geebs | manga

Forgot to mention in my last post that I finally finished Fake the other day.

I enjoyed the series as a whole, but I think they coulda spent a little more time on the final story arc. I would have like to seen more of Leo, since he sounded like an interesting character, especially in light of his final revelations. I mean, it did seem kinda weird, like Leo said, that Ryo calmed down so easily. I guess its due a lot to Dee. So the fact that he wasn't so gung-ho anymore kinda weakens things a bit when we find out that surprise revelation. And I figured they woulda done more on the Bruno side with Dee given the story the gave beforehand about his childhood and the fate of his father figure. He had a right to be as angry towards Bruno as Ryo was towards Leo, but he was hardly involved at all in the final case.

So, returned those to Sis monday and traded them for the latest ishes of Hot Gimmick and Basara.

I like the art in Hot Gimmick, and the storyline is engrossing, if not a little confusing. Maybe its cause I'm a guy. I mean, I totally understand the whole Akane/Subaru thing. After all, that's many hs geek boys fantasy, to have the mad-cute seemingly supreficial girl fall for you, hard. I get that. what I don't get is Hatsumi's relationships. I mean, she's still crushing after Asuza even after he used her and did some pretty horrible things to her. And she's starting to crush on Ryoki, who seems to care a great deal for her and is in love with her and all that, but has a totally screwed up way of trying to hook up with her. I mean, the guy is a bully and an asshole and totally domineering! It sounds like they're adding her older brother into the mix too. Though I expect we will soon find out he's not a brother by blood.

Now that Basara's past the anime series, its getting interesting.

Asagi is really an interesting charactger. He's quite cunning, playing everyone against each other. I mean, he's manipulating Sarasa and her army, manipulating things in the Red King's area, even manipulating the rest of his family. It'll be cool to see how this all turns out. Oh, and its good to see someone finally know the whole thing between Sarasa and Shuri and be able to do something about it. I mean, I suppose Shido found out, but he's dead. And I'm surprised Ageha hasn't figured it out yet either. After all, he's another weird character. I would say he is mostly on Sarasa's side. But the fact that he keeps quiet about his dealings with Asagi and Shido is a little hincky. He doesn't ever betray Sarasa to them, but its just weird. I guess he's just a very neutral character. But its still weird to have someone able to talk so amicably to both sides or all sides, since there's more than one.