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crescendoll
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I think this does it for me--I'm gonna give Kitchen Princess a go. From the opinions I've been hearing here and elsewhere, I won't be disappointed.
Ughhhh, Princess Ai. Ew. It hurts me greatly to have Ai Yazawa's name anywhere near that travesty of a "manga" even if all she did was the original character designs. Kudos to the writer of the review, though. It gave me a laugh. =) |
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HellKorn
Posts: 1669 Location: Columbus, OH |
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I find your criticisms and grading of Parasyte volume three highly suspect!
Personally felt that this was the best volume yet.
I don't see how actually giving public perspective on the parasite situation and character development is a bad thing, though. ("Boring" is a vague description, anyway. "Boring" can be applied to anything.) The sci-fi trappings are interesting but not original in the slightest; the grounded characterization and philosophical musings are what drive Parasyte, and this is where the volumes succeeds. Granted, the observations that Shinichi has changed is eventually a bit redundant, but they're coming from someone who has known him for a (couple) year(s). To suddenly see someone whom you're close to make a drastic change in their personality and outlook, then back to how they usually behave and then back to their "new self" would be hard to take.
I'm a bit lost at that one. The tension of what could happen (and eventually did) is far more terrifying than just a simple "alien fight." A repeated massacre to an even higher degree is an event Shinichi wants to avoid.
Oh, come on. That's one of the most genuinely funny moments published in manga in months.
Stories that are heavily dependent on plots are ridiculously overrated. |
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
 Posts: 1325 Location: San Diego |
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I think the big thing I missed in Evidence For is the fact that Hart didn't draw it. Which makes it a lot more tolerable. Remember that most people's opinions of Christopher Hart are based on his output of (1) instructional material, and (2) his illustrations, both of which are quite different from writing a graphic novel script. |
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CaptainAvatar
 Posts: 381 Location: Saint Louis, MO |
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One of many classic lines from Ghostbusters! Put together my soft spot for Shojo along with my passion for cooking, and I have been with Kitchen Princess since Volume 1. This Volume was everything the review said, but I'll admit I'm a little nervous about the new character introduced at the end of the volume - it just seemed way too cliche. Folks, put "DJ Milky" together with anything and what you get is crap. THANK GOD they included the Classic version of the Initial D anime as that Rap crap was absolutely hideous! And I am normally a BIG dub fan, but that is one to avoid. Too bad Stu can't fire/lay off himself! Maybe that would turn things around at Tokyopop! |
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Cicatriz
 Posts: 66 Location: Reno, Nevada |
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Got to agree fully on the Princess Ai review. That manga [granted, I didn't get past volume 1] was so generic, I don't know how anyone could feel good about writing it. The art is beautiful, seriously, but like my media teacher always told us, people will watch bad video but they won't listen to bad audio, in this case bad storytelling. I could look at the color images all day though.
I don't understand all the hype around it either. Weren't they going to make a full length movie or something? I just remember animated commercials for it when it was first being hyped. Tokyopop hasn't even given up on it yet. What Tokyopop needs to bring back is Sushi Girl. That was a cute OEL comic, but from what I know they didn't publish any more of it besides in . . . Mixx? Smile? One of those. I think I'll have to try Kitchen Princess. Waiting for Sugar Sugar Rune 8 has me wanting to rip my hair out, so Kitchen Princess may save my poor scalp. |
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kyokun703
 Posts: 2505 Location: Orgrimmar |
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It's bizarre how different the reviews for Kitchen Princess are on here and AoDVD. There, the manga has pretty much straight Cs, and here it's got As. I wonder if AoDVD missed the humor that ANN seems to find here.
Hopefully Borders will have it so I can at least browse through the first volume and see if I like it, since the Cs have made me a little more wary now. I still want to check it out though. |
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
Posts: 1325 Location: San Diego |
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Actually I'd agree that the early volumes of Kitchen Princess probably float around the C or low B area. It's not until Vols. 5-6 that it really becomes worthy of that A-. Or maybe it's because I place a high premium on visual clarity and readability, so any mainstream shoujo where I don't get my eyes burned out by ten bajillion screentones gets an automatic grade increase. |
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kyokun703
Posts: 2505 Location: Orgrimmar |
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Thanks for your clarification! That really does help. I also see that the v. 4 & 5 did receive a C and B+ respectively at ANN; for some reason I had thought they both had As... I must have been confused with something else. But anyway, I'm still willing to try them out; I do love food-related stories. |
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LauraOrganaSolo
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I could not agree more. I also enjoyed seeing Princess Ai put in its place in this particular RTO, given how long it has been out. I cannot BELIEVE TokyoPop is still trying to push that ludicrously derivative, uncreative trash on consumers, nor can I believe Stu Levy's gall for continuing his moronic DJ Milky facade. Even though TokyoPop has brought some wonderful series to the English-speaking market (including underrated works like anything by Matsuri Akino and Kouyu Shurei) and introducing a lot of people to manwha, I hate knowing that some part of my sale is going to Stu Levy's salary and thus further propagating Princess Ai. P.S. Regarding TokyoPop's typos, punctuation and translation errors, etc. etc., isn't it a shame more manga releases aren't HALF as good as Dark Horse's unloved, hard-to-find (for me, anyway) Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service? With every release of that series that comes out, I consider sending them fanmail and flowers for not trying to Americanize everything and for providing informative cultural notes and commentary. |
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the_seventh_l
 Posts: 108 Location: Florissant, MO |
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Lord, do I love their release of KCD. Just blows me away every time. I just wish my library had anything past volume four D: Also, I really really hate Princess Ai and I know if it were not for DJ Milky and Courtney Love's involvement in the series, it never would have sold as well. Which is why I just had to rip into it like I did - I'm surprised no one else did before me 
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LauraOrganaSolo
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RightStuf.com is a beautiful thing. :3 WHY OH WHY don't they sell this in stores though?! I've never seen it in retail, ever -- not big chain stores like Barnes & Noble or Borders, not comic and gaming shops that have tons of other manga, not locally-owned bookstores, nowhere. But I digress.
Does DJ Milky actually HAVE a following? And would he still if people knew he's actually just a completely shameless, self-promoting CEO?
That's an interesting point, heh. |
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