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10-20-2003, 07:16 PM
Osu!!
Osaka Edo here again. I feel like I am doing a bit more work for some reason. /images/graemlins/relief1.gif What can you do, right?
Any who, this is my first one of these (<<< look to the left) above my avatar. Not sure if I can handle the pressure I am making up for myself. But let me say this... this is not an official AOD review (at least i dont think it is). These are my thoughts; thought up by me, my stuffed animals, and cheap vending machine alcohol. (okay, so I guess this manga look is also brought to by Shochikub#I and B^%d#$.)
Disclaimer check!!
Take a deep breathe and here goes – my thoughts on Seven of Seven.
English Title: Seven of Seven
Japanese Title: Shichinin no Nana
Author/Artist: Imagawa Yasuhiro/Kunihiro Azusa (copyrights: Yoshizaki Mine/GENCO)
Publisher: ADV
Translator: Yoshimi Sheridan
Price: $9.95
Pages: 194
Vol. # 1 of 3
Age Rating: Teen/13+
Release Date: 10/03
Review Date: 10/17/03
Grading~
Story: C+
Art: B-
Exterior Presentation: A
Interior Presentation: B
What They Say:
Nana has split into seven?
The fiasco started one ordinary night when Nana Suzuki, a typically shy teenage girl, allowed the light of the full moon to fall upon a mysterious crystal and split her into seven different versions. How could anyone keep them straight? You won’t believe the story of how Dynamic Nana, Sexy Nana, Smart Nana, Easygoing Nana, and Mean Nana fit into everyday life of the original Nana. Different though they may be, each Nana shares one common trait – they all have a huge crush on the same guy, Yuichi! Follow the adventures of Nana and her best friend Hitomi as the secret seven-way split is revealed. What kinds of craziness will the Nanas go through as they try to adjust to junior high school? Which Nana will win Yuichi’s heart? What will be exams be like? Will Nana ever be in one body again? Find out when you join all seven Nanas in the hilarious new manga romance Seven of Seven!
This isn’t the same as the TV anime, so enjoy Imagawa’s world to the fullest!
Publication Notes~
Orientation: Right to Left
Size: shinsho
ISBN: 1-4139-0008-9
eccetera~
originally published by: Akita Shoten in Shonen Champion Comics.
SFX: intact and translated
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Review
.
.
.
(Watch out spoilers ahead)
.
.
.
Shy middle schooler Nana gets a present from her dad and the next day there are seven of her. How would you deal with this and how would you prevent all of them from taking the heart of the guy you (all of you) like?
With a premise like that you know Seven of Seven is going to be a wild ride.
Suzuki Nana is an underachieving middle school student. She has a few friends and she has a crush on the top scorer in her class. And despite the fact that he is geeky, is not very good looking and doesn’t have average interests Nana and others cannot seem to have the courage to confess their feelings to him.
But things are looking up today as Nana she feels that this strange crystal her dad gave her might give her that courage. Instead the crystal brings her six copies of her, each with representing one of her personal traits. Sexy, mean, smart, easy-going, crybaby and dynamic were all a part of her and are now living with her and are all hunting for Yuichi.
As the days went on the obvious problems were starting to arise – who will be going to school, who is going to try to date Yuichi, will they share their secret to everyone, how will they split their allowance seven ways? Most of these questions are answered in a chapter and they usually end up with the troop all being happy or embarrassed in some way.
Relying on humor and visual gags Seven of Seven reads rather quickly. And with this volume being episodic so far there really is not much of a plot. You know that Nana will want to be one person again but you really do not see much progress to that resolution. Instead Nana has to deal with the problems that the six other hers create because of their extreme personalities. Sometimes stories are cute and sometimes they are just whacked. And with personalities like sexy, dynamic and mean some of the situations are just bizarre.
To make matters worse there really does not appear to be much character development. With seven Nanas the writing usually focuses on the chaos and the comedic situations that can arise but you really do not get much of a chance to get to know these parts of Nana more. You also do not get to know Yuichi more because all the Nanas and their rivals are eating up panel time. And while that type of thing can be fun it really does not do much for me as I would really like to get to know the characters a little more, especially in a romance.
The art is a mixed bag. The character designs are cute but with seven Nana’s things can get a little confusing. Some of the designs are different – Kunihuro-sensei notes that easy-going Nana is increasingly looking more like an animal. Obviously sexy Nana is busty but when she is fully clothed her face looks almost exactly like mean Nana’s. If smart Nana didn’t have glasses she would be dynamic Nana.
