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Oct 1, 2024
When this manga is on top of its shit, it is absolutely a wonder to hold. I will die on the hill that I found the 3 chapter Takaba and Kenjaku "battle" to be one of the best moments I've experienced on this whole ride. The jackpot explanation of Hakari's domain comes in a close second, and to be honest, the way that the final villain was finally dealt with in the final chapters is rather excellent in my taste. But when I say that the journey through this "final" arc was a slog... I mean it. There were whole weeks I became uninterested in
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the advancement of the culling game's end because it really didn't move along at all. I don't know what occurred from an editor's standpoint but the flow of explanations and series of events became so formulaic: event happens, backstory to when the characters put the plan into motion for said event, event which happens was thwarted because character is too strong and cannot be defeated yet, new character comes in, old character returns, defeat, last minute event no one saw coming, progress, opponent is so strong, repeat repeat repeat. Now, granted, this would all happen in different ways but the final villain of this was too big to fail and every week for months would move at a glacial pace. And the main battle would go to side battles whose outcomes at times did not matter. Lastly on this, the events were so confusing at times, and the explanations so bonkers so as to make a new-gen Jojo stand comprehensible, that at points I found myself glazing over the dialogue of a battle shonen.
This manga absolutely deserves its accolades for a strong early story and the hype behind it is absolutely warranted, the middle-ish arcs in Shibuya and the backstory for Gojo and Geto as younger students, early culling game, those moments were great, hell, even some later moments in the culling game such as when the military gets involved were refreshing breaks in the story. The image that comes to mind is that drawing of a horse 3/4ths of the horse are well drawn but the last 1/4th is a kids drawing. What would have been higher in my enjoyment plummeted once the story was moving a centimeter per week. Now I will be the first to acknowledge that absolutely the author's health comes first and I was so glad the author took a well deserved break after delivering a seven page semi conclusion to a fight, and I don't know what happened to let the story escape from the author's hands or if the hype and enjoyment, maybe even nostalgia, of early JJK made the latter bits much less enjoyable. The author could not match the thrill of the early and middle days once the end reared its ugly head.
It's a good story and I would very much enjoy a reread catching what made it a magical moment in the beginning, and such a wealth of unique characters with amazing design and powers, it's unfair to compare with a nostalgic lens but as the story went on, it lacked the magnetic energy of earlier fights and plotlines. But on its own, the ending fails to grasp my attention, even literally the last chapter I just saw the final panels and just nodded, I dont know what the story needed, maybe a pace modifier, maybe an edited timeline where things felt earned, maybe the action not being interrupted by the setup of the action, or you know what, THOSE TIMES WHERE PEOPLE WOULD CALMLY JUST SIT IN EXPOSITION AND EXPLAIN WHY SOMETHING WOULD OR WOULDN'T WORK, those chapters were rough... but I guess that's what happens when you write something to complex that in order to set up rules for things in your world you'd need to explain the policy and how we got there.
I don't envy the spot Gege was left in, it's a monumental task that many a fan might not be able to even arrive to an ending that would satisfy even a tiny minority. Just what we received, maybe it's fitting that the last panel is a middle finger.
A good ride, a meh ending, I'll see you on the next one, Gege. For now, enjoy the rest. (Gege's probably got fuck you money from how big this story has become).
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 1, 2024
SHONEN JUMP/SHUEISHA WHOEVER THE FUCK WHEN I FIND YOU I WILL KICK YOUR WATER BOTTLE OFF THE TABLE !!!!!!
I will fully defend so many works that get published and then never make it past their first or second arc. I don't know when the authors get that grace period message that their work will never develop past a certain point, I don't know at what point the ax swings down, but I know the disappointment of the period after, I notice how fans commiserate in the comments section mourning something that never got a chance to fly. I get that it's a cutthroat world out
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there and I will say I'm rather new to the disappointment of watching something be taken away when it was not given full possibility.
The author of Goze Hotaru was cookin and the appetizer was delicious, the news of the main course was appetizing, but I never got to eat it. You have this historical setting set with a vibe very similar to the wandering of a manga like Mushishi, surreal and supernatural spin in its art and menagerie of potential non-human beings, such loose and alluring strokes of the pen, moments of near cartoonish expression, vibrant and vivid patterns that make us understand that the characters in this world are blind yet their perception is vitally important for their career and livelihood, so how do you express something happening to the characters in a sonically rich and mysterious world? I think we come close to success here.
