Magic Knight Rayearth vol 3
Do Umi and Fuu remind anyone else a bit of Kurogane and Fai? Only, you know, sans the unhealthy levels of angst. And “Zomg! Look! We’re deep in the closet!” I think it’s Umi and Kurogane’s deep and abiding one-sided rivalry with their respective Mokona’s.
Ok, Clamp, I realize that manga likes “swirly lines=action,” and that it’s even prominent in Tsubasa, but you had so many swirly lines here that I couldn’t tell what was going on half the time.
BUT! Emeraude summoned them to kill her! Because she fell in love with Zagato! Which endangered the world! She imprisoned herself! And Zagato was protecting her! And died! And she went evil from grief and tried to kill everyone! WTF Kaori Yuki Clamp!
And now the world is saved and they went home? I think I’d shake my fist over the ending, except I know there’s MKR 2. (And why no comic at the end with Clamp?)
And the Standard Shounen Action And Ichigo Is Jealous power ups, they were even more obvious than in previous volumes. (All the “All for my friends!” talk only makes me want to compare it to shounen even more.) I think they were almost called powerups at one point. And it is now a mecha manga? I think I knew that, actually.
And Mokona, it is getting more mysterious. And kissing Umi, causing Fuu and Hikaru to bounce around like pingpong balls. Uhm, I kind of love Clamp’s chibis here.
I just wish I could tell how much I’d be liking this if I hadn’t been brainwashed by Clamp over the last year.
Ok, Clamp, I realize that manga likes “swirly lines=action,” and that it’s even prominent in Tsubasa, but you had so many swirly lines here that I couldn’t tell what was going on half the time.
BUT! Emeraude summoned them to kill her! Because she fell in love with Zagato! Which endangered the world! She imprisoned herself! And Zagato was protecting her! And died! And she went evil from grief and tried to kill everyone! WTF Kaori Yuki Clamp!
And now the world is saved and they went home? I think I’d shake my fist over the ending, except I know there’s MKR 2. (And why no comic at the end with Clamp?)
And the Standard Shounen Action And Ichigo Is Jealous power ups, they were even more obvious than in previous volumes. (All the “All for my friends!” talk only makes me want to compare it to shounen even more.) I think they were almost called powerups at one point. And it is now a mecha manga? I think I knew that, actually.
And Mokona, it is getting more mysterious. And kissing Umi, causing Fuu and Hikaru to bounce around like pingpong balls. Uhm, I kind of love Clamp’s chibis here.
I just wish I could tell how much I’d be liking this if I hadn’t been brainwashed by Clamp over the last year.