Marion Diabolito posted:
It's fluffy for this mangaka. Normally a Hirao Auri character has the pain and ennui drawn out for so many centuries of subjective time that when they kill themselves quietly it's not a cry for help, and everyone that knows them doesn't go "oh, my God!" but rather, "Finally!" and then they go back to researching their own escape. I picture a world where that's the only pleasant activity legally allowed. In their world the chromosome that makes lesbians attracted to you has a side effect of brain damage, though, so that's par for the course here.
In all seriousness, she's a good artist, good at setting up plots, good at creating characters, but beyond that, I've always wished she'd let someone else do the plotting, and perhaps the writing. Even things that were obviously dragged out as long as possible like Citrus or Stretch really don't compare to her "masterwork."
Ok. The hell you are talking about. It is true that Manga no Tsurikata isn't the best, but I'd rather say she isn't good on writing too long stories and starts to rely too much on cliches in a long run (or her editor thought it would be better that way). Writing in her one shot is just fine:
Surely, Always: Typical angsty manga, that is written really realistic and there isn't anything you can really complain about "plot" imo. I'm sure there is a lot people that can relate to this situation too much.
Miyabi-chan Down from the Moon: Short, good supernatural comedy with happy ending.
Tender Night: Really good and realistic way of portraying all girls school and showing what it means to be a lesbian (at least for me) with not so much good ending as it was never really angsty or drama heavy manga (I have no clue why it has Aaaaaangst tag), pretty much just focusing on MC's thoughts on her experiences in life so far, so ending is pretty neutral, but it does end with implicated possibility of MC hooking up with her senpai, so you can call it a good ending. It is told a little out of order, but if you pay attention you can easily catch everything.
And now you have pretty much full fluffy comedy with only "angsty" part being "we are both girls", that is ironically glossed over since all girls Chihi is cheering on confess to other girls, with added some supernatural elements and funny twist at the end. It was short and it could be longer, but it was funny and cute so it done its job. Sure you can say adding supernatural and that plot twist was kinda out of place, but that is what comedy mangas are all about. And the ending was such typical, easy to clear up misunderstanding that we all know they will end up together (at least clearing it up and them hooking up should be easy enough), but that was just a silly joke. Look, the premise from the start isn't supposed to be take too seriously. She is cheering her classmates during her own test or she is actually standing next to person confessing her love to someone.
last edited at May 30, 2016 10:57PM
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