This is one of the standouts among all published works that held such a thrilling potential: we see a young blind girl find a group of misfits who go around singing and telling stories to villages, the untapped storylines that could be there, it was exciting, it was fresh, there is mystery to the background of major and minor characters that weave a loose but expertly crafted story (like a wooly sweater with large bits of yarn). And while the core of the mission for Hotaru was to understand the reasons her family was split apart, we know that if the author was given time, there would be a fruitful journey of growth, discovery, community, hardship, etc etc that would make the main cast of lovable, talented dummies a warm welcome to a found family trope.
And you know what? The rushed ending to this short 24 chapter was actually not bad! There was a timeskip and even then, it didn't feel obscenely disruptive to the flow of the narrative, it set up for its audience a charming epilogue that may open up many a fanfiction to bloom from the world the author gave. I'm frustrated that such a unique storyline will be let down, and hey this may not be someone's genre especially from it being in a place full of action shonen, so really this is a plea to readers (though those who are already here may already agree), branch out to stories like this instead of the usual slop and give this a fighting chance. I'm gonna miss this. I look forward to the author's upcoming works, for now, enjoy your rest.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Sep 20, 2024
This is garbagio... but... in the same way people watch trashy tv like reality shows and telenovelas. The concept here, I think is interesting: a small lie/theft makes relationships crumble, rise, then crumble again, but holy shit the way it's executed is rather clumsy and unfortunate: you're watching hormonal, stupid teenagers muddle their way through melodramatic moments that (AT ANY MOMENT) can be solved by being honest and open. The classic trope of a liar digging themselves deeper into their lies, and you're just frustrated witnessing the events, screaming at the character to just confess. There are possibly 20 times the obscenely kind and understanding
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friends of the protagonist opened the possibility for the protag to just confess to the EXTREMELY MINOR wrongdoing, allowing an apology to lessen the whole dramatic and contrived situation.
The art is relatively strong though, there are these cool collages that show the artistic side of the characters and the creator really well. In the manga Blue Period, the author got other real life artists to represent other art in the plot of the story. A similar thing happens here in that the art reflects the different characters very well. I'll say that Gift (our protag) has great skills in painting and it shows that he's put in the work, but the art won't save the rest of the work.
Of course the author, gives us a glimpse into the protagonist and antagonist's past to see how they became to be so dramatically secretive and justice-seeking, respectively. It's not like it helps. You will read about these extreme behaviors developing in our two main underdeveloped, immature children, and it may be due to that immaturity that it can be excused but the protagonist cannot develop, and it's not like he has any lovable qualities beyond being a really good artist. A frustrating character might benefit if they were more charming or funny or alluring, he's just a diminished wet blanket.
The antagonist is fine, kind of cartoonish and devilish, her insane approach to torturing the main character through some mundane and extreme blackmail, she was the most fun to watch flipflop between nonchalant and crazy. I really wished I could see more of the supporting two characters Kokomi and Taima because they had the most potential. Kokomi had this big reveal of her being a kind of baddie with her piercings, which coming from my tatted and pierced self, I know that the piercings aren't crazy but the teen who has them and who hides them, what else will they be hiding? Could have been more spicy. I think some missed potential happened here because she was very sweet and caring and had this secret side to her. Equally, Taima is just a bastion of goodness, he was always supporting his classmates, so caring and kind that surrounded by all these "bad" actions between the protag and antag, he was like a detective understanding things better, I wish he had more screentime.
In the end, yeah I stuck with it to see how trashy it could get, and I will say... the ending almost saved this to make it a whopping 7/10 as I do think the author delivered on a crazy time. But going through this week by week was rather frustrating as chapter after chapter I felt the author had to hook us with huge reveals that, from a perspective of the whole work, make this a melodramatic episodic reality tv style hook that makes you think "yeah i'm okay to waste a minute reading this every week." I recommend this in the same way I recommend shitty donuts.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Sep 14, 2024
There's a simple formula to many great works, and Dungeon Meshi's is as follows: encounter a new region/ecosystem/monster, wrestle with the idea of how to engage with it, consume it. Rather simple, seemingly formulaic to the point of boredom, and I can see some people's frustrations with the simple concept. Much like a chicken soup, you just need boiling water and chicken bits of your choosing. Ah but the seasonings that add such a depth of flavor so as to make it a memorable dish.
