Umi no Misaki [Manga] Review

Both art and story by: Kou Fumizuki

This Series for me seem a little simplistic is the way of art style but i think that is one of the biggest things that it has going for it. Now i know the image i used it all colorful and what not but for some reason i like it more without. When i said that the art style was simplistic i was meaning that for when it first started back in 2007 the styling feels a some what older.

The Story revolves around a boy name Goto Nagi and the cape maidens of Umi no Misaki. who worship and wait for the return of the dragon god. Nagi starts off with wanting/needing to go to this island in the southern part of japan, needing to because his father is working oversea an wants him to live in the house they have on the island but also he wanted to visit they place is mother [deceased] talk so fondly of. As you progress you learn why his mother talked so much about the cape to her son as he was once a cape maiden of the island. As the story moves on and gives some back-story on the tradition of the island, choices have to be made for Nagi which will not only affect the people of this island but also affect the way he starts to think of different things.

Almost forgot to mention that it can be ecchi at times which also makes fanservices a given, but i forgot about most of that as i continued on. All and all its a nice read which shows a bit of japanese folklore and instances of fate and how or if they can be changed.

Freezing [Manga] Review

Today i would like to give my impression now a series that from what i have seen on a few anime forums is getting a bit of flack for the pace at which it is going. Though most of what i have seen is based off the TV Adaption, so i would like to focus on the manga since it is further along in story.

Freezing by Dall-Young Lim, Kwang-Hyun Kim

The Basic idea i have gotten from this is the general end of humanity brought around by the appearance of Nova's and humanity trying to save themselves from "extinction". If you have ever read or watch any of the Evangelion series (Original Anime, Manga, or the "Reboot" Movie OVA's) you are gonna have some major flashbacks. At some points in the beginning is a little off-putting on how it almost mirrors the original Eva series, Baka Shinji included. As you get through those part its start to switch gears a bit with the mystery surrounding the protagonist's uncle involvement in how he controls everything for so many years. As you get closer to the more current chapters the manga has taken on a harem feel to it, which for me is a bit off putting because i was more interested in the back-story they were getting into but keep shortening because the of the harem feeling being introduced.

There are other part that have it good points and bad points but that would extent this review much farther then i would like it to get for a first post back. When all is said and done, i would say that this is worth the time to read, but i don't think the anime might hold some peoples attention if it follows the story too closely.

Been a while

Been so long since I even got back here, Twitter included. Been reading and watching when I could but things get away from you sometimes. Gonna try and give this a proper revamp tomorrow or over the weekend as I'm doing this away from a computer. So much to try an cover/update its depressing in its own way.