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Apr 19, 2021 to Sep 13, 2021
5.4/10
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43%
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SUGAR! SPICE! AND EVERYTHING... already done before. What seemed like a unique story with an interesting world quickly became the standard shonen plot with nothing too original after the first chapters. The standard shonen plot isn't necessarily bad but with such a unique setup there should've been something done with it, and it doesn't even have a fun standard shonen plot, just a boring one Can't blame the ending for being bad, it was obviously rushed due to its cancellation. Feel like it could've been a better than what feels like a parody.You might say that this got cancelled before it had its chance to shine, but i think it got its chance and didn't do anything with it. Wouldn't recommend. reading felt like a waste of time. if you're really interested just follow the artist and author, they both have potential and I'm sure they'll make something good soon.
Tsumugi Minase is an ordinary schoolgirl with a major sweet tooth. She also happens to be a Sweets Userâsomeone who ingested a candy created by ToyToy Candy and subsequently gained the ability to conjure sweets out of thin air. Despite its potency, no two Sweets Users can have the same capabilities. Tsumugi is able to wield a giant lollipop but does her best to hide such a skill to maintain her normal life. These powers are what brought Tokyo to ruin five years ago, decimated by a mysterious lollipop-wielding Sweets User who has yet to be identified and is still at large. Prior to the city's destruction, Tsumugi caught a glimpse of the perpetrator and was shocked to discover that they shared the same ability. The catastrophic event is what gave birth to the Recetteâa specialized police force that tackles the spike in criminal activity led by Sweets Users. When Tsumugi saves her classmate and Recette agent Misaki Midori, he immediately suspects her to be the wanted lollipop criminal despite her insistence otherwise. Determined to clear her name and find the true culprit, Tsumugi resolves to join Recette to aid their investigation. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Included one-shots: Volume 3: Seiken no Yuusha no Goei, Uchuusen Minamo-gou
This is a spoiler free review: If you want something short to read and about candy and love for sweets in the center of Tokyo this is good for you. It's digital only and it's only 19 chapters. Also, read it if you like an organization of people with good sweet users fighting bad sweet /junk food users. The bad sweet users aka a specific lollipop user is the reason why Tokyo hates sweet users and ostracizes them or puts them in the recette organization to fight. There is not much of anything else to say because I do not want to spoil it too muchbut, the ending was rushed in a way but, overall still enjoyable
Everyone loves candy, right? Well, maybe not so much in this world. Iâve seen a good amount of absurd, crazy, out-there power systems in my tenure with anime & manga, but giant weaponized candy is an absurd one I never really considered all too much. And I think that idea represents Ame no Furu [Candy Flurry] quite well: absurd. From the characters, powers, situations, gags, and even the base concept of most ideas, itâs an all-around absurd manga; yet I feel it works quite well. Fitting a shounen series, the fights have a great emphasis in the series, and, as mentioned before, one of Candy Flurryâs greatestaspects is its absurdly creative and fun power system. The Recette (basically candy police) are cool enough with their utensil-based weaponry, but the real icing on the cake is the literal cake; the Sweets Users. Tsumugi alone uses her lollipop-based power in way more inventive ways than one would expect, and with every newly introduced user there only comes more interesting scenarios and awesome fights. Other than the wacky and crazy action, Candy Flurry has one other crucial aspect to its benefit; the characters are just insane. And in the best possible way. Everyone from main protagonist Tsumugi to the loveable (yet ineffectual) Recette agent Misaki partakes in the wacky, comedic dialogue that fills every scene of Candy Flurry. Some of the exchanges are downright hilarious, and I found myself grabbing a good few just to use as quotes. Unfortunately, for as crazy and fun the action scenes are, the paneling is often messy and disorganized, making it frankly difficult to follow the choreography. Itâs a crucial aspect that Iâd largely yet to see messed up given my limited manga consumption, but one that immediately stood out like a sore thumb. The infamous Shounen Jump ax is something Iâve never personally borne witness to, yet always been acutely aware of. And with the amount of new manga series starting all the time, it was really only a matter of time before it occurred. Still, itâs truly unfortunate that Candy Flurry was canceled at a mere 19 chapters, well before I believe it was close to reaching its full potential. You can noticeably observe this closure toward the end, as story beats are flung through with immense speed and events come colliding far sooner than is narratively natural-feeling. In summation, it truly is disappointing that Candy Flurry was canceled so early into its run before the manga could really live up to the potential I felt it had to be great. So many aspects reminded me of manga/anime I love, and the power system felt it had great room to be expanded upon. In the end, not much we can do about what happened, but I enjoyed Candy Flurry while it lasted. Grade - C+
