After School Nightmares (Manga review)
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:20 pm
(Revolutionary Girl Utena)
After School Nightmare is about this girl or maybe a guy girl who dresses as a guy. Goes to high school like a normal dude (he has no penis, and is probably a girl)
The main selling point to this story is that the students have a class after school every Thursday. During this special class, everyone falls asleep and join a shared dream. In this dream world, one appears as the true form that reflects who they are inside. There's no explanation for a lot of the crazy stuff (like once you graduate from the special class, you disappear and everyone forgets about your existence) but you just accept it and it becomes kind of a cool storytelling device
I read volume 9 today and there were some mind blowing revelations that make me want to reread the series. I'm just really enjoying the series as a whole. Despite some dark and heavy stuff, there's a lot of funny moments. The series is very true in its reflection of the self-discovery phase of teenage life.
There are a lot of aspects that remind me of Utena, but if this story pans it, I think it might surpass Utena in terms of story. Check it out if you want to read a weird supernatural mystery
After School Nightmare is about this girl or maybe a guy girl who dresses as a guy. Goes to high school like a normal dude (he has no penis, and is probably a girl)
The main selling point to this story is that the students have a class after school every Thursday. During this special class, everyone falls asleep and join a shared dream. In this dream world, one appears as the true form that reflects who they are inside. There's no explanation for a lot of the crazy stuff (like once you graduate from the special class, you disappear and everyone forgets about your existence) but you just accept it and it becomes kind of a cool storytelling device
I read volume 9 today and there were some mind blowing revelations that make me want to reread the series. I'm just really enjoying the series as a whole. Despite some dark and heavy stuff, there's a lot of funny moments. The series is very true in its reflection of the self-discovery phase of teenage life.
There are a lot of aspects that remind me of Utena, but if this story pans it, I think it might surpass Utena in terms of story. Check it out if you want to read a weird supernatural mystery