Megami Deluxe #3 (Gakken Mook) Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 14 September 2004
Megami Deluxe - Volume 2Another issue of "Best of Megami", this time around with a very heavy emphasis on the girls from DC ~Da Capo~...

Scene 1 - Water Girls
DC ~Da Capo~ x3
Hanaukyo Maid Tai ~La Verite~ x2 (Mariel & Ryuka; Mariel)
Yumeria x2 (both Mizuki & Mone)
YamiBou (group pic)
Galaxy Angel x2 (Milfuelle & Chitose; Milfuelle & Ranpha)
Onegai Twins (Karen & Miina)
Comic Party Revolution x3
Ai Yori Aoshi (Aoi & Tina)
KonoMini x2 (Hikari & Akari; Hikari)
Maburaho
Girls Bravo
DearS
To Heart ~Remember my Memories~ (Akari & Multi)

As always, my favourite section - a set of great pics without getting too carried away with the fanservice aspect. Not much in the way of stand-out pics here - if I had to pick a favourite it would be between Yumeria and a Comic Party pic featuring Eimi - but that's because the quality of these is generally high. I'd expect no less, given how many posters Megami has to choose from!

Scene 2: Hatsunejima Girls
10 assorted pics of the girls from DC ~Da Capo~, mostly uniform pics. Great for fans of the show, but I've never found the character designs for DC to be overly appealing. That said, Nemu was voted 'best female' by Megami readers not that long ago, so what do I know? As an added bonus, there's a fold-out full double-sided poster that goes along with this section.

Scene 3: Miina and Karen
4 more assorted Onegai Twins pics. Strange to see this here after there was an OT section in the last Megami Deluxe as well, but Karen & Miina have a true cult following (myself included!) so I can't complain too much.

Scene 4: Sexy Paradise
YamiBou x2
Tenjo Tenge
Gravion Zwei (Leele, Ena & the maids)
Hanaukyo Maid Tai ~La Verite~ (Mariel & the triplets)
Maburaho x3
Futari Ecchi x2 (both Yura)
DearS (Ren)
Divergence Eve ~Misaki Chronicle~ (Misaki)
Raimuiro Senkitan x2
Nurse Witch Komugi-chan (Komugi)

AKA the 'nosebleed collection', featuring girls in various stages of undress. Tenjou Tenge and Komugi are the best ones here - a few of the other posters aren't great (the art style on the YamiBou pics lets them down, as usual), but overall not too bad.

Scene 5: Costume Variety
Nurse Witch Komugi-chan x2 (both cosplay Komugi & Koyori)
Tenjou Tenge (uniform pic)
August Fan Box x2
Raimuiro Senkitan (group yukata pic; group sports pic)
YamiBou x2
HaniHani ~Operation Sanctuary~ x2 (waitress; uniform)
Ai Yori Aoshi x3 (all Aoi - Christmas card, tennis, uniform)
Divergence Eve ~Misaki Chronicle~ (uniform)
Galaxy Angel x2 (Ranpha & Chitose gym; Mifuelle & Mint school uniform)
Yumeria (Mone & Neneko sports pic)

Some fun cosplay pics in this section, while the sports pics as usual tend to be more fanservicey than dress-up, really. Tenjou Tenge and Yumeria take the awards here, but overall not a bad section.

As for the book overall, there's maybe a bit too much of a focus on specific shows (if DC characters are so popular, do a DC Mook, for cripes sake!) - Megami should really be 'something for everyone' and this doesn't quite get there. It's not bad, though - there are quite a few posters that would be well worth scanning in, so on balance it still merits a 'go buy this'.

 
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