Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Chinese Coke
So, Pastel.
This is why I should stop indiscriminately reading everything Ben throws at me.
So says the description on animewave's website, who are translating it, and was pasted to me on ICQ:
"Tadano Mugi just broke up with his girlfriend and his friend, Kazuki, took him to his aunt's store to help out so that he can try and forget about the girl. One day, Mugi was working behind the store and saw a beautiful girl, Tuskisaki Yuu, undressing. Not only did the girl not get mad, but soon, they even became friends, but would it ever be more than that? What will happen between them?"
Sounds promising enough, right? The cover looked kind of cute.
"Ah, what the hell, can't hurt to look at it."
So I started up the torrents and forgot about them for a while. When I checked back, they were done.
And so I read.
And... well... as far as manga went, this is some pretty stereotypical and generic stuff. Nothing happens that I can't predict. There's no really exciting plot developments. Overall, the art is cute enough, but... it's just not COMPELLING in any way.
So said Tim Rogers in his "I LIVE!" blog entry a while back:
Korean Coke and Chinese Coke are too sweet. They're one and the same, actually. [...]I doubt I'll ever get thirsty for a Korean Coke again, because it is not compelling. It has no qualifying qualifiers. I can't classify it easily. It's not interesting. It's just there.
That... just about sums up this manga right there.
So, in conclusion, I wasted a good bit of my time looking at this manga, and I blame it all on Ben.
This definitely isn't something I'll follow closely or read raws of.
In other news, I saw a frozen Windows-powered cash register today. You can check my general/life/ranting blog if you're into that sort of thing.
So, Pastel.
This is why I should stop indiscriminately reading everything Ben throws at me.
So says the description on animewave's website, who are translating it, and was pasted to me on ICQ:
"Tadano Mugi just broke up with his girlfriend and his friend, Kazuki, took him to his aunt's store to help out so that he can try and forget about the girl. One day, Mugi was working behind the store and saw a beautiful girl, Tuskisaki Yuu, undressing. Not only did the girl not get mad, but soon, they even became friends, but would it ever be more than that? What will happen between them?"
Sounds promising enough, right? The cover looked kind of cute.
"Ah, what the hell, can't hurt to look at it."
So I started up the torrents and forgot about them for a while. When I checked back, they were done.
And so I read.
And... well... as far as manga went, this is some pretty stereotypical and generic stuff. Nothing happens that I can't predict. There's no really exciting plot developments. Overall, the art is cute enough, but... it's just not COMPELLING in any way.
So said Tim Rogers in his "I LIVE!" blog entry a while back:
Korean Coke and Chinese Coke are too sweet. They're one and the same, actually. [...]I doubt I'll ever get thirsty for a Korean Coke again, because it is not compelling. It has no qualifying qualifiers. I can't classify it easily. It's not interesting. It's just there.
That... just about sums up this manga right there.
So, in conclusion, I wasted a good bit of my time looking at this manga, and I blame it all on Ben.
This definitely isn't something I'll follow closely or read raws of.
In other news, I saw a frozen Windows-powered cash register today. You can check my general/life/ranting blog if you're into that sort of thing.
