DN Angel 9
Posted: December 22, 2006 Filed under: DN Angel Leave a comment »Yeah, as cool as “The Second Hand of Time” was, it was not so cool to see it end in this goofy and embarassing way. Daisuke seems so much the same. It seems like Dark was the one who got all the character development.
Anyway, it’s weird that the third story doesn’t get a title. What’s also weird was that after the awesomeness of the past two volumes, this volume was no good. The focus was primarily character-centric this time, and as I said earlier, I don’t particularly care for the characters. There’s an awkward date setup with Risa, Riku, Dark, and Daisuke where one body will have to cover two dates at once, and much preperation and discussion was spent on this. Actually, 3/4 of a volume was spent on this.
Really, perhaps I’ve just outgrown this type of relationship manga. This is a girl’s series, and I like romance comics, but I need more gratification than just awkward moments and hints of hand-holding in nine volumes of the same characters chasing each other. There are plenty of series I read that are like this, but this one… I dunno, it seems like it just misses the mark. The action means that I don’t peg it as a series for younger kids, and the relationships aren’t quite cute enough to get away with how little is going on. Plus, Dark is not meant to be in a manga where as little goes on in the relationship as it does here.
