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Reviewed by David Rasmussen Say, isn't this the name of some "Series Within A Series" ran during the summer by TNT during episodes of Law & Order or Bones or whatever?!? Well I think it was, but that's not important as this has nothing to do with that... almost. Like a majority of Japanese RPG games (and quite a few manga), there's just something about a guy who can't remember nothing about himself that seems to be like the bright light of ill-reason that draws moths like Aya Kanno to it, even if it might mess Aya up in the process. So once again we have ANOTHER series (groan no oh please) where some other handsome man-meat does the Bourne thing by having his memory wiped, then questioning what the heck is he? A hero? A villain? Oh I don't know, what is this?!? A Fable clone?!? (Remember if you're wearing the right stuff, have the right tats, and do the right mission cards, you'll be good or evil!) Zen, the title's main manmeat, has had his memory wiped and he's also concerned about finding out who or what he was. To do this, off he goes with a bunch of other pretty boy studmeatmuffins, and oh the places he'll see to find out who he is -- and wow, that's fast, in this issue he already finds out who he is and it isn't Joe the Plumber! No. So you're just at that point where you can taste your true identity at the tip of your tongue, Mr. Zen. Where are you off to now?!? Bleah. Wow, this series is over just as it began, as with the other series I just talked up that was this short... only I don't have as much fondness over this one as I did that other title, oh no. The ending is just convoluted, and while I am wondering if I would be more sympathetic to the character if I absorbed this from the beginning and Volume 1, I can't say I bonded well with him, the cast, or their plights by jumping in at the middle of this story. Also, I just felt the ending didn't work for me: too overly dramatic, rambling, overdone emotions that don't impact in a good way (even the most subtle of emotions can carry deep strong impact if done right, this just plows right into you like Sarah Palin through her invisible opportunity door... not really reaching you, just impacting into you). Mind you, if you love the whole Bourne thing and like people who lose their memories, then off you go. It's a nice short run, a quick taste of action and... and... well, whatever it is that's supposed to make this Sho(u)jo... say, I read this and this is the first Sho(u)jo title I didn't see the Shoujo in! Where's the Shoujo again? Did I miss it? Was I just not paying attention enough?!? Where's the shojo!?! Anyway, it's short and a slice of espionage, action and at-times-overdone drama... and it's shojo... really? Didn't feel like it, but whatever... C. Comment on this review of Blank Slate v2 on the Manga Life Forums. |
6 October 2009
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