I've been noticing how much I'm gravitating towards series that treat their worlds like an extra character. I've always been
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aching to learn how to camp and live off the land, and I even started my garden for self-sustainability, so you bet your ass that when Dungeon Meshi starts to bring in the concepts of symbiotic relationships and stability of an ecosystem where prey and predator rely on one another, you BET I was hooked.
DUNGEON: For any fantasy connoisseurs, I'm really just at the very beginnings of this genre, especially when it comes to anime, but I dare say I've been spoiled by this Frieren and Dungeon Meshi back to back two course meal. At its core, this is a living, breathing, shifting dungeon and things that were relevant in the early episodes wrap back around to later episodes. The cheery beginnings of this story reach a point of needing to advance the plot and then do so in a tragic and serious manner. Any type of advertisement I've seen of this showed a jolly party making their way through the dungeon eating and I went into this just expecting this to be the type of medieval entertainment where I can put this on while I'm eating. And sure, it did start that way but holy cannoli, I was hooked by the moments where our group of four starts to unravel their histories and face challenges that are personally felt but dealt with by the group. I always love the type of show that shows growth in the companions relying each other.
CHARACTERS: Chilchuck is this scroogey character who objectively is weak but is unparalleled at his skill, and he starts as a pain but that annoying attitude is a survival mechanism developed in his line of work so it makes sense, and that makes him that archetype of mercenary that vows to leave once the objective is accomplished but you just kinda feel that the effect of family and companionship is stronger. Marcille has this privileged, educational prowess with a cute friendship she made in school and an earnest urge to learn more and though that prickly attitude may arise once out of combat, she is so willing to be working her ass off to ensure safety of her party. Senshi, what more can be said, how much more ink shall be spilled about our mans Senshi, he is just such a great camp counselor figure and grandpa keeping everyone in check, always ready, using his race's abilities to their full extent, but then you learn about his dark path. Initially, you'd think of him as undefeatable and so knowledgable about everything in the dungeon, so far as being its caretaker, but once the latter couple episodes come with his trauma, it seems like you just get why he's the generous caretaker of his homies as well. Laios carries the banner of characters you know fall upwards onto success and their ignorance is often highlighted, but when the going gets rough, they are a stalwart bastion of whatever you need. He's great and stupid and radiates such himbo energy that I can't wait to read the manga to see him in his hand-drawn glory.
Even the SIDE CHARACTERS, the non-main characters flow in and out of the narrative quite seamlessly. I was worried that in the opening song, you see so many characters and have to deal with them being mediocre or not getting much development, and while not everyone gets all the screentime, I cannot say that any of them feel doomed or unnecessary to the plot. There's a smidgen of potential that Kabru ends up as dungeon master, there's unresolved connections between the former members of group Laios that makes me happy that they're coming back into dungeon together by the end of the anime. Falin, without much depth in spoilers, affects the narrative while having the least screentime, and being a prominent figure in backstories/flashbacks, I am eager to learn more.
(kinda) WEAKNESSES: I would say the budget was spent randomly, as the simplistic design and dialogue heavy scenes allow much simpler animation, but then out of nowhere you get an extremely detailed and dynamic scene. Which is to say, if the art itself is the worst part of this, I cannot really fault the story itself at all, therefore that's a good story. The cooking/food ain't Ghibli mastercraft, it's not the ideal amazingness of other stories that triumph in making you super hungry. What I will say, is that they get creative with the melange and the recipes, so there's another "eh this part isn't the best but I like what they did with their limited approach." Music is not the largest draw, there's some nice tunes, opening and closing songs are great, I love the little reveal tune for the food and how it changes depending on who is making it.
