Zettai Kakusei Tenshi Mistress Fortune by Arina Tanemura

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Zettai Kakusei Tenshi Mistress Fortune by Arina Tanemura

Art and story (c) Arina Tanemura

Genre: Shojo
Length: One Volume – 3 Chapters and one extra



           This manga is in the shojo art style of the early 2000's, the main characteristic

being the giant eyes that take up over half of the face. It's very typical of this type of art, and Tanemura-sensei is one of the more famous mangaka of this look, too. The body shapes are very slim, and angular, no matter the age of the characters, and the clothes share the same characteristics though they have good detail. The hair is also angular, sharp even, in some cases. Personally, I find this type of shojo almost off putting at times, but this is of excellent quality and there is nothing to complain about as far at the art goes.
           Kisaki is an ESPer with various powers, though she isn't very good at controlling them. She's a part of an organization that fights organisms from space, labeled EBE, so that they don't harm anyone. All members' real identities are kept a secret, though, and so even though she's fallen in love with her partner, she can't learn more about him or even talk to him outside of work. How long can she keep her love a secret, before it begins to interfere with her work?
           To answer my own question, not very long, she gets in trouble almost immediately.

This manga is only three chapters long, so its pretty obvious that not much is going to happen, or more precisely, that everything is going to happen all at once and no real ending is going to be given. Everything rushes by too quickly to enjoy and the characters really kind of fall flat, plus the fast pace makes the drama element way too sudden and annoying. There's not really a reward on the relationship because it advances in huge leaps, too. Mistress Fortune has a charm, and I believe that is due to the fact that the author is able to give you a put together premise instantly at the beginning but that is only because its pretty generic. There are people who hate shojo like this with a passion simply because it has no sort of plot to it. In other words it is all fluff and forced drama, and being condensed into three chapters really doesn't help either. Its all trope, this big-eyed manga is very stereotypical of manga that also look like this, the girl is weak and ditzy with no sort of substance except that she loves her male counterpart completely. The male lead isn't much different, and is given as much personality as a hollow prince can get. Now, I'm being really cynical about all this, but I think its fine to like manga like this, they are cute and typically funny. This one just didn't hit the right notes to be worth even the short time you need to read it. I've read other works by this artist, after all, I think this is just a poor example.


2/5 Fine art but way too cliché.