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Patches
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One of Rinne's stand-out aspects for me is that, when you think of a Rumiko Takahashi series, you immediately think "Boy meets girl, girl beats the ever-loving crap out of boy, and it ends up in a love dodecahedron where everyone beats up everyone else."
Aside from the love triangle aspects, Rinne doesn't have any of that. Sakura is by FAR Takahashi's most mellow heroine ever, and Rinne is probably her most level-headed hero. It's been nearly seventy chapters and they've never so much as raised their voices to each other or even... really gotten in any kind of argument. Whenever there's a misunderstanding, Sakura just shrugs it off without much comment. In fact, their relationship is downright adorable. Sakura is so mellow that her emotions are very hard to read, and Rinne's constant attempts to impress her on a budget are really sweet, like a puppy bringing you his favorite chewed-up sock. Even the love rivals have some sense to them. In any other manga, the male rivals would be fighting over the girl, but here, Tsubasa knows that being a jerk won't score him any points so instead goes out of his way to be NICE to Rinne in hopes of impressing Sakura. My biggest gripe with the series, though, is that it's not really GOING anywhere. The introduction of Rinne's father made for the beginnings of an ongoing plotline, but there's still no sense of what the ultimate purpose of it may be. The majority of the manga so far has been two- to three-chapter one-shot ghost-of-the-day stories. Therefore, it's sometimes difficult to remain excited for the next installment when there's really no indication of any kind of plot advancement, or plot, period. |
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FeralKat
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Really? That's my biggest fear--that when the plot actually kicks in gear it's going to end up like Inu Yasha. =| A never ending, repetitive 50 volume series. I hope she keeps this series relatively short and sweet. All of her best series are, and I hope RIN-NE joins them! 
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Patches
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I don't mind the lack of an epic ongoing plot like Inuyasha, but I'd like for there to be SOME sort of ultimate goal. Even Ranma had the ultimate goal of breaking the curse, but Rinne's ultimate goal is... get out of debt? It's not a very fulfilling goal like breaking a curse, defeating Naraku, or marrying the woman you love, because it's not a goal with any sense of permanence to it. In order for it to not drag on for 50 repetative volumes, there has to be a way to END it, and know that it's the end. For something that's not going anywhere in the first place, you'd never know.
I mean, I still love the series, I just wish it had more direction. |
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Paploo
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I love Rin-ne- such a fun pleasant series... I don't mind that it's more or less plotless, as it's fun to follow Sakura and Rin-ne along as they hunt down assorted ghosts. What I really like is how Takahashi constantly sets up apparently big important storylines then has them turn out to be something really stupid and/or petty, like Rin-ne's father's general lack of parental responsibility, or the truth about the new female Shinigami's sister's fate. It doesn't seem like she's planning on making this series too dramatic- it reminds me a lot more of the plotlessness of Urusei Yatsura, but with more calmer main characters.
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bleachigo66
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56 volume series. Personally I loved inuyasha, read it all, and watched it all. I really like this series as well, but like others have said, a little direction wouldnt hurt. |
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