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Tower of the Future #1
Tower of the Future, Vol. 1
When Takeru's mother dies and his half-sister comes to live with the family, things become complicated for him, especially after he falls in love with a girl at school and a mysterious little boy with crazy powers shows up.
192 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2005
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Saki Hiwatari
149 books36 followersSaki Hiwatari (日渡早紀 in Japanese) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. Her first work, "Mahōtsukai wa Shitteiru" was published in the weekly shōjo anthology Hana to Yume in 1982.
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April 26, 2020
Just an average score from me. I expected more sci-fi/fantasy elements (the back of the book said "fantasy"!) though it was largely a family drama about a young fantasy writer. Not sure if later volumes will be any different...
June 19, 2011
When my online manga store had a CMX sale, I finally got the whole series by the mangaka of Please Save My Earth. I had attempted the first volume before and given up on it.
She does start out slow in general I think. Now that I have read all of PSME I have more faith in her story-telling though - and this is a later series as far as I know.
Takeru is actually a nice guy for a male teenager of his age, somewhat naive and a dreamer - you don't see them much any more these days (or they hide their tendencies more?) - who on the one hand gets dragged into slightly mysterious meetings with a small boy, dreams of the epic hero he wants to be and on the other hand has to deal with horrible family revelations and tragedy in just this volume.
The characters are as always very distinct. My heart feels especially for Takeru's father. I already love the family friends (of two generations even) who give Takeru shelter when he needs it. Takeru's potential love interest - well, I don't quite see what is so cute or great about her yet.
Given the author I'll work my way through all the volumes in the hope of a great story eventually.
She does start out slow in general I think. Now that I have read all of PSME I have more faith in her story-telling though - and this is a later series as far as I know.
Takeru is actually a nice guy for a male teenager of his age, somewhat naive and a dreamer - you don't see them much any more these days (or they hide their tendencies more?) - who on the one hand gets dragged into slightly mysterious meetings with a small boy, dreams of the epic hero he wants to be and on the other hand has to deal with horrible family revelations and tragedy in just this volume.
The characters are as always very distinct. My heart feels especially for Takeru's father. I already love the family friends (of two generations even) who give Takeru shelter when he needs it. Takeru's potential love interest - well, I don't quite see what is so cute or great about her yet.
Given the author I'll work my way through all the volumes in the hope of a great story eventually.
April 9, 2014
This was a very strong concept. It used the dramatic thing of the main character's mother's death to really upend expectations and force characters to move through their lives differently.
The only reason that it's not 5 stars is because the story often seemed a little stuck in a rut. It may be realism that upset children would scream at their dads for an entire volume, but of course fiction is supposed to be written better than bland reality. 4 stars is still a good score.
I liked the use of the main character's fictional manga idea, about a hero whose hero friend is killed, leaving him to fight on his own. Kind of obvious, but it mirrors the reality of the story and stuff. And I did like the realism and dour emotions that the author is trying to use, again it's just kind of redundant.
I'm no expert on manga, but I do think this is worth a read if you like a change of pace that still tries to use science fiction and humor tropes from other manga (4/5)
The only reason that it's not 5 stars is because the story often seemed a little stuck in a rut. It may be realism that upset children would scream at their dads for an entire volume, but of course fiction is supposed to be written better than bland reality. 4 stars is still a good score.
I liked the use of the main character's fictional manga idea, about a hero whose hero friend is killed, leaving him to fight on his own. Kind of obvious, but it mirrors the reality of the story and stuff. And I did like the realism and dour emotions that the author is trying to use, again it's just kind of redundant.
I'm no expert on manga, but I do think this is worth a read if you like a change of pace that still tries to use science fiction and humor tropes from other manga (4/5)
July 14, 2021
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