Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Volume 2

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! / 映像研には手を出すな! #2

by Sumito Oowara

Impressed by their debut film, Shibahama High's Robot Club has commissioned Eizouken to make an anime showing off their robot...fighting a monster! Fine concept, but where will they find the monster? Their penchant for hands-on research leads them into the deepest depths of the campus...where the dangers are great, but nothing compared to the production issues that await them in the surface world!

Genres: Manga, Comics, Slice Of Life, Seinen, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Humor

168 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 2017

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This manga is visually absorbing and wears its inspirations on its sleeve in an endearing way. Although the fannish references are obscure at times, especially for a non-Japanese reader, it isn't necessary to know every little thing to enjoy this story.

I am in awe that this is a debut created by someone who isn't 30 yet. Considering the evident level of skill on display, and the age of some of the references, I seriously thought he might be Gen X or older.

Carl Horn's notes are chatty and well-informed and worth reading in their own right.

[Sarah Sammis · Rating 5 out of 5]

The world of this manga (and the anime) is one of the most complex and fascinating ones I've seen in one that isn't explicitly science fiction or fantasy. For all intents and purposes, Eizouken! is a contemporary slice of life. But it's set along a river with tunnels, bridges, twisty corridors and old industrial tech that informs the creative process of the three main characters but is otherwise left unexplained.

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[Eressea · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[寿理 宮本 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great series... animated. I do still LIKE the series, but it's still weird reading a book about appreciating animation.

It also stretches my suspension of disbelief that a girl (Mizusaki) whose parents push her into acting and modeling would manage to find the time to almost singlehandedly animate even a SHORT animation, in a matter of weeks. She even comments on how a full-fledged animator makes 500 drawings a month, so where is SHE getting time to draw AND go to school AND do whatever else (like sleep!)?? I have to imagine that she wants the computer because she secretly has a SUPER SCI-FI BRAINJACK HELMET that literally pulls the animations out of her head and puts them on screen (I want this!).

The bathhouse scenes seemed gratuitous, too, particularly when Mizusaki is straight up topless and facing the camera, without hair or towel or bubbles or anything in the way (but is still not showing anything—takes me out of immersion).

On the whole, cute series, but just the slightest bit unrealistic (even considering a lot of their activity is somehow projecting their imaginations into real life for everyone in the vicinity to see).

[Freddie🏳️‍⚧️🐀 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eizouken is probably in my top 5 favorite mangas now. I love basically everything about it, and it's hard to find any big flaws. However the first volume was much better imo.

I really like how they fleshed out the characters more. Like Mizusaki's love of animating motion, and Asakusa's quirkiness. Asakusa is one of my favorite manga characters now.
My gripes would be the imagination doesn't feel as wild, creative, or awe-inspiring as the first volume. However the fantasy sequences are still fun, just not as climatic. That kinda sums up the entire volume, it's very good but the wonder from the first volume isn't felt as much. It's focused on the practical parts of club activities or showing off the character's personalities.
The backgrounds feel messier also, and not as detailed as the first volume.

[lin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED THIS ONE SO MUCH!! it was so much better than the first and so freaking funny! Ive never read something that kept making me actually laugh out loud and feel so happy! Im loving the main girls more and more. I thought it was so cool when they showed us at the end what actually goes on in mizusaki’s head and show how passionate she really feels for animation. I thought it was really cool to learn more about her since shes the more quiet and friendly one in Eizouken. i NEED to get the third one now!!

[Rebekah May · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fun installment of Eizouken!

This was even better than the first volume. I just really love the deep love of anime and animation these girls have. I also love the robot club and loved meeting more characters. This manga is so funny and heart warming that I could honestly just keep rereading it forever. I also really liked the snippets of us getting to know the girls a little more.

I just love this manga a lot and can't wait for volume three!

[Mateen Mahboubi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gave it a shot after not connecting with the first one but really should have known better. The idea had enough promise that I thought that I would enjoy it but I felt that it was lacking in the execution.

[Niche · Rating 4 out of 5]

The characters work on and show their commissioned robot anime. It also has one of the least romanticized/sexualized female bath house scenes I've encountered. They just bathe and goof around, which was pretty cool to see given how often it turns into an excuse for fanservice/gaze.

[Larakaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Continues to be amazing with all the discussion it makes about anime.

[Nicolas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another manga where volume 2 improves on volume 1

[Jason O'Hagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m definitely getting more invested in the story, and the art is still incredibly impressive. The passion for animation is so clear and makes it so much more engaging.

[Casey · Rating 4 out of 5]

The stories continue to be fun but some of the artwork was a little rough.