Jan 14, 2022
I wanted to like this, it's weird, unique, and I doubt I'll read something like this again, however, Boku no Futatsu no Tsubasa tried to do too many things at once.
The art is decent, it's nothing to write home about, character expressions are well developed, but sometimes it was hard to know which character was which at times. There were quite a few places where the main characters and most supporting characters were in a scene, and it was near impossible to figure out which was which. The design for Makoto was really good though.
The overall character design is lacking, there are just way
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too many characters introduced in only 37 chapters. The two main characters are fleshed out pretty well, but some of the side characters are introduced in some drama, stick around for the rest of the manga, and provide no substance at all. Some character conflicts are just left wide open and, seemingly, conveniently forgotten.
The biggest hit is the story. I really wanted to like this, and for the first dozen or so chapters, I was way on board. The drama and conflicts were handled well, albeit a bit quickly at times, and there were discussions about sexual topics that rarely get brought up. Obviously some of the way that it's talked about is a bit touchy (it's 20 years old, so I can't hold it to the standards of today), but it's handled elegantly.
However.
The story itself jumps around way too much, there were parts in the middle chapters where I would forget what happened 2 pages prior, because time would jump forward a day, or it would be from another perspective, with little explanation. It also introduced a weird sci-fi thing near the end, which was fine if it was explained more, but it wasn't. It just appeared, then the story ended.
It's certainly an interesting manga, that doesn't fall into the numerous tropes that I've come to suspect, but it's a bit of a mess. If you like Gender Bender stories, give it a try, if you're into weird stories, try it as well. I don't think I would recommend it to many people though.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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