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juushikaOkay, that you can sort by trope/user tags does not mean that the results will be of quality, as these attest, but! I'm such a trope-driven reader that I'll probably keep trying, even if Appetite did almost burn out my enthusiasm, as a long-but-mediocre work is wont to do.
Title: Baker Baker Paradox
Author: Makine Kureta
Published: 2018-9
Rating: 2.5 of 5
Page Count: 245
Total Page Count: 415,890
Text Number: 1569
Read Because: did you know that Anime Planet lets you search by tags? feels good man
Review: The title is a fun way to learn about a psychological phenomenon! The manga itself.... I like the inversions of character ages and power differentials, and I always have a soft spot for memory issues. But it's rarely elevated from its tropiness, so the few unsettling scenes are drowned out by I've-already-forgotten-what-happened-in-this.
Title: Happy End
Author: sukekoro
Published: 2012
Rating: 2.5 of 5
Page Count: 200
Total Page Count: 416,505
Text Number: 1572
Read Because: more sorting manga by tag
Review: DNF on account of an incomplete translation. I'm curious what I would have made of the apparently-controversial downer ending, because I like the mundane, compromise-laden elements of this; they're compelling and nuanced, and well-complemented by the round, unpretty art. But the tropey elements are even more unwelcome for the comparison, especially the pseudo-love-interest/agitator, who is not the least necessary. So maybe the ending is also bad, and certainly I'm not broken-hearted that I won't find out.
Title: Appetite
Author: Lero
Published: 2015-17
Rating: 2.5 of 5
Page Count: (I did just the roughest approximation but let's call this...) 4000
Total Page Count: 450,825
Text Number: 1574
Read Because: more sorting manga etc by tag
Review: A bullied teen finds protection from a strange classmate, on one condition: in two years, she'll eat him. It's a great setup and there are scenes that lead hard into the "no one can kill you except me" and "sacrificing myself for/to my beloved is the ideal outlet for my suicidality." But the worldbuilding and action both escalate rapidly, and I just don't care about them or the extended cast. Like most manga-esque works, this would be so much better if it were more restrained. Is it still worth reading for the central dynamic? ehhh, not really; but if someone wanted to bind the best bits into a chapbook, I would be here for it.
Title: Baker Baker Paradox
Author: Makine Kureta
Published: 2018-9
Rating: 2.5 of 5
Page Count: 245
Total Page Count: 415,890
Text Number: 1569
Read Because: did you know that Anime Planet lets you search by tags? feels good man
Review: The title is a fun way to learn about a psychological phenomenon! The manga itself.... I like the inversions of character ages and power differentials, and I always have a soft spot for memory issues. But it's rarely elevated from its tropiness, so the few unsettling scenes are drowned out by I've-already-forgotten-what-happened-in-this.
Title: Happy End
Author: sukekoro
Published: 2012
Rating: 2.5 of 5
Page Count: 200
Total Page Count: 416,505
Text Number: 1572
Read Because: more sorting manga by tag
Review: DNF on account of an incomplete translation. I'm curious what I would have made of the apparently-controversial downer ending, because I like the mundane, compromise-laden elements of this; they're compelling and nuanced, and well-complemented by the round, unpretty art. But the tropey elements are even more unwelcome for the comparison, especially the pseudo-love-interest/agitator, who is not the least necessary. So maybe the ending is also bad, and certainly I'm not broken-hearted that I won't find out.
Title: Appetite
Author: Lero
Published: 2015-17
Rating: 2.5 of 5
Page Count: (I did just the roughest approximation but let's call this...) 4000
Total Page Count: 450,825
Text Number: 1574
Read Because: more sorting manga etc by tag
Review: A bullied teen finds protection from a strange classmate, on one condition: in two years, she'll eat him. It's a great setup and there are scenes that lead hard into the "no one can kill you except me" and "sacrificing myself for/to my beloved is the ideal outlet for my suicidality." But the worldbuilding and action both escalate rapidly, and I just don't care about them or the extended cast. Like most manga-esque works, this would be so much better if it were more restrained. Is it still worth reading for the central dynamic? ehhh, not really; but if someone wanted to bind the best bits into a chapbook, I would be here for it.
