In apology for the lateness and lack of posting, I'd like to try and attempt a "double posting" of sorts. I have some things to do today for dinner, and not an infinite amount of time to do them in, so I won't actually be posting a double article today, but I will instead be attempting to post articles both today and tomorrow.
(Maybe making this promise will force me to actually stick to a plan for a change...)
Anyway, moving on.
You guys notice our little friend at the top of the page? You like him? Well, his name's Peke and he is one of the titular "Tomodachi Monsters" from today's article. Shy, friendless Wataru Narimiya (I think that was his name) finds him one day in the woods out behind the school. But only Wataru can see him. That is, Wataru and all the other kids out there who have similar "Friend" monsters.
This series has been described as a darker, more realistic take on things like Pokemon and Digimon, and with good reason. It also has some parallels to Zatch Bell (at least, so far): The monsters and children are actively battling to kill each other for reasons unknown.
And man, is it bloody! One kid with a cutting-type Friend actually slices a girl's head into bits, and we're left with lovely shots of skull and musculature and skin just falling away from the spot where her cranium used to be. And then there's the kid who gets his neck snapped...and the one whose Friend enables him to control corpses...
Think of this series as Zatch Bell meets Pokemon, with a tiny hint of Magical Girl Apocalypse in there, too. As well as a hint of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, as it's insinuated that having a Friend and using it to battle slowly kills your own sense of empathy and humanity.
At this point, we don't know what Friends are (though I'd bet money they're at least semi-imaginary), and we have no idea why they're fighting. But I assume that will all be cleared up soon enough.
This series is the first one in a LONG while that I have actually decided to purchase and own. Hopefully my Amazon order containing Volume One will be here soon.
My only complaint is that I've seen on the internet that the series has already run its course after only three volumes. There's so much potential there, and I just hate seeing it go to waste.
But, with any luck, those two remaining volumes will be just as fun and interesting as this one was. Go out and get yours today!
(Just don't expect any little virtual pet games or keychain buddies...)
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