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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
OhHaiDer :]
Dammit I want my sun D;
Anyway
Today I bring you..
Egaku Nara Happy Ending~ (quite a mouthful xD)
Egaku Nara Happy Ending
Story & Art: Ira Ozaki
Publisher: Shogakukan
Rating: 13+
Synopsis: (myanimelist.net) It's a story about Makoto Nosu and Yusuke Moriyama who have been together for 6 years since junior high school. They are about to finish high school and enter college so they decided to break up since they will be going to different colleges that's far from one another. What happens to their relationship then?
Art Review: 3.5/5
I didn't particularly enjoy this style. The facial expressions kind of remind me of Crayon Shin Chan, and for anyone who knows of this manga know that the art style is just crude, and it might be cruel of me to compare this manga, a cute shoujo, to a gross comedy, but that's just me, honestly. For this type of manga I would have preferred a bit more detailed art.
Story Review: I read the synopsis of the manga and thought to myself, "Oh balls, not ANOTHER one of these." There are a huge amount of manga that follow this story line, like Bokura Ga Ita (which is a similar manga you should take a look at~), but this manga is rather refreshing. Instead of the hardcore drama that usually partakes in this sort of manga, the feelings of Matoko and Yusuke are rather subtle and are not pushy and all up in your face like the girl/guy in your class with the depth perception problem who seems to be counting all the pores in your right cheek, breathing creepily into your neck and making you think that you're being hunted by an asthmatic vampire. I enjoyed that as they are 'breaking up' they seem happy as they remember their last memories together and are not like the typical shoujo protagonists where they just scream the other's name and cry for several hours and half attempt to kill themselves (sounds familiar? It should.) However I just can't take the last dramatic scene all too seriously because Matoko's crying noises kind of reminded me of a redneck's laughing. (hyuk hyuk hyuk. I shit you not that's how it was translated.) I really enjoyed this story, there's something about it that makes it so much cuter than other shoujos like this. I would have enjoyed, however, if the promise was not for 1 year, rather, if it was for 'if we meet again' and they meet again somehow with connection of a novel she wrote about her teenage experiences, and he reads it. Or something like that. But that's just me. Overall, a cute, coming of age story, that we can all wish that our romances would be as cute as.
8/10
OhHaiDer :]
Marigold - Nirvana
Beautiful song :]
Anyway
Today I bring you
Ai To Okane~
Ai To Okane
Story & Art: Tateno Makoto
Publisher: Hakusensha
Rating: 13+
Synopsis: Jin's grandma wants one of her three grandsons to inherit her company. But the condition which the boys need to satisfy is -- earning 5 million yen!? While Jin is busy working for the impossible amount of money, a girl comes out of no where and asks him to marry her. What's more, the girl is in possession of 2 billion yen!?
Art Review: 3/5
Just another really plain art style, and doesn't contribute much to the work itself. The artwork somewhat reminds me of Yuu Watase. And if you notice there's a change (I didn't really) in art styles, apparently between the one shot and the series, there's a 10 year difference.
