Enchanter 2
Posted: December 29, 2006 Filed under: Enchanter 1 Comment »I’ve been waiting forever for this to show up someplace, ANYPLACE. A bookstore, a comic store, I tried several options. I don’t know if it was late or what, but it shouldn’t have taken two months to show up. I also read Fruits Basket 12, but remembered halfway through the volume that I had already read that one. Having already read half, I just finished the damn thing, so this is the only review I have for you tonight.
This is a shallow, trashy series. The characters are flat and annoying, and we have either overconfident males, hyper-pushy females, or doormat younger men. There’s a ton of stupid fanservice, and none of the jokes hit their mark. Usually I can’t tolerate this kind of thing, but for some reason, I find myself somewhat drawn to this series.
The plot is very good despite its numerous flaws. It’s still kind of confusing, and I’m still not sure how Haruhiko became an Enchanter, and I’m also not entirely sure what an Enchanter is, and if it can or cannot be a demon, and why there aren’t more. I’m also not entirely sure what Eukanaria’s business with Haruhiko is, still. If his body can only hold a small part of Fulcanelli’s outside power, how is it the perfect receptacle for his soul, wouldn’t that overload it?
Anyway, the stuff at Haruhiko’s school gets on my nerves, but the fantasy stuff fascinates me. I love the way everything seems to work in this world, and I can’t wait until stuff really gets going and Haruhiko starts manufacturing weapons and using his powers et al. I want him to be as famous as Fulcanelli without any of Fulcanelli’s help. That’s my dream, and somehow this dream is strong enough that I’m willing to sit through a ton of bad fanservice to see it realized.
I also wished the omake had been in the front of the volume. I would have enjoyed reading it a lot more had I known the nickname “butt cheeks” for Eukanaria beforehand.
Note to self: Read “Day of Revolution.” Two volumes, even if it’s terrible it’s only two volumes.
Note to DMP: ads in the back of manga work.
[...] At Anime on DVD, Josephine Fortune really likes The Drifting Classroom. Connie at Slightly Biased Manga likes vol. 2 of Enchanter despite its many flaws but advises: If you’re going to read it, read the omake first. Kethylia reviews vol. 14 of Berserk. Mangamaniaccafe reviews two vol. 1’s, O-Parts Hunter and VS Versus. [...]