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Leave It To PET! (2009)

by Kenji Sonishi(Favorite Author)

5.94 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1421526492 (ISBN13: 9781421526492)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Perfect Square

series

Leave it to Pet!: The Misadventures of a Recycled Super Robot

review 1: While I like the concept and the episodes of this are funny, the book seems very repetitive and this is only the first book of four volumes. One of the problems lies in that each chapter can stand alone and doesn't build upon or even relate to previous characters so that there is no over-arching narrative. The other problem is that each character follows precisely the same formula- Noboru gets in trouble, calls on Pet for help and then Pet makes things worse. Often the chapters don't even seem to end concretely. I also object to the lack of introduction or story set up in the first chapter of the first volume. It's just very clunky to have Pet show up and do his normal thing. However, this has a nice easy reading level and the dialog isn't too stilted and the pictu... moreres are fun and cartoony. Kids will probably get a huge kick out of the humour and be more amused than I was by the repetitious joke. I got about halfway through and decided that it was pointless to read the rest of the book.
review 2: This is a charming manga from Viz's new-ish kids line, featuring super-cute character design and pretty funny gags (I actually laughed out loud once). It reminded me of a simpler, more all-ages version of Sgt. Frog to a certain degree. PET is a super-robot made out of a recycled plastic bottle that has sworn to protect the nine-year-old boy who originally recycled him to repay the good dead. Hilarity ensues. less

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