Story Review: With the first panels of an old lady yelling at some young men, I can tell that this is going to be the sort of story where a lot of money affairs are going to be involved, and a lot of slapping and mentioning that people are "bastard children" or something. Of course, this manga never gets that deep, unfortunately. What really bugs me about these one shots is that none of them even seems remotely finished. They seem to end randomly. The first one is about a competition between 3 grandsons to make 5,000,000 yen and earn Grandma's estate. Jin's mother obviously pushes him to do it, giving him a corrupted speech about how money brings you happiness and love is worthless. Jin sees a girl, dramatic shoujo flowers. Foreshadowing.. *dun dun dunnnn* So much goes by in several panels of this manga, I'm so confused.. Once I catch up, Jin seems a bit bratty about working. Oh boohoo. You're going to have to work like everyone else.. Like.. *gasp* a commoner! -insert Ouran High School Host Club reference here- He continues this complaining like the rich brat like he is.. "...So many housewife chores" Not only are you spoilt, but you are sexist. You deserve to be ironically owned. I don't get this guy at all. Ling puts a book on his head, and he continues on having his troubled reflection about how incompetent he is compared to the other rich kids with ambitions and hobbies. Jin then meets the girl again. Crap, this is one of those manga where the guy makes a promise to a girl in a puppy love situation as a kid and she remembers it later as if she wasn't ever liked and relies on this stupid promise. Jin, you are also homophobic, hating on the hot guy with his lover and calling it messed up. But here's where I'm also confused.. Your company owes billions of dollars, and your daughters contributed to a lot of it with their spending habits? What, were they using suntan lotion made out of diamonds and using $1000000 dollar checks to wipe their noses? That kinda reminded me of this.. I found this quote very amusing when they were trying to make Ai sound really deep.. "To Ai-chan love is more important than bread or money" Because bread is really important. Oh boohoohoo Jin your life is so awkward because you have a gay roommate who isn't interested in you and a guy who is really really interested in anime (if you can't tell, I really hate this guy.) And other people in the manga hate him too, evidently. Shop Guy: Yes, yes, I would love to have such a cute girl working here. Jin: Um.. It's me who needs a job. -cock block face- And as if it isn't enough, his cousins ruin a sentimental moment with their hatred "Because I hate you so much I was able to succeed." The second one-shot starts with a guy who's jewellery place is called Imitation. Calling your jewellery place Imitation is like openly buying a Cubic Zircon ring for your girlfriend. The girl just walks in and knows he's a con man. Does that mean I could walk into my local bakery and my baker will be a prostitute? What is it with this manga, anyway? Every straight male is a homophobe. Some thug grabs Wu and he says,"Stop holding me it's disgusting" Li Huang is such a brat. She's tied up and could possibly be killed and she's worrying about if the ropes will leave scars on her. Li Huang's father is a whore, for sure. Somehow he was shagging enough women that two of them gave birth to a child on the same day. In the next chapter as they try to seduce Shan Ben to get him into a scandal, they try to use music. But unfortunately, Shan is with music as a white guy is with Call of Duty. The perfect getaway.. Call the said person a cop with gang members around and they will beat the shit out of him. Ma Li is so indecisive. She wants to get out the marriage by getting him in trouble but as soon as they actually come up with something to get him in a scandal she runs and tells him anyway. The Siee drug=worst drug ever? Try taking Charlie Sheen. And more irony comes as the hunters became the hunted, Shan Ben was conning the con man. The final one shot starts with a girl wishing that a boy would become hers. The fairies do her bidding, as shown as he suddenly calls her to ride on his bike. What a loving gesture! Except for the fact she falls down the stairs. And of course with wishes the one who granted the wish comes out and teaches her a lesson. Although I wish that she would have worded it differently, as she says," You humans.. Don't even know what you truly want. You bunch always say you want to make XXX yours." This whole one shot in a nutshell reminds me of xXxHoLic. Overall, this collection of one-shots could have been a lot better. The whole lot were confusing, and this mangaka even had 10 years to think about it.
6/10
OhHaiDer :]
Just a quick shout out to you guys
I've reached 1000+ hits.
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Anyways
Today I bring you...
Leona Explosion~
Leona Explosion
Story & Art: Kotoyoshi Yumisuke
Publisher: Shonen Gahosha
Rating: 18+ (Highly NSFW)
Synopsis: (tenmanga.com) This is Dakichi Kamiyama. A College Student at Toudai University. He had came back to his home town to attend such a prestigious University. He happened upon a cafe where once stood a great wrestling arena lead by the "Amazoness kitty." Now three daughters remain running it. Yukihyou (Who has taken a sudden interest in him.) Ferris (A rather ditzy young woman.) And Leona (A Tsundere-ish big boobed girl with a rather "Unique" Ability in the wrestling ring.) Join Daikichi "sandbag" Kamiyama as he endures the trails ahead of him with these Bombshells.
Art Review: 4/5
Majority of the art is good, although I don't know the standards for ecchi manga, since I don't read a lot of it. There's an obvious difference in details of the girls bodies than with other things. Although maybe it is because it isn't my taste, but I don't like the character design of Ferris. She looks more deformed than anything.
