More mangas (spoilers inside)

You know that you have trouble in writing your articles when you keep going back to writing lots of useless stuffs. Either way, I think I should let off some steams and write something else besides politics.

Ok, how about some reviews of mangas that I have been following?
First, lets talk about Negima. Frankly, the ending of the "Journey to the Magic World" arc is a major letdown. Asuna recovered, and bam, she with Negi just beat the "final boss". then restored everyone in the "Magic World" back to existence from the "dream world."

Okay, I do realize that this is a shonen manga, logic does not work here, and everything should follow the cliche, but doing all of them in TWO chapters? Shouldn't Ken make it more difficult, like only after Negi launched his "Rescue the Magic World" plan, then we see many of the dissapeared characters to return?

Dunno, for me this is a major letdown, followed by a really slow chapter 336 that deals with "the re-adaptation of the girls to the normal world." I really think Ken should start thinking ways to kill this manga softly, before the entire series is totally ruined.

On Hayate: another Maria-fanservice. You know, maybe it is time to start ditching this manga, when you find cross-dressing Hayate is far more attractive than Maria.

So what's the point of this plot? Teaching the spoiled little Princess Negi that life is a struggle and she needs to behave responsibly and focus on her goals, rather than taking the shortcuts. Okaaayyyy..... Still, can we "get" this "lesson" without the entire "comic party" arc?

This arc is horrible, because it put many solid and great characters into just a second-rate background characters. Maria and Izumi ended up just as "fanservice" characters. Hinagiku? Just an acerbic commenter. Nishizawa? Another "hey you can do it!" character, and so on. I think the mangaka just ran out of ideas, unsure how to milk this cashcow anymore. No more weirdness and zaniness that were the hallmarks of this manga in the beginning.

Maybe they should go straight to the down-to-earth jokes, like in this Silver Spoon, written by Hiromu Arakawa of Full Metal Alchemist fame, where A is thinking that B is trying to "give the hero a lesson" while B just said "what lesson? I am just an a******."

Anyhow, enough trashing manga for now. Still got tons of works to do. Oh wait, there's also a really nice one-shot gem, titled "the Princess of Darkness." Not new, it was translated a few months ago. It has a "blah" predictable plot but kinda sweet ending.

Will you obey this "moe" Demon King?

Well, this is not as sugary as "Chi's Sweet Home," but still pretty nice. Oh, speaking about cat....

Don't do it, please. Poor cat.

I think I am in love with Manzai-style comedy.

Now the biggest question:

WILL CONAN SUPPORT INDONESIA'S TEAM MERAH PUTIH?

Or will he investigate why Kogoro Mouri looks more horrid than usual?

The killer is Ms. Scarlet with candlestick in the kitchen.