My Manga Reviews

I know… a lot of time passed since I wrote a review of a manga… XD
Anyway, remember the “2016 Manga Reading challenge“? I was able to complete it!! And now I’m starting the 2017 challenge!! (This time I have a lot of time to finish the challenge XD)
This time che challenge is a little different since you need to use the bingo numbers but I’ll try to read all 70 entries XD (I’m insane XDD)

>> here’s my entry on MAL: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1582478&show=50#msg49238594
🎮 Challenge Start Date: January 7, 2017
🎧 Challenge Finish Date:
🍙 Link to your list: https://myanimelist.net/mangalist/yu6
📡 Completed Manga (at sign-up): 387

🍡 Bingo Card #: #093

🍡 Difficulty: Genius
🍡 Pattern: Full Card

https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1582478&show=0#msg49234459

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TYPE
1. Read a one-shot – [Started: Jan 7] [Finished: Jan 7 ] Ohimesama ja Irarenai
2. Read a manga that is a collection of short stories – [Started: Jan 7] [Finished: Jan 7 ] Hotel
3. Read a web or 4-koma manga – [Started: Jan 7] [Finished: Jan 7] Kimi to Kamihikooki to.
4. Read a manhua or a manhwa – [Started: Feb 14] [Finished: Feb 20] The Breaker: New Waves
5. Read an award-winning manga – [Started: Feb 22] [Finished: Feb 26] Hikaru no Go
(45th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shounen category in 2000)
6. Read a gekiga manga – [Started: Mar 1] [Finished: Mar 4] Lady Snowblood

CREATORS
7. Read a manga by an author/artist you haven’t read before – [Started: Feb 22] [Finished: Feb 26] Esoragoto Note
8. Read a manga by one of your favorite authors/artists – [Started: Apr 2] [Finished: Apr 2] Time Stranger Kyoko
9. Read a manga by a female author/artist – [Started: Jan 23] [Finished: Jan 23] Peter Pan♠Syndrome
10. Read a manga by a male author/artist – [Started: Apr 2] [Finished: Apr 6] Boku dake ga Inai Machi
11. Read a manga by an author and artist duo – [Started: Feb 7] [Finished: Feb 10] Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi
12. Read a manga written by someone from the Year 24 Group – [Started: May 25] [Finished: Jun 13] Terra e…
13. Read a manga serialized in a shoujo magazine – [Started: Apr 8] [Finished: Apr 8] Rec: Kimi ga Naita Hi
14. Read a manga serialized in a shounen magazine – [Started: May 10] [Finished: May 10] Metallica Metalluca
15. Read a manga serialized in a josei magazine – [Started: May 11] [Finished: May 11] Shuukatsu!! – Kimi ni Naitei
16. Read a manga serialized in a seinen magazine – [Started: May 11] [Finished: May 11] Momonchi
17. Read a manga published in the same magazine in which your favorite one was serialized – [Started: Jan 27] [Finished: Jan 27] Bokutachi no Tabi
18. Read a manga from a magazine with less than 250 titles listed in the database – [Started: Feb 10] [Finished: Fen 10] (Dragon Junior – 25) Majutsushi Orphen Hagure Tabi Max

YEARS
19. Read a manga that started serialization the year you joined MAL – [Started: Jun 7] [Finished: Jun 7] Kidou Sensei Gundam: Kokui no Kariudo
20. Read a manga published between the 1970s and the 1980s – [Started: Jul 22] [Finished: Jul 25] Unico
21. Read a manga published between the 1980s and the 1990s – [Started: Jul 18] [Finished: Jul 18] Mobile Suit Gundam: The Revival of Zeon
22. Read a manga published between the 1990s and the 2000s – [Started: Apr 11] [Finished: Apr 11] Shin Kidou Senki Gundam Wing: Ground Zero
23. Read a manga published between the 2000s and the 2010s – [Started: Apr 8] [Finished: Apr 9] Ganota no Onna
24. Read a manga that started publishing after 2010 – [Started: Apr 9] [Finished: Apr 9] Fuudanjuku Monogatari
25. Read a manga that started publishing last year – [Started: Feb 17] [Finished: Feb 18] Demon’s Plan
26. Read a manga based on a one-shot that got serialized – [Started: Apr 29] [Finished: Apr 29] Hungry Joker
27. Read a manga one-shot that became a prototype for a longer series – [Started: May 10] [Finished: May 10] Try! Try! Try!
28. Read a manga that has been adapted to live action – [Started: Jun 14] [Finished: Jun 14] Goth

