Yes I know, late much and all, but I finally caught up ( or rather forced myself to) with Omamori Himari.
In the past 2 or 3 years that this manga’s been out, I tried at least 4 times to read it, but I could never make it past vol 1. Actually I had never even finished vol 1. But as the air date of the anime approaches ( not to mention that fantastic state if boredom I was in) I decided to once again force myself to read it.
Turns out as soon as shizuru appears the manga becomes instantly awesome. One of the major problem I had before was that the scan team had opted to use old English to represent the fact that Himari speaks in old Japanese. The old English was the greatest turn off and the plot was generally uninteresting to me : a classic case of girl who protects wimp, wimp wants to become stronger, childhood friend gets jealous, other girls add to harem, blah blah blah.
Tough once you get past that it’s a pretty fun read I must admit, basic humour but still enjoyable and basic Matra Milan fanservice. If you’ve read his other stuff, you should know what to expect.
My favourites characters so far are :
- shizuru
- Ques
and,
- Ageha ( 90% because she looks like Kallen).
Himari is ok , but I dont fancy her that much , seeing as she’s the main character , she will obviously win by default, and I’ve grown tired of default winners.
The tea fairy is not too bad either , but clumsy maid moe is getting old.
oh and the childhood friend is uh…there ( that says it all).
on the plot itself , well there’s not much to say. The story has not really advanced much. Only recently did the more than more likely main (or major at least) antagonist appeared, but there is still a lot we don’t know about them , or about the other families , as it’s progressing slowly . we got glimpse of other people who might be future allies recently…maybe, I’m not really sure where the story is at in japan right now , but I get the feeling the anime will quickly cover the 5 published volumes and will have an open ending. with luck ( if the anime doesn’t suck too much) we’ll get a season 2 like Sekirei.
Anyway , now that Ive finally caught up and I can say that I fairly enjoy it, I’ll be sure to pick up Yen press release. Here’s to hoping they don’t use old English.
Avisch says:
Yenpress picked up Omamori Himari? I need to get out from under my rock.
"One of the major problem I had before was that the scan team had opted to use old English to represent the fact that Himari speaks in old Japanese"
I kind of laughed at their use of the old english, I didn't mind it though (though i can sympathize with disliking a translation method). I can't be sure if it was the same group, but another group opted to include Shizuku's idiosyncrasy (she ends her sentences with "nano"). More stuff like this shows how you can get creative with a translation.
"Matra Milan fanservice. If you’ve read his other stuff, you should know what to expect."
Well put. Someone better get around to translating his doujinshi one of these days.
"but I get the feeling the anime will quickly cover the 5 published volumes and will have an open ending. "
I imagine so as well. Im kind of worried about the art-design of the anime. I feel the characters don't look as "sharp" as they do in the manga.
Sep 04, 2009, 3:54 amBut I probably will still watch it
kurotsuki says:
I'm not sure which group it was either, can't say I noticed or remember the nano at all even haha. Of course I usually don't mind creative translation, however when I have to concentrate to figure out wtf they are saying, it becomes less interesting. I never learned old English, so most of the time , I had to second guess what Himari was saying.
Sep 04, 2009, 11:04 pmIt would be awesome to see more Matra stuff translated . Sadly he's not as popular as the other big names
Yeah , manga to anime art transition doesn't always go well. In some case it improves it , in most it loses all the original charm. But yeah , Ill watch the first few ep to see what it gives.