Octopus Girl 2
Posted: July 14, 2006 Filed under: Octopus Girl Leave a comment »Yay! Octopus Girl! I think this series is only four volumes long because there’s only so many gag chapters you can write. No plot emerges, but Sakae makes a deal with the sea-witch for a body, so now both girls are on land and get various odd jobs that land them in wacky situations.
It’s still funny as hell, but somehow it’s not as charming as the first. I sort of miss the scenes in the sea, as we don’t get nearly enough of Octopus and Eel girl. There are many notable chapters to make up for it, though. One of my favorites involved a school for the damned, where Sakae winds up in a pit with some friends. Another chapter involves a fiancee who only has eyes for Sakae… or at least, his mother does.
Not as good as the first, but yes, still very good and VERY funny. I would’ve liked to see a plot that would eventually wrap itself up, but this is the one and only series I forgive for complete inanity with no effort at some sort of cohesiveness.