ADAPTATIONS
29. Read a manga that has not been adapted in any way – [Started: Mar 1] [Finished: Mar 1] Hanamaru GO! GO!
30. Read a manga adapted from a video game, original anime or light novel – [Started: Jan 7] [Finished: Jan 7] Rockman ZX
31. Read a manga that has inspired or been adapted to cd drama – [Started: Jul 25] [Finished: Jul 25] Sola

STATS
32. Read a manga with a score of or below 6.0 in MyAnimeList – Revenge Game (5.69)
33. Read a manga with a score of or above 8.0 in MyAnimeList – [Started: May 23] [Finished: May 30] Yamamoto Zenjirou to Moushimasu
34. Read a manga ranked in the top 1000s – [Started: Jun 14] [Finished: Jul 04] Eyeshield 21 (#83)
35. Read a manga ranked between the top 1001 and top 10k – [Started: Jul 15] [Finished: Jul 18] Another (#1047)
36. Read a manga with less than 2000 completed members – [Started: Feb 23] [Finished: Feb 23] Hajimari no Hako
(As of February 23, 2017: 33 completed members)
37. Choose a highly rated manga from another challenger who posted on the same page you signed up on – [Started: Jun 25] [Finished: Jul 14] Binbougami ga! (User: Hershel_Layton)
38. Read a manga with more users listed in Plan to Read than Completed – [Started: Jan 11] [Finished: Jan 20] Mahoujin Guru Guru

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TAGS, THEMES & DEMOGRAPHICS
39. Read a manga with a main cast mostly of one gender – [Started: Feb 20] [Finished: Feb 21] Tokyo Mew Mew
40. Read a manga with an adult MC – [Started: Feb 10] [Finished: Feb 14] The Breaker
41. Read a manga with a child MC – [Started: Jun 5] [Finished: Jun 6] Kagen no Tsuki
42. Read a manga with a non-human main character – [Started: Jan 27] [Finished: Jan 27] Gon
43. Read a manga that has a main character that is a professional in his field – [Started: Feb 28] [Finished: Mar 21] GS Mikami Gokuraku Daisakusen!!
44. Read a manga that deals with something related to Japanese culture – [Started: Mar 22] [Finished: Apr 28] InuYasha (Yokai)
45. Read a manga that takes place in Japan – [Started: Jul 15] [Finished: Jul 15] Omoide Emanon
46. Read a manga that takes place outside of Japan – [Started: Apr 10] [Finished: May 22] Gunslinger Girl (Italy)
47. Read a manga that combines a genre tag that you like AND one that you dislike – [Started: Mar 1] [Finished: Mar 1] Kiratto!☆Yell
(dislike: Genderbender | like: Seinen)
48. Read a manga about food, music or art – [Started: Jan 22] [Finished: Feb 09] Toriko
49. Read a manga centered around folklore or mythology – [Started: Jul 18] [Finished: Aug 13] Saiyuuki (based on the mythological figure of Sun Wukong)
50. Read a manga that has a main character of gender opposite to the demographic – [Started: Aug 31] [Finished: Aug 31] Bakemono Recchan
51. Read a manga based on real event or person – [Started: Aug 31] [Finished: Aug 31] Yae no Sakura (A dramatization of the real life of Yaeko Yamamoto.)
52. Read a Romance, Slice of Life or Comedy manga – [Started: Feb 21] [Finished: Feb 22] Kobato.
53. Read a Drama, Action or Adventure manga – [Started: May 11] [Finished: May 23] Get Love!!: Field no Ouji-sama
54. Read a Super Powers, Fantasy or Supernatural manga – [Started: Jan 3] [Finished: Jan 6] Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai
55. Read a Sci-Fi, Space or Mecha manga – [Started: Apr 19] [Finished: May 10] Kidou Senshi Gundam: C.D.A. – Wakaki Suisei no Shouzou
56. Read a Sports, Martial Arts, Cars or Games manga – [Started: Apr 39] [Finished: May 10] Whistle!
57. Read a Dementia, Horror, Demons or Vampire manga – [Started: Jun 7] [Finished: Jun 7] KIG⊃R∩MI
58. Read a Mystery, Thriller or Psychological manga – [Started: Jul 19] [Finished: Jul 22] Apocalypse no Toride
59. Read a Historical, Military or Police manga – [Started: May 22] [Finished: Jun 05] Full Metal Panic!

