Reviews on completed shows
I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that you haven’t heard of Memo, an EVN by artist Doomfest. I normally don’t review EVNs for the obvious reason – to put it bluntly, the vast majority of them aren’t worth reviewing – but this one stands out as a solid attempt and a prelude of what’s to come.
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If you’re a hardcore JRPG gamer and you were lured into this post in the hopes of reading some insight on the MegaTen series, I apologize. I deeply apologize. However, what I’m about to discuss may well be of interest to you, if you think you can handle it.
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I realized from the moment I heard Theme of SSS that Angel Beats had a great OST and that I should probably review it when it came out. Apparently the end of July snuck up on me.
Anyway, this is my first OST review, so I’ll keep it simple and discuss the specific tracks that seemed notable. In case you haven’t heard it yet, believe me, this soundtrack isn’t quite what you’d expect from Key; it’s unorthodox in a lot of ways, but it works.
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I apologize for being the last person on the planet to write about this.
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I was reading the second volume of Faust, the light novel anthology that everyone has heard of by now, when it occurred to me that I never actually discussed the book here. As you would know from reading the interviews and editor comments in the anthology, Faust holds an interesting position in the Japanese light novel scene. Its roots are in the anime subculture, featuring artists like Takeshi Obata (Death Note) and writers like Nisioisin (Bakemonogatari), but it doesn’t feel as targeted or commercialized as most otaku media, for better or worse. Editor Katsushi Ota is the one man in charge of the magazine, and he seems to take pride in bringing together these creative works from Japan’s younger generation and reaching out to new audiences.
At any rate, for simplicity’s sake, I’ll talk individually about the short stories published in the first two English releases of Faust. Most of my familiarity with light novels comes from the titles available here, so don’t be surprised if I miss something.
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I stumbled upon an interesting gem the other day in my quest to actually start reading manga: Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai. Also known as Calling You, the comic is apparently adapted from a short story by the prolific Otsuichi. Since I almost literally stumbled upon the story, I read it blindly, without knowing anything about its origins or the writer. Needless to say, I was surprised that a nameless manga in my backlog turned out to be so good.
Now that I’ve read some of its background info, I can see that my surprise was unfounded – Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai is in fact not nameless or obscure, and for good reason. There’s something compelling about the manga that quickly made me realize that I was in for more of a treat than I expected.
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