow. Um, guys, it's Japan, I think that's ash.. And no, I'm not implying that they have incinerated Ash Ketchum and somehow scattered his ashes all over Japan (no pun intended.) Yoshiko was sitting in class when it started snowing black again. But to be honest I was playing attention to the Japanese Yahoo knock-off, Yahuuuu! I found that hysterical. "Oh wow, yahoo.com, that still exists" If you're a Raocow fan, you know exactly what I'm referring to. I guess someone tries to be a troll and scream that Yoshiko is watching porn. If YOUR nose is bleeding, miss, then you are no better. At the sight of blood, the following is uttered: Student: Bleeding!! Student 2: Bleeding!! Student 3: Her nose is bleeding!! Firstly, are you guys a male chorus or something? We're not reading a musical are we? (How on earth would you READ a musical, anyway?) Secondly, thanks for pointing out the obvious. We move along to Bront, who for whatever reason, has a online game that is closing. As soon as he gets kicked off he throws his monitor to the ground and rage quits. There are other games in the internet sea, bro.. My question is, how is a guy who has played games for 10 years, ever able to take care of a dog? Oh that's right, he can live off of ramen leftovers. And this Bront guy is so emo. At one point he just says "the whole world is raining.." I was expecting him to go,"and my heart is crying." And I swear when he was looking down at his can of beer I was expecting him to headbutt it, like in that commercial. A time tsunami hits (don't ask, the manga's not even finished so I can't even begin to explain that) and after he tries to call his dog. Your dog looks like Frank from Men in Black. I really don't think he can help pull anyone's weight. I always thought that in these apocalyptic mangas, the guy with the shaggy hair and wisdom about the situation would randomly turn epic even if they are old, but it turns out otherwise, as Bront stands up, steps on glass and faceplants against a wall and collapses. When Yoshiki comes to, she decides to call someone. Ohh, the choices.. 119 for fire department.. 911 for police.. Or mom. Let's call mom first! The girls try to figure out why it is so black outside, and Kiriko suggests that Mt.Fuji has erupted. Girls, it wouldn't have that much ash if it erupted unless the Earth was taking Ex-Lax today. After, they see some guy crawling from the rubble, panting,"Woo hoo, woo.." Seems a bit inappropriate for the moment. A query about this manga, why is it that everyone who is found here, they look like a zombie. With the bloodshot eyes, and the mouth gaping and the blood tears.. The guy they find jumps in the water in attempts to find a way to escape. He quickly realises that it isn't really water that he's jumped in. Firstly, you guys are on the 42nd floor. How were you expecting to make it all the way down if it's flooded all the way up there? Secondly, if it's pitch black, I think it's safe to assume it ISN'T water. It could have been TAR for all you know. Following the guy jumping into the water and dying they keep exclaiming that it's NOT water. With all that proclamation you'd think they were enacting the "I can't believe it's not butter" ad. The wife of the man who just died is also pregnant, and she tries to jump into the water to save him. She rips the baby out of her womb and dies as well. What threw me off for a second is that the baby was not only unharmed, it had a full head of hair and can speak. For one second I thought she had a super uterus. Another query about this manga, what is it about this water that makes older women batshit insane? The next woman takes this kid, thinking it was the one she used to have that died in the earthquake. Oh Kiriko.. Tsk tsk. You're breaking a rule of apocalyptic manga.. Don't ever go alone anywhere and try to be a hero... You usually die. But she gets lucky and finds a bunch of children on the roof instead. With tents. Somehow. And rescuing fat people? Already this seems like a bad idea. They automatically go and steal supplies. They themselves are walking supplies. All you have to do is embrace cannibalism.. -evil smile- And you know you're addicted to video games, Bront, when you even dream about them when the world is ending. I do have to ask myself one question.. In my notes I have written the following with no context whatsoever,"I chickens." Just what the hell was I trying to write? I shall give you a cookie if you help me find that out. Anyway, Bront continues to fail. You even see his dog facepalming at this point. So we find out later that the 'black water' is time itself in a physical form. Explains the woman with the super uterus. I kind of laughed when Bront exclaims that he's spent 10 years studying time, and Kiriko walks in at that moment and says it's a waste of time. What a wonderful pun. And apparently the kids on the roof have found ways to avoid time for at least 250 years. It somewhat explains how time has become material. They've wrecked balance. And I have a terrible feeling that this is all going to end up being a huge metaphor. When the black water does finally drain, Yoshiko says, is that how it is? It makes it sound like she's offended. Mhmmmm *snaps fingers* Bront asks the 258 year old kid what's happening, and he says he doesn't know, and Bront retorts that he's a useless 258 year old. I really was expecting him to say 'YOU WHIPPERNSNAPPERS' or something else stereotypical of old people. Another thing I thought when reading that, how would you give this guy a birthday card? Buy a card for a 50 year old and write a huge 2 beside it? As they start discovering that they have gone to the year 2059, Setsuko finds a cartridge for a game for the PS5. What's next, the xbox1080? They do sort of make me mad in this scene. I know they are all freaked out and everything, but they can't even figure out why there's a calendar for the year 2059. And apparently since now you have gone in time there are giant insects. That's the future? With my lifestyle I'm supposed to live until 2083, assuming I don't get killed or something. If that's what I have to deal with when I'm 65, fuck that shit. Speaking upon those insects, with Bront's addiction to gaming, I expect he's going to hear Final Fantasy music in his head. Now, see, I told you NOT to save those fat people in the beginning. Look at them now, they're blocking your door as the giant insects chase you. And as more bugs arrive to eat them, I'm thinking to myself,"Now's not the time for you guys to be re enacting The Mist. Break that window with the bat!" (Although I know it's cruel of me, I laughed REALLY hard at the ending where *spoiler alert* The father shoots all of his family because he hears noises, only to find that it was the army making those noises. *spoiler alert* I just find things like that funny, for whatever reason.) The fat guy insists he's not going to open that door and says,"The only way this door is opening is over my dead body!" You know, considering how fat you are, that's not going to happen even if you died. Yoshiko takes the bat and says that she will fend off the bugs. With the way she was posing with the bat for battle, I swear she was gonna say,"IN THE NAME OF THE MOON I SHALL PUNISH YOU" I just started loving this manga even more. A cool Kurt Cobain look a like has come to save the day! Now that you think about it the future might not be so bad if they decide to resurrect Kurt Cobain. Bront yells at Yoshiko for trying to be brave, saying,"If you died, how could I face your mother?" Um, considering you've gone into the future, I don't think that would matter much anymore. And as we see the monsters walk away with Setsuko in their.. umm.. Mandibles, I think to myself,"Oh no, they're eating Shirley Temple." (I seriously don't believe she's still alive.) The 258-year-old-kid (still don't know his name) asks for a gun. Child with a gun. That reminds me of Katekyou Hitman Reborn. Or Chuckie, when he decides to ditch his kitchen knife. The action scenes in this manga, I think of epic rock songs in my head while I'm reading. All of a sudden while he's fighting, Kurt Cobain just turns around and has glasses. That's fucking epic. And it kind of reminds me of the meme. If you need to be linked to that, I should slap you. Overall, I really enjoyed this manga as you can see, and it's not even over yet. A great manga you should pick up if you're a fan of the apocalyptic manga.