I will say that I find that all the characters being short and round is pretty cool. The students in this series are in middle school and while they can dress up sexy or not they are not all fan service for shonen readers. On the other hand sexy Nana is pretty scary. She is huge and seeing a middle schooler drawn the way she is might be a little wierd to some (i know i kinda got chills, the bad kind) especially since she does not appear very attractive. /images/graemlins/depresse.gif
Backgrounds are pretty good in this series but they are used ever so often (which is pretty standard for a shonen title). The layout is hyper. And that really is to be expected. With all of the chaos behind most of the stories perspective is going to be all over the place and the really showed.
Once again ADV does almost everything right. This is in shinsho size! Yup, just like the Akita Shoten version. It practically confirms my theory that ADV will be keeping original sizes and not giving us sizes that will not coordinate with originals (FMP! And Azuamanga look so good next to their japanese sisters).
And once again they keep on using the original cover art. (http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/search/images/201814.jpg.) Cannot go wrong with that. And finally, SFX are intact with translations. Yeah!
............
While Seven of Seven is a fun title it really does not have much going for it. Yeah it’s a fun concept, full of potential for mayhem, confusion and excitement and there is a little of that but it really doesn’t go beyond that. Its episodic and practically every chapter ends with a happy ending for all seven of the Nana’s and there is little development of a plot.
For those of you looking for a etchi title with cute almost SD styled character designs with a lot of whackiness then you might want to pick this up. Its fun and cute and simple.
For those of you looking for with a little more plot, better looking characters and not as many Nanas then pick something else up. This is a manga loosely based on an anime. Right when you start off the mangaka informs her readers that the creators told her to go another way with this series. So you will have a kawaii anime and you have an etchi chaotic manga series. Yeah it can be fun but with all the shonen that is out there this one can easily be passed up.
Me I am okay with this but not at all impressed. I did not like the character designs at all. Etchi SD characters (nnoooo!!). And for some reason I almost felt as if each chapter gave me a lesson. I am 26 years old; maybe a little old for that. I might be passing on this one soon
Not recommended
Osaka Edo here again. I feel like I am doing a bit more work for some reason. /images/graemlins/relief1.gif What can you do, right?
Any who, this is my first one of these (<<< look to the left) above my avatar. Not sure if I can handle the pressure I am making up for myself. But let me say this... this is not an official AOD review (at least i dont think it is). These are my thoughts; thought up by me, my stuffed animals, and cheap vending machine alcohol. (okay, so I guess this manga look is also brought to by Shochikub#I and B^%d#$.)
Disclaimer check!!
Take a deep breathe and here goes – my thoughts on Seven of Seven.
English Title: Seven of Seven
Japanese Title: Shichinin no Nana
Author/Artist: Imagawa Yasuhiro/Kunihiro Azusa (copyrights: Yoshizaki Mine/GENCO)
Publisher: ADV
Translator: Yoshimi Sheridan
Price: $9.95
Pages: 194
Vol. # 1 of 3
Age Rating: Teen/13+
Release Date: 10/03
Review Date: 10/17/03
Grading~
Story: C+
Art: B-
Exterior Presentation: A
Interior Presentation: B
What They Say:
Nana has split into seven?
The fiasco started one ordinary night when Nana Suzuki, a typically shy teenage girl, allowed the light of the full moon to fall upon a mysterious crystal and split her into seven different versions. How could anyone keep them straight? You won’t believe the story of how Dynamic Nana, Sexy Nana, Smart Nana, Easygoing Nana, and Mean Nana fit into everyday life of the original Nana. Different though they may be, each Nana shares one common trait – they all have a huge crush on the same guy, Yuichi! Follow the adventures of Nana and her best friend Hitomi as the secret seven-way split is revealed. What kinds of craziness will the Nanas go through as they try to adjust to junior high school? Which Nana will win Yuichi’s heart? What will be exams be like? Will Nana ever be in one body again? Find out when you join all seven Nanas in the hilarious new manga romance Seven of Seven!
This isn’t the same as the TV anime, so enjoy Imagawa’s world to the fullest!
Publication Notes~
Orientation: Right to Left
Size: shinsho
ISBN: 1-4139-0008-9
eccetera~
originally published by: Akita Shoten in Shonen Champion Comics.
