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The Demon Girl Next Door #6
まちカドまぞく 6 [Machikado Mazoku 6]
町のボスとして活動するうち、魔法少女や魔族、そしてこの町のことを
もっと知りたいと考えるようになったシャミ子。
なかなか桃に話を切り出せないでいるう ちに、
小倉さんが異次元の空間に飛ばされるという事件が起こり…!?
もっと知りたいと考えるようになったシャミ子。
なかなか桃に話を切り出せないでいるう ちに、
小倉さんが異次元の空間に飛ばされるという事件が起こり…!?
120 pages, Paperback
First published February 25, 2021
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October 24, 2022
It’s business as usual as Shamiko and Momo get jealous, poor costume choices are made, awkward dates are had, and the multiverse turns to madness. And when Momo dives into her past, it turns out that the void might have been looking back at them the entire time.
And, as usual, the page count of this series underestimates the sheer overstuffed content that is the world of Demon Girl Next Door. For something that started so innocuously, the density of the narrative here is both blessing and curse.
Of course, Ito’s very clearly had a game plan for all this and this volume does a smart move by pulling back on a lot of the extra cast to zoom in on our leads (plus or minus a new beast child going to preschool). They’re where the driving action is right now and everybody else gets some cameos and not much more.
Shamiko and Momo have a rather silly date, they get jealous of others, basically the love story in this is pretty much text at this point and it’s very adorable. Momo falling into darkness at the drop of a hat is a good little runner they work into this situation.
And for all the seriousness later, this is still a very funny book. That dumb ‘true stripes’ joke, Momo’s hilarious ineptitude at costuming, Ancestor’s equally hilarious idea of what ‘appropriate’ costuming should be (I feel like Ancestor would not be out of place in an 80’s OVA with that attitude), that ‘garbage in your heart line’, just to name a few. The comedy game is strong.
But the storytelling is also really well done. As much as I bemoan how the 4-koma format holds this back, Ito starts to really play with that notion in this volume, dispensing with the panels, making silly meta jokes about the anime, playing with the narration.
One section where two groups are in parallel spaces uses the manga’s set-up to perfect effect, showing two panels per page occurring at the same time but in different spaces over several pages. It’s really smart and shows a creator that has confidence in what they’re doing.
And then, when the story turns serious, the whole thing maintains its high quality. The forces aligned against Momo’s sister’s dream are revealed and the imagery is some of the creepiest I’ve seen in ages. The full page that closes out this volume is the perfect spooky moment for the Halloween season because it is very, very effective.
Yeah, it’s a dense read still. That hasn’t changed. But these characters, as they continue to grow and evolve, are fantastic to spend time with and their dynamics are always fun. A little romance, a lot of humour, a dash of peril. It’s perfect.
5 stars - one of the stalwarts of my manga library and it continues to be a reliable source of incredible anime goodness.
And, as usual, the page count of this series underestimates the sheer overstuffed content that is the world of Demon Girl Next Door. For something that started so innocuously, the density of the narrative here is both blessing and curse.
Of course, Ito’s very clearly had a game plan for all this and this volume does a smart move by pulling back on a lot of the extra cast to zoom in on our leads (plus or minus a new beast child going to preschool). They’re where the driving action is right now and everybody else gets some cameos and not much more.
Shamiko and Momo have a rather silly date, they get jealous of others, basically the love story in this is pretty much text at this point and it’s very adorable. Momo falling into darkness at the drop of a hat is a good little runner they work into this situation.
And for all the seriousness later, this is still a very funny book. That dumb ‘true stripes’ joke, Momo’s hilarious ineptitude at costuming, Ancestor’s equally hilarious idea of what ‘appropriate’ costuming should be (I feel like Ancestor would not be out of place in an 80’s OVA with that attitude), that ‘garbage in your heart line’, just to name a few. The comedy game is strong.
But the storytelling is also really well done. As much as I bemoan how the 4-koma format holds this back, Ito starts to really play with that notion in this volume, dispensing with the panels, making silly meta jokes about the anime, playing with the narration.
One section where two groups are in parallel spaces uses the manga’s set-up to perfect effect, showing two panels per page occurring at the same time but in different spaces over several pages. It’s really smart and shows a creator that has confidence in what they’re doing.
And then, when the story turns serious, the whole thing maintains its high quality. The forces aligned against Momo’s sister’s dream are revealed and the imagery is some of the creepiest I’ve seen in ages. The full page that closes out this volume is the perfect spooky moment for the Halloween season because it is very, very effective.
Yeah, it’s a dense read still. That hasn’t changed. But these characters, as they continue to grow and evolve, are fantastic to spend time with and their dynamics are always fun. A little romance, a lot of humour, a dash of peril. It’s perfect.
5 stars - one of the stalwarts of my manga library and it continues to be a reliable source of incredible anime goodness.
October 22, 2022
The Demon Girl Next Door still has the sweet and funny parts, but in this volume the dark aspects of the world that Shamiko and Momo inhabit are brought into focus. It is not some kind of "Madoka moment", though, since the author has been careful to drop hints all along the way, and it is still the story about how Shamiko wants to protect the smile of the girl she loves. The reader has to admire the careful plotting.
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