Fanfiction – “Otaku Three – Eva Revolution”

Title: Otaku Three – Eva Revolution
URL: http://www.asynjor.com/fanfic/ornstead.html
Author: Jared Ornstead
Source: Ranma 1/2, Bubblegun Crisis, Evangelion, Tenchi Muyo, Slayers (and Magic Knight Rayearth if you include interlude)
Rating: 6/6
Type: Self-Insert
Length: 12 Chapters + 1 Interlude so far (Incomplete)

Well, there are a lot of crappy self-inserts out there but I seem to have hit gold. Otaku Three isn’t just good, it’s amazing. I should note, however that it is not the first part of the mega-series which it belongs to and I read it because someone linked to it. I’ll probably revise this review after reading the prior part of the series. (Otaku Reflected. Otaku 2 hasn’t been written or has been taken down.)

I must to admit, I did enjoy the author’s method of showing why certain courses of action wouldn’t work in the beginning. The story definitely has tons of good humor in it too. In fact, it’s probably the funniest fanfic I’ve ever read. Sure, some of the episodes on the Anime Addventure come close but none provide both quality and quantity.

It does give you the “I know the ending from the beginning” feeling but so do who knows how many published serial stories. The important thing is that the course from beginning to happy ending is unpredictable and enjoyable. In fact, it’s got enough quality and the right style to feel like a written anime instead of a fanfic. (at least, from where I’m standing.) In fact, I only noticed three places where it draws commonly-borrowed jokes verbatim from other series. The first is when the cast from Tenchi Muyo sing “When You’re A Professional Pirate” from Muppet Treasure Island. the second is in the interlude (chapter 12.5 which is ) where it borrows “Castle Anthrax” from Monty Python’s Quest for The Holy Grail, and the third and final one is the “stupidest combination I’ve ever heard in my life” bit from Spaceballs which appears in chapter 15. The author also seems to have extensive religious knowledge.

There are occasionaly slip-ups which could be caught by another wave of proofreading/editing but nothing that would take away from the appeal or quality of the story. (Unless the reader is an obsessive nitpicker) I’ll give it a 6/6 in all areas since I will definitely re-read it in under half a year.

NOTE: Starting with this review, I’ll include a URL section right in the beginning summary so that you can find it more easily and so it will appear in the RSS feed.

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