FINAL THOUGHTS: I may return to this once later seasons come out or once I hit the manga but I cannot deny the power and the pull of this series with unannounced depth cloaked in a fun and silly dungeoncrawler, absolutely beautiful and I'm excited for the future.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Aug 11, 2024
I am not at all a connoisseur of manhwa, this is probably the first one I picked up that really stuck with me, I think this is one of the cooler series I've been reading recently. The leveling up of this is really cleverly done and it made me realize how well the author has captured that feeling of grinding. Of course there's a general idea of plot armor and I know the MC will not die but I like seeing what types of hard work/deus ex machina come clutch to save the situation. I love the vibe of making all your weaker starters into
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godlike characters, that's more my vibe, try to make all characters work and disregard the meta. There's like three general story elements that are overarching that we have a lot of questions to remain unanswered: the fate of the MC's world Townia, the fate of Earth and how that factors into the story, and the mysteries of the company who made the game and the upper levels. Lots of mystery prevail but the action, the growth of characters, the development, I'm excited to continue reading.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Aug 6, 2024
non-objectively, this to me is a better season (and part of JJBA( because of it being a culmination of something so great and wonderful, the entirety of jojo's bizarre adventures. Pucci, as great as he is in his conviction and calculating strength, I did not fully really understand the motivation of changing the world, it was him wanting to reach a world where everyone is free to know what will occur to them and therefore that will make them make the best choices? it seemed like a lot to hope for with a largely dumb populace (this is jojo's, the non-mains are rather
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silly and not fully as talented or smart as the main characters). I love Jolyne, she's so cool and such a badass for her friends, and really went up an evolving stand user with her family/found family and managed to be so inspirational that even in her death she was able to end it all. It's a bittersweet ending and this third season had the wild stands of Dio's three children, Pucci's three stands, weather report's full stand ability, just a crazy amount of wildness that is only really rivaled until jojolion or steel ball run get animated. The universe reset hit so hard and beautiful at the end, when new universe jolyne tells emporio that things are gonna be alright, it's like a weight is lifted in the cruelest of ways. These are not our protagonists, but they are, visually, vibes-wise, but they know not their past or alternate selves and the turmoil they went through.
I thought the OP interruption by Pucci could have been a little bigger, but it was okay, in comparison to the other antagonists messing with the opening theme, Pucci's was my least favorite.
I think on its own, this series is a 7/10, as a Jojo's series it's a 7/10, and as the last sendoff of this large adventure it's an 8/10, but to me and entirely subjectively, it's 8.5 but i rounded up for shits and gigs. You kinda need to get through 5 parts for this one to land as much as it did with me. It requires quite the investment.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Aug 3, 2024
I'm glad it's finally over for Horikoshi, let that man rest. This was a manga i only started reading since chapter 50ish so I cannot really comment on its early chapters but with such a powerhouse of a story ending, it is bittersweet for many. Not for me, it was being dragged on in an unsatisfying way and I was noting that at the same time the anime was airing the class A versus class B, the quality took a dip yet the contrast of the manga release was showing us a sort of darkness that many found a peak. It was this jostling back
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and forth of the manga product doing decently and the anime product being bad that overall made me realize that this series was probably better enjoyed as anime up through season 2 and then read the manga. I feel for this author who at one point was doing the less-than-standard 8 pages per chapter around the very necessary hiatus. I think horikoshi has a wonderful style and the art is really beautiful and please Horikoshi try to do a horror manga. But I think this beast became so giant and the stakes so high that it caused anything that occurred within the plot to take so long to make and that forces the creator to not put in their best work. it was rushed in the end, and instead of finishing with a focus on effort, the ending was made to match the 10th anniversary of the release date so that ruffled people's feathers but the hype that people create has damaged their reception. It's a realistic ending, not that it can satisfy everyone, it's not that satisfying, it's just too much ground to cover. I liken it to the drama felt by the demon slayer crowd where the final act occurs and then they jump forward in time, but in demon slayer, you get what the shippers wanted, you see how that ended up. Class A had, 15ish members, it was a story told through the eyes of one, there are hundreds of loose ends to tie up.