9/10

Quick Witted Boy

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Why won't these clouds go away? D:
Grr I want to go outside and have fun and stuff -n-
Anyway
Today I bring you
Quick Witted Boy~


Quick Witted Boy


Story & Art: Mi Sa-Lyn
Publisher: N/A
Rating: 13+
Synopsis: (mangaupdates.com) In a deserted place, wish upon coins, then laugh loudly three times, your wish will come true... The carefree and outgoing Eu Hee secretly likes a girl; however the person she likes is another senpai. If this isn't ridiculous enough Eu Hee decided to help her confess to her crush!


Art Review: 4/5


It is a rather cute style, although I noticed in the front cover, Eu Hee kind of has a derp face going on. I loved the design of So-Cheon, her eyes were very cute.


Story Review: I find this shoujo interesting, it has a male lead. This manga opens up with a bunch of guys dancing. One of the girls there screams,"I'd go out with you even if you were gay!" Prepare for the most unsatisfying relationship you've ever been in. This guy, Eu Hee, acts like a girl over his crush, blushing over the fact that their eyes met. You know the idea of throwing coins and then laughing loudly three times seems a wee bit creepy. It would almost seem like you are evilly cackling. You'd think you'd summon a devil, rather than wish for something. He makes wishes too, like a girl. But you're crossing the line when you think that you are girly enough to be good with clothes. There's a SLIM chance that you might be, but you'll never be good as a gay guy. He IS very sly, though, as he helps So-Cheon get the boy that she likes, by taking her on a 'practice date'. Quick witted boy indeed. Except for the part where it seems that he is helping her be with someone else, even though he likes her. Although I am smelling a plot twist coming (Autocorrect, you so funny, changing 'twist' to 'fist'. Although, when you think about it, wouldn't plots be more interesting presented in punches rather than twists?) I kinda laughed at the asian expression Eu Hee's sister uses. "Stupid pig! Cool my ass!" I can just imagine some asian guy just submissively walking up to some fat guy and weakly waving a fan back and forth at him. And it turns out the one So-Cheon likes was Eu Hee all along, like anyone didn't see that coming. It was kind of cute, overall, but it was really boring in general.


