Mar 12, 2023
This is finished. Ends at vol two. Axed.
This is actually surprisingly fun. Action, gore, mystery, supernatural, and some light nudity (during tranformation).
As the cover art suggests, this is based on super sentai (power ranger), except that it is no longer a child super hero show. It took place in a world where sentai only exists in tv shows. Some young women suddenly passed out and when they woke up, they found themselves assaulted by some monsters, which are scary as they cut through the frightened women left and right. The only way to survive is to make use of the tranformation tools (which
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they find themselves wearing when waking up in this world) and tranform into a version of pink ranger (yes, they are all pink) and fight back (no hint though, so it basically started with a brutal one-sided slaughter).
Power: There are several fighters. The main girl uses bow. The second main uses dual maces. If there are also nunchucks, sword, etc. After they transform, they gain inhuman strength and great defense. There is also power up later in the manga.
Enermy: four levels: minion goblins (they are crazy deadly too), small boss, excecutive boss, final boss (and also secret bosses).
World: a barebone version of sentai world. It follows the sentai rules. For example, no attack from enemy during the transformation, and the power is depended on how cool the moveset is (have to be confident). The main girl used to be a big sentai fan as a kid so she knows all the cool moves. The world setting is very barebone as the ladies have to fight off waves after wave of enermy. Between the waves, they rest in the church whose door would appear once they kill the boss. So not exactly isekai. Just brutal battle. If you lose, you either get killed or captured.
Characters: main girl (no longer sentai fan), second girl (sentai otaku; slightly dark past), sentai goddess (mysterious), main girl’s family: elder sister (journalist)(and her colleagues), younger brother (sentai fan); enermy bosses and other sentai characters; sentai commander, etc.
Mystery: this manga is not just about pink rangers surviving and fighting monsters. They didn’t exactly get transportted in the sentai world. Or at least only their spirit did. Their bodies are in coma in hospital. Once they get killed in the sentai world, their real bodies die as well. So naturally, the people in real world are investigating what is going on (particularly the elder sister who is a journalist). They tracked down some clues about the mysterious events. As the story progress, different pieces come together. Since the manga was axed, it moved a bit too fast toward the end, not enough time to develop key characters of the mystery, but at least the story arc did end properly.
Axed: some important-looking characters are not involved in the ending. Some characters are introduced but never get a conclusion. The manga is very self aware about this. It ends at the cliff hanger for the next arc. At the end, it has a few bonus pages that preview what happens next, except that it says “not continue…” instead of “to be continue” at the bottom. Supposedly, in the next arc, there will be a new main while the original main girl will be the mysterious overpower ranger. Maybe the author will find a different publisher for a sequal?
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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