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RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Monster Piece Theatre

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After Chapter 1, however, the rest of the volume jumps twenty years forward and into a snore-inducing survival scenario. Over a hundred pages of exposition, flashbacks and character development are suddenly tossed away in exchange for some short-haired kid and a robot traipsing through a literal urban jungle.

After Chapter 1, however, the rest of the volume jumps twenty years forward and into a snore-inducing survival scenario. Over a hundred pages of exposition, flashbacks and character development are suddenly tossed away in exchange for some short-haired kid and a robot traipsing through a literal urban jungle. It's a sobering reminder that rolling up all science fiction into one also means rolling up the clichés, including a Ghost in the Shell rip-off and musings on the nature of humankind. A "brilliant love song," perhaps, but like so many love songs, overplayed.

Oh please, tell us what you really think.

How in the world could KKJ get a C+ they must of read the whole manga, cause it is freaken awsome. it at least deserves a B. The manga is 20 times better than the series, that's for sure. I wasn't to crazy on how CMX translated Jeanne's come in line. it's kinda sucks. and the checkmate line, it's suppose to go " under the name of god, you demon born in the dark, i seal you here. checkmate." the manga is alot more explainitory.

That's pretty much how I felt. I thought the first portion of the manga was great and then after the sudden time skip it was just boring in comparison. However, I'm not giving up on this series yet. I'll give it another volume or two. Maybe the story is just taking its time to set up for something great. I've heard good things about this from people who have read scanlations, so I'm sure it will get interesting again soon.

Basically, I agree with your review of this book.

How in the world could KKJ get a C+ they must of read the whole manga, cause it is freaken awsome. it at least deserves a B. The manga is 20 times better than the series, that's for sure. I wasn't to crazy on how CMX translated Jeanne's come in line. it's kinda sucks. and the checkmate line, it's suppose to go " under the name of god, you demon born in the dark, i seal you here. checkmate." the manga is alot more explainitory.

What, I'm supposed to say something bad about Monster?

RezSav wrote:

Oh please, tell us what you really think.

NEWS FLASH: That is the job of a critic.

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How in the world could KKJ get a C+ they must of read the whole manga, cause it is freaken awsome. it at least deserves a B. The manga is 20 times better than the series, that's for sure. I wasn't to crazy on how CMX translated Jeanne's come in line. it's kinda sucks. and the checkmate line, it's suppose to go " under the name of god, you demon born in the dark, i seal you here. checkmate." the manga is alot more explainitory.

Well, guess what... I haven't read the whole series. The grade is for Volume 2. That's what it says in the review. Maybe the full series DOES deserve at least a B. But I don't know yet because I haven't read the whole thing, and the review never said that I was grading the whole thing.

I do like a lot of shoujo, really. Even magical girl stories. Ultra Maniac owns my soul, and I have no idea how I will handle the next three weeks that I have to wait for the next Sugar Sugar Rune volume. But it takes someone on a level of Wataru Yoshizumi or Yuu Watase to earn A's and B's in my book. I can tell that Tanemura's stuff is good (I'm collecting Full Moon as well), but she doesn't always click with me. Something about her page layouts just make my eyes cross, and I'm often rereading the dialogue more than I should have to.

I guess I just wish that Arinacchi were a clearer storyteller.

I love Ultra Maniac. It's a pity it's only 5 volumes.

Since you haven't actually reviewed FullMoon wo Sagashite, may I ask what your opinion of the series is?