Overall8Story7Art9Character8Enjoyment9'Sabaku no Harem'If you're anything like me, the name alone prompted an internal long-suffering 'Oh great. Harems in the desert. How 'original'. But I encourage you to place yourself in an exotic desert mindset. At first glance of this manga, all you might see is plain, tiring, and unoriginal sand, but if you look just a little deeper instead you'll find a vibrant oasis of witty character interaction, spontaneous fun, and depth of thought.
While the oasis of the desert might at first seem a lighthearted paradise, shadows do lurk at night.Story: 7The mangaka does a good job of creating spontaneousyet enjoyable subplots, all the while foreshadowing the bigger (yet at this point still relatively undetermined) picture. In somewhat typical shoujo fashion, sometimes the story can lack direction or resolve itself unrealistically, but overall things tend to balance out as decisions made in one arc often carry their consequences into the next. Rated 7/10 for overall enjoyment and plenty of 'smile at the screen' moments.Art: 9I thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated the art style of Sabaku no Harem. I have difficulty getting past the ridiculously wide eyed, surprised faced, and stick-limbed shoujo girl style. I have even more trouble liking the shoujo guys, where their face literally seems to be two beady little eyes mounted on a piece of pizza (that's their face shape, seriously), all stacked on another larger, piece of pizza.
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Fortunately, Sabaku no Harem is neither. The style isn't terribly unique, but the art is well drawn, consistent, and conveys the characters nicely.Character: 8And now we get to the fun part. Mishe isn't your average hapless, helpless shoujo heroine. Mishe is hardworking, resourceful, and intelligent. She's a three dimensional young lady facing unusual and trying circumstances all while trying to find and stay true to herself. It's made very clear early on that it's not easy being female in a historical time where men ruled everything.
Want to be strong? Want to be self governing? Want to be influential?
Too bad that is, unless you follow the strict set of do's and don't's. Much to our delight, Mishe is not contented to sit back and let life happen. Instead, she games the system, and in the best of ways. I would rate 9/10 because of the gem that is Mishe, but Mr. Prince (Kallum) is just a little too manipulative and forceful at times for my tastes.Enjoyment: 9I obviously enjoyed this manga a lot. It was refreshing, entertaining, and actually addressed some deeper issues. Characters surprise.
They struggle. And most of all, they made me smile:3.Overall, I rate this manga an 8 and would recommend it to anyone looking for some interesting character interaction, a lighthearted read interspersed with a little angst, and a strong female protagonist.Sabaku no Harem is not perfect, but definitely worth a read. Don't judge this book by its cover. Overall10Story10Art9Character10Enjoyment10I've just read this manga today and I had enjoyed it a lot. I love the character of Mishe, being a strong and willfull girl.
And kallum being the protective and loving husband.I admit that when I first read the synopsis of the manga I thought that it would be like a harem manga which I really do not like. I prefer reverse harem mangas though. I don't like the story of having a lot of girls falling in love with the boy and the boy end up confused on who will he chose. This one is different, the prince might have a lot ofwives but I like the way the prince having his most attention to Mishe.i love their sweet scenes and their love-hate relationship.Overall this manga is great.
I enjoyed it a lot and there are a lot of scenes where in it's very entertaining and fun. Overall8Story7Art8Character8Enjoyment8Story - 7Overall the story is pretty simple with subplots woven in to compliment the bigger picture and introduce characters as well as elaborate on the desert setting to which the story takes place. I found the subplots very short though and wish they had been a little more drawn out. It was definitely a bit rushed and lacking some substance at times.Art - 8This is primarily what drew me to pick it up - though I was hesitant of it being another harem anime, the detail of the faces, flowing hair, and elaborate clothing is what made it so enticing. While I wishthere was more body diversity (given the setting), I like how Yumeki (artist) portrays the hierarchy of the characters through their clothing styles and tends to make Mishe (heroine) look a little bit more tom-boyish (in a non-traditional shoujo way).
