Apr 11, 2013
This is my first review, so bare with me on this one.
Before I begin to write this review I would like to say that this manga captivated me so, that I read the whole 76 chapters in one sitting, I started with the premise that before I went to bed I would read 3 chapters to see if it would interest me, I then spent the following 7 and a half hours reading it, I could not put it down, so be aware its highly addictive!
I’m trying not to put any spoilers in the review, because it’s such a good story I don’t want
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to ruin any of the surprises
=============== Story= 10 =============
Where to begin, I guess I should start off with saying, that Sundome is not a mangafor everyone, it contains severe graphically almost sexual scenes that are borderline hentai( To make this clear, this manga is NOT HENTAI, but close to it ) . I would dare to say it’s not for most people, seeing as that the main story basically revolves around a high school boy masturbating in front of a high school girl, granted that would scare the most people away, but if you look past that unique and quite odd part of the story you are left with a romance drama comedy mix, there are parts where I could not stop laughing. Anyways as I was saying, the story focuses on the somewhat twisted relationship between the main characters Aiba, Hideo and Sahana, Kurumi. The story is mainly focused on Aiba, Hideo the male lead, and his growth throughout the relationship with Sahana, Kurumi. Throughout the story there are small stories about the supporting characters.
The progression in the story is a the only thing that I didn’t really agree with, the story escalates in the start and mellows out in the middle and then when reaching the end it feels just a bit rushed would have liked to see an extra 10 chapters or so, but that might because I really fell in love with the story and didn’t want it to end. That’s the only thing that bothered me about the manga.
=============== Artwork= 8 ============
The artwork is real crisp and sharp, well drawn and everything is in good proportions, movement is well drawn, as well as the emotions the characters have are drawn good.
The “graphic” scenes in Sundome are well drawn, every time one of the “graphic” scenes came by I could kind of feel the emotions the characters were feeling.
As I stated before there are some real “graphic” scenes that are not suited for people under 17 or sensitive types.
=============== Notes ================
I have enjoyed reading Sundome so much, I’ve ordered the complete Japanese set from Japan. Just so I can enjoy the quality of the product.
A extra note is that if you are reading it via a scanlator group, the quality will be great for the first 30-40 chapters and the last 55 to 76 , there are some chapters that seriously lacking quality, be it bad raw scans, translation grammar and spelling errors , poor cleaning and type stetting.
=============== Final Verdict ===========
I’m giving Sundome a big fat 10, because I enjoyed it so much, this is so far the only manga (of more than 10 or so chapters) that’s made me pull an all nighter, I’m basing my score off of the enjoyment I had while reading the manga.
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I hope you enjoyed my review and I hope you take the time to try out the manga.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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