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If you translate the title of this manga, it is Weird Love. This is exactly what the manga is about - a rather pointless manga about weird fetishes (such as peeing).

Of course, this is an ecchi manga with borderline hentai. What does the majority of these types of manga have? Popular girls, and big-breasted girls. This manga? It combines both types and throw in a story about them. “Guy finds his desk wet and eventually finds girl one after school and falls in love with each other”? Yeah, sounds like some excuse to place a love story on.

The art is rather pretty, but art points ... are very few - especially on a story and cast such as this. Ugh, two main characters that have similar fetishes, that obsessive, jealous pervert that wants the girl… sounds like a pretty ridiculous cast; and it is.

The majority of these points were from the art and how so mildly amusing this piece of work was because of its story and characters. You know, weird fetishes and love stories don’t work very well. 4/10.

Onani means masturbation. By that simple line, you are laughing at this and probably won’t plan to read it. But read this review further – It is a grand story using the age-old morals of ‘Never give up on your friends.’ The mangaka only happens to use masturbation to teach those morals.

This story, considered a doujin (impressive since I’ve lost hope on doujins the moment I heard yaoi pairings as its dominant theme), is about a boy who masturbates after school in the girl’s bathroom. A younger, gentler (at first impressions) girl soon finds out about his ‘activity.’ The story shoots off from there. The ... boy experiences the harsh ways of bullying, how telling the truth hurts, true love, and how friends are formed, even friends you don’t like in the first impressions.

All of the characters get some sort of development. The boy learns about friendship (sounds clichéd, I know, but in the most interesting way ever presented). The girl reveals her inner beast. Every single character influences the boy.

The art is rather sketched. At first, I didn’t like it very much, but I got used to it, absorbing each and every detail that the mangaka has put on, especially for the characters.

This deserves every word of praise that I heard from fellow reviewers. This is an excellent story that uses an age-old moral. 9/10.

This is my first horror manga I’ve read and I’d say… I’m not really impressed. The story revolves around a strange creature (dead fish with artificial ‘legs’) invading the lives of two people – a boy and his girlfriend.

A storyline like this seems like an excuse to make a horror manga. While this sounds like it’s actually good, it’s not. The mangaka seems to throw the plot into different directions.

The characters? Not even. Of course the female character is a damsel-in-distress (the only thing I remember about her is that she screamed almost every panel she was in, thankfully I liked what the mangaka did ... to her eventually). Of course the main character (male, even) has to save her often. The character development is very minimal. All I remember that the main character seemed to be slightly scarred by the incident.

The art was nothing really impressive, though it was very fitting for a horror manga. I remember there were so many details on the strange monsters, though there was nothing memorable about the details on the characters and on the backgrounds.

I came for the bonus story though, the Enigma of Amigara Fault. Now that is more considered to be a horror manga despite being a little cliched. 4/10 overall on Gyo though.

When I was requested to do this review, I wasn’t too happy. The majority of shounens (especially the Big Three – Naruto, Bleach, One Piece) I’ve watched during my anime watching days were absolutely horrible. Let’s see, what did the Big Three have? Super-powered main characters who are rather cocky, stubborn and they got their super power from something or someone. Rather boring.

However, when I read the first chapters, I was pleased that the main character, Edward Elric, was superpowered and very skilled at the first time. Still, he was still very typically shounen; he was rather cocky and won most (if not all) of ... the fights as well as its story - there is that useless (later damsel-in-distress, and a childhood friend to top it off) girl. But still, it rather impressed me. Unlike in the Big Three, the fights are much much shorter and less ‘X and y fights for no reason.’ Applause!

On a higher note, the art was really well-drawn, if you forgive the sketched out look in the humorous parts.

Overall, this is one of my must-reads for those tired of seeing the regular old shounens. Of course it’s rather typically shounen at some parts and I didn’t like the quality change in its humorous parts. Still, this is quite a read. 8/10.

Alright, everyone! Let's gather for an important part of world history; the history of Afghanistan as we review Timaking's only known manga, Afuganisu-tan!

Story:
Again, as said before, this tells a bit of history about Afghanistan. The story is slow-paced and episodic, but does its job decently. However, Timaking feels that it is necessary to add text alongside the panels. I don't actually feel that this is a good way to tell the story.

Art:
Adorable, adorable with moe written all over it. It's average, though, but does its job well.

Character:
The story is told with Afuganisu-tan's eyes. There is your naive youngster named Afuganisu-tan, a boastful one named Pakis-tan, ... and other excellent characters. The characters feel undeveloped after completion, but this is no surprise since this is a one-shot.

Overall, pretty enjoyable manga. It's a nice, quick read providing adorable art.

Welcome to the cruel game of survival. If you hold a Future Diary, you're a possible target for the game to get the rank of God. And everyone else has some type of Future Diary too.

This is the plot where Mirai Nikki revolves in. But the manga explains how the game is started. How? Yukiteru, the main character, is pretty much an outcast. Left without friends, Yukiteru begins to create imaginary friends like Deus Ex Machina, the 'Lord of Time and Space.' However, creating this 'Lord' comes with a price; creating 11 Future Diary holders.

This is definitely something unique. Never really seen something like it ... before. The pacing can get a little too fast though.

And now, the characters. Yuno is your typical overprotective person, protecting Yukiteru and becoming obsessed with him. But there's a twist... she's a yandere, someone who'll even kill someone else to 'protect' his/her lover. Definitely something good coming your way. But then, comes your typical backboneless character, Yukiteru himself. But he develops well. And the other ten Diary Holders, too. You'll be turning the pages crazily, learning about each and every Diary Holder and their personalities.

Can't say anything much about the art, though. Pretty average and serves its purpose well.

