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Comic and Graphic Books.
Fantasy.
Fiction.
HTML: Bye-bye, Earth! My idol activities here were so much fun! 4th Hayakawa SF Contest Special Prize 48th Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story Division) 27th Dark Seiun Award (Guest Division) 16th Sense of Gender Award (Future Idol Award) Last and First Idol earned the first ever special prize in the Hayakawa SF Contest, and the first debut work to win the Seiun Award in 42 years! This existential widescreen yuri baroque proletariat hard sci-fi idol story has carved out a new legend in science fiction history! Also includes Evolution Girls, in which some gacha-expert friends race to find the truth of the universe, and Dark Seiyuu, a brand-new space opera about voice actors! Gengen Kusano's astounding debut collection! .No library descriptions found. |
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The author calls it "hard sci-fi", but I think this is stretching the definition a little bit; there's certainly some real research into scientific phenomena backing up many of the elements, but there's also plenty of silly stuff tossed in without explanation, such as space whales and a universe that operates on gacha mechanics.
My favorite story was the middle one, Evo Girls, which goes from a stock isekai setup (complete with our good friend Truck-kun) to a long middle section reminiscent of the game Spore to a denouement in which the heroine realizes her destiny is to save humanity by
And yes, the first story is very transparently a NicoMaki fanfic. But I don't think most Love Live fans are clamoring to see their faves as
Either you will love this, or you will hate it, or you will alternately love and hate it. But one way or another, it's a memorable experience. ( )