This is going to get ugly... but I will keep it spoiler-free.
The issue at hand in Babylon is not solving a crime or catching the antagonist. It's not even suicide.
The issue lies in the distinction between good and evil... and I think Babylon creators poured most of their intellect in order to give a fresh and, at the same time, well rounded answer to what is good and what is evil.
BUT.
While focusing on that, they also forgot some of the basics principles of story-telling.
I'll give some examples, not trying to be exhaustive, but in order to give some insight on why I have
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Sep 22, 2018
Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou
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The starting point of this manga was very good. It’s a shame that it didn’t follow what can be considered the “best path” for its plot.
This is the main reason for my overall rating. Quick foreword: I admit that I had some expectations for a manga that was considered seinen, the only seinen elements were dirty jokes. Even the themes of the manga didn’t really match it’s categorisation: it's "only" a typical romance, slice of life, entry-level shounen. Unfortunately the plot is quite trivial, but the characters and the comedy somehow save the manga. Point of merit for the drawings, really beautiful, some expressions really stand ... |
