Zombie-Loan 2
Posted: June 16, 2008 Filed under: Zombie-Loan Leave a comment »I don’t know, this still reads like a mess for me. It took me awhile to remember the dynamics of the relationship between the three main characters… mainly re: Chika’s debt, I remembered that she was resurrected, and I thought the boys had taken the debt on for her, but I couldn’t figure out why she still hung out with them if that was the case since she doesn’t seem to like them and they take advantage of her a lot. Then I remembered how she decided to be “stronger” last volume and not get pushed around by her classmates, and how happy she was about making this decision. And she does stick by this, she turns her classmates down when they ask her to run errands for them. Except she’s still weak and annoying, and she lets herself get pushed all over the place by the two boys. I really just hate her a lot.
I also kind of hate the tone of the series. It’s serious, and it’s got a relatively good plot, but for some reason, there’s a ton of jokes inserted quite frequently that break the mood, and… yeah. I just couldn’t get into it.
There’s a bunch of new characters introduced. I didn’t have much trouble keeping track of them, and I was actually really surprised since they all serve a purpose, which is usually contrary to this type of series. A new girl who has “shinigami lips” helps out the team, and there’s a friend of one of the boys who joins up and helps them solve several problems related to their newest case. There’s also a few more nuances about being a zombie revealed which are really well thought-out details.
I think the shifting tone and my hate for the main character just left me feeling poorly about this one. I’m so bummed too, it’s got a great premise, and Peach-Pit is so popular that I would really like to get into one of their series. This won’t be the one, I think, unless it seriously picks up next time.