SFX: intact and translated
Steel Angel Kurumi 2 ad
NewType USA ad
Review
.
.
.
(Watch out spoilers ahead)
.
.
.
Shy middle schooler Nana gets a present from her dad and the next day there are seven of her. How would you deal with this and how would you prevent all of them from taking the heart of the guy you (all of you) like?
With a premise like that you know Seven of Seven is going to be a wild ride.
Suzuki Nana is an underachieving middle school student. She has a few friends and she has a crush on the top scorer in her class. And despite the fact that he is geeky, is not very good looking and doesn’t have average interests Nana and others cannot seem to have the courage to confess their feelings to him.
But things are looking up today as Nana she feels that this strange crystal her dad gave her might give her that courage. Instead the crystal brings her six copies of her, each with representing one of her personal traits. Sexy, mean, smart, easy-going, crybaby and dynamic were all a part of her and are now living with her and are all hunting for Yuichi.
As the days went on the obvious problems were starting to arise – who will be going to school, who is going to try to date Yuichi, will they share their secret to everyone, how will they split their allowance seven ways? Most of these questions are answered in a chapter and they usually end up with the troop all being happy or embarrassed in some way.
Relying on humor and visual gags Seven of Seven reads rather quickly. And with this volume being episodic so far there really is not much of a plot. You know that Nana will want to be one person again but you really do not see much progress to that resolution. Instead Nana has to deal with the problems that the six other hers create because of their extreme personalities. Sometimes stories are cute and sometimes they are just whacked. And with personalities like sexy, dynamic and mean some of the situations are just bizarre.
To make matters worse there really does not appear to be much character development. With seven Nanas the writing usually focuses on the chaos and the comedic situations that can arise but you really do not get much of a chance to get to know these parts of Nana more. You also do not get to know Yuichi more because all the Nanas and their rivals are eating up panel time. And while that type of thing can be fun it really does not do much for me as I would really like to get to know the characters a little more, especially in a romance.
The art is a mixed bag. The character designs are cute but with seven Nana’s things can get a little confusing. Some of the designs are different – Kunihuro-sensei notes that easy-going Nana is increasingly looking more like an animal. Obviously sexy Nana is busty but when she is fully clothed her face looks almost exactly like mean Nana’s. If smart Nana didn’t have glasses she would be dynamic Nana.
I will say that I find that all the characters being short and round is pretty cool. The students in this series are in middle school and while they can dress up sexy or not they are not all fan service for shonen readers. On the other hand sexy Nana is pretty scary. She is huge and seeing a middle schooler drawn the way she is might be a little wierd to some (i know i kinda got chills, the bad kind) especially since she does not appear very attractive. /images/graemlins/depresse.gif
Backgrounds are pretty good in this series but they are used ever so often (which is pretty standard for a shonen title). The layout is hyper. And that really is to be expected. With all of the chaos behind most of the stories perspective is going to be all over the place and the really showed.
Once again ADV does almost everything right. This is in shinsho size! Yup, just like the Akita Shoten version. It practically confirms my theory that ADV will be keeping original sizes and not giving us sizes that will not coordinate with originals (FMP! And Azuamanga look so good next to their japanese sisters).
And once again they keep on using the original cover art. (http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/search/images/201814.jpg.) Cannot go wrong with that. And finally, SFX are intact with translations. Yeah!
............
While Seven of Seven is a fun title it really does not have much going for it. Yeah it’s a fun concept, full of potential for mayhem, confusion and excitement and there is a little of that but it really doesn’t go beyond that. Its episodic and practically every chapter ends with a happy ending for all seven of the Nana’s and there is little development of a plot.
For those of you looking for a etchi title with cute almost SD styled character designs with a lot of whackiness then you might want to pick this up. Its fun and cute and simple.
For those of you looking for with a little more plot, better looking characters and not as many Nanas then pick something else up. This is a manga loosely based on an anime. Right when you start off the mangaka informs her readers that the creators told her to go another way with this series. So you will have a kawaii anime and you have an etchi chaotic manga series. Yeah it can be fun but with all the shonen that is out there this one can easily be passed up.
Me I am okay with this but not at all impressed. I did not like the character designs at all. Etchi SD characters (nnoooo!!). And for some reason I almost felt as if each chapter gave me a lesson. I am 26 years old; maybe a little old for that. I might be passing on this one soon
Not recommended