The first half of the anime was theatrical, morose and stylish (yellow butterflies, humans turned into metal statues, faintly Lovecraftian environmental apocalypse, Kabbalism and Shakespeare go surprisingly well together). It had a certain charm, even if the characters talked their mouths off and the action moved a bit slowly.
Then the second half completely changed the tone. Everything started revolving around Hakaze's juvenile, banal crush on Yoshino. The fate of the world and the revenge plot took second stage to the riveting sight of Hakaze going kyaa and smashing her breasts against Yoshino's arm every two minutes. Quality storytelling, that. -_-
So if you don't mind an
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Feb 17, 2013
Doctor Du Ming
(Manga)
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This manga is all about subtle misdirection. It doesn't outright lie to you, but it tries to deceive you by careful omission and double-meanings. You can't even trust the synopsis, and you must pay attention to every panel and its possible double interpretations.
Although, in contrast to fiction that is all about twists and turns of plot, nearly all the revelations in Doctor Du Ming are psychological ones. It's your understanding of the characters and their motivations that will shift drastically, and that would color the few important events in the manga in a different light. The art is distinctive and realistic, to the point where some ... 
Feb 16, 2013
Cuticle Tantei Inaba
(Anime)
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Yeah, it's a gag anime. A ridiculously cute, hyper, gag anime.
Some of the anime's good points include: a rapid-fire funny dialogue, a cast of oddball characters, a truly out-there plot, the occasional jab at some manga/anime conventions, a short-skit format that never lets it drag, cute overload in every episode, and a ton of fujoshi fanservice (or is it a parody of fujoshi fanservice? Who cares, it works either way!) The art's very pretty when it's not chibified, and even the chibification's used to full effect to prop up the gags, so it all works out in the end. The cast gives top-notch performances - I'd ... |
