I”s 14
Posted: October 8, 2009 Filed under: I"s 3 Comments »Masakazu Katsura – Viz – 2007 – 15 volumes
I’m not sure why I thought the twister fun would stop last volume. I think I assumed we wouldn’t get to see the game, since it was a break between volumes and, well, the wild party is something the series has covered before.
But then we would have missed out on Masakazu Katsura lovingly drawing a game of twister. Complete with face-sitting and Teratani getting increasingly irate. It was certainly the high point in the series so far, and we can only hope that the climax will somehow involve a repeat of this beautiful incident.
A good chunk of the beginning of the volume was a party with Teratani, Ichitaka, Izumi, and Aiko, but after that, things sort of fell apart as Ichitaka kept getting more and more negative about Iori’s celebrity status and their relationship begins falling apart… and apparently Aiko’s does, too. And yeah, she looks just like Iori, so go ahead and cue the fantasies that begin with Iori and end with Aiko. I’m a bigger fan of the good times, and the series has had quite enough drama, but I suppose a little more for the road can’t hurt. The climax is coming next volume, and it promises to be super-creepy, but I hope that Iori and Ichitaka wind up happy in the end, because that’s just how these things are supposed to work.
There must have been quite a negative reaction to Iori’s short haircut, because it’s back to its normal length here, presumably because time has passed since she got it cut.
On one last note, Teratani really is the best friend any shounen romance protagonist had. He’s still just the right mix of creepy, fun, uplifting, and… actually the giver of good advice. Not only does he own things like twister, but he also knows how to deliver some cool lines later in the volume. Teratani is certainly the best thing I will be taking away from I”s, and he’s probably a better character than anyone in Video Girl Ai, too, seeing as how Moemi’s boyfriend/Yota’s best friend turned out to be a creep for no reason in that series.
Yeah, Teratani sure is one of the best side characters ever.. ^_^ And that game of twister is also unforgettable.. ^_^
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He really is. He was my favorite part in the end. I can’t believe how much I grew to like him the past few volumes.