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Topic	Tom reads through the Bolo Family Manga Collection (spoilers)
Tom Bombadil 07/23/18 3:49:39 PM #153:	Chi's Sweet Home, Vol. 1 By: Konami Kanata Genres: Slice of life, animal Whose fault: Tombolo I have very little time to start on this before work, but let's at least get the synopsis out of the way. Wifebolo and I watched all of the sequel anime, Chii's New Address, but I don't think I've ever touched the first one. I imagine it will be mostly the same- the adventures of a cat and her(?) human family and their misadventures. It's just that they moved to a house in the second series, instead of their apartment complex that doesn't allow cats. Few things strike me off the bat- this manga is in color! Like, all the way through. Don't often see that. It's also flopped left-to-right, which you don't often see after, like, the first couple years of manga being a mainstream thing in the States. I figured this was a relatively recent purchase, but the Borders sticker on the back indicates otherwise. RIP Borders. It also cost $14 instead of the usual (at the time) $10, but maybe that's because of the color. Also not a very big volume. This starts off kinda depressing- Chi is very small and gets separated from her mother. A small boy (Yohei) finds Chi in the park after some scary encounters with cars and rain and dogs. The kitten is brought home, and keeps trying to leave and find her mom. Yohei's parents (I'm not sure they ever get names, actually) are remarkably patient with Chi, but can't take her on permanently because of the rules of their rental. Still, they give her a bath, and make a valiant attempt at housebreaking. Actually they haven't given her a name yet, though. What I like about this is that I think it does a very good job of capturing the mindset of a kitten. The humans speak and stuff, but the majority of text comes from Chi's thoughts, or interpretations of her meowing. The only issue for me is that reading her localized dialogue (add W to everything!) gets on my nerves a lot more than hearing her subbed voice. That and I get kinda snobby about flopping. More later! (Presumably) --- Look at all those chickens I can be impulsive! I just have to think about it first! <cite>Tom Bombadil posted [p:905590273] in Tom reads ... [t:76586176]...</cite> <quote>Chi's Sweet Home, Vol. 1 By: Konami Kanata Genres: Slice of life, animal Whose fault: Tombolo I have very little time to start on this before work, but let's at least get the synopsis out of the way. Wifebolo and I watched all of the sequel anime, Chii's New Address, but I don't think I've ever touched the first one. I imagine it will be mostly the same- the adventures of a cat and her(?) human family and their misadventures. It's just that they moved to a house in the second series, instead of their apartment complex that doesn't allow cats. Few things strike me off the bat- this manga is in color! Like, all the way through. Don't often see that. It's also flopped left-to-right, which you don't often see after, like, the first couple years of manga being a mainstream thing in the States. I figured this was a relatively recent purchase, but the Borders sticker on the back indicates otherwise. RIP Borders. It also cost $14 instead of the usual (at the time) $10, but maybe that's because of the color. Also not a very big volume. This starts off kinda depressing- Chi is very small and gets separated from her mother. A small boy (Yohei) finds Chi in the park after some scary encounters with cars and rain and dogs. The kitten is brought home, and keeps trying to leave and find her mom. Yohei's parents (I'm not sure they ever get names, actually) are remarkably patient with Chi, but can't take her on permanently because of the rules of their rental. Still, they give her a bath, and make a valiant attempt at housebreaking. Actually they haven't given her a name yet, though. What I like about this is that I think it does a very good job of capturing the mindset of a kitten. The humans speak and stuff, but the majority of text comes from Chi's thoughts, or interpretations of her meowing. The only issue for me is that reading her localized dialogue (add W to everything!) gets on my nerves a lot more than hearing her subbed voice. That and I get kinda snobby about flopping. More later! (Presumably) --- Look at all those chickens I can be impulsive! I just have to think about it first!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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