Mitsuo Shiozu on muuten tavallinen opiskelijapoika, mutta hänellä on erikoinen ominaisuus: vaeltavat henget käyttävät häntä välikappaleena viestiäkseen rakkaidensa kanssa! Ennemminkin sääntönä kuin poikkeuksena henget ovat naispuolisia, jolloin Mitsuon ympärillä alkaa parveilla miespuolisia ihailijoita, ja erikoisia tilanteita syntyy pilvin pimein!
Rahapulassa Mitsuo alkaa tutkia yliluonnollisia ilmiöitä ja käytännönläheinen tehtäväkoulutus johtaa "erikoisiin" tilanteisiin. Rakkautta saattaa olla ilmassa, mutta pulassa olevien kaunokaisten jahtaaminen ei ole helppoa!
WTF? This was just so weird and at times I had to re-read or re-check who was who because it was just so darn confusing (too many guys at this point). We have goats? Babies??? Folklore beings???? Random guys who are horny???? Give me back my volume 1 plot with ghosts looking for help (just without the whole don't care about permission part) along with some sexy times with Hasunuma. Plus, again, can we just have some fun BL/Yaoi without freaking rape and assault and the likes? Because no, it is not sexy and never was. :| Eww. One more volume to go. Hopefully at least we get an ending, some closure.
So here's where it starts getting a little whacked. It's still pretty, and you're still left cheering for the boys, but the storyline starts going a little awol. Still it wasn't what you'd call bad. And at this point I'd invested enough in Mitsuo and Hasunuma to see it through to the end.
I didn't really enjoy this volume. I don't enjoy Mikuni, and the second (and longest) story is very confusing. I enjoyed the final story about Valentines day, I wish there were more stories like that..
....I can't believe I'm saying this, but this book gave me such massive inspiration that I'm currently on page 66 of my latest project. ....um, thank you? o.O
read this a few days ago, but dont remember the date. definite downgrade from the other books.
how did shit get so weird so fast? there's too many characters and i was getting confused remembering who was who cause they look similar.
but why does everyone wanna kiss mitsuo????? and some of them do that without his consent??? is there some supernatural reason everyone is lowkey attracted to him or are they all just being creeps?
and why did mikuni turn into a baby?????
vol 1 was good and funny, then it just got weird from there
There are many things I like a great deal about vol. 3 but I also have some major problems. Yet I keep rereading it, so make your judgment from that. *g*
Dislikes * The big one is Mikuni. The man is an abuser, using his power and position to help him take advantage of all the boys who pass his way, yet it's played for laughs. Mitsuo is clueless about him, as he's clueless about many people, but... Mitsuo interrupted him in the middle of a sexual assault on Hasunuma in vol. 2. Mitsuo doesn't get why Hasunuma's so upset at times with Mikuni? C'mon. Mikuni was also preventing Hasunuma from returning to his own body, and I don't know if Hasunuma told Mitsuo that. He might not have, since Mitsuo is so enraptured by the safety from molestation by spirits that Mikuni's Shinto shrine offers. (I know that Mikuni helped save Hasunuma's life. Doesn't give him the right to toy with Hasunuma's spirit, enslave him, and try to make him pay for that salvation in trade.)
Kanau's slavery by Mikuni is also played for laughs, which bothers me. Yes, Kanau tried to kill Mitsuo in vol. 2, which ended in Hasunuma being seriously wounded instead, but he made up for it somewhat and was learning better. But now he's Mikuni's slave/doll, cooking, cleaning, and being forced into ridiculous costumes like the French maid outfit with the kitty tail and pain-inducing kitty ears or the ruffly nightgown with teddy bear ears and paws. The outfits are cute, but I feel bad about it. Yet Mitsuo can't understand why Kanau would bear Mikuni ill will? Kanau can't move on no matter how hard he tries. Gee, I can't help thinking that Mikuni's behind that.
Then there are the moves Mikuni has put on Mitsuo, always when he's vulnerable.
Mikuni also plays with Itsuki's body and Shino's head. For fun. I'm uncomfortable with it.
I'm hoping this is resolved in a way I can deal with in vol. 4, the final volume.
* Why did Mikuni become a baby? What is up with the brothers and the mask? The retrieval of the mask especially confused me. Some parts of the plot whizzed right over my head, and I don't know if it's from me being dense or actual plot problems.
* The assault in "Lucky Boys at Dawn II" was handled weirdly for my tastes.
