Sensual Phrase Vol. 2 by Mayu Shinjo

Sensual Phrase, Vol. 2 by Mayu Shinjo
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I gotta say I did not enjoy this volume of Sensual Phrase.  I really found a lot of issues with this one.  You know how sometimes you just enjoy the quirky things and tropes that go on in manga and they turn out to be fun?  Well, that isn't one of those times.  The behavior of the characters in this volume is really over the top, and ridiculous.  Everything happens way too fast, and the overblown drama spoils the mood.

Oh, and there is one of the worst manga tropes, the evil caucasian foreigner.  It really comes across as racist, xenophobic, and the real crime, unimaginative.

Oh, well there is hope for redemption I guess.  I have fifteen more volumes to go, and this opinion is only based on the content of this volume.  It may hold up better by the end of the series.


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Sensual Phrase Vol. 1 by Mayu Shinjo

Sensual Phrase, Vol. 1 by Mayu Shinjo
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Well, well... Sensual Phrase is a little on the naughty side.  It's not repulsively graphic but it's definitely got a lot of teenage angst and hormones going on.  I think I probably should have known that by the title alone.  I liked the first volume, good thing I guess; since I've already bought almost the whole series.

No time is wasted getting Aine would be lyricist; and rock star Sakuya together.  In fact it's a bit too fast for me and I wish a little more time had been taken with it but it is what it is.  I knew it had to be a bit older than I first thought because they use both a pager and a tape recorder in one part of the story.  After checking it I saw that it was originally printed in 1997 in Japan and got its english translation in 2004.

The story looks promising enough and I already have them so I'll continue reading this series.


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