May 11, 2010
this is a review of up to chapter 46 but I don't think my view will change much on the series as it is that good
This is a series written by Nisio Isin the man behind many hit light novels such as Bakemonogatari, The Beheading Cycle and Death Note Another Note so you know that there's gonna be something about it from his line up alone. it's a story that when I first read through I thought Nisio had been watching too much Haruhi, take one look at the main cast then look at the Haruhi cast and begin a very hard game of
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spot the differences. After reading through what there is a few times i decided that I was wrong and it is not Haruhi, it's Haruhi on steroids and as you know steroids make you better (isn't that right Baseball). it takes the best aspects of Haruhi and gives them a brief look at and moves on to it's eccentric points. Let me get one thing straight it's not a rip off, even though the last few lines would have you believe otherwise, it's a refined work of art with alot of similarities.
Story 8/10
The story is all about 1 abnormal girl, 1 normally abnormal guy and their job on the student council at a school fill of stereotypes. Medaka(thats the abnormal girl in case you couldn't guess) lives for others and so she sets up a box, the "Medaka Box" for any student to make a request and the council will take care of it. the first few chapters revolve around this idea and the collection of the rest of the student council members. after the student council members are gathered the story immediately jumps up 100 notches and kicks you in the balls with the arrival of discipline group which leads into a great big can of anger management issues for Medaka followed by a "shock twist". While this all may sound rather cliche that's exactly what it's trying to be many people think this is all a load of BS and a mistake in story development but the thing is Nisio knows story development too well not to notice what he was doing, it was scripted to be a parody of the Shounen genre which is exactly what make the story so great, it's doing what only the greatest of the greats can do, take the piss out of itself while not giving a damn.
Art 7/10
My only problem with the series would be the art, it's not that it's bad or anything it's that it just doesn't feel right to nisio's style. if you watch Bakemonogatari or Katanagatari you get a feel from the art work that Nisio had something to do with this because it does you don't get the same feeling that you get from those two, it feels rushed which is a general problem I get from reading anything punlished in shounen jump but that can't be helped because it is rushed and there's nothing I can do about it
Characters 10/10
While the supporting cast are generally a bunch of limp d***ed idiots this is perfectly compensated for by Medaka and other "abnormals" because they are truly that abnormal that you can't help but think they are epic. these abnormals add a sense of insanity to the whole series that just works and allows you to say that all the characters are epic even though only some of them are. Special props to Medaka, Miyakonojou, and "The Losers"
Enjoyment 10/10
Something is special about this series to me, I can over look any flaws involving weak side characters annoying rushed feel to the art and lack of true originality to the plot by the fact that is lives off the "Rule of Cool". the "Rule of Cool" states that you can over look a lot of bad things about a series 'cause it's just so god damn f***ing epic. it truely does live off the "Rule of Cool" but it does so well, as does any series that lives of the "Rule of Cool" just because it does.
Overall 9/10
Go.
Read it.
Enjoy it.
Special Mention to the fact that if you took the crew of DBZ and told them to go fight the Abnormals from Medaka Box you would get a battle that would have so much epic stuffed into it you couldn't see it without your mind exploding
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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