* In vol. 1, the ghosts and possessions were the freaky element in what otherwise seemed like a regular world. Now, it seems like 85% of the people in this title are gay, and the majority of them are trying to jump Mitsuo's ass. And what was up with Shino manifesting darkness and his own weather conditions?
* Ichi doesn't get much facetime, and what he does get mainly has him being humiliated. I worry about him for the final volume.
* Vol. 2 ended on the cliffhanger of Mitsuo seeming to be possessed. In vol. 3 we're told that it was just his jealous side, which can apparently kick ass. Huh?
* Some of the other relationships were interesting, and I like Itsuki and Shino, but the main characters were shoved deeply into the margins to make room for a huge cast of newbies.
Likes * There are a lot of characters in this volume--something that borders into the dislikes category--but they all look distinct.
* Even though I had no idea why Mikuni became a baby, a lot of the segment of the boys dealing with him as such slew me, particularly when everybody in school immediately decides that it must be Mitsuo and Hasunuma's son. The baby outfits are adorable, and baby Mikuni karate-chopping Mitsuo's head as he thinks that he's never appreciated what parents do before was especially fun.
* I may not like the reasons for it, but I can't help enjoying Kanau in his little outfits, especially the kitty maid one. It's so wrong.
* Despite the student body president gone horribly wrong, somewhat over the top insanity, and Ichi being pranked at the end, I enjoyed the Valentine's Day story, "Sweet Festival." It was good that Hasunuma in drag was drawn to look like a pretty woman yet still has his male dimensions, though mildly camoflaugued by the coat. I would have enjoyed "Stray Cats" more if so much of it hadn't involved Mikuni's worst behavior being on display and condoned, but for some reason I like Itsuki, and Shino amuses me. "Lucky Boys at Dawn" would have been better if I could follow the plot with the mask and the weird brothers better.
* Itsuki compliments Kanau on his cooking!
* Ichiro can be too much and pathetic, but he has his moments. "It's been 1,150,371 seconds since we were last together! Hello, 8,722 grams of Mikuni."
* Niro makes it canon that Mitsuo has a kind of duckling quality.
* For a "funny" series, there's a lot of sadness and darkness in here, and I like that. The story in vol 2. behind Kanau's suicide--though when the moment came it looked more like murder--broke my heart and explains a lot of his bad behavior. In vol. 3, Itsuki's family life is a horrible thing. Considering the channeling session we saw here and the casual way Itsuki talks about it since he's been channeling for ten years.... Then you have Itsuki finally giving Shino a chance because Shino's looking at him the way his mother looked at him while he was channeling his dead father.... ::shudder:: Ichi had his tragedy explained in vol. 1, though at least he's happier now, if confused. (I wonder what Hasunuma's story is. We don't know much about him, really.)
* I usually dislike the authorial asides in manga, but Shuri Shiozu's add to the proceedings and crack me up.
There were so many characters in this one I had no idea who was who most of the time and the stories just got weird. More of the same though, still entertaining enough.
This series could never be taken seriously, not at all, but this volume obviously took a page from Graviation's book because it jumped the shark completely. It went from quirky to dumb, from cutesy to annoying. I found myself skipping pages, downright irritated by some of the bits.
The third volume of Eerie Queerie started very strongly. I loved the 'Stray Cats' segment. The new characters were cool and the idea of a professional medium was quite interesting. Although one of the revelations was pretty damn messed up!
The following story, 'Luck Boys at Dawn', however, was not very good. I found it difficult to follow which character was which, and the story's theme did not interest me in the slightest. The only saving grace of these chapters was Baby Mikuni. He was sooooo cute! <3
There is also a standalone chapter called 'Sweet Festival' at the book's end. This vignette was a little chaotic, but really recaptured the series' trademark humour. It also set the series up nicely for its finale.
In the end, volume 3 failed to live up to his older brothers. The writing was messy and the storyline didn't really evolve. There were some good scenes, but not as many as I would have liked. I am also getting a little exhausted with the way wannabe suitors pursue Mitsuo. I have no problem with the yaoi stuff, but lets try and make it a consensual please! 3/5.
I was quite disappointed with this volume. Mikuni gets magically turned into a baby and our heroes have to look after him. The second half deals with a perverted family and a missing mask - which I found confusing and had little to do with the main character relationships/ story. The one highlight of this volume is the final tale - it's valentines day and when poor Mitsuo recieves his first chocolates they are from a guy. Hasunmura dresses up as a woman to help his beloved save face. Definitely the weakest of the four books in the series.