6/10

Little Red Riding Hood Strikes Back

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I'm extremely sorry
Really busy in that last week
But now I has freedom
-dances-
Normal schedule will most likely continue~
Anyway
Today I bring you
Little Red Riding Hood Strikes Back~


Little Red Riding Hood Strikes Back


Artist: Eiki Eiki (Huh?)
Author: Zaou Taishi
Publisher: Ichijinsha
Rating: 16+
Synopsis: Fuyuka has accepted Natsuki's love, however Natsuki is still retaining some distance. Talking things over with Akihito, Fuyuka manages to make clear her and Natsuki's relationship.


Art Review: 4/5


I really like this art, as expected of a yuri, it's very pretty. At times, the eyes are a bit over done, but overall well done.

Story Review: I found it cute that they used the theme of Little Red Riding Hood. But they didn't really stick with it much, and they stuck them in an all girls school they almost never seem to leave from. Predictable, though, every yuri I've read takes place in high school. Most girls in high school are just bisexual for show, or just bicurious if they are even thinking about it. This girl, Fuyuka, realises she loves her friend Natsuki and decides to take it one step further. Why is it that when someone mentions lesbian sex, they go to a library and read a whole bunch of books on it. It's not that complicated. I've never even gone to a library that has books on lesbians, anyway. Maybe libraries are homophobic. Doubt it, though. Another question, why is Fuyuka making such an evil face when she mentions that she is ready to have sex with Natsuki? I'm kind of scared. Natsuki comes to her house and sees her baby pictures. We see one of Fuyuka, with seductive eyes. That's just gross, honestly. As a friend once said to me commenting on a picture of a small child, "Loli loli loli, get your jail time here!" Fuyuka, I wonder what universe you're living in when you think that if you put two people in a room together who like each other, they'll immediately have sex. I know it's a manga and all, but you guys are not horny animals, that's silly to assume. Although a lot of people would applaud your enthusiasm. And somehow I'm even more terrified of this manga. Apparently Haruka is known to grope breasts with terrifying speed and has the nickname of She-Leopard. Firstly, I thought people liked to take their time with those sorts of things. Secondly, are you implying that only males are to be known as leopards?

See what I'm saying about the seductive eyes? Gross.

And Natsuki is the She-Wolf. You guys are none too subtle with the furry references. Also, since when was a leopard involved with the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood? Come to think of it, I think that story would be even more awesome with a leopard in it. Natsuki and Haruka start fighting and throwing name insults. Haruka calls Natsuki skittle tits. What the hell? Skittles are awesome. I know you're trying to call her small but I fucking LOVE skittles. Natsuki, your logic is kind of retarded. Why would Haruka be responsible if Akiho was hitting on Fuyuka? And always with a huge group of girls comes the drama. I would know, I go to an all girls school too. Akiho doesn't even look like a girl in half the shots that are here. I interpret her as a boy. Although that would be creepy and would satisfy the claim that there is at least one transvestite in every all girls school. I kinda like this yuri though. It's more realistic, since conflicts like this end up with people punching each other no matter what gender you are. Or maybe I just like watching people punch each other. Akiho concludes the manga with the theme of the story,"The wolf fell in love with the little red riding hood but couldn't eat her." You know, considering this is a yuri, you might not want to use that metaphor. Just saying. Fuyuka confesses her love to Natsuki,"I love you... IN A SEXUAL WAY" Serious moment ruined. Again, I'll mention that Fuyuka looks really scary when horny. I'm just glad this manga ended when it did. Overall, I enjoyed this manga, it was kinda humourous, and very cute, although I wished the location wasn't so predictable.


7.5/10

Zero

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Freedom..
So close yet so far.
And the days seem long without you
Anyway
Today I bring you
Zero~


Zero


Story & Art: Kei Toume
Publisher: Scholar (1995), Sony Magazine (1999), Gentosha (2002)
Rating: 16+
Synopsis: (mangaupdates.com) In the middle of a high school assembly, all of the students suddenly collapse. The one behind it all is a girl named Mao who holds a grudge. She's out for revenge against the entire school!


