Sun Takeda

The fan service just keeps escalating, resulting in sexual assault this time around with the introduction of the predatory lesbian trope.

It's a real shame the creator is so obsessed, because the rest of the book has been intriguing and surprising.

But that shocking cliffhanger will probably have me coming back despite my better judgement.

I picked this out because of the eye-catching cover. What could possibly be happening with this girl and the weird costume she’s putting on?

The good news is that the answer is pretty wild and the ramifications are only beginning to be explored. It involves transformations and wishes and some very broken people.

The bad news is that right on the first page we are introduced to one of the main characters with an up-skirt panty-shot. And the fan service just keeps on coming thereafter. It show more doesn’t help that she is also presented as a manic – or rather “maniac” – pixie dream girl.

Still that aside – and it is a pretty big aside, I’ll admit – I find myself intrigued and am placing holds on the next two volumes at my local library. show less

In many ways, this is a good jumping off point. A lot of the big mysteries from the first volume are resolved. The fan service continues to get amped up. And now the premise seems intent on swinging into standard battle manga territory with the protagonists set to face off against other monsters searching for the scattered alien coins that can make new monsters. Gotta catch 'em all! While naked!

I do have the next volume on hand from the library though, so I'll be continuing on into the new show more story arc with my fingers crossed that the creator can focus on the intriguing parts instead of only pandering to the lowest common denominator. show less

For the full series: One, put some damn clothes on. Two, fantastically inventive and gets the “super powers as a metaphor for feelings and relationships” right in many ways. Three, creepy and at times surrealist. Four, the setting was thin and the background sometimes underdeveloped, but these were not crucial elements.