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[thirstygirl]

"Saikano: The Last Love Song on this Little Planet

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And here is a review from Comics Worth Reading

[thirstygirl]

" Saikano by Shin Takahashi. There is no doubt that one of my favorites things about manga is how amazingly morose it can be. Shin Takahashi’s Saikano, a story of ill-fated love set against the backdrop of terminal world war, relentlessly piles insult on to emotional injury in its exploration of the toll that indiscriminate warring takes on the regular people who end up fighting and dying from it. Throw in emo-mech themes first cultivated in Neon Genesis Evangelion and Takahashi’s apparent determination to create a shonen manga that often quacks like shoujo, and you get a manga with a little something that appeals to everyone. The pacing is reallllllly decompressed in comparison to the anime but if you ever wondered what a Depeche Mode manga might read like, this is your huckleberry. Get this from Viz now before chunks of it start falling out of print."

[hoodooyoudo]

Is this what She, The Ultimate Weapon is based on?

[thirstygirl]

hmm, possibly. it's also known as 'my girlfriend, the ultimate weapon' so it may just be an alternative name.

and i am poking round animenewsnetwork, as you do, and there is an anime and a liveaction movie. which i am likely to get at some point in the future.

[scarlettraces]

yes it is. funnily enough, i would read/watch something called "saikano", being japanese illiterate, but not "she, the ultimate weapon" because it screams bad mecha. maybe someone needs to look at marketing demographics.

[hoodooyoudo]

It could be just me, but the american/western market doesn't seem to set its sights on intelligent women when it comes to these things :P