The plot has been rather adequately reviewed, but I wanted to quickly add my two cents (more of a warning, really): there is absolutely no closure at the end of this story. I imagine this manga was inexplicably and immediately dropped, because not one single thing is resolved. This is a story that ends in the middle. It's fantastic up until that point. It has so much promise. It's fun and entertaining, with great art and characters. But you WILL get blueballed at the "end." I read it weeks ago, and I'm still bewildered.
Just wanted to let y'all know before you decide to jump in.
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Mar 7, 2011
The Bride of the Water God
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"What the-"
"Are you kidding me??" "OH COME ON!" Thus begins and ends my litany at the end of each chapter. Each last page leaves me writhing in the agonies and ecstasies of suspense, delivered immediate and deadpan as though it were the most natural thing in the world. It never gets old; I never tire of it. How could I? This is possibly one of the best stories I've ever read. The characters are deep, strong, devoted, and troubled. You ache for them, you laugh with them. You understand the betrayal and the anger and the hurt. You rejoice in the love. This story, for as long ... 
Mar 7, 2011
Sensei to Watashi
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Ahh. How do I describe this manga? The story is awful. There's no depth. The lead characters are, at best, caricatures of the most standard shojo stereotypes. The writing is jam-packed with cheese, the action is ridiculously unrealistic, and the lead girl is so impossibly innocent that all the "romantic" scenes have me checking the corners of the panels for pedobear.
And yet I keep reading it. Not because I'm hoping it gets better. Not because I'm on edge to see what happens next. And certainly not because I find the relationship between the two leads plausible, or refreshing, or even entertaining. No, I keep reading ... |
