Apr 15, 2024
Hey, huge Angel Beats! fan here, even if the anime was the only content that I consumed. Dunno what to think about this one as someone who only watched the anime, tbh. It is cool that new stuff is being put out in 2023, all these years later. I just do not fully understand where this is supposed to be headed and question some of the character choices.
It feels endearing and wholesome but at the same time there is this weird tone being set early on that is, to me who is anime only, weird and slightly uncomfortable.. is what I'd describe it as.
6 chapters ... in and I can say: chapters 2, 3.1 and 5.2 were not fun at all to me or atleast parts of how they played out and mostly ended. It felt a bit too much on the shoujo front. Again, anime only, Takeyama and Takamatsu were pretty different characters from how I knew them apart from that one major quirk they had. Is that a bad thing? Not necessarily. But how their relationship with Tenshi is rushed in these short ~19page chapters to have them end up just randomly full on falling in love with her had me shake my head IRL, not gonna lie. Would've liked something more friendship-funish.
This manga has these wholesome and fun-comedic/out there humor moments just like the original but I am actually dreading other male cast members being introduced right now. There clearly is no chance but with how they both acted and how Tenshi is portrayed in this, it felt like the usual setup to a reverse-harem, lmao.
I just really didn't like the subliminal vibes in these chapters. Did she need to instantly get princess carried by Matsushita after meeting? (I know about Hinako atleast and this chapter had no real romantic implications unlike ch2 and 5.2, still..)
This all just sets a, for me personally, slightly dangerous/brittle precedence of characters being reintroduced to be ever so different even if otherwise quite similar. It isn't end all level at all, I just hope that these two instances, in 3 chapters mind you, were the only ones.
I am looking forward to meeting some of my fave characters from the series and hope that they will all get some time to shine- not that this isn't the case in the first 6 chapters, I just think that how some of the more serious stuff was handled is not the way to go (6th time, anime only.. correct me if this actually is a reverse harem and I just never knew about it, lmfao).
I did have a laugh every now and then, btw. The absolutely out there random comedy feels like true Angel Beats! to me. Love it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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