Story Review: I can tell from the first page, with the pink body suits and the cat theme and the female wrestlers that this is either going to be really scary or really cheesy. And Leona is going to scare me. "Although you're a man you have no balls," she says to Daikichi. I think that girl probably has enough testosterone in her to HAVE balls. With the design of Leona, I predicted that every girl in this manga is going to have huge tits. And I was right. Allll abooooooooooard. Next stop, fanservice! But of course, beside all these macho and well endowed girls he's really wimpy. He even got beaten up by them 10 years ago. ..Mamazoness Kitty? I really don't want to know how someone came up with THAT name. Note to guys: If you ever want to get laid with a wrestler (god help you sir), they really like smart guys, as Daikichi mentions that he's going to an Ivy League school, and Yukihyori just starts hitting on him. And once again I am astounded by the fanservice. These girls' boobs are so huge, they get their own panel when someone is having a conversation with one of them. The derp faces in this manga scare me, though. What I find so amusing about this manga is that in other manga, where all the girls are really skinny and not buff at all nearly kill the heroes in the story. In this manga, these girls could actually kick your ass. Well, that's really awkward. "When she gets sexually excited she does finishing moves whether she wants to or not," There are so many jokes about this I don't even know where to start. The guy who molests Leona tells her to pay up for his hospital bills for $3000 or take a bath with him. I would think it would take a little more than $3000 to heal your emasculated soul. Besides, if you got kicked in the head for touching her boobs, what makes you think that she'll take a bath with you now? Good cheerleading, Ferris! "If you lose you will have to face my wrath!" Nothing inspires someone to win than the prospect of getting your ass whipped by another wrestler. Leona has difficulty fighting the new wrestler because the weight difference is too great. I'm surprised, her boobs are probably half her weight. And it makes me wonder, with her tendency to kill someone if they turn her on.. I wonder what would happen if you gave her an orgasm. The Kitty sisters (I can never take that seriously) have an interesting way to bring in business. "Fight your favourite waitress" I'm sure that all those people were masochistic, or weren't even planning to fight at all. That's a bad deal, though, in reality. You pay money AND you get your ass kicked. Whoever wrote this manga is terrible as a person. You mention the father may have cancer. Everyone thinks, "Aww." In a couple panels, some more fanservice and beating the bishop. When it comes to the sex scenes, there's a really awkward censor bar, which just makes the pages not at all awkward but hilarious. Also, Yukihyou, you're kind of a whore. Poor Daikichi though, throughout this whole series, he's going to have blue balls. But then again, I can't feel much pity for him, since it seems that with him making Leona fighting outfits, it looks like he just wants to see her in skimpy outfits, not helping her succeed. I know that sometimes the english translation comes out a little funny in manga, but I kinda chucked at this translation," Hmph, yeah right, like I'd be caught dead fighting a noob." I wonder what the Japanese word for noob is. Doronuma fails to win at a festival shooting game, gets all Rambo on your ass. On the courage test they hear 'ghost noises' only to find it's the sound of girls having orgasms. I fail to understand how one mistakes sex noises for ghosts. The person in the costume who beat up Yukihyou kind of looks like a combination between Cat Face and Domo. And the euphemism they use for a boner the first time is just horrifying. Elephant trunk -> Penis. Enough said. When describing Mamazoness Kitty (That's still stupid) they at one point say," She was the wrestler that used sadistic moves." It almost seems like it's being implied that there are wrestlers that use masochistic moves. Mamazoness Kitty just did a naked photo shoot. Since all these girls are terribly ripped I really wouldn't want to see them in the nude. In the manga they look all nice, but I assure you they look more like this. Near the ending, there's nothing special, just a random art change, and a terrible predictable ending. It's kind of expected though, with the terrible names and the terrible plot. I thought with the build up of suspense and rivals that this manga would go on longer and not leave things unexplained. Not that I'm complaining that this manga isn't longer, I was glad I finished it well enough.
