Hinadori Girl 3
December 18, 2006
So this mediocre series just kind of fizzled out in a big lukewarm puddle. It had its cute moments, but overall it certainly wasn’t my cup of tea, and never struggled to have anything other than generally stereotyped characters with some heartwarming scenes.
There were several things I wanted to happen before the end of the series, paramount among them was some sort of promise that no more brother/sister hints would be dropped and that Akira would eventually go for her brother’s friend. The back cover promised some romantic developments, but I was SO DISAPPOINTED in what was given. There were several pairs that would have been interesting, but they went with the one that would make the least impact in reader’s minds. In general, there was just a big general sweep to wrap up all the loose ends, with the beginning of the book dedicated to talking a bit about the family’s matriarch. There was a resolution to the conflict from last volume and a new character, but this new character turns out to be bratty, spoiled, and more obnoxious than Akira. They try to make it like she was made that way by society, but I didn’t really care that much, because she was still a brat even after everyone tried to make friends with her.
Her name was Luna. She may have been a better addition earlier on, particularly if she was given a chance to develop, but… sadly, no.
And yep. Another one bites the dust and leaves no teeth marks whatsoever.
December 19, 2006 at 12:18 pm
[...] At Active Anime, Holly Ellingwood reviews vol. 1 of Poison Cherry Drive and Christopher Seaman takes an advance look at vol. 2 of Penguin Revolution. Tangognat enjoyed vol. 1 of that series. Johanna jumps right in with vol. 7 of Genshiken, having only read vol. 1, and likes it better the second time around. Mangamaniaccafe checks out vol. 1 of Kamunagara. At Comics-and-more, Dave mixes up Manga Monday a bit with reviews of vol. 1 of Let Dai and vol. 6 of Hikaru no Go. The Star of Malaysia is suffering from Train Man fatigue but still has good things to say about CMX’s version. Slightly Biased Manga watches Hinadori Girl fizzle out. [...]