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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It's Christmas time
It snows-a lot
There's an alien running around disguised as a human (we don't see this until the end of the book)
The girls hang out, they talk about studying
More characters are brought in (maybe too many? )
As in Volume 1 not a whole lot happens.
Still not sure this series is for me.
And what's with the constant drooling?!
Every few pages there's drool.
Or constant tears.
It snows-a lot
There's an alien running around disguised as a human (we don't see this until the end of the book)
The girls hang out, they talk about studying
More characters are brought in (maybe too many? )
As in Volume 1 not a whole lot happens.
Still not sure this series is for me.
And what's with the constant drooling?!
Every few pages there's drool.
Or constant tears.
Content Warnings
Minor: Cursing, Sexual content
"When you look up at the sky, what do you see? A blue sky? Freedom? A hopeful future? The people of Tokyo see none of these. Instead, an ominous alien mothership looms overhead, engulfing the city skyscape."
Review for Volume 1 and 2.
Yep, I was definitely intrigued by that sentence when I spotted this series. But in the end it just felt short. Mostly because it is about the daily lives of several girls, all friends, with some aliens/spookiness/feeling of something wrong. I was just hoping that it would be a bit more about the aliens, maybe some more threats and danger instead of girls just going their way and trying to get into college. You keep seeing the aliens (or well the ship/ships) and you feel unsettled but then nothing really happens!
The characters are interesting, but very goofy and weird. I am also a bit confused about their age, they look like middle-graders, but are instead high-schoolers about to graduate (it wasn't until I saw one of them drive and the other talk about college that I saw that they were much older). Most of the time we see them go through their daily lives, thinking about if they should leave Tokyo and go to somewhere safer (as people say that those who stay in Tokyo are pretty suicidal), trying to graduate and get to college, one of the girls has a short romance (with a terrible dude), one girl's dad is missing which caused her mom to go pretty wonky, but we also see them think about the aliens and discuss it.
We also find more out about the aliens, how they came to be in Tokyo, we see aliens (who look pretty human). And there are some revelations that me wonder about the true intentions of both the humans and the aliens.
I did love how they revealed the aliens to us. At first it seems everything is just happy happy, but then you see them look up at the sky.
The art is gorgeous, well I should specify, the backgrounds/scenery are amazing. The characters are hit and miss. :P Especially the side characters feel like the author just couldn't give a fig about their design.
I would continue to read this one, but frankly I am not that much interested in reading it further. I may just wait until it is done and then check the last volume to see if something happens with the aliens.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Review for Volume 1 and 2.
Yep, I was definitely intrigued by that sentence when I spotted this series. But in the end it just felt short. Mostly because it is about the daily lives of several girls, all friends, with some aliens/spookiness/feeling of something wrong. I was just hoping that it would be a bit more about the aliens, maybe some more threats and danger instead of girls just going their way and trying to get into college. You keep seeing the aliens (or well the ship/ships) and you feel unsettled but then nothing really happens!
The characters are interesting, but very goofy and weird. I am also a bit confused about their age, they look like middle-graders, but are instead high-schoolers about to graduate (it wasn't until I saw one of them drive and the other talk about college that I saw that they were much older). Most of the time we see them go through their daily lives, thinking about if they should leave Tokyo and go to somewhere safer (as people say that those who stay in Tokyo are pretty suicidal), trying to graduate and get to college, one of the girls has a short romance (with a terrible dude), one girl's dad is missing which caused her mom to go pretty wonky, but we also see them think about the aliens and discuss it.
We also find more out about the aliens, how they came to be in Tokyo, we see aliens (who look pretty human). And there are some revelations that me wonder about the true intentions of both the humans and the aliens.
I did love how they revealed the aliens to us. At first it seems everything is just happy happy, but then you see them look up at the sky.
The art is gorgeous, well I should specify, the backgrounds/scenery are amazing. The characters are hit and miss. :P Especially the side characters feel like the author just couldn't give a fig about their design.
I would continue to read this one, but frankly I am not that much interested in reading it further. I may just wait until it is done and then check the last volume to see if something happens with the aliens.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
dark
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wish there was more alien invasion and less inscrutable teen ennui. Maybe I'm just not enough of a manga head (otaku, even?) to be able to understand/appreciate the characters and their relationships, which is a shame because I like the themes here. I don't think I can carry on with the series.
So continues the life of high school kids about to become college students while also living in a world where a gigantic alien spaceship lives above them.
Just more coming of age stories of love, heartbreak, and trying to decide what to do in life. The book is best when it has focus on one of the girls as their bond is perfect, the jokes are funny, and their life and tribulations are interesting. On top of that we do get a bit deeper into the aliens and we even follow one around for a bit.
As always, Inio has a dark look into our world but not one we can't relate to. Maybe we can relate a bit too much. But he juggles different styles here really well. Going from outright funny to sad to happy again in a matter of a few pages. The intriguing thing is the mystery of how the alien will eventually fit in.
A 4 out of 5.
Just more coming of age stories of love, heartbreak, and trying to decide what to do in life. The book is best when it has focus on one of the girls as their bond is perfect, the jokes are funny, and their life and tribulations are interesting. On top of that we do get a bit deeper into the aliens and we even follow one around for a bit.
As always, Inio has a dark look into our world but not one we can't relate to. Maybe we can relate a bit too much. But he juggles different styles here really well. Going from outright funny to sad to happy again in a matter of a few pages. The intriguing thing is the mystery of how the alien will eventually fit in.
A 4 out of 5.
This series is so odd, off putting, and hilarious at the same time. I haven't read anything quite like it. The overwhelming sense of impending doom mixed with the devil may care attitudes some of the folks have is a pretty fascinating dichotomy. I really enjoy the parts where the girls just hang out and find those little moments of peace and goofiness to cherish as they look towards heading off to college. The spaceship stands in for a pretty solid metaphor for change and stagnation in the face of it. A challenge with this series is that a whole lot of nothing happens while we also see things starting to arise. There are a lot of plot threads being laid down that are ambiguous. For our main crew, Oran, Kadode, and the other gals, they celebrate Christmas, get upset about the idea of never seeing each other again, and just wander around. Kadode also gets Christmas with her mom and mom's boyfriend which is heartwarming. The "new" girl, Kiho Kurihara, in the group breaks up with her boyfriend who is obsessing about the words of people online and just regurgitating what they say instead of thinking for himself. I was really happy with the way the girl's came together and supported Kiho after the break up. The disgusting teacher's girlfriend works for the weapons development firm and is in conversation with a reporter who is working to uncover the truth or something. The aliens are disguised as humans, and go in people's houses when they aren't there to do basic things like shower and have a bite to eat. And Tokyo is blanketed in a very heavy snow and a medium sized spaceship is shot down and about to crash. It all is delivered in a mundane kind of way with some cutting insight into our world, such as ownership of war and the opponents, internet culture, and ennui. The character designs in this series are also spot on, all very unique. Oran's mom is also revealed to be quite the go getter and helps out at shelters, almost overly helpful.
Este retrato loquísimo de las generaciones actuales me tiene enganchada a más no poder.
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced