Shin Petshop of Horrors
Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo

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If you liked Petshop of Horrors, then of course you are going to like this series. It is just as good as the original series, although with a few changes. This series doesn't have chapters similar to the original, where a person is given a pet and three rules.

As for characters, I will always love Count D. He really hasn't changed from Petshop of Horrors, cute but creepy at the same time. As for the new character who is trying to find out Count D's secret, Taizuu, he is pretty cool. Although he isn't quite as funny as Leon, Taizuu does have his moments.

As ... for returning characters, there seems to be a possibility that Leon or Chris is searching for Count D. I have only got to volume 2 of the manga, and I haven't quite figured out if it is a grown-up Chris or Leon. When a man tells Count D that some blonde-haired and blue-eyed guy was looking for him, Count D describes him in a way that fits Leon more. "Did he have a mop of hair, suspicious eyes, wear dirty clothes and have a big attitude?" But then in the second volume, you see a little bit of him. His eyes are bigger, with the light iris and pupil in the middle, and he has the little eyelash to the side, just like Chris. So at the moment, the topic is debatable. In conclusion of returning characters, there is a possibility that there will be, but for now, not quite.

The art is still beautiful, even though minor/side characters in different chapters are still drawn a bit simply, like in the original series. The storyline and chapters are still very interesting and fun to read.

I highly recommend this series. Petshop of Horror fans will like it (at the very least), and new readers won't really need to read the original series to understand what is going on. Although I encourage reading the original, either before or while reading Tokyo.

I will review it again when more books come out (since I think it is still going in Japan), but I wanted to let hesitant readers know that Petshop of Horrors: Tokyo is a good read by far. Lots of people are unsure if it's good or not, so here's my answer. I give it two thumbs up!

As a sequel to Petshop of Horrors, I was definitely expecting more of the same, what I got however was a pretty inferior series that felt lacking in comparison. The original series also had many subpar stories too but they all felt different from eachother in concept and tone, one could be a horror story, the next could be a romance, sometimes there were full-fledged adventures and sometimes it even got experimental and all had ironic twists of fate pulling from all kinds of cultures with an atmosphere and concepts that made it feel mystical.

Shin on the other hand delt like Matsuri Akino was ... running out of ideas so she just defaults to the 25th story about a host club, I'm not kidding when I say that half of the stories here are about host clubs and that most of them blend together. The character of Wu Fei lau is a descent replacement for Orcot but he lacks much development and isn't as charming compared to the Detective, I the hints his bitter relationship with his dad, future arranged marriage and how he secretly cares a lot about his workers would build up to an epic climax like in the original but instead we get a very abrupt ending when we don't even know what count D's deal even was with Taizuu's dad.

Replacing Chris as the child supporting character is Femto, the ghost of an Egyptian Pharaoh trapped in the body of a cat from one of Akino Matsuri's other Manga "The Psychic Business Corporation" he has even less development than Taizuu but I actually give it a pass considering he probably had his character arc in said Manga, plus the stories he's involved with are usually high points, dealing with technology like videogames and the internet which I feel they also could've explored more too.

At the end Shin Petshop of Horrors feels like wasted potential and an inferior product to the original. This being said it's still a good read with most of the same great writing (Except 1 chapter in particular which could have a review of it's own), just expect what's essentially a descent romance Manga about host clubs and occasionally the mafia with Count D's shop in it.