Art Review: 3/5


I don't think for this sort of story which is all plot development and action, the art won't add much to the story itself. Although the fact that the class president has really thick eye brows and all the girls have really odd wiry necks that once again remind me of a giraffe (I'll spare you the redundancy of linking yet another giraffe. Or will I?)


Story Review: This is just another one of those stories where there's the really creepy girl in a school, no one talks to her, and then she gets suicidal or creepy. However a wonderful twist occurs in this story and she instead performs a mass murder of the students. She gassed everyone at an assembly. Makes me somewhat wonder just what the hell a pharmacy guy is doing, allowing her to get her hands on something that could kill humans just by breathing it in. The story turns to a bit of a back flash of the last couple weeks or days, doesn't really specify. I actually grew to like Mao and support her in her insanity. Although I hate these sort of plots where these popular people go to do something stupid and illegal and then they send the creepy girl and she ends up getting arrested just because of them. It makes me want to staple bagels to my face and remove them with a pitchfork. Because every one in this school was kind of an asshole I guess she went berserk. But what's so cool about it is that she literally captures the school. She takes the janitor and security robots (no seriously, what the hell is with the security of Japanese schools? Although that's awesome.) She gives them chainsaws and pistols and tasers and chases the rest of the living students. It kind of reminds me of Left For Dead 2 or something. Yashiro dies by heroicly giving time to the other students (I can't for the life of me remember their names.) But then again people dying like that reminds me of the constant joke people make with the following scenario: "NOOO [insert name]" "I'm hurt real bad" "Don't die" "Go on without me...." "OK" *leaves* ''I DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAYYY" I wonder about how she gets the chainsaw, but then later we find that she has a bomb set to blow up the school. Where on earth does a high school student get a bomb, anyway? The male (still don't know his name and don't care) does meet up with Mao and he tries to kill her but realises that he's just the same if he kills for revenge and Mao takes his sword and kills himself. He carries off the class president all dramatic like and an explosion goes off behind him. I really enjoyed this manga, very actiony and a change from the romantic cutesy things I've been doing. I kinda wish it was longer and had more of Mao's insane ventures. But that's just me.


8/10  

Marionette

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Nom nom nom nom
Chicken Teriyaki.
The ninjas in the floor like it tew ouo
Anyway
Today I bring you
Marionette~


Marionette


Story & Art: Ren Hidoh
Publisher: N/A (How did it get out? I don't know -3-)
Rating: 16+
Synopsis: (mangaupdates.com[With my editing]) A short compilation of gothic manga. The Sinner of a Closed Garden is the story of a black bird who finally sprouts wings and escapes his prison. The Birdcage in an Underground Kingdom is the story of a vampire princess who falls ever more deeply ill and a strange young man offers to help.


Art Review: 5/5


Although the eyes get a wee bit creepy at times, I'm just a sucker for gothic, lolita styles that are cute yet scary and beautiful. I love the detailing, and the extra fillers look really awesome. 


Story Review: Since each manga was relatively short, there wasn't much to say about this manga. The first story is of a bunch of children who I assume all are in a clan whose goal is to reach the state of the black bird. I guess all these children died in vain and only one remains. The wording of this section is rather confusing and I think it's better in it's original delivery as a book (I don't know who the publisher is so the idea of it actually being a book is a little hard to imagine.) The story is tantalisingly deep and prompts the reader to try and think beyond the box because of the little plot content. This guy doesn't even look like a crow (who don't even look all that great either) They look like imps. Which wouldn't stray far from the point, mind you. Puberty for these black bird guys must suck, however, they just show one image of tiny little bone structures sticking out of the guy's back. "The look of it staining your hand was more brilliant than blood." Cause blood is really shiny. ...*looks for a knife* loljk Don't cut yourself, or I'll come and find you and kill you. ...That seems a bit redundant. Anyway. The second manga is about vampires. Unfortunately when you say vampires now a days you think of this sparkly retard. Hell, you don't even need to click on that to know what I'm talking about. We come in on the opening scene where the Princess is feeding on another vampire. I guess it is intentional that it looks more like they are shagging rather than drinking the others blood. And yes I suppose you can call is cannibalism because she only feeds off of other vampires. Some guy comes in and says he's disappointed. Yes, of course, Princess, no eating in the bed, bitch be getting crumbs in the bed. ...I don't really wanna know how that would be possible, anyway. And we learn that perhaps vampire blood is giving her a hallucinogenic feeling. Well that explains why.. Well, you know exactly where I'm going with that. The Princess later says that wilting like a rose would be the most beautiful way to die. Metaphorically, yes. Literally, no. She wonders greedily to herself why she didn't drink the blood of the human she fell in love with. Well I'm sure that you don't fall in love with something just so you can go eat it. That would get proper awkward when you get really hungry all of a sudden. Overall this manga was really cute and the plot was somewhat eerie. I really wish that these were not one shots and that they were serialised. Now, I'm going to go before I make another Twilight joke. *hurls up glitter*


