W Juliet 13
Posted: March 5, 2007 Filed under: W Juliet Leave a comment »This one mostly dealt with an audition that Ito and Mako had with a drama company, and also a trip that Mako took with Ito’s brothers and girlfriends (Chris and Akane) on a skiing trip that turned bad.
The audition was of course complicated by the fact that Ito had a fever, but I really liked the way it was handled, and even the final result. Again, I would have liked to have seen more opposition than I got, but what I did get was really really good. Ito is a good action hero, and I liked that we get to see that a lot… Mako usually overshadows her in fights now, which is a bummer. I also liked that there was one gruff judge we didn’t hear from until the end. That was a nice touch. Also… administering medicine mouth to mouth. Thank you.
The skiing trip… well, yes, it goes bad in the worst way possible for Ito and Mako. Again, this is another plot point where I desperately wish Ryuya would have stuck to his resolve instead of folding. Emura does often mention she wishes she could do more but she doesn’t have enough pages or enough for a story… but more drama could have easily been added in this storyline. It wasn’t. And I kind of was wishing for another direction from here, but again, relatively smooth sailing.
But you know what we get for the entire volume? Focus exclusively on Ito and Mako. YES.
