Go Go Heaven 7

Yay!  It’s been so long since I’ve had a volume of this!

Now, this is a series I like a lot.  It is not really “readable” in the traditional sense, though.  The art is extremely cluttered, there are about 500 stupid gags for every scene, characters that aren’t necessary are called back for no reason, and the storyline has been incestuously looping back on itself for, like, five volumes now.  I can’t even say I like the main couple, because both of the characters are really annoying.

I love it anyway.  A lot.  I don’t know why.  I think I just like the idea of the King of Hell falling in love with a dead girl he brings back to life, even if the girl hates him and cries a lot.

This was actually a lot easier to read when it was coming out fast, because I think the short wait between volumes before kept me desensitized to all the stupid things that are going on here.  I forgot that Prince has to constantly “pour the last of his power” into Shirayuki.  I forgot that those three henchmen show up in every single scene to make a bad joke.  I forgot nobody really dies, but they kind of do die every few volumes.  I forgot everyone that Shirayuki went to school with is currently still hanging around for no reason.  But!  I can still follow the plot!  That’s something in its favor, isn’t it?

This volume was actually much more serious than the last ones.  All of Hell, Earth, and most of Heaven is destroyed while everyone is fighting Shirayuki’s dark side.  There are some horribly cheesy scenes that go along with this, too, including one where Prince is supposedly dead.  And then dead again.  And then is alive for one more day.  And for no reason, Shirayuki is living in France for an undisclosed amount of time with no memories of Japan, but false memories of a mother and father she lives with… yeah.  Wait, was I talking about the plot?  Yeah, Shirayuki’s dark side is trying to kill God on the last few pages.

But I love it anyway.  I love it a lot.  To the point where, even after I’m in disbelief at what the story is up to in this volume, I still have to have the next.  I don’t know why.  I don’t know why. There’s just something about Prince that keeps me happily coming back, I guess.  I hope the releases get back on track soon.