âIf youâre going to be reckless, then I guess Iâll just have to follow your lead.â - Midori Misaki, Chapter 19 When taken at face value, Candy Flurry could be best described as average. The art style is clean and easy to read, the story has potential, and the characters are fairly well developed. These elements make it a good read, but it feels more like a pastiche of other ShĆnen Jump titles rather than being its own entity. However, it definitely showed that it had the potential to become something more if it had been given more time. The core concept of Candy Flurry isan interesting one; taking an everyday item and expanding it into a fighting mechanic that provides a lot of room to experiment. This made the fight scenes enjoyable since there was a healthy amount of variety offered by the different power each character had. Due to the shortness of the series, there wasnât enough time for the artist to truly experiment with the fighting style, this means that there arenât many stand-out panels but it shows that there was definitely a level of competency behind the art. It felt as though a majority of the art was falling into line with a more generic art style. However, there were some moments of strong panelling and composition which shows the artistâs potential. The plot was also fairly interesting, hinting at a darker side that could have led it to tread on some interesting ground if handled well. There were a small handful of subversive moments that demonstrated the potential that the author had if they were given more time to expand on them. Unfortunately, the superficial elements of Candy Flurry overlapped with a couple of other ShĆnen titles which would make the series a difficult sell. It also relied on being quite repetitive; especially with the idea of society âhating sweetsâ. While it makes sense that this would have been one of the larger focuses of the plot, watching as society began to slowly mirror the main characterâs way of thinking, it was over-used and showed little faith in its reader remembering what the manga was about. This lack of confidence is something that can be felt and could put people off the series. The ending is, of course, a little rushed and is unable to fully explore some of the more intriguing elements of Candy Flurryâs narrative. However, the key elements are concluded and it is easy to see how the story would have progressed if given more time. The characters were the strongest part of the series, with the main character being likeable and her internal dilemma feeling realistic for the story being told. It set up a couple of interesting dichotomies that could have been expanded upon later in the story. For the secondary characters, there were only a few who received any development; mostly due to the limited amount of time that could be spent on them. There was definitely potential for them to be improved upon and their designs, for the most part, were interesting. The antagonists were definitely the weakest part of Candy Flurry as they didnât seem to have a clear motive and lacked any depth until the last chapters where they were suddenly given a lot of exposition. Perhaps, if given more time, their purpose would have been revealed slowly over time rather than it being dumped on the reader all at once. Overall, Candy Flurry was a series with potential that quickly became buried by a roster of more accomplished series that have similar stories to tell. There were moments of potential that were never fully realised and of some of the character dynamics deserved a little bit more attention paid to them. However, it was still a good series with likeable characters and an interesting premise. I hope that the artist and author move onto newer and greater things as they both have talent and it would be a shame for it to go to waste.
It's a good manga, with good characters and an initially fun idea. the visuals are nice and the plot has a parody style with a lot of comedy in moments that should be drama or tragedy. I don't think that's bad, it's the style of the story and it fits more with the idea of sweets as superpowers, in addition to making everything unpredictable and surprising us a lot. There are jokes that even make us stop and question various clichés in shounens. It's a good manga to read, very light and quiet, a shame it was cancelled, it had potential, but because it didn'tsell well, the plot was rushed and this greatly affected the development and immersion of the plot, unfair. For some this may demonstrate to start reading, but I don't regret having read it, I liked it