Total Clubs: 9 ~ Morinaga Milk-sensei no Fanclub ~, Girl Friends Manga Club, ~ Shoujo-Ai & Yuri ~, Tea Appreciation Club., Girl_With_Girl_Club, *crazy~lazy*, AAA, Mecha Kingdom メカ王国, I wish I was a lesbian club.
Total Friends: 19 -Kyo, Draznar, Ra17eN, Friadon, Darker_Kaigan, Metaphysical-Me, Rhine0013, URYAAA, Jessi, Blind_Cougar, nexist418, miscs, everminded, InChan, Unkind, Juri21, Ender101, ShinichiKudou, Chikane-chan
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9 of 13 people found this review helpful
| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
7 |
| Art |
8 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
At the time of this review, only chapters up to 21 have been released. Anyone who can appreciate a good romance story will enjoy Girl Friends, even if they do not specifically love shoujo-ai.
Story:
When it comes to school & slice of life manga, it often feels as if there is not much of a story, just a setting that you let you characters loose in. What I can say is that unlike many shoujo-ai, Girl Friends takes a much more “true to life” approach, on the girl/ girl romance. The approach is fresh, interesting and helps the audience relate. The only complaint here is the amount of small talk involved can sometimes be too much.
Art:
The art is as good as what you would expect out of a, decent manga series. Morinaga Milk’s art style and character designs are top notch.
Characters:
The main character Mari, is one of the most emotionally complicated (different form other means of making a complex character) and troubled character I have ever seen. Emotionally complexity comes from trying to understand why you feel the way you do, it’s feeling having a contradiction between the way you feel and the way you rationally think would be the best way to feel, it’s questioning your own motivations and intentions in the interactions you have with others. To some it might seem melodramatic but that is the essence of creating great internal struggle, which is relatable in multitude of different ways.
The other characters are more, for the everyday interactions, kind of like a lucky star sort of thing but they are fun, unique, and amusing. At some point during the manga the main character changes to Akiko, the person of Mari’s feelings. Akiko stood out quite a bit as an eccentric, but when the main focus becomes centered on her perspective she starts to come to life, as a well fleshed out character. Her time in the spot light is just beginning but there is much hope for good things in the future.
Enjoyment:
Emotional drama and self-torment in a realistic setting is a very gripping read. This isn’t something everyone enjoys but for the target audience, this series will be pure bliss. The small talk sections may be boring for some, however but it is forgivable. This manga will hook you in and have you honestly caring about its characters, which is a good measure to its enjoyment.
Overall :
If you are the type to enjoy the things mentioned above, you will love this, especially if you also have a love fro shoujo-ai
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3 of 6 people found this review helpful
| Overall |
10 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
outlaw star, is an excellent watching experience, I'm know for deeply analyzing story's, I try to pull out as much out of scope information as i can, from what I'm watching "meta-story" if you will. outlaw star has always been an anomaly as far as my rubric is concerned, analyzing it just doesn't get me any where. It is just a fun watching experience, not to say it is with out is certain complexity's.
characters:
An out right 10 by my standers they are unique while remaining very easy to relate to, the young boy Jim is useful with out being annoying and Gene is appropriately male rather than being another one of those overly innocent or completely emotionally oblivious leads. unfortunately the rest of the cast isn't given a lot of time to develop with the exception being Aisha who is almost bipolar, but still a fun and genuinely entertaining character.
Sound:
music, English voice's, sound FX. ^_~b absolutely astounding i haven't herd better voice casting scene, the only competitor being FMA. the music is some of the first anmie music I listened to outside of the show.
Art:
it slumps of in an episode or two but it makes up for it by pulling of wonderful fight seance animation at the most dramatically appropriate places. and I'm personally a big fan of the character designs.
story:
this is one of the times where I can say, unique doesn't always mean better. I had never and haven't since seen a story or universe like the one of outlaw star. many of the things it dose are very unique most of them I really liked but upon talking to some of my friends about the show I quickly realized that some of the things such as grappler arms were not as well received among them, it seems most prefer classic mecha. As for the tail being told its self it's it keeps things moving well but I discovered that the story itself wasn't the reason I watched the show everything else really over shadows it, in my opinion. read more
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