8/10

Makimodoshi no Koi no Uta

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I'm sorry for being laaate.
Exams are teh evils and make me pass out randomly
Anyways
Today I bring you
Makimodoshi no Koi no Uta~


Makimodoshi no Koi no Uta


Story & Art: Nanajima Kana
Publisher: Shogakukan
Rating: 13+
Synopsis: (mangaupdates.com) Minoru is Riko's first boyfriend and first love, but to Minoru, Riko is his second girlfriend. Even worse, it seems that Minoru still cares an awful lot about his ex, whose sister actually goes to the same school as Riko and Minoru. Then one day the pretty boy of the school, Sakashita, shows he's interested in Riko by kissing her on the lips! Can things get any more complicated?


Art Review: 3/5


The style of the main story and the side story are somewhat cute, but the style of the first manga reminded me of *puke* Fullmoon Wo Sagashite and the second manga was just drawn oddly and the main girl in the side story just seems a bit off to me, especially with the facial expressions and the perspective.


Story Review: This is just one of those stories where the heroine is as dumb as hell and there's the guy who's all bad and she's supposed to fall in love with this, yada yada. But I find this one isn't all too bad in a nutshell. In the beginning of the manga, after the introductions, we find all these girls complaining about not getting in the same class as all their other friends. Kinda reminds me of the niners in my school who don't get into the same class as their other friends and drop and switch to their courses so that they are together. Oh children, basing the building of your future on how many people you get to talk to in class. *shakes her head* Riko asks Minoru what his ex girlfriend was like. He says he forgot. Even if she was a bitch that's not very nice to say, Minoru, even if it is a distraction. Minoru sees her playing and tells her he'll jump out the window and save her if she gets hurt, and Riko says that he would die. Actually, manga is neither that funny or cruel so he would survive if he did that. He then sees his ex girlfriend's sister and shits his pants. Obvious plot device. Mikami says a little later that she heard Hirashima tell you that 80% of her is exploding. Firstly, what? Secondly, that's one letter away from being a seriously racist joke. I swear, this heroine is so stupid. She fell for the "What's that over there" trick. Next she'll fall for the "Does my tissue smell like chloroform to you?" She continues her stupidity when she arrives at the goukon and Sakashita sees her and she tries to put a tray over her head. I don't think that's going to conceal you at this point, woman. And the stupidity continues when Minoru goes to see his ex with Riko. Are you retarded, sir? Since when is it a good idea to let your current girlfriend and ex girlfriend meet each other? You're acting weird in manga? You must have the sniffles. I wonder throughout the whole manga if the use of Sakashita in the manga is as a mysterious psychic guy (although, when you think about it, you don't really need to be psychic to be able to tell just what the hell she's thinking) or if he's just a device used to show the audience that even if she is moronic she still does do things that would make sense to another moron. By this point I'm rooting for Sakashita. Minoru becomes worried about his depressed ex, and Riko says she wants to puke. You should. On him. And his ex. Woot, finally, something done right. *spoiler alert* Riko and Minoru break up.*spoiler alert* (only cause this manga was actually really cute.) [autocorrect, what exactly is Wooten?] Why is the school store in quotations? Is that code for 'place to sell stolen shit and drugs to students?' The end of the main manga is so adorable that I won't even tell you what it is, you'll have to see it for yourselves. (D'awwwww) In the epilogue Riko says "This is abnormal interaction with the opposite sex." Why does the wording sound like she's introducing a show? "IT'S 8 O'CLOCK FOLKS YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS FOR.... ABNORMAL INTERACTION WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX" *cheers* I thought the side story was pretty interesting too. "Liking a Poison Tongued Prince" *dirty joke alert* Just don't ever ask him to eat you, then. Aya kind of looks like a guy. Wearing a bow. And in a school girl uniform. *cue screaming yaoi fans* At first glance we see that Sazanami dumping the love letters in the trash seems to be a dick move but at the end we learn it's his way of being nice. How.. ironic? Aya, after seeing this vows not to like this guy. No one asked you to fall in love with Mr.Mysterious Bishie over there, but you will anyway. She's singing the recycling song (Oh Japan.. you and your.. stufff....) and the can rolls over to the neighbours. She thinks it's the song that made the can move and runs after it but encounters a broken wall.. wait wut? It kinda made me laugh that along with the love letters Sazanami always receives there's always one that says "Go die ugly", simply because the only people that could hate him are guys, and I'm pretty sure they settle their problems with their fists and not catty girl insults. Overall, both the manga are really cute, and if you're a huge shoujo fan I think you should check these out.


