I am pretty sure the first series was set in LA, but I do not remember why I am so sure. It's been a while.
PSOH: Tokyo doesn't tickle my funny bone nearly as effectively as the original, but I love D like I love salt, and dig Akino's stringy art and lanky character designs so much that I'm perfectly content to hang around indefinitely, waiting for her to eventually get around to more Leon-related plot stuff.
I do have a bit of a soft spot for tales o' the [insert weird scenario] format to begin with, though, so even when my beloved D is back to being more of a framing device than a story in his own right, I get something out of the books, even though, like most people, what really made PSOH leap out at me was D and Leon's evolving relationship. I find Woofei mildly entertaining on the strength of how much D annoys him--D needling people is a major part of his charm--there was one nifty scene, probably back in volume one of Tokyo, in which D needled Woofei in ways that indicated Woofei had some kind of parent-related Secret or Trauma, which might make him more interesting. I wish Akino would follow up on that already.
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I totally called the devil and he totally came, but he ditched right away
Date: 2008-11-21 03:16 am (UTC)PSOH: Tokyo doesn't tickle my funny bone nearly as effectively as the original, but I love D like I love salt, and dig Akino's stringy art and lanky character designs so much that I'm perfectly content to hang around indefinitely, waiting for her to eventually get around to more Leon-related plot stuff.
I do have a bit of a soft spot for tales o' the [insert weird scenario] format to begin with, though, so even when my beloved D is back to being more of a framing device than a story in his own right, I get something out of the books, even though, like most people, what really made PSOH leap out at me was D and Leon's evolving relationship. I find Woofei mildly entertaining on the strength of how much D annoys him--D needling people is a major part of his charm--there was one nifty scene, probably back in volume one of Tokyo, in which D needled Woofei in ways that indicated Woofei had some kind of parent-related Secret or Trauma, which might make him more interesting. I wish Akino would follow up on that already.