Comments on: S Review

By: moshishi

moshishi — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:28:39 +0000

This review makes me want to read it but i have no idea what is going on with all the CD stuff what are they.i haven’t yet had a full experience of all the manga and anime stuff yet.

By: tweetchan

tweetchan — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:13:14 +0000

I’m not a BL fan by any means, but at a friend’s recommendation—as I seriously heart the crime/mystery/cop genre—I very hesitantly gave this series a try. She let me borrow her Japanese copies and I started reading them after work yesterday, around 5:15 pm …I finished the entire series and it’s special booklet + the spinoffs around 4 o’clock this morning! I guess it’s lucky for me that I had today off .

You know, I’ll be the first person to admit that I’d put this series at the top of my list favorites list in a minute. Character development? Plot? Atmosphere? All those things, and then some!

I completely and totally agree with you when you say that ‘S’ could easily thrive outside the BL genre. It was just too awesome for words. Very nice read here, folks~!

By: Shilo

Shilo — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:10:56 +0000

This review was great. The story sounds rather interesting, and as usual for Lianne, it was explained quite humorously. I don’t read/watch much yaoi – only really mainstream stuff like Gravitation (because it’s funny) and Loveless (because it’s epic in so many ways), but Lianne and I usually have similar tastes in entertainment (from what her reviews tell me) so since she loves it so much I should go check it out. I’ll say what I think after I read the series!

By: Gingaspace

Gingaspace — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:48:57 +0000

that’s good, I would really recommend you to listen to the rest of the two CDs, since the first book is really just setting up the story, Deadlock doesn’t really start until the second book.

As for S, I think half of the reason why I wasn’t into it as much was because I was rather angry and dissatisfied after listening to the ending (hence why I want this extra CD now) and I stumbled upon this review looking for Decoy, but I see it probably has nothing to do with Shiiba and Munechika…

By: Lianne

Lianne — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:48:22 +0000

Gingaspace,

Why would I be angry that you like Deadlock more? I hope it gets translated, too, and I don’t begrudge it its success. I’m not as familiar with Deadlock…I’ve only heard the first CD, but I’d like to hear/read more. This is just a review of S, hence the focus on S and not Deadlock.

I want to sample everything Aida’s done. EVERYTHING. She’s awesome.

By: Gingaspace

Gingaspace — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:57:27 +0000

I haven’t read all of S yet, since I’m actually more of a Deadlock fan (don’t kill me!!), but because Aida sensei is my favorite author, I had to check out this famous series.

You praise this series so much it makes me want to read them…I actually listened to all the drama CDs, but lost interest after I spoiled everything for myself (and also Shiiba’s voice is a no for me). But at the moment I’m awfully interested in this extra CD.

As for Deadlock…Well, I suppose it IS stinking popular, but I do think it is partly because of Takashina Yuu sensei’s illustrations. Not saying deadlock doesn’t have a good story, but Takashina sensei makes it jump out of the page. (Also, the fact that Deadlock has 20000000 bangaihen…it really expands the fandom) Deadlock is a lot sweeter compared to S, in my opinion, of course, Yuuto and Dick weren’t always together, but it was full of expectations.

Overall I’m happy S is translated, (and I hope Deadlock as well…don’t shoot!) and what you said is absolutely true, most fans are very very deep hidden in the forums….

By: Tlönista

Tlönista — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:07:13 +0000

Figured it out – to get a tooltip for the picture, use title=”…” in the img tag and not alt=”…”.

By: Lianne

Lianne — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:15:38 +0000

Amethist, DO I HAVE TO GET THE HOSE?!

By: Amethisttomoe

Amethisttomoe — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:43:26 +0000

I thought we were putting a stop to the fraction rating shit! I have lost faith in you. FAITH!

By: Lianne

Lianne — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:09:40 +0000

I edited the review a bit to clarify – yes, the four main novels are all in English by now, it’s just the CDs and doujinshi stuff (and spin-off novels) that are only in Japanese. My brain needs to process that the LANGUAGE a piece of media is in is a SELLING POINT or a SALES DETERRENT.