5/10
OhHaiDer :]
Sorry I are late
I was in Mississauga all day
Is it weird that when I think of the word Mississauga I think of the campfire song from Spongebob?
Anyways
Today I bring you
Get Chu <3~
Get Chu <3
Story & Art: Ayane Ukyou
Publisher: Shueisha
Rating: 13+
Synopsis: (mangaupdates.com) Chitose is eager to fall in love, and she thinks she's found the perfect candidate in Yamato. Yamato is good-looking, considerate... and a little bit of a delinquent! Chitose discovers that Yamato takes money for kisses and dates! Chitose wants Yamato's lips for herself, but she has absolutely no intention of paying for them. Look out, Yamato, because Chitose -- a refreshingly spirited heroine -- is out to Get Chu!
(That was a terrible pun, honestly.)
Art Review: 3/5
The art in this manga is not all too special. The guys are somewhat handsome, but the girls either look like boys, whores or just too young for their age. I hear in Ukyou's new work, the artwork is much better, I can only hope so.
Story Review: I know I'm ragging on this pretty hard. I know that it's a common shoujo trait to have a girl who looks like a boy only because she has no boobs and an asian bob. But when Yamato kicks the ball at her and hits her in the face I blanked out for a second and thought I had stumbled onto another yaoi. But she is wearing a skirt and no one is cross dressing so it is indeed a girl (sometimes this trend bothers me a wee bit.) Out of pure boldness (or nervousness, I can't tell with this broad at times) she refuses help from Yamato and takes tissue and sticks it up her nose. They start laughing because she looks like a grade schooler. I start laughing because that's what guys in manga and anime do as a precaution for arousal related nosebleeds. I'm actually rather curious as to whether or not that happens (or happened) in real life. With slice of life manga, the heroine usually gets in trouble often and the hero saves her but I swear Chitose is going to end up falling in front of a train accidentally hoping that Yamato will catch her or something. Uh oh, Tomo, don't bring Chitose to a goukon. As another stereotype people get taken away from goukons and get killed and/or raped, or the rape occurs DURING the goukon. But then again, Chitose is just different from other heroines so we can expect different, I suppose. Really now, Yamato? $10 for a kiss? Cheap whore. I know in a lot of shoujos people say "kisses taste like lemons", but I wasn't aware of the counter part, "forcing yourself onto someone tastes like onions." Note to self: When forcing yourself onto someone, take breath mints with you. I find this manga rather amusing when the girl thinks that giving random creepy kisses is a sign of love. One thing that sticks out to me, why is is that the handsome guys are all really smart in these manga? That doesn't happen often in reality. Um.. Yamato is eating a chocolate Korone? Doesn't that sound a lot like the engrish for chocolate colon? Oh Japan.. you and your... stuff... At this point, I don't know if she loves him, or if she's just taking stalking to the next level. She's lucky she's a girl, and stalking isn't much of a girl thing. I find it funny that with all the girls beating up on Chitose for being around Yamato and such, it's almost like one prostitute has a shitload of pimps, rather than the other way around. Hey kids! Let's do some math.. Yamato + Curtain + Mysterious Girl + Chitose = ??? If you guessed 'shit goes down', for once you are wrong! Yamato plays nice and gets rid of the girl to spend time with Chitose. Yamato might seem nice from this view, but he's a mysterious little bastard, he is. One panel he says he loves her and the next he says it's no good. Chitose has a bit of right in saying,"I'm not your toy!" But her next move to get over Yamato is a bad one, going out with Ishihara. That would never work with someone as easily jealous as Yamato. Although this is a manga, I do appreciate the reality striking Yamato as they suspend him for his near prostitution ring. In the final dramatic scene, in a standard manga, it's supposed to be inspiring.. Tear jerking.. Heart warming.. Unfortunately for someone like myself a terribly worded conversation ruins everything. Yamato: "The only one I'll kiss is Chitose" Chitose: "Me too" That sounds a little too narcissistic to be taken seriously for me. And with the intended context of kissing, that would be physically impossible. Like eating your own head. But the sweetness does come back a little, until their kissing drags on for 3 pages. Really, guys? Get a room you two. And remember, no hickeys. When it comes to the scene of everyone being suspended at the same time, everyone starts kissing because it would get one suspended. What made me facepalm was that there were so many girls in the room, but no, they decided to try and fit in some fan service by having Ishihara kiss Yamato. Shame on you Ukyou, shame. And it makes me wonder where Ukyou wants the readers minds to go when she has Chitose narrate,"I wonder what kind of kiss we'll have next?" Um.. fellatio? I keed the easily misinterpreted statement. Overall, I found this manga was refreshing, with Chitose's boldness. It was cute, but still just a tad creepy.
