Reviews

Queen's Quality, Vol. 3 by Kyousuke Motomi

kerrycat's review against another edition

5.0

I love this series more with every volume.

the expressiveness of the art, the dark (and this volume is probably the darkest so far) dark darkness, and the adolescent humor that doesn't veer into fan service (thank you) make a perfect combination. I just wanted this to keep going and was really disappointed to reach the end of this volume.

the author's comments are hysterical - both about the characters, the art (oops, as a child she was depicted as a blond, now her hair is black, so uh, maybe she colored it? but explaining that her hair needs to be black now and why - and it makes sense - but her self-deprecating is so funny), and about herself (sometimes I hallucinate a little when I'm working) - I especially look forward to the monthly notes between chapters. "Koichi's shirt ruins everything" - okay, these little preview comments seem to make no sense but then they do, and they are great. and the window cleaning chapter? I smile just thinking about it.

bring on volume four, please . . .

goldenaltar's review

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

 loving the side character who loves his scary wife so bad

_moonniji_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ciarae13's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

dreadthemad's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

allrianne's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

sagali's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

heyjudy's review

4.0

~4 Stars

They fill Fumi in on some more of what they know about the Queens. And it turns out, that they don't really know much, and this might be an even more rare case than they expected—meaning they're only going on speculation and rumor.
Fumi gets to face up against another sweeper clan, this one that isn't fond of the Queen, or at least thinks the dark queen is a threat. It starts off pretty bad, but Fumi gets to decide within herself what to do, how to deal with the Queens in order to save everyone.
I really like how Fumi decides to accept herself, all the parts of herself, even those she can't control and those that are ugly. I'm intrigued by where the plot line is going with that, and I honestly think that her accepting herself is going to lead to the last (I believe) Queen. I really appreciate the way that Fumi is forced to see all the angles of herself, her feelings and reactions and other parts of her person, and doesn't get upset or defensive, but just takes it and moves forward, deciding to love all of herself. This is an ideal that I really believe in, and I'm really happy to see it handled so well here.
The connection between Fumi and Kyu is also very apparent here; I must admit that I like seeing how the other Queens love him as well, that they realize how important he is to Fumi. I think it just proves how Fumi and the Queens really are the same person, just different parts. Seeing how Kyu goes to Fumi after everything to comfort her, for them both to decompress after something so big, is also utterly heartwarming. I love it.
I can't wait to read the next.


A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!

bookishpapercuts's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

alilovesbooks4170's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

4.75