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So in a moment of weakness, I bought volumes 1-6 of Gentleman's Alliance + (newest series from Arina Tanemura, manga-ka of Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne and Full Moon o Sagashite). After reading it, I was really hoping to talk spoilers with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lacontessa11. But she hasn't read all of it yet. Not her fault at all; she's got tons of stuff to read and she just finished the bar. But argh, I wanna talk about it with someone! Has anyone read it?
General, non-spoiler-y comments (which by volume 6 is EXTREMELY difficult, btw):
So pretty! Tanemura-sensei's one weakness is character designs, but her artwork is so lovely it almost doesn't matter. I had been rereading Wallflower before starting Gentleman's Alliance +--that manga-ka also has pretty artwork, but she almost never draws detailed backgrounds. In contrast, every page of Tanemura-sensei's manga is drawn and screentone-ed from cover to cover. And's it's all GORGEOUS. It's the visual equivalent of drowning in roses.
Tanemura-sensei notes somewhere in her comments in volume 5 or 6 that this is the first series that she hasn't planned all the way to the conclusion; she's not totally sure how it's going to end. And you can really tell--not that the plot is loose, but you as the reader don't have as much of a sense of who the heroine will 'inevitably' end up with, for example. This causes a lot of dramatic tension. It's a good trend.
There is a LOT I could say about Maora, most of it spoiler-y. Maora is such a great character. One note: she has a pet that she CALLS a mini-sheep. Apparently Tanemura-sensei has never seen a sheep in her life, because that thing is NOT a sheep. It looks vaguely like a fuzzy baby octopus sitting on top of a tiny ottoman. I kid you not.
In response to a question about animating it, Tanemura-sensei says there are no current plans, but who knows? And adds that she'd kind of like to see it dramatized. And now I am totally in love with the idea of a live-action TV version of Gentleman's Alliance +. TOTALLY IN LOVE. JAPANESE TV PRODUCERS, PLEASE PICK UP THIS PROJECT.
And a final random now: Tanemura-sensei has a blog now! She mainly seems to post little drawings and photos of her cats.
lacontessa11. But she hasn't read all of it yet. Not her fault at all; she's got tons of stuff to read and she just finished the bar. But argh, I wanna talk about it with someone! Has anyone read it?General, non-spoiler-y comments (which by volume 6 is EXTREMELY difficult, btw):
So pretty! Tanemura-sensei's one weakness is character designs, but her artwork is so lovely it almost doesn't matter. I had been rereading Wallflower before starting Gentleman's Alliance +--that manga-ka also has pretty artwork, but she almost never draws detailed backgrounds. In contrast, every page of Tanemura-sensei's manga is drawn and screentone-ed from cover to cover. And's it's all GORGEOUS. It's the visual equivalent of drowning in roses.
Tanemura-sensei notes somewhere in her comments in volume 5 or 6 that this is the first series that she hasn't planned all the way to the conclusion; she's not totally sure how it's going to end. And you can really tell--not that the plot is loose, but you as the reader don't have as much of a sense of who the heroine will 'inevitably' end up with, for example. This causes a lot of dramatic tension. It's a good trend.
There is a LOT I could say about Maora, most of it spoiler-y. Maora is such a great character. One note: she has a pet that she CALLS a mini-sheep. Apparently Tanemura-sensei has never seen a sheep in her life, because that thing is NOT a sheep. It looks vaguely like a fuzzy baby octopus sitting on top of a tiny ottoman. I kid you not.
In response to a question about animating it, Tanemura-sensei says there are no current plans, but who knows? And adds that she'd kind of like to see it dramatized. And now I am totally in love with the idea of a live-action TV version of Gentleman's Alliance +. TOTALLY IN LOVE. JAPANESE TV PRODUCERS, PLEASE PICK UP THIS PROJECT.
And a final random now: Tanemura-sensei has a blog now! She mainly seems to post little drawings and photos of her cats.
