Comments on: Absolute Boyfriend/Zettai Kareshi Mini Review (manga) http://sleepisfortheweak.org Version 2.0: Hell Freezes Over Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:40:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Morbid Masquerader http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/absolute#comment-15904 Morbid Masquerader Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:39:04 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/absolute#comment-15904 This was one of the mangas that really did Yuu Watase in, at least for me. yes, i cried at the end, angrily, and yes i hate yuu watase. i tried reading Ceres after Absolute Boyfriend, and that really just bumped her off the bus. the tolerable manga-ka bus. Yuu Watase is more a tragedy writer than anything else, and her female characters get more and more the same; minor to major love conflicts, resulting between a light-haired man and a dark-haired man. let me tell you something, the light-haired man usually wins. I'm pretty sure Fushigi Yuugi: Mysterious Play had a happy ending though. I don't know, i never read it. Currently I am attempting to finish up the last manga that I will ever read by Yuu Watase; Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden, and only because i'm too far in to wade out of it now. I at least have to know how it ends right? Even though I know she probably dies from tuberculosis. yeah, that's right, tuberculosis. god. sometimes, I just...nevermind. This was one of the mangas that really did Yuu Watase in, at least for me. yes, i cried at the end, angrily, and yes i hate yuu watase. i tried reading Ceres after Absolute Boyfriend, and that really just bumped her off the bus. the tolerable manga-ka bus.

Yuu Watase is more a tragedy writer than anything else, and her female characters get more and more the same; minor to major love conflicts, resulting between a light-haired man and a dark-haired man. let me tell you something, the light-haired man usually wins.

I’m pretty sure Fushigi Yuugi: Mysterious Play had a happy ending though. I don’t know, i never read it. Currently I am attempting to finish up the last manga that I will ever read by Yuu Watase; Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden, and only because i’m too far in to wade out of it now. I at least have to know how it ends right? Even though I know she probably dies from tuberculosis. yeah, that’s right, tuberculosis. god. sometimes, I just…nevermind.

]]> By: Sandra http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/absolute#comment-11526 Sandra Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:46:47 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/absolute#comment-11526 Absolute Boyfriend is the very first manga I ever read in my life and just like a first love, I will never forget it. It will always be my favorite, because it was my first. Incidentally, I happen to be part of the legion of grown women who cried at the end...hehe...(sobbed myself to sleep if I remember correctly)...Now I'm totally hooked on manga and anime (not sure if it's a good thing though) (^o^)...and love ALL of Yuu Watase's works... Absolute Boyfriend is the very first manga I ever read in my life and just like a first love, I will never forget it. It will always be my favorite, because it was my first. Incidentally, I happen to be part of the legion of grown women who cried at the end…hehe…(sobbed myself to sleep if I remember correctly)…Now I’m totally hooked on manga and anime (not sure if it’s a good thing though) (^o^)…and love ALL of Yuu Watase’s works…

]]> By: Becca http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/absolute#comment-7976 Becca Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:06:35 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/absolute#comment-7976 The live action drama was amazing! It was witty and charming, I think more than the manga was. It was different than a lot of shoujo type drama where you can predict the ending by the first chapter. Must see it's hilarious :) The live action drama was amazing! It was witty and charming, I think more than the manga was. It was different than a lot of shoujo type drama where you can predict the ending by the first chapter. Must see it’s hilarious :)

]]> By: Madame Otaku http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/absolute#comment-6571 Madame Otaku Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:27:30 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/absolute#comment-6571 Eh. I'm patient, and definitely mature enough to get the whole "parody of love-robots" thing. But to me it didn't seem enough like a parody, and just a cliche-filled story of one of Yuu Watase's few lackluster heroines. Don't get me wrong; I love Watase-sama's work (especially on Ceres, Alice 19, and the early volumes of Imadoki) and all, but I just couldn't get into AB. Perhaps the reason I didn't catch the irony first time around was because I was reading it in SB, where it was presented not as a laugh at the robot-lover genre, but as pure sparkle-eyed sincerity. Eh. I’m patient, and definitely mature enough to get the whole “parody of love-robots” thing. But to me it didn’t seem enough like a parody, and just a cliche-filled story of one of Yuu Watase’s few lackluster heroines. Don’t get me wrong; I love Watase-sama’s work (especially on Ceres, Alice 19, and the early volumes of Imadoki) and all, but I just couldn’t get into AB. Perhaps the reason I didn’t catch the irony first time around was because I was reading it in SB, where it was presented not as a laugh at the robot-lover genre, but as pure sparkle-eyed sincerity.

]]> By: Ash http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/absolute#comment-4060 Ash Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:48:02 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/absolute#comment-4060 I own all six volumes of Absolute Bofriend because I'm patient, over 16, and like Yuu Watase. Volume 1-3 were great. But it got really obscure after that. I liked the way Watase ended the manga. And the recent live-action is enjoyable. I own all six volumes of Absolute Bofriend because I’m patient, over 16, and like Yuu Watase. Volume 1-3 were great. But it got really obscure after that. I liked the way Watase ended the manga. And the recent live-action is enjoyable.

]]> By: Death By Tomatoes http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/absolute#comment-2727 Death By Tomatoes Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:41:13 +0000 http://sleepisfortheweak.org/reviews/micros/absolute#comment-2727 Tried it - gave up! Tried it - gave up!

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