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After School Nightmare, Volume 10 (2009)

by Setona Mizushiro(Favorite Author)

4.22 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1933617713 (ISBN13: 9781933617718)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Go! Comi

series

放課後保健室 / Houkago Hokenshitsu / After School Nightmare

review 1: A great ending for a series that sadly did not live up to its potential. In hindsight, I feel that this series really could have benefited from a shorter run to make the story more cohesive and tighter. Instead, we ended up with a stretched storyline that gave a feeling of a sophomore slump that made the main story really lose focus and became something more of a 'nightmare of the week' serial.However, the conclusion does much to answer alot of the questions and also alleviate the perplexity as to why Mashiro needed to 'choose' as to whether to be a boy or a girl. Why not just be who he/she is? Still, one thing I really wish the story did a better job was how Mashiro ended up decided what she wanted to be in the end. As far as I can tell, it was mainly due to the fact... more that he was living as a boy and decided to 'come out of the closet' to become a girl. If Mashiro had started out with a female upper body and a male lower body, would the scenario have been reversed? Or is it due to the fact that Sou was there that Mashiro came to her decision? Or maybe it was just the target demographic who'd preferred a relationship that was yaoi in all but name.^_^Oh well, at least we have a satisfying ending.
review 2: To me an ending can complement or ruin a book and this one made the series unforgettable for me. The shocking twist that the school is connected to a ward of pregnant women and when a student graduates they are born (or reincarnate in this case) in the real world really left me melancholy and deep in thought long after the last page. A shojo manga that actually stretches your mind a little bit is a rare breed. I'm definately going to read the series again later on to pick up on the allegory I apparently missed and other hidden themes. less

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