all caught up with Tanemura
Oct. 7th, 2008 14:31![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ltgmarsSo I finally finished reading Shinshi Doumei Cross, officially Arinacchi's longest and most convoluted work to date. What I'm always impressed with in all of her works is that she is somehow able to make really complicated systems and ideas fit within their respective stories. (For example, the whole tenshi storyline in KKJ weaves a complicated story about how the tenshi and Kami-sama are connected, and how they in turn relate to Maron and the rest, but somehow it all seems to fit together.)
Part of me is a little cynical when it comes to her "plot twists", actually. Somehow they're so outlandish and so surprising that I fail to be shocked by them. She's fairly predictable in that what may seem straightforward actually isn't. Much of the time, it tugs at the heartstrings, but sometimes it feels like she's just postponing the inevitable. But hey, it pushes the story along, so I guess it's okay.
As far as SDC goes, I'd say that it didn't touch me as much as KKJ or FMoS did, but it was still fun to read. Stupidly, I can't talk too much about my favorite character because it's one of the fifty major spoilers in the series, but if you've read the series, you'd know who my favorite character is based on this comment. :3
As far as her other recent works go, part of me wishes that Mistress Fortune was a larger affair than it turned out to be, but I guess it was nice to have light-and-fluffy superficial shoujo after SDC. I'm looking forward to another dark, long series, though. And this time, I want to cry.
Part of me is a little cynical when it comes to her "plot twists", actually. Somehow they're so outlandish and so surprising that I fail to be shocked by them. She's fairly predictable in that what may seem straightforward actually isn't. Much of the time, it tugs at the heartstrings, but sometimes it feels like she's just postponing the inevitable. But hey, it pushes the story along, so I guess it's okay.
As far as SDC goes, I'd say that it didn't touch me as much as KKJ or FMoS did, but it was still fun to read. Stupidly, I can't talk too much about my favorite character because it's one of the fifty major spoilers in the series, but if you've read the series, you'd know who my favorite character is based on this comment. :3
As far as her other recent works go, part of me wishes that Mistress Fortune was a larger affair than it turned out to be, but I guess it was nice to have light-and-fluffy superficial shoujo after SDC. I'm looking forward to another dark, long series, though. And this time, I want to cry.