8/10

Screw-Style

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So.
Freaking.
Sweaty. oAo
Anyways
Today I bring you
Screw-Style~


Screw-Style


Story & Art: Tsuge Yoshiharu
Publisher: Seirindo
Rating: 18+
Synopsis: (mangaupdates.com) A man gets bitten on the arm by a jelly fish on a village beach foreign to him. He sets off desperately searching for a doctor who can heal his bleeding veins...


Art Review: 1/5


I think this is the most crude style I've ever seen since I saw Crayon Shin-Chan. I'll give it to the author, it was indeed released in 1968 and it doesn't have that modern creepiness that today's horror and psychological manga have, but honestly the style was shit and probably scared me more than the actual story itself.


Story Review: I usually get a pretty good understanding of manga, even if to most people it makes absolutely no fucking sense. But this manga has even stumped me of all people. Firstly, the title. I'll be honest with you guys, I clicked on the manga thinking it was some ecchi I could have made fun of. But no, it's just this confusing manga. I really wonder what the title meant. Screw style, as in the fact that this guy's drawing talent is probably so terrible that he literally said 'Screw (art) style', and just used as a title to confuse people? The author said 'Screw writing style, let's just put a bunch of things that make no sense into a manga with no plot whatsoever?' The author really liked screws? (I really don't care how you interpret that phrase, honestly.) Oh well, in this manga, the title is the least of your problems in relation to how much this manga will 'screw' with your mind. Haha, get it? Screw? ..why does nobody laugh at those sorts of things? Moving along, the first line, the guy got a jellyfish bite that ripped a vein wide open. Since when do jellyfish BITE people? Even if they did, how is it that it didn't rip any muscles on your arm but it yanked out and ripped your veins? And I assume that because he got 'bitten' by a jelly fish he's on a beach, but it somewhat doesn't look like that as there a bunch of crucifixes with clothes on them. ..dangerous fashion statement? Some sort of pagan religion ritual? Christian nudist beach? As he's walking through these crucifixes he says that he's bleeding so much that he thinks that he might die. With him holding the 'injured arm' with the other and no blood it looks like he's just one of those people who are insecure about their bodies and cross their arms all the time. Just put on a bloody shirt, there are a bunch of them hanging around on the crucifixes right next to you. But now, thinking back to that jellyfish 'bite' when looking at his veins spewing blood (not really) I think to myself that the jellyfish must have the most precise bite as your veins are just flapping about with no other lacerations on your skin. This Guy (there's no name given I'm guessing): Please, if you have any heart take me to a doctor Random Business Man: Hm, I almost understand what you're getting at. What, is TG (acronyms!) speaking Gaelic? Cripes. And I know your desperate but at least stick to your story. While pleading for a doctor he says,"Look I'm getting pale with both hands up." Sir, aren't you supposed to be not moving your arm and holding the vein together? After not finding a doctor he gets on a train which is driven by a creepy kid. Wearing a cat mask. Sure, let's hop on this train, maybe he'll take us to Yurara and she'll grant us the wish of going home in one piece (for those of you unaware of great anime films, this is a reference from Spirited Away.) TG is 'dying', from what we understand, and he still has the gall to ask for a woman doctor? Stupid pervish bastard. The woman he asks is somehow figured out to be his mother. The way he said it just makes it seem like a creepy version of the Dr.Seuss story "Are You My Mother?" (I don't know about you guys but when that bird asks the train if it is it's mother I thought that it was a transformer and I screamed at the bird for it to move so it does not get eaten. Yes, I thought every robot was a transformer and believed they would eat people too. I was a weird kid, I know. And yes, I purposely went to find a reading of the story by the most unenthusiastic guy ever.) He asks a gynaecologist to operate on him? I'm widely under the impression that he has NO idea what the purpose of a gynaecologist is. I thought that with her statement "this is no place for men" I thought he would have been sent back into the village to suffer but for whatever reason, she gets turned on, strips and they start going at it. At the same time, she does some whackjob surgery on him. I know my knowledge on surgical procedures is not great at this time as I am only a student still but I'm pretty sure that you CAN'T just put a metal valve in between the cut veins and have it work properly. You're not Fran, quit trying to do impossible surgeries. And all of a sudden he's on a boat. I'M ON A BOAT MOTHERFUCKER! And it has the most shitty conclusion ever. Where he just sits there and says,"And so, whenever I tighten the screw, my arm goes numb." ...um, duh, the whore doctor told you that after she was done, if you tightened it, it would cut off all your circulation. This manga was clearly stupid, don't read it, it won't make ANY sense to you if you are not on a considerable amount of LSD.


