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REVIEW: Dengeki Daisy GN 12




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Msag



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 5:23 pm Reply with quote
Much as I love Dengeki Daisy, I have to disagree with you Rebecca. I actually think its high point was when Teru and Kurosaki abandoned all attempts at pretense and got together as a couple back in volume 9. After that, the storyline... well, I did like the Rena's fiance storyline sort of, but I've felt they're all artificial efforts to prolong the manga, and don't carry any real weight. The new romantic conflict "will they kiss" has been done to death in shoujo mangas, and I feel that if the mangaka had to introduce it, it should have been over within a few chapters, not as long as it has taken now. And I don't find myself terribly invested in the hacker plotline so... yeah, for me DD ended with volume 9 :/
(still love the manga for its comedy though, its pure genius for that)
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Princess_Irene
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 6:11 pm Reply with quote
Fair enough, Msag. I never expected to still be enjoying DD this far along, so in part I'm just really impressed she's kept it moving. I also am always keen on an author making a genre switch like Motomi did, especially within a series, so I suppose my enjoyment of the series could simply be due to my literary geekiness.

I totally understand about just letting a series end for you early, though. Queen's Knight was done for me about two volumes before the manhwaga ended it, and my sister fully maintains that Ranma 1/2 finished at 15.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:39 pm Reply with quote
A very fair review.

Personally I'm very pleased with the evolution the series has taken after the first arc effectively wrapped up in vol. 9. I think the emotional payoffs are still there, and with the action ramped up the stakes are even higher. True, I never expected to start a series about a high school girl unknowingly being in love with a custodian and get to see where they're fighting to stop a super-virus and an evil hacker syndicate, but hell, the journey has been incredible.
I wouldn't have it any other way.

Here's hoping more of Motomi's works see a stateside release someday. (I'm still hoping for an anime adaptation of DD, but I know the series is wrapping up in Japan).
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:44 am Reply with quote
Ashen Phoenix wrote:
True, I never expected to start a series about a high school girl unknowingly being in love with a custodian and get to see where they're fighting to stop a super-virus and an evil hacker syndicate, but hell, the journey has been incredible.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
One can not "unknowingly" be in love with someone. one either is , or isn't. I think the long drawn out romance is appropriate seeing as Kurosuki is in his 20's and Teru in just 15. We all know where it will end up, or should end up, but they both need to be patient a bit longer.
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Msag



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:02 pm Reply with quote
Princess_Irene wrote:
Fair enough, Msag. I never expected to still be enjoying DD this far along, so in part I'm just really impressed she's kept it moving. I also am always keen on an author making a genre switch like Motomi did, especially within a series, so I suppose my enjoyment of the series could simply be due to my literary geekiness.


Haha, "literary geekiness"? I feel like my own literary geekiness has failed me somehow now because that's an aspect I had failed to appreciate properly! Razz It IS certainly rare to see genre switches happening within a manga series-- or at least, rare to see it happen with such a smooth transition. So yeah, kudos to Motomi for that!

Either way, I love reading your reviews and opinions (thanks for replying to my comment too, huge fan), and this one was no exception. Keep up the great work! Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:44 am Reply with quote
You're welcome, Msag, and also thank you! Very Happy

That literary geekiness can sometimes come back to bite me - one of my students called me a word nerd the other day because I pointed out that "equestrian" was the masculine form of the word, while the feminine is "equestrienne." Laughing
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Msag



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:19 pm Reply with quote
Princess_Irene wrote:
You're welcome, Msag, and also thank you! Very Happy

That literary geekiness can sometimes come back to bite me - one of my students called me a word nerd the other day because I pointed out that "equestrian" was the masculine form of the word, while the feminine is "equestrienne." Laughing


You're welcome ^^

Lol, that's a neat fact! Some students be jealous Razz ... If it were me, I'd bear the title "word nerd" with pride. Its like being called a bookworm your entire life, I guess. Just becomes part of your coolness and identity Cool

(wow, that didn't sound nerdy of me at all... Razz)
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 2:30 pm Reply with quote
To be honest I fail to see where there is a genre change with this story. To me it's always been a shoujo rom-com with a hint of background mystery that has now come to the fore and is now more the vehicle transporting that story along. Sort of like standing on the platform of a train station whilst a rom-com is acting out before me all the while seeing the train coming up the rails from the distance, arriving, and now everyone's on board for the final journey. I missed the point where the rails switched that train of thought.
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