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REVIEW: Jackass! GN




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katscradle



Joined: 05 Jan 2013
Posts: 469
PostPosted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 11:45 am Reply with quote
Wow this review makes Jackass sound like it has a good deal of substance. My impression of it is being clearly a fetish piece not even honest enough with itself to acknowledge that.

Don’t get me wrong I like Scarlet Beriko. Which is why I’m upset SuBLime won’t publish Tatsuyuki Oyamato The 4th because Renta has the digital rights. I’d buy that Beriko title in print and a PDF in a heartbeat. So it’s very unfortunate some artists and their work are getting exposure in English through companies like Renta but, at the same time it's limiting that exposure.
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catandmouse



Joined: 02 Mar 2011
Posts: 211
PostPosted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 2:36 pm Reply with quote
I really enjoyed this story when I first stumbled upon it on the internet and was really happy when I found out it had been licensed.
As for whether it has substance or not, I think it falls in the middle. Yes, it would have been nice to see more of their friendship before it morphed into something else especially since it was mentioned that Keiichi was the one that approached Masayuki first.

This might be a bit spoileriffic...

spoiler[On the other hand, I didn't really care for the friend's side story with the nurse and didn't really like the fact that the other guy w/ a crush on Keiichi's friend was being preyed on by the nephew nurse's friend. Speaking of fiends though, that kid's friends week awesome. I liked how they tried comforting him after he got his heart broken. Kudos to Keiichi's sister too for supporting her brother in his revelation that he's in love with his best friend.]

Overall, this story is one of my favorites. Now if only more of my favorites would be licensed....
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Toonces



Joined: 27 Nov 2017
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 3:13 pm Reply with quote
I enjoyed this a lot more than I was expecting. Especially considering how the initial premise and how Keiichi gets the pantyhose is pretty silly.

I'd agree that it's somewhere between something with substance and not. The relationship is actually pretty nice and I kind of like how the plot goes from something physical to a more serious relationship. For certain things and characters, I would've liked a bit more development (like Rebecca, I thought at times it felt like there was an omitted prologue), but everything worked well as is. The leads ended up having a sweet relationship and I liked the secondary characters as well spoiler[the sister got getting bonus points for being supportive of her brother's discovery].

This ended up being one of my favorite stories for this genre (both in terms or art and story), I'm interested in looking into the author's other works.
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