Metroid: Shounen Ou! Shorts

Uhhhhhhh. I don't know where to start with this one. Not being a massive Metroid fan (only having played Zero Mission and a bit of Prime) I don't think I should really review this given the deep and involving lore that this epic requires knowledge of. (obvious sarcasm is obvious).

Story:
The story follows every Doujinshi artists favorite bounty hunter, Samus Aran as she does stuff or something. Okay, there is no story. It's just a bunch of lame jokes revolving around Samus's love for round things (no, I'm not going to make a joke cause that's too easy), and when I say lame, I mean 46 year old dad joke lame. They're really that bad. These honestly seem like strips you'd get with a capsule toy or bubble gum or something so you can't exactly ask for Evangelion.

Art:
The art is actually quite good. It takes on a very cutesy look and OHMYGARD, SAMUS IS ADORABLE IN THIS!!!!!! It takes a very clean simple look that just looks really cute and combined with the bad jokes actually make this really charming

Character:
Who can forget such great characters such as scientist #1, Scientist #2, and last and certainly least, Scientist # 3 and who said Samus. Remember how Samus is supposed to be this broken soul who's few allies have met death so she secludes herself as to never be hurt again which along with PTSD caused by the memories of her parents being murdered in front of her have turned her into nothing but a shell of a human who lacks the capability to express even basic emotions. Well, forget that. Now she's just a ditz who loves round things.

Enjoyment:
GOD WHY!!!!!!!

Overall:
I guess if you like Metroid
"8/8 m8"-IGN

Story:
Since there's no story, in regards to the comedy, things are pretty good. A lot of it is the same joke over and over told in different forms, but it's short enough to never wear thin.


Art:
Cute! It's all tiny but pretty detailed! Also, I liked how certain panels look like the game's 2D side-scrolling design. It was pretty neat and allowed for some jokes to be based strictly upon gameplay elements. Some were pretty funny this way since a player may think of that sort of joke during gameplay. Then, seeing it on the page makes it even better.


Character:
No real character but it adds a more fun side to Samus than in all other interpretations. Perhaps what I should say is a more lunatic side. She's a bit of a goofster in this 4-koma.
Any other characters are Federation officials and don't add or take away anything. There's, quite honestly, no characters to comment on in this story. This doesn't make it worse or anything, but it's evidence of the short length of the manga.


Enjoyment:
it's short. That's the saving grace. There really isn't a lot to go on with this little thing, so if it were any longer, I would be at risk of giving it a bad rating. The jokes were cute and funny but they could have gotten really boring really fast. It ended as if there wasn't anything else to say, and that's probably for the best.



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