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Yen Press licenses Touhou Suzunaan ~ Forbidden Scrollery
WishMakers:
I'm not familiar with this site...are those ratings out of 10? If so...wow, that's not a great sign.
Even if that's not the case and it were out of 5 or something, that's pretty weak probably compared to other manga out there. I don't know if the goal with Forbidden Scrollery was reach, but if it was, those reviews are not going to help people getting into Touhou for the first time.
I personally haven't read the manga but really want to, and I remember from some fan translations that Forbidden Scrollery seemed interesting, so I wonder what's the contributing factor here.
ToyoRai:
The ratings there are out of 5.
nyttyn:
For the most part Forbidden Scrollery kind of works around Motoori instead of with her - especially in the later half, which while stronger definitely shoves Motoori really hard out of the spotlight.
Honestly speaking Forbidden Scrollery is really weak as a series even past volume 1, as is mostly just cameos/cute art/hype moments/world building. That's not to say I dislike it - in fact, I regard it highly, with context, but as its own independent entity it's extremely weak, even once it gets rolling. I wouldn't be surprised if later volumes review just as poorly. But as its own plot - it's basically a series of pointless build ups towards payoffs that never, and cannot (due to how the series is set up), happen.
Wild and Horned Hermit gets a little bit more leniency in this regard in my eyes since it does explore Kasen's character and give us a few surprise moments here and there, even if the pacing is still extremely awful. There's at least an attempt at a story (Kasen herself, namely) being told there, and Kasen's almost always at least involved. Forbidden Scrollery, on the other hand, seems even more obsessed with cameos and exploring world building than with trying to explore Motoori's story or even trying to involve her as time goes on, to the point where the conclusion to her personal story is very right field and anti-climactic. Again, I must stress this doesn't make it bad as a work with context, but without that context and on its own merits Forbidden Scrollery is very, very weak, even in later volumes.
Lt Colonel Summers:
--- Quote from: nyttyn on November 13, 2017, 07:55:13 AM ---For the most part Forbidden Scrollery kind of works around Motoori instead of with her - especially in the later half, which while stronger definitely shoves Motoori really hard out of the spotlight.
Honestly speaking Forbidden Scrollery is really weak as a series even past volume 1, as is mostly just cameos/cute art/hype moments/world building. That's not to say I dislike it - in fact, I regard it highly, with context, but as its own independent entity it's extremely weak, even once it gets rolling. I wouldn't be surprised if later volumes review just as poorly. But as its own plot - it's basically a series of pointless build ups towards payoffs that never, and cannot (due to how the series is set up), happen.
Wild and Horned Hermit gets a little bit more leniency in this regard in my eyes since it does explore Kasen's character and give us a few surprise moments here and there, even if the pacing is still extremely awful. There's at least an attempt at a story (Kasen herself, namely) being told there, and Kasen's almost always at least involved. Forbidden Scrollery, on the other hand, seems even more obsessed with cameos and exploring world building than with trying to explore Motoori's story or even trying to involve her as time goes on, to the point where the conclusion to her personal story is very right field and anti-climactic. Again, I must stress this doesn't make it bad as a work with context, but without that context and on its own merits Forbidden Scrollery is very, very weak, even in later volumes.
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Just curious about this, but why are you referring to Kosuzu by her surname?
Shadowlupus:
I think people just are all used to stories with one main goal and plot, with occasional characterizations in filler episodes, etc.
Touhou are the opposite of that trend. It builds the world and characters around several unrelated plots with no real coherent, big bad/organization menacing the main character/world and I think that's what make it so unappealing to unfamiliar readers. Of course, unless the sypnosis of the story tells them that it's going to be just a slice of life.
I guess those reviewer misunderstands FS to be about horror or Aesop-esque.