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5 Responses to “Mars Review”

1. on 30 Oct 2007 at 4:41 pm   cordelia lynn

   I was wondering if you have read any more of the Mars series since you wrote your review.

2. on 02 Nov 2007 at 1:24 pm   Lianne

   I read through about 7 volumes religiously, but at that point the series was getting silly so I just thumbed through the rest. I’m sticking with 3 stars, mostly because it was a better-than-average shoujo that still fell into depths of ridiculous melodrama too often. Rei was a too-perfect compilation of wild/sexy/tortured personality traits that didn’t make sense in a single person, and when a gay, murderous bishounen showed up to kill everyone he didn’t like and up the “edgy” factor…it was basically like watching a silly soap opera, when the manga had started out as more than that. I WAS very much impressed with the way sexual abuse was handled in the second half of the series, though. Edgy, but realistic and well-intentioned, and it shattered the “bad boy taking what he wants is sexy” stereotype of shoujo quite well.

3. on 09 Nov 2007 at 7:18 pm   Shevawn

   I liked the manga but you need to watch the TWdrama with ZaiZai (Vic Zhou) and Barbie Xu. I LOVED it.
   beautiful kisses
   Shevawn

4. on 27 Nov 2007 at 10:17 am   Lianne

   Hmm…I do likes myself a good Taiwanese drama from time to time, so I’ll look this one up. I imagine the story would be a lot better if it was cut down a bit from the manga (which, again, didn’t get really silly until Volume 6-7 or so).

5. on 18 Mar 2008 at 4:39 pm   Death By Tomatoes

   I can imagine how looong and draaawwn ooouuuutt the manga could become. Not having read it, I also definitely recommend the Taiwanese drama. The issues they deal with are harsh-not what’s normal for an Asian drama. Watch it-I want to know your opinion!

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