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kristenbooks's review
3.0
Oddly, I didn't think about my rating for this at all while reading, so I'm really not too sure about my rating on this. Tentatively, I'm going to give it a 3/5, so somewhere around 7.5/10. Another solid installment, but this one definitely had a couple things I wasn't quite as big of a fan of. Namely, the sexual content-- not that it was there, but that it was needlessly there, and in many instances, I don't remember it being in the novel (there was sexual content riddled throughout the novel as well, but its inclusion didn't bother me because it was relevant). It seems to me that this adaptation is adding in and playing up the sexual content so that it can include more nudity just for the sake of nudity (specifically full-body shots of the girls, who *remember* are literally 14/15). It's more than a bit gross. No wonder Playboy gave it a rating of 4 bunnies (not kidding, it's on the back). I hope that this changes in the upcoming volumes because this is a really fantastic adaptation otherwise.
That said, the scenes relevant to the program were really great. It was just those little side stories that, on large, felt really unnecessary.
Spoiler text is here for me to remember how the story is split up between volumes
Sugi finds Megumi's (girl killed by Mitsuko-evil girl- vol 1) body. Yoshimi (friend of Mitsuko,
forced into prostitution) finds Yoji (boy she actually liked, dated), both die at Mitsuko's hand.
That said, the scenes relevant to the program were really great. It was just those little side stories that, on large, felt really unnecessary.
Spoiler text is here for me to remember how the story is split up between volumes
Spoiler
Mimura finds Yutaka Sato. Niida (perv) attacks Takako (bff of Sugi, martial artist),Sugi finds Megumi's (girl killed by Mitsuko-evil girl- vol 1) body. Yoshimi (friend of Mitsuko,
forced into prostitution) finds Yoji (boy she actually liked, dated), both die at Mitsuko's hand.
cmll's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
frost_a_b's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
This was just unnecessary and pointless
amandapearl2's review
4.0
Good continuation of the story, much slower then the first two with less deaths. But it introduces Chigusa who's one of my favorite characters, so that's pretty awesome.
xiaodejao's review
2.0
All over the place. It would have been good if it focused on one character or two rather than different characters per chapter/issue.
iviarelle's review against another edition
1.0
Here's where the quality really starts to go down for me. Mitsuko's child sex blackmail ring is such an obnoxiously unnecessary plotline. There's some great character work in places, but ending on that note leaves me unable to give much of a star rating to this volume. It's one thing for there to be implied sex between teens who are of an age, it's quite another to have graphic statutory rape scenes (regardless of who's showing active consent or who's seducing whom) taking up full-page spreads. "Product of its time" and "different cultures" be damned, this is seriously squicking me out.
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