Sgt. Frog 12
May 18, 2009
Hmm… I was right about my Sgt. Frog prediction. I kind of had to force myself to read the rest of this volume after the first couple stories. This series is just better in small doses. The jokes aren’t as funny if you read too much at once.
There were still a couple good chapters, though. There’s a really cute New Year’s chapter at the end of the book where it shows how each of the characters spend their New Year’s Day being happy. The other good chapter is about what happens when Keroro gets sick. Thankfully, it doesn’t take the obvious joke about being sick with “Gundam Fever” and is better for it. There’s also a cute chapter about the Hinatas and Keronians enjoying a huge watermelon together.
But again, I’d kind of had my fill of the wacky humor and semi-sweet moments last volume, so there just wasn’t as much of an impact this time. It probably would have been better if I’d waited a couple months rather than a few weeks.
There is also a long story that introduces a new character named Southern Cross (which, of course, I read the same day my roommate attempted to explain the Macross universe to me). I got kind of excited when I thought she was a gorgon, but the actual explanation and lame ending to what was shaping up to be a pretty epic story kind of wore me out even further on this volume.
May 18, 2009 at 7:05 am
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