by wonderer on Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:58 am
hmm.. i think the poll was put up too early. The mangaka is only starting to develop the Soyogi storyline. In recent chapters, Karin was developed the most by far, but when the poll was placed, Shizuku was the main love interest in the story.
So far it appears to be Shizuku as the "Magical Girl" in terms of personality, aka Bell Dandy. On the surphase Karin seem Tsunderish, but in fact, she is the "Girl Next Door" or "Semi-Childhood Friend" character. I assume Soyogi will develope into the Tsundere character.
What I love about this manga so far... I really am getting tired of "choose your favorite girl" dating-sim game approach of past harem mangas like some like minded people are saying. So far, it doesn't seem it's going that way. That is a big plus. If it's harem manga, they should really keep it to the spirit of harem. This "oh no, polygamy is immoral" stuff is all good in real life, but doesn't belong in fantasy manga, especially one that is targetting young males.
Anyway, I also appreciate the lack of lolicon. I really really REALLY appreciate this and hope the mangaka will keep it this way. A lot of mangas have these gimmiky comic characters which ruin it for me. In Umi No Misaki, the teacher is sorta like that, but she doesn't get a lot of panels, so it's ok.
I also agree with previous posters who predict the coming of a "4th" girl. Typical storyline, but can go somewhere... But Umi No Misaki has a sort of Io feel to it... There is the story about the "mystery of the island and Dragon God" that needs to be developed so it might not go that way...