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Takeuchi Mick - Her Majesty's Dog, vol. 08-09 (Eng. trans.)
Sat, Aug. 23rd, 2008 04:33 pmWhile I like this series, it's never among my very favorites because it keeps shifting the focus from the best parts—the relationship between Hyoue and Amane and Amane and Hyoue's character growth—to random wacky hijinks and haphazard plot. Unlike Minekura's series, where the plot often seems to be haphazard before being wonderfully tied together, Takeuchi seems to flit from element to element and worse, from tone to tone. The rapid flips from delicate angst to jokiness totally doesn't work for me.
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Takeuchi Mick - Her Majesty's Dog, vol. 01-03 (Eng. trans.)
Wed, Jul. 5th, 2006 10:57 pmAlthough Amane looks like your average high-school girl (as do so many manga heroines), she's actually a master of words and uses them to bind spirits. Hyoue is her loyal spirit-dog companion, who takes the form of your average (though very cute) high-school boy. She feeds him her life force via kisses, which leads to some awkward situations at school.
I really love the art in this one; it's wispy and thin and stylized in a way that I can't quite describe. I also adore Amane, who's so clueless that she doesn't quite get why everyone is confused by her making out with Hyoue all the time. And by clueless, I mean she's emotionally clueless in the ways of some of my favorite characters (read: Jin, Ishida, etc.), and it's even better because she's female. Also, the bond between her and Hyoue is absolutely adorable.
The plot is very thin, and while I got a little bored in vols. 2-3, mostly it was because I wanted more interaction between Hyoue and Amane. I love how protective they are of each other and how each is fairly clueless with regards to most things, but always manage to figure each other out.
Um, but being me, I would love it even more if it had just a wee bit more angst between the two. Or more plot. Or... actually, just more scenes between the two would be good.
I really love the art in this one; it's wispy and thin and stylized in a way that I can't quite describe. I also adore Amane, who's so clueless that she doesn't quite get why everyone is confused by her making out with Hyoue all the time. And by clueless, I mean she's emotionally clueless in the ways of some of my favorite characters (read: Jin, Ishida, etc.), and it's even better because she's female. Also, the bond between her and Hyoue is absolutely adorable.
The plot is very thin, and while I got a little bored in vols. 2-3, mostly it was because I wanted more interaction between Hyoue and Amane. I love how protective they are of each other and how each is fairly clueless with regards to most things, but always manage to figure each other out.
Um, but being me, I would love it even more if it had just a wee bit more angst between the two. Or more plot. Or... actually, just more scenes between the two would be good.