1/10

Santa Claus Panic!

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If you haven't noticed with the colours
Yes, I'm going to be cruel
And make you guys miss Christmas with this post
Today I bring you
Santa Claus Panic!~


Santa Claus Panic!


Story & Art: Nana Shiiba
Publisher: Shogakukan
Rating: 16+
Synopsis: (mangafox.com) It’s the season of Christmas and companies are advertising their services more determinedly during these times. Yayuka accidentally picked up a flyer saying a Santa will give her a wonderful gift on Christmas if she calls that number. Not wanting to be alone of Christmas, she calls the number and prepares a Christmas feast for Santa but when the doorbell rang, there stood a very young and handsome Santa who happens to be a debonair host!


Art Review: 4/5


I enjoyed this style. It was very cute, which I suppose was intended. The guy was well drawn, but I didn't really like the design of the girl much. Her eyes looked a bit off and her hair looked kinda bleh. Half of the time when Yoshitsune was making moves on her I thought he was trying to fuck a child. I'm just saying.


Story Review: The instant I saw this title I thought, oh god, this is going to be really cheesy. And it was! But it was so cheesy it was cute. Not like another manga whose ending was so cheesy it rendered me lactose intolerant. I understand that it was a one shot and things had to move quickly but it seemed a little unnatural. Yayuka "accidentally picks up the paper" (really didn't look like an accident to me, she just can't READ.) Besides, if you read that they would have a guy dressed up as a Santa coming to your house while you're all alone, that's just asking a rapist/weird stripper to go there. And I knew it, this guy is a prostitute. A very handsome prostitute (if you didn't notice, that's an oxymoron.) But Yayuka is obviously too naive for such things. She hits him over the head with a frying pan (which was not by her front door, so I'm not sure how she managed that) when he tries to do his job. Or so I thought. All it took to seduce her was to indulge in her missing childhood memories for her to consider not rejecting him. Yoshitsune leaves because the time is up and then she does the predictable thing of running after him and he's still sitting outside. D'aw. And then she kisses him. D'aww. And then he says," This night has just begun." Why yes, since you are the number 1 host and you've had a multitude of customers before you got here, it shall be a long night.. of STDs. And no matter how cute this manga is, I still find it somewhat creepy that she sometimes referred to him as Santa-san when there was romantic tension in the air. It's kind of like a reverse of the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." I should make a version for this manga, and title it "I Saw My Daughter Kissing Santa Claus, What The Hell, I Wasn't Gone That Long, I Was Only Gone For 2 Days, I Knew I Should Have Hired A Maid." Also, Yoshitsune, real love? You guys only knew each other for what, under 4 hours? All joking aside, I found this manga really cute, and it kinda made me wish for Christmas. But not fully, because in my books, Christmas<Summer. This manga was built up well enough for it to be a full series, but I understand that it wasn't. It was Christmas themed, what the hell else could you have fit in there? ZOMG Yayuka didn't celebrate Easter either and another bishie in a bunny suit becomes Yayuka's rival in love because she's that easy to woo..? Anyway, I enjoyed this manga, and if you want a tiny taste of Christmas along with a bishie, this is something you'll enjoy.


7.5/10

Aladdin and the Magic Teapot

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Sorreh for being late
Things just SUCK right now xD
Anyways
Today I bring you..
Aladdin and the Magic Teapot~


Aladdin and the Magic Teapot


Story & Art: Sou Michiko
Publisher: Biblos
Rating: 13+
Synopsis: (mangaupdates.com) This one volume manga is about a young man named Aragami Akira, a.k.a Alladin. One day he finds a teapot hidden behind a bush. He decides to clean it up and show it to his a friend's grandmother. Much to his surprise when he rubs it, out comes a magic genie.


