This was just terrible.
I was in the mood for a shoujo Anime, so I went looking for a list of popular ones. Googling "Top 10 Shoujo Anime," I somehow came across Tokyo Mew Mew, remembered that a friend of mine had loved it in middle school, and decided to watch it. I found the dub, which horrified me. I found the sub, which was nearly as bad. Fed up with both, I decided maybe reading the manga was my best bet.
I was wrong.
The characters are really bland. They're your average shoujo team: the popular pretty one, the bubbly hyper one, the prissy uptight one, the nerdy shy one, and the cold elegant one. Nothing special at all. They all come across their powers in the stupidest way. I mean the idea could have been good, but this author really didn't try to bring it to its full potential.
I recall two of the male characters--the ones that resided in the "cafe/lair" of sorts--were relatively unimportant. Honestly I forget what one of them looks like; something is nagging at me that he was the "butler" and the "blonde one" was the "scientist." I have no idea; this is just what my memory is bringing to me. I read this like 2 months ago; gimme a break. xD
The main love interest for our main character is rather bland. Nice, smart, good-looking. Apparently he loves animals. A twist comes up later that... didn't... really make sense. I mean I guess it did since nothing negated the possibility of it happening, but I don't know. I feel like it was some kind of cop out to make the story seem like it was more interesting. But it failed miserably at that and just seems like a pile of meh.
The story itself is too predictable. I literally skipped three volumes because I didn't feel like reading through the process of them finding the other members of their Mew Mew team. And yet I STILL knew what was going on when I resumed reading. That's not a good sign. Like, ever.
Did I mention our main character, Ichigo, is a huge Mary Sue? For inexplicable reasons, she is somehow "more qualified" as a Mew Mew and therefore gets the best powers. She is also made to seem like the cutest/prettiest, and actually has two guys (possibly three; there were hints at a third) fall in love with her. Seriously, wtf?
The art style was super cute but that did NOT make up at all for the lack of entertainment.
All in all, 2/10. Don't waste your time. Seriously, I can't believe the creators even did on creating the stupid thing... Can you believe they made a sequel? Smh
In my opinion, I thought the book was GREAT. Considering I'm a nerdy girl who will take anything manga-ish/like. I read anything honestly. Enough with me, the book was great. (manga w/e) But if your opinion is otherwise, your choice. You might be a "professional" reviewer but fans who love it don't need to hear your nonsense. WE like what we like and no one can tell up otherwise. Please, I see no point in making reviews if someone wishes to write "nice" things, per-say, it would be better. Please don't be so blunt and elegant about it. ^_^ ~GIRtheGirl
ReplyDeleteYo. You wanna write the reviews around here? Tough titties; my blog, not yours. You like vapid, cliche nonsense? Fine. I don't, and I'm not gonna sugarcoat it.
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