{"id":3127,"date":"2009-07-09T22:55:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T05:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/?p=3127"},"modified":"2012-10-06T22:55:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T05:55:52","slug":"short-tempered-melancholic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/2009\/07\/09\/short-tempered-melancholic\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-Tempered Melancholic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short Tempered Melancholic<\/em> is a series of one-shot shojo stories. Unlike many manga, which span multiple volumes with twisting and turning plot arcs, ever evolving characters and increasingly complex storyline additions, Short Tempered Melancholic<\/em> is a piece of work that stands on its own \u2013 more importantly, it is 4 separate works that all stand on their own.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>By Arina Tanemura
\nPublisher:<\/strong> Viz Media – Shojo Beat
\nAge Rating:<\/strong> 13+
\nGenre:<\/strong> Romance
\nPrice:<\/strong> $8.99<\/p>\n

To then review Short Tempered Melancholic<\/em>, each of the stories in the collection must be looked at.\u00a0 The title story is actually in two parts, and involves a young girl ninja who battles between her training and giving up her ways for a boy she likes. It\u2019s a cute, saccharine sweet tale, and the action breaks up some of the storyline, giving it air to breathe. This is most definitely the best of all the stories, and especially for a mostly shonen reader, the action gives it less of a learning curve than the other stories.<\/p>\n

The rest are fairly typical plot lines. The second story is \u201cThis Love is Non-Fiction,\u201d and is probably the second best of the 4 stories in the book. It unfortunately telegraphs its ending quite early, which makes the middle of the story somewhat of an exercise in patience. There aren\u2019t any tricks to change the ending, and it\u2019s fairly standard, but the author\u2019s quirky humor can accentuate the tale, so it\u2019s still a fairly good read.<\/p>\n

The third and fourth stories are typical, and less amusing than the first two. \u201cRainy Afternoons Are For Romantic Heroines, has quite a cute theme, but it\u2019s almost clich\u00e9. Finally, “The Style of Second Love,\u201d is fairly standard shojo fare, and it doesn\u2019t really break any ground.<\/p>\n

The art is done well in some places, and poorly in others. It is clear that this introductory work is a stepping off point for Arina Tanemura \u2013 author of The Gentlemen\u2019s Alliance<\/em> Cross<\/em>. The stories, while interesting and sweet, can be at times a little underwhelming. There are translation notes for this volume, something not normally seen in Viz books. Paper and binding are standard Viz, which is lower quality, but also lower priced.<\/p>\n

Overall, Short Tempered Melancholic<\/em> is a good, but simple shojo manga. If you walk into the book not expecting masterful drama and the strongest storylines, you\u2019ll most likely enjoy this sweet collection of shojo one-shots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Short Tempered Melancholic is a series of one-shot shojo stories. Unlike many manga, which span multiple volumes with twisting and turning plot arcs, ever evolving characters and increasingly complex storyline additions, Short Tempered Melancholic is a piece of work that stands on its own \u2013 more importantly, it is 4 separate works that all stand on their own. By Arina Tanemura Publisher: Viz Media – Shojo Beat Age Rating: 13+ Genre: Romance Price: $8.99 To then review Short Tempered Melancholic, each of the stories in the collection must be looked at.\u00a0 The title story is actually in two parts, and involves a young girl ninja who battles between her training and giving up her ways for a boy she likes. It\u2019s a cute, saccharine sweet tale, and the action breaks up some of the storyline, giving it air to breathe. This is most definitely the best of all the stories, and especially for a mostly shonen reader, the action gives it less of a learning curve than the other stories. The rest are fairly typical plot lines. The second story is \u201cThis Love is Non-Fiction,\u201d and is probably the second best of the 4 stories in the book. It unfortunately…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,19],"tags":[83,110,120,121,135],"class_list":["post-3127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","category-viz-media","tag-manga","tag-review","tag-shojo","tag-shojo-beat","tag-teen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/files\/2012\/10\/Short-Tempered-Melancholic.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2umma-Or","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3127"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3172,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127\/revisions\/3172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}