Stray Little Devil 1
Posted: May 3, 2007 Filed under: Stray Little Devil 1 Comment »I don’t really need to be starting new series right now, especially series that I know won’t totally blow me away. But I want so desperately for more than one DrMaster series to be good. This one actually did sound like it had a cute premise, so I decided to try it out.
I’m not sure how to describe this accurately, but this manga had more of an anime plot than a manga plot. I can’t tell you how a plot aimed at anime fans differs, but I know they have a couple magazines that specifically run series with said plots. This one sorta is one of them (though I have no idea what magazine it ran in). I may only think this because it has a really rapid-moving plot, a lot of fanservice, and shallow characters. Granted, all these things happen in manga-manga too, but they’re the only characteristics I can identify readily in anime-manga. Usually I dislike series like that, but the plot to this one is very good, and all the elements the main character have to go through to be a devil are really well-thought out and engrossing, so I wound up enjoying it quite a bit.
Basically, for whatever reason, the main character gets drawn into the world of devils and turned into a stray devil. She’s got to become a full-fledged devil before requisite cute mystery guy will transport her back to reality. She’s missing a lot of components to even be an apprentice devil or devil-in-training or whatever they call it, plus she’s kind of stupid, so she’s got a long ways to go. I’m really looking forward to all the gimmicks and trials they throw her way so she can become a devil, plus what effects this will have on her turning back into a human.
This is the kind of series that will probably disappoint me by having a really lame ending or fizzling out in the US before I get to read the conclusion. It’s really not all that spectacular, but I like it well enough to catch myself up to volume 4, the most current one out in English.
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