Overall, I've enjoyed this manga very much. Brutal scenes line the pages of this manga, and don't expect a touching and cute romance. You're in for a ride.

When I heard many great things about this anime on various anime sites, I was like, 'meh.' I scanned the synopsis on another anime site and I thought I would hate this. A bored day and a fellow reviewer said, "You should watch Clannad After Story, only a few people have watched it." I decided to watch its prequel, Clannad. I was marveled.

Story: 10/10
One of Clannad's best points. It puts together a simple story (Nagisa planning to get the theatre club back on again, and more) and touches the watcher by crying or smiling.

Character: 10/10
The especially memorable characters were the main characters, with some of ... the supporting characters. Even the one that disappears all of a sudden is still memorable. The characters will either make you laugh or cry. Your characters are the usual ones, but how they develop is marvelous.

Art/Animation: 9/10
The art/animation was great. Good character designs, very detailed backgrounds. Even the little starfishes Fuko makes was very nice. I liked the animation, nothing wrong with it.

Sound/Voice Acting: 9/10
The opening theme and ending theme fit well with the story, especially with the ending theme. For the songs besides the OP/ED play with the series, it was the same 2-3 tunes, but they were played with great timing.

As for the voice acting, I liked them all, very fitting. At first, I disliked Nagisa's high-pitched (at least compared to the other characters) voice, but I got used to it.

Enjoyment: 10/10
Did I enjoy it? Heck yes! A fine mixture of drama, romance, and comedy all in one.

Overall: 10/10
Great anime for ones looking for a light-hearted series with a few tears added in.

A wave of hype comes as they announce an OVA about a Vocaloid song, Black Rock Shooter. Awesome promotion art, magnificent trailers and even cosplays ranging from outrageously horrible to very excellent went.

The OVA was released and came to this, a not good but not bad anime.

Story: 6/10

The plot was unclear at first. Two people become best of friends and one of the friends, Mato, become friends with Yuu. Yomi, Mato's friends, turn jealous... but that doesn't explain the other world where it shows people that look like Mato and Yomi but with weapons fighting each other. A very overused plot, but... what the heck ... is going on? It just pops into the world where Mato and Yomi fighting and the real world without any reason. Perhaps a sequel?

Art/Animation: 6/10
The art was uneven. The world where Mato and Yomi fought was very well-drawn, however, the real world was really average. Same for the animation.

Sound/Voice Acting: 6/10
The sound was average. As for the music, there are very few pieces of music played in this anime. The ED didn't really pop in my head, and I just liked the battle themes. The voice acting was average as well, but nothing special.

Character: 4/10
Definitely one of BRS's more weaker points. Yomi, Mato and, it looks like, Yuu developed quite a bit in this anime. However, they don't explain who are the people that look like Mato and Yomi, what are their intentions, etc. Are they used to develop Mato and Yomi's (in the real world) characters? Are they used just because they wanted to mix slice of life and action together?

Enjoyment: 4/10
How could I enjoy such a confusing anime? The only thing that made 'enjoyment' a 4/10 would be the fighting and I liked some of the characters' voices.

Overall: 6/10
This is a waste of time. If you don't mind a ton of slice of life, few action scenes, and a very confusing plot + set of characters, then watch this. I'll be expecting a sequel that's a thousand times better than this.

Story: 9/10

You've seen a story like this before. 'Boy leads a double life, and that double life are polar opposites.' However, I find it rare in comedies, even in dark comedies like this piece of work. One point off because I found something... missing.

Character: 9/10

Each of the characters are interesting and adds to the comedy. However, really only Negishi really gets some character development. But, this is a comedy, people only watch for laughs, not character development.

Art: 10/10

... I really liked the art style of this dark anime. Dark, very fitting for this type of anime.

Sound/Voice Acting: 10/10

Without a doubt, one of the more stronger points of the anime. There's different kinds of music, mainly the calm pop Negishi plays and the... death metal Krauser plays. I liked them all.

As for the voice acting, (Japanese dubbed, English subbed) all of the characters were very fitting-sounding.

Overall: 9/10

A great anime with its share of flaws. BUT BE WARNED. This isn't an anime for everyone. If you hate crude humor, (as in, using rape, sex, drugs as humor) don't even touch this anime.

Story:
Your typical sports anime, but with a twist. Right from the start, the main character is pretty AWESOME at the game. There comes it being VERY predictable. 'Ryoma's going to win' especially when it relates to tennis. If an enemy is winning, one of Seishun's students (usually a regular) will make an *unexpected* comeback. Could have been much shorter and better without the 'filler' episodes (filler, as in when Seishun isn't playing in a tournament).

Art/Animation:
The art is great, far from being spectacular. I find nothing wrong with it, but it isn't spectacular. As for the animation, I've been seeing a lot of clips used over ... and over in matches and it's a little iffy sometimes.

Sound/Voice Acting:
(Japanese dubbed, English subbed)
The music isn't really impressive, just fitting for this type of anime. Nothing really that goes into your head, though. As for the sound, some sounds are over-exaggerated and some are perfect. The voice acting was okay, though some of the voice actors, especially Seishun's regulars, weren't very fitting.

Characters:
Amazing, wide variety of characters with their own unique personalty that develops little by little as you watch more episodes. This is definitely this anime's strong point because they all have their own styles. However, as each new character is introduced, the show seems to has to go longer for character development and exploring more of his or her personalty.

Enjoyment:
An interesting anime to some, a repetitive and tedious anime to others. To me, Prince of Tennis is an uninteresting, repetitive anime. Sure, there's a lot of special moves, but they're quite unrealistic and fails to want me to watch any more episodes.