| Anime | Rating | Comment | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Feb 03, 2015 |
5.75 (average) |
It's...a bit on the iffy side. On one hand, the basic idea and mythology are pretty intriguing and kept me
interested enough to finish the series - or at least what's available, considering the fact that it was dropped
right when it seemed to be picking up the pace (3 chapters in). There are some parts that don't really work,
relating to Yuu and Ai (the twins) - specifically, the way their relationship changes. Without giving spoilers, it
seemed very farfetched and left a bad taste in my mouth. Ai already had enough motivation to become a better witch, so
why introduce that tired cliché?
The art is OK, if a bit flowery. Naoko really doesn't like connecting outlines, apparently. Sometimes the heavy use of screentones gets in the way and details are difficult to make out. Overall it was a fairly basic shoujo story, and I found Ai's sisters (especially Hoshi) and her aunt much more interesting than Ai herself. If anything, I'd recommend skipping the main story and reading the "Sister Witch" oneshot directly; things are explained at the beginning so you won't miss out on anything. The oneshot has better pacing and more interesting characters and situations than the main story, in my opinion. | ||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Oct 30, 2008 |
5.50 (average) | Read the manga a bit, then gave up. Too repetitive for my taste. | ||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Oct 29, 2017 |
5.25 (moderate) | This is a pretty strange series. Things start out fairly clear — if you manage to bypass the many Walls O' Text information sections —, but when you think you have a grasp of the plot you're introduced to even more characters and relationships, and the story becomes difficult to follow at times. Even though there's focus on each pair for 1-2 chapters, things are left up in the air for the "main" pairing most of the time. As for the art, I felt it got worse as the volumes went by — volume 7 is especially guilty of this, as most of the drawings seem doodle-quality and downright lazy: the mangaka doesn't add as much detail to faces as in the beginning and there's a rougher and more unpolished look which doesn't do the story justice at all. I'm not fazed by the more controversial content of this (such as the male pregnancy), but the manga is lacking in so many technical aspects that it's difficult for me to truly like and enjoy it. Could've been a great series up to this point, had the animal transformation aspect been explored further, but let's see how it turns out. | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Nov 13, 2011 |
5.00 (moderate) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Mar 26, 2012 |
5.00 (moderate) |
Nothing particularly impressive, aside from the merman twist on the oh-so-popular "man is rescued, rescuer
disappears, then appears again and demands the rescued one's love in return" scenario. The ending was quite
abrupt and I feel the manga could've used another volume to develop the plot and characters introduced later on
properly instead of just touching on them for a bit.
The art is alright; it's pretty clean and the characters look good, albeit somewhat too feminine. The sex scenes are very stylized and don't show anything explicit, it's mostly implied through backgrounds/sound effects etc. There's not much development in Ayase and Kagetsu's relationship, who are the typical comedy/yaoi couple: the cutesy uke and the lovestruck seme. The only character I found interesting was Sakuya, with his obsession of scrubbing everything sparkly-clean. All in all, this isn't heavy reading, so don't expect a serious plot or excellent character development. The ending does tie up some loose strings...while leaving others dangling in front of you, so it's ultimately up to you to decide whether bishies + good art > good plot + character development. | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Oct 26, 2017 |
4.75 (moderate) | A big downside to this manga is the lack of resolution to the main story; it was OK but felt like it was just starting and BAM, you're smacked in the face with an ending (?). There's a hint of mythology and some characters that seem important but which are eventually forgotten or just mentioned in passing. IMO, this had a lot of potential but the mangaka wasted it on the other stories in the volume instead of seeing the main idea to a proper end. Though, the other stories aren't particularly good either; the last one was the most promising but the others are boring, with overused plots and unconvincing relationships. | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Sep 10, 2016 |
4.50 (moderate) | A manga I loved at the time I read, now not at all. It's pretty typical for the shoujo genre, but its biggest problem is the author throwing plot points left and right and not spending enough time on actually detailing them. The end feels rushed and too convenient. Character-wise, everyone is some sort of shoujo stereotype and the side characters are more interesting that the main ones. Oh, and you'd be completely justified in slapping Hiyoko silly, as it's her weird actions and reactions that lead to most of the strange situations. She is a very weak lead and arguably a Mary Sue, what with every male she meets wanting to rape her (I'm not even joking here). | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Oct 26, 2017 |
4.50 (moderate) | Although Haou Airen is slightly more realistic than Mayu Shinjo's other works, it still suffers from a lot of clichés and heavy-handedness, requiring HEAVY suspension of disbelief and a love for pushy, mentally abusive male leads. Unsurprisingly, female protagonist Kurumi is as dumb, irrational and spineless as any other Mayu Shinjo lead, and all the hot guys still want to pork her. The art is clean and the characters attractive (especially the guys), but that still doesn't redeem this trainwreck. This manga felt like reading about a domestic abuse victim who recognizes herself as such and STILL makes excuses for the abuser. Urgh, avoid unless you like to torture yourself — and not in the good way. | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Oct 29, 2017 |
4.50 (moderate) | Like all of Mayu Shinjo's works, it's smut with weak, cardboard-cutout characters — and that's pretty much it. The characters' actions may leave you facepalming (especially Miu's) and the story requires a lot of suspension of disbelief, so try not to think about it too much. Half smut, half tall, brooding bishounen. [read my full review of it here] | ||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Jun 30, 2012 |
4.25 (below average) |
Frankly, it's boring and sometimes bordering on creepy. Two stereotypical characters in a stereotypical situation,
no one acting rationally or stopping to think "why TF am I doing this?", just pretexts for some sex scenes.
The manga just can't decide whether it wants to be serious or not; it will hint at some more serious situations
(such as "Oh SHIT Yuuma dating a VERY successful author!") but it will
back away from them just as quickly to insert some more clumsy sex (no pun intended, honestly). The art is...OK, nothing out of the ordinary, but not CJ Michalski's best. Do yourself a favor and go check out other, more interesting works of CJ Michalski's, as this one is a waste of time. | ||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Mar 16, 2018 |
4.00 (below average) | Dropped it after two episodes. I've since read that most fans consider the first episode to be trash and not worthy of watching because it spoils plot points needlessly, but even the second was tedious to get through and riddled with clichés. IDK, maybe this isn't for me. | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Jan 04, 2012 |
3.00 (poor) |
I wasn't big on Haruka Minami to begin with, but this is just plain laughable. The plot is overdone and is really
just a pretext for the sex and the main characters are identical in appearance (seriously, no variation whatsoever, not
even hair color) and stereotypical. The relationships between them are unrealistic and forced and the dialogue is
sub-par: "For the first time, I felt like I was born for a reason. However, I don't like myself." (after
receiving a handjob) *facepalms*
Overall, you'd be better off avoiding this turd. | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: May 16, 2013 |
2.50 (poor) |
Calling this "subpar" would be an overstatement. Very choppy pacing, boring characters and strange-to-no
satisfying explanations for why everything happens. The art if OK sometimes, though nothing remarkable. The only
character that I liked and that was even remotely developed was Hibari, Sakura's mother - and she only serves as a
plot device! For two chapters (60 pages), this is much too underdeveloped and there really is no proper transition
between scenes, it's like they're flashed at you rapidly and you're not even given the time to breathe.
Don't waste your time with this, look up other shoujo. | ||
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