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Time Traveler Ai Vol. 1

by Dani Fletcher

Reviews may contain information that could be considered 'spoilers'. Readers should proceed at their own risk.

Publisher
Central Park Media Corporation (CPM)
http://www.centralparkmedia.com

Credits
Writer: Ai Ijima
Artist: Takeshi Takebayashi
Distributor: CPM Manga
Translator: Dino Boubou
ISBN: 1-56219-932-3

Grade: 4

Okay, man, I really tried with this one. I really did. But, I couldn't do it.
The premise: a movie star/model/something or other puts on a necklace and finds she can't take it off again. Every time she gets sexually excited she and her camera crew of mildly amusing perverts travel through time.
Okay, I've read sillier ideas. And there were some amusing moments, in this. I have to say, though, that one more story about Ai (the character) would made my brain bleed. She's one of those characters that are almost always present in shounen titles: really genki characters who are giggly, act like they're dumb as posts, oblivious to damn near everything ... Ai is like an adult Mihoshi from Tenchi. I simply cannot understand the appeal of this character. Another main character might have made this title readable for me. As it is, I barely managed to get through the first volume.

Written: May 27, 2002
Published: June 1, 2002



Tart: Dani Fletcher
Manga: Time Traveler Ai Vol. 1
Series: Time Traveler Ai
June 2002: All | Manga


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