Highlights of this manga experience were the horror elements, like when Toga has certain transformations, Shigaraki's rampages, some gory bits here and there. The "Dark Deku" moments were quite well done and show a true sore spot in the world of non-heroes relying on heroes to feel safe but knowing and visualizing the destruction that is physically present in loss of homes but also the internal destruction of doubt and fear at superbeings. I will say those moments were dragged out heavily, the war between villains and heroes was nearly 100 chapters and took its sweet time. The battle with the final antagonists was long but done in short amount of weekly release pages. The manga sticks to its hype, it has wonderful moments of despair, it has the unfortunate non-finality of characters in shonen media, it has its positives and negatives over 400ish chapters and for that, rest up Horikoshi, and thank you for the long years of a decent production.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jul 8, 2024
Due to it being july 2024 as of this review, we have access to the most content possible, just on the heels of 100 chapters, I might update this review once this Idol arc is concluded (yes there's idols involved, and it ain't no Oshi No Ko but the author chose this direction, without spoiling, it's maybe 4 chapters in so we don't know much). Okay onto the large review.
I will be honest, it's not my first gory edgy crazy series. There's a part of me that looks for extreme horror in novel form, and the same is true for manga, how talented can the
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writing and art come together to show the extremes of humans. This story starts out edgy and tries to be cerebral, and while the whole time it's trying to sound smart as fuck, the fact that every time it's a twist after twist makes it both predictable formula and just a silly little ride where you can just turn brain off and wait until the final reveal. You kind of go through maybe 8-10 arcs, where and in order to keep the formula "fresh" for the audience, deadtube is recreated a couple times through different creators and through different means but with the same base cast, which is kinda nice to see those characters and their "growth". You get to see the main character Machiya go through several arcs but the biggest growth comes from Hanae, who changes from money-hungry girl into a solid and very kind character, she's the most relatable as she is just normal and generous and just wants things to go right. The fundamentals stay the same throughout every arc: rape and gore, there's no other way around it. The series doesn't have many selling points beyond sex and violence, which sells, at the end of the day. The main character goes through hell and back and gets off on it, the secondary protagonists Mashiro, Kanae, etc, they all got fucked up pasts, presents, futures, but towards the latter half of the series (maybe starting around chapter 50ish), there's kind of a bond between this fucked up found family. I'm not really seeking this series for its violent aspects, as after a while it's a bit repetitive, the technique of the author is shock: you expect the woman to be raped, the man to be killed or maimed or do the assault.
The enjoyable aspect of a story like this is seeing how far and how crazy the author can get. But the author is a bit too reliant on the shock value. As a minor spoiler: a crazy character called Justice Man is introduced and much of his presence does not rely on the shock, he's a traumatized kid who never grew up mentally but gained strength, but then the author thinks "oh yeah this character is in an incestuous relationship with his sister and then only gets off on violence." So there are interesting moments but they go back to that familiar shock, it isn't the most novel or amazing thing.
MAJOR SPOILER ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF DEADTUBE: It's pretty crazy when we get to know the origin of deadtube, how it started as just three dudes wanting to out-edgy the other friends, they'd watch and get aroused with one another, the longterm project of creating children who would suffer in the future is a pretty sick and twisted idea, one that I will give the author credit for, it's disgusting and perverse that a father sees his children as pawns in his game of ultimate perversion, but the creator of deadtube just leaves so many questions happening with little answers, you gotta suspend disbelief that such a thing happened so coherently. Though I will say that it's kind of acceptable that it's not fully resolved at the moment because the author likes to do callbacks and returns of character. Maybe we shall know more in the end? END SPOILER
There's some great meta stuff where it seems the author is paying attention to trends that are viral in real life and matches the Dead Tube installment to match. from chapter 77 to 89ish, reality show is heavy, after that stock market/bitcoin equivalent is introduced, later there's some callback to idols (heavy on the Oshi No Ko analogue) so you can see each year that the arc changes as an update to match trends in real life. Smart mangaka keeping up.
