Guru Guru Pon-chan 7
February 4, 2007
I LOVE THIS SERIES. It’s necessary to start every entry out like that, because I don’t think nearly enough people read it, and I can understand, because it’s got a bizarre premise. But the relationship between Mirai and Ponta is still one of the cutest and strongest in any manga I’ve read. They’re extremely true to each other, and the fact that Mirai keeps his end time and time again is part of what I love about this series. So cute.
This volume though… dips into… weird territory. Territory that most people dwelling in such questionable subjects in manga leave alone. A subject which Rumiko Takahashi, creator of Ranma 1/2, has summed up with “I don’t think about it, and neither should you.”
Pregnancy.
Let me tell you that that was some rough territory to weather. It was still cute, and still extremely well-done, but it was rough. Mirai acted admirably throughout the ordeal, and at the end, where she couldn’t turn back into a dog… ugh. The ending was a bit of a cop-out, as it really had me going, but I was also quite relieved. But still… ugh. I suppose a series this silly was going to deal with it sooner or later, especially since Ponta in heat was something that has come up before.
What was really awesome was the girl that was at the vacation spot that was so sure that Ponta and Mirai were a perfect match for herself and her male retriever. She comes back as a sort of creepy stalker character, and she’s what starts the whole mess. She also degenerates into silly gags, much like Go has, and I think I would prefer her as more creepy, but you know… I like her and her dog plenty anyway.
I think we’ve only got two volumes left in this series, which makes me sad. What’s also sad is that I have to wait till April for the next volume. Urgh. As an interesting side note, it gives me a great deal of pleasure that in my Del Rey box, Pichi-Pichi-Guru-Guru-Sugar-Sugar all come out in the same month. I need my dose of embarassing and girly repetition from the same publisher every so often.