One of the bothersome things to me is the placement of lace on clothing throughout the series as I find lace a more European fabric, as opposed to more traditional Middle-Eastern patterns that probably could have been utilized. There was also not a lot of facial diversity and the mangaka's style of thin, tall characters was prevalent.Character - 8The main characters are well-rounded and have very specific personalities and react to the situations in a very believable way. Unfortunately, I found that not as much care was taken into the background characters (among them, the 30 wives) and I felt particularly let down in some instances given the filler characters performances showing flat/no real merit. I also was confused on the names of the characters not flowing (they are a mix of Middle Eastern, English, and Scandanvian/European names). The heroine Mishe does take the cake and tends to shine outside of the traditional helpless shoujo trope - she is shaped by her experiences and learns to transgress her hurtful past, as do other main characters.Enjoyment - 8I thoroughly enjoyed it and found it so memorable and shared it with my significant other as soon as I had the chance (he doesn't read anything outside of DBZ, but enjoyed my excitement over this series).
If I owned it I probably would give it another good read and would just be comfortable knowing it was in my collection.Overall - 8.
First 3 images, credits to Miki for helping me make themA otome gamer can never feel complete without drama cds. Especially for voice actor enthusiasts. And since not many people here listen to drama cds, I thought it’d be a good chance to write and introduce them to everyone.
The different types of drama cds available.What are drama cds?Drama cds are audio dramas. Also known as situation drama CD. It’s a CD that has a recording of a story told in audio format. They can be either a first person perspective or a third person perspective. First person perspective is when the listener is the main character themselves (with and without voice depending on the type of drama cd) while third person perspective is more towards the character interactions with one another in a third person point of view.How many types of drama CDs are there?Up till now, there’s around 5 that I know of.★Normal Drama CD or Talk CD★☆Otome CD and Otome R18 CD☆★BLCD★☆GLCD☆★Doujin CD★Normal Drama CD or Talk CD. 1 Shuukan Soine series (Also has a mobile app)2 Mofudol3 Colorful5A normal drama CD or talk CD tends to be adaptations of manga or light novels or tokutens from otome games. There are also original drama cds in these formats.
They include dialogues, inner thoughts of every character accordingly, narrations and follows a proper storyline. The perspective shifts from character to character from time to time. You can also describe it as an anime without images/video.
Some features interactions between characters with a short and simple storyline. Tsukiuta is a good example of a talk CD especially in one of their drama CD where they act out a play named “Shunderella” or “Akazukin?”. Otome game tokuten drama cds examples Amnesia, Marginal, Code Realize, etc.
Anime drama CD (normally original side stories) are included as talk CDs as well.Otome CD. Accidentally all Rejet CDs1 Thanatos Night2 Dear Vocalist3 CRIMINALE (recommendation from Klaudyna)4 Midnight Jiang Shis (if you like Diaboliks Lovers, thiOne of the few popular types of drama CDs. Many people prefer listening to otome drama cds because the listeners get the be the heroine and it’s as if the listeners are talking/confronting the character himself. They come in all varieties. Sometimes they add character songs for the listeners to enjoy. Most otome cds uses “Dummy Head Microphone” or DMH for short.
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1 Danshi Koukousei Hajimete no. Series2 Escape JourneyConclusion: Drama CDs are a sin (quote taken from Klaudyna in the drama CD chat)Author’s note:The reason why I made this blog post is because I can see that not many people here on Otome Amino are familiar with drama cds and from Miki’s poll, I can see that more people voted for series that they are familiar with.
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It’s good to start with something you know but be more adventurous and listen to other drama cd series too. Clc workbench price. I was trying to avoid adding series with KENN in them too but it backfired. I added 4 series with KENN.
Good effort I guess.If you need more recommendations, you can drop me a private message (make sure u comment on my profile/this blogpost first coz i wont recieve any message from people i dont follow) or join the if you’re interested to know more. If you need drama cd info or translations, you can check out this with links of useful sites that I compiled. You know you listen to too much drama cds when happens.PS: My BG is the very embodiment of walking down the path of drama CDs.
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