Cheeky Angel 19
January 4, 2008
I had problems accessing the site last night. This may be because WordPress finally realized I hadn’t paid for domain mapping in about 14 months. I didn’t realize I had to since I didn’t get a renewal notice until last night. It’s been taken care of now, though.
Oh, Cheeky Angel. I’m so glad there’s only one volume left. I was kind of hoping that there would be a plot leading to the characters tracking down the genie, except this time it would work and Meg would turn back into a boy. No such luck. The entire volume is dedicated to the Miki kidnapping story that carried over from last time. While I would prefer the genie story, it was impressive to see the story stick with a plot for so long. They’re still not anywhere near Miki as of the end of this volume, but lots of cool stuff happens in the interim.
Another thing that impressed me was that almost all the characters were useful, including Ichiro and the little one with glasses. Both serve important functions that help out everyone else in the story. I was very impressed. The gang also gets Miki’s bodyguard back, though he is a bit worn out after his ordeals.
There’s also a lot more Meg/Genzo hints, more than usual. Meg seems to be… breaking. After all I’ve had to sit through, I hope Meg’s situation and her relationship with Genzo are handled well. Or else I’ll just cry after reading 20 volumes of this.
January 4, 2008 at 12:32 pm
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January 4, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I have the first 10 volumes of this series, so I too hope something decent happens so it’ll be worthwhile to actually read the series at some point. I think I’ve previously read the first 3 or so.
January 6, 2008 at 6:00 am
Eh. I don’t think any ending would totally justify me wading through 20 volumes of Cheeky Angel. Episodic comedy series really aren’t my thing, but Cheeky Angel seems particularly bad. It was incredibly repetitive, and I was rewarded with only the barest scraps of any sort of character depth. Even reading several volumes back to back at one point didn’t save this one.