Machina Angelus

Machina Angelus
By Fuwa Shinri

Overall: Crap
Smex Factor: Red Lantern
Art: Generic
Status: 1 Volume; Complete

Review: I don't understand....how one makes a story about death and romance quite so contrived.

Not to mention that there's an Animu Orphan. Oh god.

The first story was circular for a while, just repeating "I want to see him, but I won't!" About three times. Then junk happens, but by then I'd stopped caring. Not that it was particularly interesting anyway. The big "Oh no!" scene/climax was just so...lame.

The second story was weird. It starts with a confession, and it's really unclear how the other guy responded for a while. He likes him? He doesn't? And then, to fit the theme of the book. the kid gets into a car crash, it's all very anti-climatic, rabu-rabu (The story is much like that last sentence. Make of that what you will). Then there's amnesia involved...

Here's a word of advice: If someone you know gets amnesia and asks, "who are you?" Please don't react by grabbing that person, violently shaking them, and screaming, "AGS:OIGHRUSHGLMRGLIUHR HOW YOU FORGET MEEEEEEEEEEE." Amnesia aside, that would make most people run from you in terror and confusion.

The third story starts in one direction, veers off, and ends in another.

Aside from being a boring, generally unpleasant book where the characters fall in love for no reason (cheese), here're some pros:

1. Kou's body is replaced by machines in the first story. I'm glad that they mention that he "can't get it up," so to say, because he's made of machines. Twilight faces this problem. Haha.

2. The hospital won't disclose personal information to Kento because he isn't an immediate family member.

Just little factual details that most manga would tend to just overlook. It's nice.