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Monochrome Factor [モノクローム・ファクター] #2
モノクローム・ファクター ２巻 (コミックアヴァルス)
光と影の揺らぎの中、暗がりに潜む凶悪な通り魔。人にあらざるモノとの戦いの中、昶に眠る漆黒の血が目を覚ます!!
178 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 10, 2005
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April 11, 2020
The intensity of the developing plot and characters increased with the appearance of villains, enemy shin whom share a past with Shirogane while Shirogane shows a much darker side which he’s been keeping from Akira. Nor is that the only secret he’s been concealing. Akira himself is getting tired of the secrets, but he has a long way to go if he’s truly to fight at Shirogane’s side, something Aya appears to understand better than he does. The world, however, isn’t going to wait for him to catch up, nor are his enemies.
Everyone matured a little more in this volume; Shirogane, Akira, and Aya all revealing more serious sides. These elements fused and played out in tandem with the ongoing plot, which hinted at more mysteries waiting to be revealed, embodied by the new villains. For showing all of this in an art style as exquisite as that of the first book, I give this four stars.
Everyone matured a little more in this volume; Shirogane, Akira, and Aya all revealing more serious sides. These elements fused and played out in tandem with the ongoing plot, which hinted at more mysteries waiting to be revealed, embodied by the new villains. For showing all of this in an art style as exquisite as that of the first book, I give this four stars.
January 23, 2014
More and more people are gaining the ability to see Shin as if they were another person. This proves that the disruption between the two worlds is indeed becoming a very serious matter, and Shirogane and Akira must investigate it quickly. But before they can start their investigation, many hurdles are thrown their way as a serial killer that may just be another Shin is on the loose! And later, Akira's anger and frustrations from being kept in the dark this entire time finally bursts and he gets in a fight with Shirogane, only to be stranded defenseless with Aya in the middle of a horde of kokuchi...
The characters are very poorly constructed in this series. It's almost as if the characters were only there to play on the whimsical gags by the author, and not tell the story that this series is supposed to be based around. That's another thing, this storyline is overly complex and yet overly simple. The author has her characters treat the story as if it were an extremely complex and nearly unfathomable idea and yet all that it is is an overly glorified simplified story that has had far too many steps added into it. I could have written something like this in middle school, for Chrissake! Only it still wouldn't have been this crappy! So far, the best thing about this series is the Goddamn art, and it isn't even that great. It's pretty, sure, but it isn't as expressive as it should be unless the character is angry or bored. If the author wants to be a good artist AND author, maybe she needs to open her heart up a little more, hmm?
The characters are very poorly constructed in this series. It's almost as if the characters were only there to play on the whimsical gags by the author, and not tell the story that this series is supposed to be based around. That's another thing, this storyline is overly complex and yet overly simple. The author has her characters treat the story as if it were an extremely complex and nearly unfathomable idea and yet all that it is is an overly glorified simplified story that has had far too many steps added into it. I could have written something like this in middle school, for Chrissake! Only it still wouldn't have been this crappy! So far, the best thing about this series is the Goddamn art, and it isn't even that great. It's pretty, sure, but it isn't as expressive as it should be unless the character is angry or bored. If the author wants to be a good artist AND author, maybe she needs to open her heart up a little more, hmm?
January 10, 2019
It was a tiny bit better than the first volume, but still not much to talk about. The whole thing is a giant cliche, it reminds me of this video
Anyway, I'm torn... should I continue this series or not? Hmm...
Anyway, I'm torn... should I continue this series or not? Hmm...
January 15, 2017
Art maintains it's details and quality.
The story continues, the plot slightly thickens in that we know there's more shin around, and there seems to be some slight issues between them and Shirogane. More drama and mystery is added when Akira gets into a fight he can't win and it's shown he possesses a power that shouldn't come from a human turned shin. [Spoiler alert; I think he may be a reincarnated Shin in a human body]
Akira continues to rub me the wrong way every so often. It's the literal next day of some harrowing attack, and he's behaving like he's been fighting these things his whole life. Dude it's been maybe a week, yeah getting brought down and starting to take this more seriously is good, it just feels like he's missed a couple of steps in becoming a veteran of fighting monsters.
A bit more entertaining than the last one, slightly more eager to read the next volume.
The story continues, the plot slightly thickens in that we know there's more shin around, and there seems to be some slight issues between them and Shirogane. More drama and mystery is added when Akira gets into a fight he can't win and it's shown he possesses a power that shouldn't come from a human turned shin. [Spoiler alert; I think he may be a reincarnated Shin in a human body]
Akira continues to rub me the wrong way every so often. It's the literal next day of some harrowing attack, and he's behaving like he's been fighting these things his whole life. Dude it's been maybe a week, yeah getting brought down and starting to take this more seriously is good, it just feels like he's missed a couple of steps in becoming a veteran of fighting monsters.
A bit more entertaining than the last one, slightly more eager to read the next volume.
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