I would say the manga has some peaks, the origin of deadtube is one such peak, and the Dead Tube Reality TV show is quite enjoyable because it's a type of genre exploration of whodunnits and detective stories... but there are equally valleys, ones where it seems the author is just truing to wing it and make things string along, the current as of July 2024 arc might not be the best but we are just beginning. I will say, characters appear, disappear and reappear, so in the essence of understanding the possibility of return for anyone, let the author cook. At the end of the day, it's still an edgy meh manga with decent concepts thrown in from time to time but its over-reliance on shock might not be the best for staying power, as shock wears off. I would recommend Pumpkin Night if you're into something like this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jun 15, 2024
Upcoming spoilers, I will mark them as we go but I just now finished reading chapter 37, and I'm looking through other media to find out if this series is either axed/cancelled, but its 37th chapter is titled Game Over and I imagine within the next chapters (probably doesn't go beyond chapter 40) this title will end. (as of june 21, 2024, the manga is complete) As you read the Jump Plus app's comments, you'll see that people are pretty bored or not expecting much from the initial chapters but all can agree that the interesting meshing of pixelation and standard manga style (albeit not
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the prettiest, not the flashiest) is unique and rarely seen. The main selling points at the beginning were not enough to impress many people reading and I'm not gonna say this is a masterpiece, I somewhat agree that the intro/prologue is standard semi-isekai, RPG in manga form, the main protagonist devoted himself to manga this whole life therefore he's a noob and doesn't get concepts and other characters have to explain them out loud, art is average to meh, even bad, at some points. Okay, you might understand now that I've front-loaded the bad to average stuff from this manga but I rated it higher than most.
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You have to get through that muck to get through a story with a major twist that will re-conceptualize many things, and it reminds me of the advice Robert Kirkman received from a mentor during his writing of the comic Invincible: deliver a quick twist early on. I'm not comparing the two in quality, but this manga delivered the twist a little late, potentially dropping people on the way, think about that meme of a dude mining diamonds but gives up. Okay enough preamble, this story isn't a diamond, the twist comes in the form of a backstory reveal of the black knight character that accompanies Roku. Roku is played off as schizophrenic/hallucinatory because only he can see the Black Knight, he starts to mentally break down. The pacing and sidelines within this story are where the crux of character depth exists. Half of the characters we meet early in the party within the first town will get exposition, we get to know their lives before the game and their connection to the game's creator, making their standard character introductions fall away once you discover who they really are: truly each of these backstories has a twist. Midway through, a new character is introduced that becomes the main character for a new arc, his existence is a twist, a bug in the game, you could say. SUPER SPOILER: The gameplay has deathloops, so every time Roku dies, the game creator resets the world, like a child in a tantrum. And then during one loop, no one wants to return to reality because their own reality, their own lives, are mistakes, dreadful, no longer possible to return to. So the meh story of the first half of the manga, with some slight depth in characters, some good interactions, all that is cut short because of the temperamental attitude of the creator. And then the story continues like most video games do: at the "continue?" screen. Random words thrown together here to that no one reads the spoilers in the previous sentence in case they mind the spoiler tags.
END SPOILERS
There is much commentary on art theft and passion when creating, there are deeper moments of grief and depression, there's a rebellious attitude towards corporations who treat their employees as trash, and of course there's the standard shonen drive and hope in making it big in the hero's journey. But I'm afraid that gets pushed towards the midway point that if you don't carve a path through some less-than-stellar early story, you might not get to see this evolve. This is a good case of "let them cook" because i think my feelings at first were what I've seen from other reviewers, I wasn't feeling the novelty or the hook, I was simply going through because I like video game narratives but I don't mind 40ish chapters, it's not very long and it's a rather quick read.
What I will say though, is if none of this seems appealing, don't force yourself, it's still a 7/10 story, 7/5/10 if I could do decimals, I just think I'm rating it higher because I expected nothing and then got meh and then it turned into "oh shit that's pretty cool" and I wanna echo what I've seen in the comments, this is not entirely my thinking: if this series was delivered in a longer format, not fearing the ax of manga publishing, if it came out as a whole, perhaps this would be better received. I could not imagine the weekly/biweekly release format with a story that isn't really developing well until a major twist, halfway through its current run time.
So yeah, this is my yap sesh on why it shouldn't be dismissed early on, work through the nearly 40 chapters, then lemme know what you think. Thanks for reading <3
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jun 5, 2024
Oh yeah this one is for me, supremely weird, funny and memey, the jokes sometimes fall flat and that is a form of cinema in itself. I am sad that this didn't get to flourish beyond what we got, I love a lil anti-conglomerate narrative, fuck them trying to monopolize the space and replacing fun with whatever their grubby lil greedy minds think. I love lil eggplant main character and his homies coming together to help a small business thrive. And yet in what little amount of chapters it had left in the build up, it still carried on with a cheery energy to carry
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into its axing. I love it, I would rate it higher if it was allowed to grow.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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