June 21, 2006

• And now, a review...

  Warning: The following review is for an American manga, or amerimanga if you will. That being said, lets begin...

  Aoi House
  by Adam Arnold

  It's not exactly bad, but not really great either. It's so-so. You take this manga in like water. As far as I can tell, this is essentially Love Hina Does America. It's another harem comedy. The story revolves around two guys named Alex and Sandy, who bear a striking resemblance to Love Hina's Shirai and Haitani. After getting booted from their generic dormatory, they move in to an anime club-based dorm. What they didn't realize is that the place is filled with five yaoi-crazed females. Elle (Naru) is the club-leader, and very high-strung. Morgan (Su) is the sugar-addict that forever dangles from the two guys. Nina (Kitsune) is the smoker, joker, midnight-toker. She's very laid back and seems like a dominatrix. Maria (Shinobu) is the obligatory quiet, glasses girl. Jessica (Motoko?) is in nursing school, and is the token fifth lady. No, she has no sword, unless you count a scalpel. All of them, except Maria, are shameless flirts. They all act kind of the same, too. While this does offer some story potential, I have yet to see any of it. Don't get me wrong, it is indeed quite funny. The lack of story is just what gets me down. The creator also relies heavily on fan service, if you know what I mean. I won't go in to that, but it's all over the place. The artwork is good though. If the dialogue was not so clearly American, it could pass for Japanese drawing. In all, I neither recommend it nor... um... anti-recommend it. If you feel like picking it up, go ahead. Nothing's stopping you. I know I won't. I'd be busy buying, y'know, real books. Peace out.

  On an unrelated note: Woah.
  Unrelated note #2: I'm thinking about submitting this to b3ta.com, what do you think? Is it cheesy enough?
  

  

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