Reviews

Time Stranger Kyoko, Vol. 3, Volume 3 by Arina Tanemura

qabitas's review

4.0

ohhh arina you are sooo funny/weird!!! you rock

lahariel's review against another edition

emotional funny tense fast-paced

3.0

I think if this series had been given room to breathe more it would have turned out a lot better. By volume 3, Tanemura just rushes through the rest of the Strangers to get to the part you could tell she was more excited about. I think if she had given herself a full 6 volumes like some of her other stronger works this would have rounded itself out more. Like Takeuchi and Watase, Tanemura is good at telling full stories in less than 20 manga volumes. Makes for collecting their works much easier on the wallet. But Time Stranger Kyoko suffers from not having enough. Still, if you're looking for a real quick "fluff" story, this might fit the bill.

_moonniji_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

theseventhl's review

2.0

What a gross, hot mess of an ending. I reserve the right to expound upon in it at a later time.

cyanide_latte's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

Finally managed to finish this trilogy. Overall, it's really a degree of weirdness to which I'm not sure how I feel about it, and it definitely could have been better fleshed out, but it's very par-for-the-course as far as an Arina Tanemura series goes.  It still manages to be cute, silly and somewhat emotional (though these days as far as the "emotional" part is concerned, I'd say it's a case where your mileage may vary.) Still, I'm glad I finished reading it. I've been planning to return this and the rest of my sister's Arina Tanemura manga to her as a gift, since she was originally in a position where she had no choice but to get rid of them. At least I finally finished reading Time Stranger Kyoko before returning it.

kaje's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

claire_84's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

vuosisadantarina's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

brinchen's review against another edition

4.0

Band 3 ist der letzte und finale Band in dieser Reihe und enthält 4 Kapitel, was sich leider auch in der Geschichte widerspiegelt - leider. Ich weiß nicht, ob Arina Tanemura von vornherein nur 3 Bände bzw. 13 Kapitel geplant hat, aber irgendwie scheint es so, als ob sie zum Ende der Serie hin noch ganz viele Ideen hatte, die sie noch alle irgendwie in die Geschichte mit einbringen musste. Da das aber nicht so klappte wie sie wollte musste sie viele Sachen kürzen und so gut es geht zusammenfassen.

Trotzdem ist der letzte Band schön zu lesen und hat wieder viele tolle Zeichnungen. Das letzte Kapitel bildet einen tollen und süßen Abschluss zur Serie.

Lieblingskapitel-Bilder: #10, #13

trisa_slyne's review

5.0

I loved it! But I am bummed the mangaka chose to cut it short. It would have been nice to see more of the motivations behind Hizuki besides jealousy. Also doesn’t make sense to me why that’s an acceptable answer, child or not.