Comments on: On the Shojo Beat: Heaven’s Will and Otomen

By: there it is, plain as daylight. » Ruminations on Grading

there it is, plain as daylight. » Ruminations on Grading — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:18:31 +0000

[...] in point: A while back, when I reviewed Heaven’s Will, graded as a B- by me at Manga Recon (the one venue where I am required to assign a grade), another [...]

By: We Were There 3 « Slightly Biased Manga

We Were There 3 « Slightly Biased Manga — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:57:44 +0000

[...] Michelle pointed out in her review of volume 2, this series has really, really shoujo-y art. I think it has a lot to do with the shooting stars [...]

By: Michelle Smith

Michelle Smith — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:52:18 +0000

@Connie - Hee hee. It truly is a glorious thing.

By: Connie

Connie — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:55:27 +0000

I think I was going to say something about the shoujo-y page from “We Were There,” but now I’ve just lost my train of thought after seeing that Otomen cover. If only all manga covers lived up to that high standard.

By: Melinda Beasi

Melinda Beasi — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:19:59 +0000

I think overall my grading probably skews a bit higher than the rest of you here, but I stand by my B-! When I compare Heaven’s Will to other things I have graded with a C+, its ambition puts it on top, regardless of how sloppily that ambition is realized.

By: Michelle Smith

Michelle Smith — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:43:58 +0000

I had figured you’d think I was too low with Otomen. On that topic, have you seen the cover for volume 3? It is one of the most awesome things I’ve ever seen.

By: Erin Finnegan

Erin Finnegan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:13:43 +0000

I would give Otomen an A- and Heaven’s Will a C+!

I couldn’t bring myself to read We Were There volume 2, since I hated volume 1.

By: there it is, plain as daylight. » Busy, busy, busy

there it is, plain as daylight. » Busy, busy, busy — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:41:21 +0000

[...] off, I review Viz’s Heaven’s Will in today’s On The Shojo Beat column, and I must tell you that though I only graded it at a [...]

By: swanjun // soliloquy in blue » Blog Archive » We Were There 2 by Yuki Obata: A-

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:59:21 +0000

[...] I review the second title of this mellow, melancholy tale for this month’s On the Shojo Beat column. Clickez-vous ici! [...]

By: swanjun // soliloquy in blue » Blog Archive » Otomen 1 by Aya Kanno: B+

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:58:56 +0000

[...] Otomen is by the same artist who created Blank Slate, but couldn’t be more different. There are seven volumes so far in Japan and Viz has the series on a quarterly release schedule. My review of volume one can be found here. [...]