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    Default Transformers Henkei! Henkei! Manga TPB

    Picked up the first TPB for the Comics Bun Bun Henkei! Henkei! manga TPB and I've read the first five issues so far. My random thoughts on what I've read so far in no particular order (SPOILERS AHOY):
























    + This series is obviously intended for a younger audience, which makes sense as I'm assuming it's intended to help market the Henkei toys. Having said that it's not overtly juvenile in tone like the catalogue comics.
    + Hoshinoumi Wataru: his overtly camp nature simultaneously bugs me and amuses me. His constant 'comic relief' is a bit over the top, but at the same time I like how he's a UFO geek and totally geeks out when he meets the Autobots. His having superhuman powers came as no surprise and was really predictable - but I think part of that problem is the very beginning of the book which introduces all the characters; the intro for Wataru is kinda spoilerish in that regard. I don't know if they just did that intro splash for the TPB or if the original first issue had it (I suspect the former). I should've skipped that splash page and got stuck into the comic itself... ah well.
    + I like how the narrative occasionally breaks the 5thfourth wall, like when the "Don't try this at home" comment.
    + When Wataru touched the Energon Cube I like the flashback into the Transformers' history and when he sees the G1 Transformers fighting. That was a nice little treat for G1 fans.
    + Skyfire's story was almost the same as the one from the catalogue comic, only expanded. And I like how the Control Mask shatters. Oh, and obviously Megatron and Wataru's involvement also made some things different... but it's fundamentally the same basic plot (just not as self-contained).

    More thoughts as I continue reading ... anyone else reading this? I thought BigPenney already got this book (I didn't even know it existed until I saw his acquisition post for it) -- feel free to share your thoughts here.
    Last edited by GoktimusPrime; 14th June 2010 at 07:24 PM.

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