Art Review: 3.5/5


The art for this manga is not particularly special, although I notice that some of the girls look like drag queens and some of the guys look like manly girls. There is, as I'll mention, way too much blushing.


Story Review: I thought when I saw that this was a story that borrowed the original Aladdin story that this was going to be one of those manga that use other classic stories as an attempt to make a deep story line. That's not the case at all, for this manga. The story borrows the idea of the genie for this story, simply. But for whatever reason, when I see Aragami, I think of a little boy or a stereotypical shoujo heroine. Perhaps its because he's delightfully cheerful. One thing that really bothers me about this manga is that literally every facial expression turns out blushy. Mad=Blushy Sad=Blushy Embarrassed=Blushy Scared=Blushy It kind of reminds me of the facial expressions of Kristen Stewart. There's something that Aragami needs to understand. Aoi can't be with you because she is manlier in looks and personality than you. And the only thing that scares me more than just how aggressive Aoi is her grandma, when she says,"And then you suffer your whole life" Grandma, I think you should take your pills and rest now. Speaking upon creepy, Aragami blushes at the sight of smiling boys asking him to bring back the ball. If you do smile at that sort of thing.. I think you should take a seat. I think I like this version of the genie better than the original. Kogetsu is very amusing to me. But as a genie he as well does that assholish genie thing where they even take commands that were not wishes as your wishes. This is why I do all my thinking in my head when it comes to genies (I make faces while I think, so that's also perhaps why I SCARE people.)  Never get Kogetsu mad, he's going to get all Gyarados on your ass. Speaking of Pokemon, with the way Kogetsu gets captured, the teapot is kinda like a pokeball (yes, I'm a pokemon nerd, shush.) As if Aragami couldn't be more girly, he submits to Kogetsu's demands to make him dinner. Kogetsu tries to wake Aragami up to make him more food. He tells him he looks like a dumbass while sleeping. I wonder if you could look like a genius while sleeping.. Nah, you probably couldn't, you'd end up looking like this. Gods GPS; ask the trees. Simply because it is THAT manly. Men don't need to ask for directions, that's just silly. Something Aragami says puts me off guard. He calls one of Aoi's new boyfriends an asshole. -claps slowly- Bravo, son, bravo. But no matter what Aragami says, Kogetsu is 1232380x manlier than him. Even though when Aragami tries to get rid of Kogetsu he gets a bit moody. But that's ok you're still awesome. Oh booohooo Aragami. "Constantly demanding that I cook meals! He treats me like a maid!" You're prolly girly enough to wear a maid outfit anyway. (autocorrect, why did you change girly to Gorky?) At least he isn't making you wash his crusty underwear. Kogetsu comes back and Aragami hugs him too long and he pushes him off and says 'Bloody hell.' Wait, since when was Kogetsu English? Although there are a serious amount of things that I find in this manga, one of them is the well placed sound effects. Like the one that goes 'Fuch'. Teeheehee maturity, I can haz? What I also find interesting is this plot twist. Aladdin goes to save Aoi and confess to her all chauvinistic like, but by the time they get there she already beat the shit out of Matsushita. That Matsushita, planning to sleep with Aoi just for a contest.. He really puts the shit in Matsushita.. Haha, get it? Shit? Because he's a-- Oh, never mind. Sadly with all the amusing things here, the plot devices are easy as hell to spot at this point, as Renju makes his appearance. He had to come in and be an obstacle at some point, he was mentioned too much to NOT have an appearance. Renju tries to make Kogetsu bow to him by destroying the teapot, which is his current life force. When Kogetsu just ignores him and leaves he shouts," Are you listening to me?" I was half expecting him say after,"I'm so misunderstood.." -sniff sniff, tear tear, slash slash- Back to the point of how Renju captured Kogetsu, it is learned that Renju is in fact a frog in true form. Which leads me to this prying question... How the fuck did a frog catch a dragon? Renju later saves the day by putting out the fire on dear old grandma's house. Here's some of the dialogue. Man 1: He is directing the water without using a hose! Man 2: Hot damn! One word: FAGGOT. Again, with the sexism, this grandma must have been worked by the grandfather to old age. She even remembers the markings on the ground. The only thing that disappoints me more than that is Aragami. For one panel he actually looks manly and it is opportune for him to say something manly, but what does he say? "Aha." I am disappoint. Overall, I actually enjoyed this manga very much, I thought it was going to be retarded, but I found it funny and charming. I would, however, have enjoyed if the AragamixAoi plot was fixed up and not just left floating around.


8/10