7/10
OhHaiDer :]
It seems everyone survived the Christian apocalypse if you're reading this.
But why on earth does it have to be so sweaty today?
Anyway
Today I bring you
Hellstar Remina~
Hellstar Remina
Story & Art: Junji Ito
Publisher: Shogakukan
Rating: 18+
Synopsis: (wikipedia.com) Set in the future, where humanity has already established colonies on both Mars and the Moon, Professor Oguro, an astronomer in a Japanese observatory, peering into his telescope one night, becomes the first person to witness a planet emerging from a wormhole. Oguro names the planet after his only daughter, Remina, and both become world-famous thanks to the unprecedented discovery. Years later however, things take a turn for the worse when the planet enters a collision course with Earth, while stars seem to be disappearing within the wandering celestial body's path. The oncoming 'Planet Remina' eventually enters the Solar System, and to everyone's shock and terror, is instead revealed to be a massive creature from another dimension, that consumes worlds smaller than itself. Mars, and its human inhabitants, are among those devoured by Remina, as the horrific monstrosity continues towards Earth. As the fateful end draws near, the young girl of whom Planet Remina was named after, along her father Oguro, now become the subjects of persecution by the population of Earth, who believe that she is directly responsible for the coming cataclysm. Thus begins a brutal, worldwide witch hunt for the two, with the intent of killing them both as sacrifices, in the desperate hope that it will somehow stop the otherworldly beast.
Art Review: 4/5
In this sort of manga the art is not necessarily very important, as it is the content and the story line, but the art was pretty well done. The design of the planet Remina was pretty interesting, as I mention later on it does remind me of the Alien movie, or something from Princess Monoke.
Story Review: I find it really ironic that I read this manga on the day of the Rapture (which, if you are not aware of, is the Christian belief that YESTERDAY was the end of the world) with Remina getting half crucified in the beginning. What? There's a planet going at the speed of light? How would you know that? If it was going at that speed I don't think you'd see it.. I should get myself named after a planet. I'll get famous and everything! I don't really trust Minechi's rape face, there. Speaking upon faces, this manga has a boat load. Perhaps, a FACE PARADE? (only one person actually knows what the hell I am talking about. For the rest of you, here is a picture of a cow. Please do not fap to it, I will not be able to sleep for days if you do.) For example, this face that the worker is making while staring at the planet monitor, which looks like this. He goes crazy, shortly after realising that Remina is approaching the solar system with great speed. You see, Asian countries, this is why you give your workers days off and such. Maybe even a coffee break, and a human resource guy who won't tell you to just go back to work in a terribly racist voice. Wait, what? The planet turned around itself and started to go towards the Solar System? Of its own free will? What now, is the planet going to extend an arm out and flip the bird at us or something? And the planet starts to destroy the outer planets. I couldn't help but giggle when the scientists said that 'Uranus was annihilated.' Soon it blows up Saturn. I don't understand how, though, Remina is a tiny planet. Too much defying of the laws of Physics here.. And the people start going berserk. See, this is how people are going to act on 2012. And I was right about the arm thing, it picked up Mars and ate it. The planet has a face (which resembles something from Picasso) And it just ate the moon. Are we going to miss it? Hey guys, I know you're desperate, but if this planet's blown up all the outer planets just by colliding into it, what makes you think ground-to-air are going to work against it? And you guys are a failure as a mob too. You guys got someone in a jetpack and you still can't catch her. I assume this is supposed to be a form of censorship but Daisuke at one point tells the guys chasing Remina that they are bad mothers. I... am so offended. First an earthquake, then the planet smashes the people with its tongue, then a tsunami while you're tied to a cross? Did I forget to mention that the cross was on