Forum - View topicREVIEW: Kageki Shojo!! GN 2
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R. Kasahara
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This series continues to bowl me over with just how good it is, and this volume in particular adds some necessary heft to bubbly Sarasa's backstory. I don't know much about kabuki, but this volume reminded me of the rakugo in Descending Stories, not only in both being male-only performing arts (and, within both manga, the presence of talented women frustrated by this), but there's also the aspect of "preserving" the masters of the past through imitation. Is this something that's present in other traditional Japanese art forms?
Anyway, I was happy to learn more about Akiya, who we'd only gotten tiny glimpses of before, and even though he is plain, that actually makes him a nice counterbalance to Sarasa. It's also been adorable seeing Ai trying so hard at this friendship thing; I haven't seen many characters like her in manga before, and she's handled well in this one. This is such a great series, and I hope it maintains this level of quality going forward. |
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Mami-kouga
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Wow, the anime adaptation did not do Akiya any favours; I generally felt that until the last few episodes I was missing out way too much from not reading the manga (a feeling that was reinforced when I actually read the translated parts) but it's kind of criminal how bland he feels there I'm comparison. While his character is deeply tied to Sarasa's more so than standing on his own and his personality isn't as colourful as the rest of the cast, his struggles are honestly pretty pitiful how he had to steel himself as a child due to guilt. I actually teared up a bit when he said he loved Kabuki.
I kind of wish we could have seen Ai and Sarasa's festival trip this volume, it would have been cute, but I understand that it would probably have cut the flow of the flashback. |
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