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4
Finished
Jan 25, 2000 to Aug 25, 2001
6.5/10
Average Review Score
50%
Recommend It
2
Reviews Worldwide
If you have read any of Hitoshi Tomizawa's works you know that he rights some crazy stuff that holds a bunch of symbolism. That's basically how you would describe this series in particular. Plot: So basically there are many universes beside our own, and in our universe there is a syndrome children are suffering from called "Liesel Syndrome" in which a child disappears into another universe. The M.I.L.K squad are a group commanded by Liesel ("Sis") herself and exist to help the children that are transported to these vast amount of universes. Well. That's all I got from the plot. Art: The art is actually very steadyand holds up nice. Unless you don't like this 'Moe' type of art style. Yet the aliens he makes are horrifying in their own right. They look like huge mutated insects of some sort. Characters: I could barely take something away from these children. They were all given a trait of some sort and were stuck with it. You can barely remember their personalities. Enjoyment: I enjoyed it a whole lot since I am a fan of Tomizawa's works including his most famous work: 'Alien 9'. But if you don't want to be mindfucked then you might want to drop this series now. Overall: It was a psychological horror about poor children having to deal with horrifying creatures. When reading this series you'll get very confused and get surprised. The symbolism just clutters up and it gets very confusing and messy. If you enjoyed this you should check out Tomizawa's other work 'Alien 9'. Instead it's a trio of cute girls dealing with aliens again with vast amounts with yuri undertones.
Many children mysteriously disappear in 2005. This is called it the 'Reasal Phenomenon.' A few children came back with tails on their behinds. One of them was Hana Yamaguchi. Hana calls upon children with tails and creates the 'Macro Cosmic Invincible Legion of Kids.' These children can go freely back and forth from one world to another and with such special powers, they save missing children. But then, the Ali Troops invade this world. This is a fascinating SF drama about the wonders of the universe. (Source: KodanClub.com)
I read this stuff two years ago, and I thought it was one of the worst things I ve ever read, but after all this time I'm still here thinking about it, so this must mean something, right? Alien 9 is a cornerstone of the underground manga culture, and despite all the crazy stuff that happens in that manga you can easily follow the plot and it makes overall sense as a coming-of-age story. Unfortunately, after reading lots of other Tomizawa works (including the sequels) I think that Alien 9 was kinda a happy accident. Milk Closet had the potential to come close to Alien 9if only it just took some time to let its characters breath and have something to say, but really after few chapters we start to lose focus on the characters and weird stuff just happens so rapidly that I had no idea about what was going on in the second half of the manga. It kinda reminds me of nightmares where scenes are interchained without any logic but when you're in the dream you dont really put too much attention on it. In fact, i would say that this dream-like quality is probably one of the most remarkable attribute of the manga, and its best to approach it as almost pure abstract art. The other quality is its astounishing ruthlessness. Like, Tomizawa's imagery turns torturing little children in actual art. I think that the artist is imaginative, but if he wants to do a comeback he REALLY needs to be coupled with a good writer with the same level of madness to make it work.