2005-01-18
Posted in Manga
at 16:01
Title: Devil & Devil
Author: Miyoshi Yuuki
Genre: Modern Epic Fantasy
Length: 15 Volumes
Pro: Story is humorous and enjoyable with a good
ending
Con: Main female love interest falls under the
overused “powerless, troublesome girl” stereotype which is
annoyingly more common in imported Japanese fiction.
Notes: Feels like a poor imitation of Angel
Sanctuary but is good if you don’t compare them.
I’ve heard good things about Devil and Devil. I’ve heard some
people call it the next Great Teacher Onizuka. So, I finally got
around to reading it myself. While I wouldn’t consider it anything
like GTO (For one thing, it’s an epic, I will admit that it’s worth
a read. The story is definitely funny. Essentially, an angel and a
demon are fighting for the 100th time and end up falling to earth
and ending up stuck in human bodies. Not only that, the angel gets
the delinquent’s body and the demon get’s the wimpy nerd’s body.
They do find ways to power up over time and I think it feels like
YuYu Hakusho and looks like YuYu Hakusho mixed with 3×3 Eyes. I do
enjoy that. It does have some recycled plot elements but so does
almost everything these days. I did however, greatly dislike
Nanami’s role, always being forced into a passive “be protected”
role in battles and always meddling when at inopportune times.
Heck, She’s probably the epitome of the unwillingly useless female
“problem”. After compensating for my shoujo preference and my
dislike of sexist biases, I do have to say that this manga is good
though. The ending was nice.
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2005-01-17
Posted in Fanfiction
at 19:00
Title: Otaku Four - Skysabre’s Choice
URL: http://zeus.cwes.net/~yar/fanfic/ornstead.html
Author: Jared Ornstead
Source: Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon, and more
Rating: 5.5/6
Type: Self-Insert
Length: 20 Chapters (Incomplete)
If you read this without reading the reviews (and hopefully the actual fanfics) that come earlier in the series, you may be at risk for confusion, nausea, dizzyness, hearburn, and halitosis.
This is a preview of
Fanfiction - “Otaku Four - Skysabre’s Choice”
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Posted in Fanfiction
at 18:54
Title: Realizations
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1260679/1/ (alt.)
Author: Wishweaver
Source: Harry Potter
Rating: 6/6 (and 1 bonus point)
Type: Alternate Universe (Takes place between books 4 and 5 among other things)
Length: 33 Chapters so far
Do you think you could live Harry Potter’s life? I know I couldn’t. He’s got a strength of character that’s downright inhuman… but so far, everything has been decided by someone else, be it Dumbledore, the ministry of magic, Voldemort, the Dursleys, or whoever. What if he was given an opportunity to shape his own life? What if he didn’t want to go back?
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2005-01-11
Posted in Fanfiction
at 15:13
Title: Naked Quiddich Match
URL: http://daisygrrl.com/quidditch/
Author: Anya (with a teeny bit by Karen)
Source: Harry Potter
Rating: 5.5/6 (and 2 bonus points)
Type: Alternate Universe (They have m-Mail)
Length: 10 Chapters (complete)
Have you ever considered the potential consequences of Magical Truth or Dare? It seems that Fred and George Weasley didn’t either. Because of them, the entire Gryffindor Quiddich team will have to play their next game naked.
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2005-01-10
Posted in Fanfiction
at 13:33
Title: This Means War!
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1603039/1/
Author: Jeconais
Source: Harry Potter
Rating: 5/6
Type: Alternate Universe (Sirius is still alive and they have m-Mail)
Length: 8 Episodes so far (Unfinished but guaranteed to be finished)
We all probably know (or at least know of) one family where the older brothers try to scare away boyfriends for their younger sister(s). What if the Weasley boys from the Harry Potter series were doing so with Ginny’s Boyfriends? What if she had a counter-plan that had been brewing for years?
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