CHALLENGE & MAL RELATED
60. Read a manga recommended to you by another Manga Reading Challenge participant in the discussion thread – [Started: Jun 7] [Finished: Jun 14] Hoshi no Samidare
(link: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1582682&show=600#msg49782965 )
61. Read a manga that another user has read for this challenge – [Started: Jul 25] [Finished: Aug 09] Wish (link to the post)
62. Read an active staff member’s favorite manga – [Started: Aug 26] [Finished: Aug 26]Tomodachi no Hanashi
(Staffer: Kineta)
63. Read a manga that was recently reviewed – (review link) [Started: Jan 8] [Finished: Jan 21] Blazer Drive
64. Read a manga from the ones listed under manga relations in the Hidden Gems of Manga club – [Started: Jul 15] [Finished: Jul 15] Doubt
65. Choose a manga from the predictive search using a generated random word – [Started: Aug 24] [Finished: Aug 24] Akumu no Elevator

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66.

Read a manga suggested by Manga+ or by MAL – [Started: Jun 7] [Finished: Jun 7] Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Blind Target

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MISCELLANEOUS
67. Read a manga that starts with the same second letter of your username – [Started: Jun 18] [Finished: Jun 19] unCassandra
68. Choose a random trope from TVTropes and read a manga listed under the trope – [Started: Aug 13] [Finished: Aug 15] Claymore – (Sensor Character)
69. Read a manga that is related to something you previously read – [Started: Feb 21] [Finished: Feb 21] Tokyo Mew Mew à La Mode
70. Read a manga series you can finish in one day – [Started: Jun 10] [Finished: Jun 10] Shin Kidou Senki Gundam Wing: Episode Zero

23376[1] Name: Sarashi Asobi (さらしあそび)
Author: Tobina Touya

Another manga that I have read for the challenge (read a manga published between 2000 and 2010). I wanted to read this one since the synopsis of the manga was interesting… and…

The story starts with a bored shinigami that seek enjoyment and took an interest in a human girl, Ren, that hasn’t many days to live. Ren is the student council president and is feared by everyone at her school because of her harsh way of speaking but in reality she is really good-hearted. Our shinigami, Ai, will possess her body and help her expose her true nature.
When I started the first chapter I was really happy that I found an interesting manga (since the previous one, Megane x Parfait!, was boring) but after the second chapter the manga slowly become boring and with not really much interesting things to read. But at least the last chapters are good. nothing epic since you can guess what’s happening but it’s good. And the “game to expose” Ren’s true nature is used only in the first chapter and not really much in the next chapters… that’s why I enjoyed much more the first chapter and still think that this series is better as a one-shot and not a serialization.
About the characters, I think that they are good. They are the classic shojo characters. Ok, our main character don’t want the usual prince but she slowly discover that she loves Ai and she chnaged since everyone now know that she isn’t a demon (but still talks harsh) and Ai starts do fall in love with Ren.
The drawings…. eh… here is difficult… they are good but I really don’t like how the author drawed Ai. He has a really different drawing style… that aside, the drawings are good and nice to look.
Like I said, it was a nice reading that started really well, got boring and ended well… I was really happy that the series was 7 chapters long (they are enough for this story).

My rating: 6/10

story Spoiler

There’s not really much to talk about the story… I’m only happy that Ren and Ai are now together (and that he is human now).

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2017 Manga Reading Challenge

Scientia

Sarashi Asobi