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Manga Review: 7 Seeds Iwashimizu goes to bed one night and wakes up to be tumbled into a life-raft with three other people. They end up on an island that is deserted and rather creepy and of course dangerous. This is the story of their survival and figuring out what is happening to them Of course, I don't make it sound NEARLY as interesting as it is. Pluses: I really enjoyed this manga and plan to keep reading it. The plot is complex and comes out very slowly. The art style is new. The characters are extremely realistic and very believable. 7 Seeds is much more than a suspense/mystery thriller manga. It compares the ideas of living and surviving, and many different peoples' different interpretation of the two things. It's a post-apocalyptic science fiction, which I appreciate. And it literally kept me reading right up until the end of the current chapter. Plus, there are plenty of strong women in the series too. Minuses: The first character we start out with is somewhat annoying (but don't give up! the later stuff gets so much better!), as she is an anti-social shy girl who was bullied and can't stand up for herself. She's supposed to be seventeen but is drawn, and acts, as if she were perhaps 13, maybe 15. Everyone comes out looking *somewhat* cliched (although they gain individual characteristics as the series moves on and become much more realistic). Then there's the problem with the eyes. Several (but not all) of the girls have Barbie eyes. They're very large and scary. BUT that's not the worst of it. That comes when they cry. The crying.... looks like OOZING or BUBBLING or FOAMING, and it is really really disgusting other minuses: there's a lot of creepy/disgusting stuff they face, and I have no affection for that. BUT it's tolerable, and things get less insect-based later on, so that's a plus. other pluses: SPOILERS: So, there are many different groups of people who were all similarly frozen for the future, but we're not sure if they're all moving through the same time or not, so when everyone is desperate to make contact with other life, and they get close, you can't tell if they're actually going to meet. It's amazingly interesting and .... heartbreaking? or suspenseful Grade: AB, will keep reading unless something goes remarkably downhill |
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***Tbook1 (Time and Chaos, needs a new name, needs to be edited) ***Book of Sun (Just needs to be edited. Tis a Nano novel) ***Book of Whispers part 1 (Does not jive at all with part 2; needs to be rewritten to fit and to have less suckage) ***Book of Whispers part 2 (Needs some rehaul editing, needs some loose ends tied up, needs to fit) ***Book of Whispers part 3 (Needs to be finished... then needs to die o.o Not sure if I need a third part in the series) ***Dium's Story (Needs a point, progress, anything... needs to be integrated into Tbook1, since that is what it is a part of, mainly) ***Trio Story with Jackie and Louise (Maybe we should get together and work on this, guys) ***Demon Story (This is working out pretty good so far. I like the plot, it's a bit convoluted, and the characters are interesting) ***New Witch Story (It's only 30 pages long, dang) ***Dragon's Voices (This has SO much potential! wee!) | |
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