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3.0 out of 5 stars
Gainax's riff on Anime Culture, or..., November 2, 2004
This review is from: Abenobashi: Magical Shopping Arcade, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
to quote Douglas Adams: "Mostly Harmless"
I'm a parent. I'm "left of center". And this review is from the perspective of a father of two teenage boys.
The older boy (19) would find it amusing, if he didn't have to pay for it. The younger boy(14), would probably "go steady" with this particular tome until he started to shave on a regular basis.
The Pros: Fan Service!, Anime "in" jokes, Japanese cultural jokes. Good art. Interesting scenarios. Well endowed "maidens".
The Cons: One suspects the dialog was funnier in Japanese. as somebody fameous once said: "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard." There's quite a bit of nudity and, ah, "adult situations" in this one (more like "male fantasy sequences").
Think: Fooli Cooli with "babes", a more coherent "plot", and lest angst.
Buy If: you're into anime, don't like thinking too much, and well endowed (semi) naked women is your thing. And 14. And have parents with a sense of humor.
Otherwise, I'd have to give this 3 stars.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun series -- but see the anime first, May 26, 2007
This review is from: Abenobashi: Magical Shopping Arcade, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
It's a shame that the manga is only two volumes long. It's a great follow-up to the anime, but I'm not sure how someone who hasn't seen at least some of the anime episodes will understand the manga series. If there's a quibble, it's that the art is different from the anime, so takes a little getting used to. Otherwise, if you liked the anime, pick up the two-volume series!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Naughty, Naughty!, April 30, 2006
This review is from: Abenobashi: Magical Shopping Arcade, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
Abenobashi: Magical Shopping Arcade is one of the strangest manga books I have ever read since FLCL. But unlike FLCL, I understood this book! The story jumps around alot and you need to read it a couple times in order to understand what's going on.
Sasshi is a young boy who is into books, videogames and trading cards. But when his friend, Arumi's, grandfather breaks the family gardian statue, everything goes nuts! Transporting them into different versions of their shopping mall. Along the way they meet different versions of their family members and friends in these worlds and also must complete strange, meaningless and even bizzare tasks!
Full of comedy, love and a little of drama and sci-fi this book covers all forms of genres! And, much like FLCL, it makes fun of alot of other anime and manga series and also has alot of...mature comments and pictures *wink*!
My friend gave me this book and I liked it very much, but not being able to understand it was a little troublesome, but overall this series gets 5 stars out of 5 and is a buy for all manga readers!
My name is Amone! Adios!
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