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Jan 30, 2017
kimberly_rose
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This story was originally published as a oneshot; I adored it. It was poignant, emotionally powerful and rare, starring an older, married lady. The ending was magnificent and heartfelt, so beautiful I teared up.
I assumed this series would begin where that oneshot left off, or even expand on it. There was potential.
Instead, volume one went back almost ten years in time! That made it a completely different story. She was now 26 instead of the original 34. She was still working as an OL but lived ...more
I assumed this series would begin where that oneshot left off, or even expand on it. There was potential.
Instead, volume one went back almost ten years in time! That made it a completely different story. She was now 26 instead of the original 34. She was still working as an OL but lived ...more
As an aging anime fan and cosplayer, this one hit uncomfortably close to home. When I go to anime conventions and see the general attendee age hasn't shifted a bit from high school/college age, and here I am as a working stiff, I can't help but feel old and that these young-ins look better in all the cosplay than I do. How Nagisa feels, and Sawako in the one shot at the end feels, is all too familiar for me.
Complex Age is about a woman named Nagisa, who is 100% devoted to cosplay. She works to l ...more
Complex Age is about a woman named Nagisa, who is 100% devoted to cosplay. She works to l ...more
As advertised, this features a women named Nagisa who's very into cosplay, to the point where calling her a complete perfectionist is not at all an exaggeration. She spends large quantities of her spare time and money in perfecting her cosplay of Ururu, a fairly stereotypical magical girl character. However, although she's widely acknowledged as a very skilled cosplayer, she has a lot of insecurities over it. You see, she's a tall woman who's getting a bit older at 26 years old, and if you know
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I really disliked the main character here. She obsesses about a character to a creepy level, is a gate keeper regarding cosplay, demeaning people left and right if they don't take it seriously and being quite mean to people who just want to do it for fun.
The characters from the added oneshot aren't much better, being both ageist & misogynistic, in my eyes, at least.
Suffice to say, I won't be continuing on with this manga. ...more
The characters from the added oneshot aren't much better, being both ageist & misogynistic, in my eyes, at least.
Suffice to say, I won't be continuing on with this manga. ...more
Aug 15, 2021
Allison
marked it as to-read