fire? I think you have Jesus beat, there. You know, escaping to a planet that has a FACE on it might not be the greatest idea. Like going to that planet in the Alien movie. For one, the air on Remina is so toxic that it melts people. Nice weather we're having here today on Apocalyptic planet here. Remina spun the planet so everyone starts flying. They start flying over South America at one point. Shouldn't they be seeing women with huge asses flying by right about now? And now we see that not only does Remina's atmosphere kill people, it turns them into Picasso faces with huge tongues. I knew it. I saw this plot twist coming. The creepy guy from her fan club is the one ordering her crucifixion. Remina has teeth too.. (the planet that is, I'm not calling the heroine toothless) Me: Oh Remina, what large teeth you have? Remina: The better to eat your planet with! Also, it needs more salt. The ending seems pleasant enough, with Remina getting away in Minechi's basement, but is that really going to seem pleasant when it sort of turns into a Lord of the Flies scenario? Overall, I really enjoyed the story. The short story is quite interesting as well, although I wish they wouldn't have mentioned John Lennon. Now I'm going to imagine people sown together when I think of him. Not that it would bother me but that's not the sort of thing to be imagining when listening to music, not even if John Lennon smoked your weight in drugs.
7.5/10
OhHaiDer :]
There's too much rain lately ouo;
Today I bring you..
Hotel~
Hotel
Story & Art: Boichi
Publisher: Kodansha
Rating: Older Teen (16+)
Synopsis: (mangaupdates.com) It is the year 2272 A.D.
A computer continues to live on in order to complete a mission in a world where all life, including Mankind, has gone extinct. This is a record of those 27 million years of its heroic struggle.
Art Review: 3/5
The art is not entirely that special, it's just standard for an environmentally driven one-shot. It's detailed, but at times the events that happen are not too clear. I'll give it to the mangaka, it would be slightly difficult to illustrate unworldly things displayed in this manga, but a little more emphasis on what was happening would have been preferable.
Story Review: I actually found this a rather interesting manga, however little things do stick out to me. The description of the manga makes it sound like a computer is running a race for 27 million years. 'Heroic struggle.' Yeah, sure, against the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH *dun dun dunnnn* (I use a mac so I don't get the blue screen of death. Suckas.) And with humanity extinct there won't be any tech support now (come to think of it, even if humans were alive their tech support wouldn't help any.) So apparently where the computer is the last hotel standing? When I read that, this started playing in my head. While reading this manga I think to myself, the things described here don't fall far from the truth. How sad. I know this manga is supposed to be totally serious, but why the hell is Keira Knightley in here? I suppose that this is just the wish of all humanity that her baby is saved and they restart humanity with her genetics. And why is it that the father is old enough to be her grandfather? He also kinda looks like an emo David Suzuki. The robot they create to defend the DNA.. It's a really emotional R2D2. I'm kinda just imagining a pop can bursting out into tears.. And as they quote "What a Wonderful World" as humanity dies out I hear Louis' voice in my head. It's half humorous and nostalgic.. What I fail to understand about this manga is just how this computer, that can't move, is making all these things, like the repairs and such. Near the end, the earth cools and it starts to rain, and he starts to have hallucinations. I didn't know robots could have hallucinations. Or feelings for that matter. The aliens come soon enough (UFOs and everything), they kinda look like Pokemon. It's very heartfelt, the ending.. But I have something to say.. If you were to take this literally, the robot's brother should be black, to that logic of him being Louis Armstrong.. But both of the parents are Japanese... Something's not right here, Keira. Bad Keira, bad. All joking aside, this was a very interesting manga. I just wish there was a little elaboration with Louis' feelings in terms of him saving humanity (which in my opinion should not be revived, anyhow.)
7.5/10
