Tomodachi manga was very cool. Asumi Hara.
It comprised of most things that high school manga is compiled from, such as bullying, friendship and love.
But I enjoyed the way the characters were played out. They were all likeable. Although I must say Ai (one of the main two female protagonists) was not as interesting as I had hoped. However, people change when they go through hard times, they can become less like themselves and more transparent and dull. I think that is what happened to her over years and slowly in this manga she began to return to her old real self.
Btw I liked Retsu best. He was cliqued, as was Mizuki. All of them were, I suppose. But Retsu was cool.
Fave female: They were all good, I guess Mizutani. She was appealing. If I say why, it will be a spoiler... so never mind, just read this manga.
I give it 5 stars out of 7 ******* because I hate bullies and this manga deals with that. I got bullied a lot. I feel pain when I read about it. But since this manga was only a 3 volume set, I kept reading til the end. It took me a couple of hours only, I think.
Btw another manga clique: A girl punches or slaps a guy and suddenly he falls in love with her. Doesn't make sense. I've seen it a few times now. It seems to be popular. Ah well. This was a nice manga.
Tenshi nanka janai by Ai Yazawa... boring. Good character art, I suppose.
Disliked the way the art changed. I prefer the artist's original style, it was cuter.
3 stars.
Shoulda given it a chance but I just couldn't. If you like embarassing things happening to cute girls then read it. She is a cute, spunky chick though. I find cheerful girls (genki girls?) irritating after a while. I like how the main guy was so nice to the kitten. Soft-hearted men are the best.
Ok fine, 4 stars. It was good probably but after so many manga which have so many similar characters, I get tired of cheerful stupid main girls and cool sullen main guys.
I read vols 2,3,5,and 6 of the Scott Pilgrim series and I really found myself both liking and disliking Scott.
I am a lot like him, the way he zones out and plays games a lot.
He just never seems to get on with his life. I am so the same right now.
In the end, he is kind of a jerk, as is mentioned a few times in no uncertain terms by a lot of characters in the comic.
Ramona is sadly, too much like Scott to be interesting. I liked Knives and also the drummer chick, Kim.
I also liked how the writer made girls fight too. But sadly, Knives was too crazy to be with Scott.
She is such a normal girl...(sadly) I know plenty of chicks like her, they are too OTT about everything. I liked Wallace Wells also. He was funny but not as funny as Julie's roommate with the beard, named Joseph? He was such a biatch.
Hated: Lynette, The Clash at Demonhead's drummer. Hate hate hate. Also all the evil exes were crap except Lucas Lee, who I kinda liked. Probably because he is such a terrible actor.
Although since there were two volumes out of the 6 which I didn't get to read, I may have thought one of those exes were cool. But I doubt it.
Give it a 4 stars because it was confusing and most of the characters were so messy and rather useless.
But the graphic novel was good because O'Malley doesn't make it dismal, he makes everyone appear hopeful.
Some books make this generation appear jaded and hopeless and totally dark.
And they basically say that life is a horrible dreary punishment with no hope for joy or any kind of good value, so let's just all act trucked up all the time and ruin each other's lives as much as possible, to take 'em down with us!
'Let's take solace in sex and drugs and alcohol and music and junk food and pop culture.'
O'Malley does not do this as much as other people, which makes me happy.
It makes me feel that he is more neutral. I don't like OTT moods in a comic/novel.
I also, and I may have already stated this, but I also enjoyed his art style.
It was kinda chunky but still not overly clumsy. Pleasing.
I bet the movie sucks... I kinda wanted to see it but now that I read the series... argh the dilemma. Oh of course I am going to see the film. How can I resist? Shouldn'ta picked M. Cera tho. Also that girl who plays Ramona is so Nickelodeon fodder. I can't take her seriously. I will try. That is all I can promise! Not that anyone actually cares... But I do! So these posts are my promises to ME!
Update: Found a website which has vol 4 and possb vol 1 so maybe I can catch up. I like Roxie (evil ex number 4) so far. But that might be simply because she is a chick and that makes it more interesting. Btw is Ramona kinda loose or what? Dating twins...creepy. Plus she is so culturally sensitive. An Indian guy, possb American guys, Canadian, at least one anyway, and a girl, and also Japanese guys too. Man. At least she isn't racist, I guess... Or genderist... hehe.
Compared to her, Scott is dull. He only had Knives and then a buncha white chicks. But at least Envy aka. Natalie was interesting.
Oh man. Best line ever. Vol 4: p 181 (possibly) 'Scott earned The Power of Love.' Hearing that 80's song right about now...
'But it might just saaaave your liiiifee....That's the power o' Love...'
Anyway yes. I hate using a word like 'epic' so freely as it has been massively over-exploited, but that was indeed an epic scene. As the scene where Gideon stole it from him was also. I was like; 'THAT'S NOT FAIR!!!!' In my head. IN MY HEAD ONLY.
I do not yell stuff in stores or libraries etc. But I have been known to laugh and cry as quietly as possible.
Saw movie, liked it but preferred the books of course. Have now read all of series, liked it a lot, want to buy it one day. Thank you O'Malley.
Bokura ga Ita by Yuuki Obata. *******7 stars... The art is ordinary but the characters were good.
Very sad... but wonderfully complex characters. Deep etc. Made me want to cry and I felt hurt inside when reading it. It is not complete yet, online.
So I want to know the end. I really identified with Yamamoto Yuri. The way people have treated her, is similar to how I have been treated, and my reaction has been similar too. I'm not as able to create a thick wall around me like she is though. I always seem to be cheerful and act like an idiot despite people being awful. I also keep making the mistake of trusting people and believing they are essentially good. I know that the world is dangerous for idiots like me. I hope someone will be able to protect me whenever I need it. I think sometimes that people are scum. But then I realise that they are not... it's just very hard to reach people. That is why I get angry because I am not good at people skills. I also identified with the man guy Yano. He is quite complex too.
I read Astro Cat aka. Atom Cat, it is quite cute. Osamu Tezuka is cool. I didn't care much about Kimba the White Lion or the weird swan manga nor The Mighty Atom but I did like Astro Cat. A bit sad though. Ah well. *****5 stars. I think I like Astro the cat best. I feel sorry for his owner who cries all the time.
He will surely become a bit braver but when he cries, nobody is nice to him, which makes me annoyed. Is this manga what Doraemon was based on? I really find Doraemon annoying.
Also Gintama is amazingly good. Soraichi Hideaki's art is excellent although you can see where he is still making mistakes sometimes. And his scene angles are very well planned. He inspires me to draw as well as he (but in my own style of course). Also, he is too brash sometimes for my taste, with some blood and also references to porn. His comedy is good though and I like his characters. I give him *****5 stars, and I liked Gintoki and Zura (I mean Katsura) and also Shinpachi. And the Shinsengumi (esp how Yamazaki always plays badminton), and also I like Hasegawa ('old geezer/madao'). Kagura is cute but I don't really like her personality. If it wasn't for the author's filler chapters which brim with cliqued scenes and relationships, I would give him a higher mark.
But yeah, if you want to relax, read Gintama. I really anjoyed how he mocks or references a lot of other manga, older and newer. Update: Have reviewed Gintama already, in more depth. See previous posts.
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