Suppli 2
June 29, 2008
I really, really want to like this series. At this point, I really like everything that’s going on. The secondary characters and their roles made much more sense to me in this volume, and while I still have problems with the series sense of time, the actual plot of the series, Fuji trying to balance work and love, came across much better this time. There’s also an amazing scene in the rain near the end of the volume that totally won me over as well. I liked this volume a lot better than the last one.
There are a lot of things about the characters that still bother me, though, and I just can’t pinpoint what it is. Fuji sort of lacks confidence, which is what she works to improve, but at times I just want to shake her for her indecisiveness and constant reflection on what it means to be working with a relationship. There’s some fish imagery that’s a bit overused when this discussion starts, and it never quite resolves any of the questions brought up… which again, is the point of the series, but I feel frustrated whenever it’s brought up again and again. I don’t know. Despite the fact I liked it much better, I still felt like I had to struggle to read it a bit. I feel like if I wound up liking this volume more than the last though, maybe the third will answer some questions or bring more equilibrium to Fuji’s life to placate me. It’s not likely since it looks like she’s entered into a rivalry with another woman over a man, but I’m up for some drama too, if it means giving Fuji more purpose and/or a little more life.
Unfortunately, this looks like one of the series Tokyopop is looking to possibly cancel (or at least, was one of the delayed series in Diamond Previews, and some titles have already proved to be non-cancellations from that same list). Of the ones that I read on that list, I feel like this series deserves it the least. I like series aimed at my age group, and I hate to see one bite the dust before it ends. Don’t listen to me complain, read the other reviews out there praising it, because it deserves more praise than I give it. Most of all, buy it, because that helps the most, I think.
June 30, 2008 at 10:21 am
[...] Ikkoku, vol. 2 of Sand Chronicles, and vol. 12 of xxxHolic. At Slightly Biased Manga, Connie likes vol. 2 of Suppli better than vol. 1, and she’s disappointed that it may be cancelled. She gives thumbs up to [...]
November 10, 2008 at 6:32 pm
I love this series, and will be very sad if TP decides to cancel it!! WTH.
It has a lot of potential..and I can only hope that it gets delayed instead of canceled.
November 12, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Oh! That reminds me, I still haven’t bought the third volume. I don’t think I’m helping this series out at all, really.
December 12, 2008 at 4:28 pm
You should read volume 3 soon and link to Manga Recon’s efforts to Save Suppli! Hopefully we’ll have more info up on the site this weekend.
December 13, 2008 at 7:17 am
Oh, cool! Okay, I’ll read it this weekend and wait to post the review until I see the info up on Manga Recon so I can link. Whatever helps most.
December 13, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Yay, awesome! My review of 2-3 should go up on the site today, hopefully with an accompanying post elsewhere on the site. I’ll send an email when it goes up.
December 15, 2008 at 5:43 am
Cool. My review will probably go up tomorrow, I don’t think I can squeeze it in tonight, unfortunately. I got a late start on writing.