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Earthian Review/Thoughts
Jun. 12th, 2009 10:09 pmEarthian: A Few Thoughts
The Earthian manga didn't do it for me. A lot of people love it, and I'm sure it comes down to a matter of taste, so I'll just make a few brief reviewish comments.
Caveats: Two things predispose me to be unfair to this series: 1) I only read volumes 2 and 3 (vol. 1 was too expensive for an experimental reading, and after 3, I decided not to proceed to 4). This certainly contributed to some confusion at the start of vol. 2 (though I was helped by reviews and the anime). 2) I'm not really a fan of manga as a medium. Unless I'm using it to practice a foreign language, it doesn't give me enough text per book to feel satisfying.
Summary (non-spoilery): Earthian is a BL series about a species of "angels" (aliens) who send agents to Earth to evaluate the behavior of humans ("Earthians"). They add up pluses for good behavior and minuses for bad behavior, and if the bad behavior prevails at the end of the experiment, they may choose to destroy the Earth. Meanwhile, among the angels, homosexuality is punishable by death, which is tricky for plus-and-minus-checking team, Chihaya and Kagetsuya, as they happen to fall in love.
SPOILERS follow:
( spoilery review )
The Earthian manga didn't do it for me. A lot of people love it, and I'm sure it comes down to a matter of taste, so I'll just make a few brief reviewish comments.
Caveats: Two things predispose me to be unfair to this series: 1) I only read volumes 2 and 3 (vol. 1 was too expensive for an experimental reading, and after 3, I decided not to proceed to 4). This certainly contributed to some confusion at the start of vol. 2 (though I was helped by reviews and the anime). 2) I'm not really a fan of manga as a medium. Unless I'm using it to practice a foreign language, it doesn't give me enough text per book to feel satisfying.
Summary (non-spoilery): Earthian is a BL series about a species of "angels" (aliens) who send agents to Earth to evaluate the behavior of humans ("Earthians"). They add up pluses for good behavior and minuses for bad behavior, and if the bad behavior prevails at the end of the experiment, they may choose to destroy the Earth. Meanwhile, among the angels, homosexuality is punishable by death, which is tricky for plus-and-minus-checking team, Chihaya and Kagetsuya, as they happen to fall in love.
SPOILERS follow:
( spoilery review )
