For our second joint venture at The Hooded Utilitarian, MJ and I take a look at the sci-fi shoujo classic, Please Save My Earth. Summarizing a series this long is a daunting undertaking, but MJ does an admirable job: "Please Save My Earth is a 21-volume soft sci-fi epic about seven Japanese children (six teenagers and one elementary school student) who discover that they are … [Read more...] about Please Save My Earth at The Hooded Utilitarian
Saki Hiwatari
The Moonlight That Surrounds Me 1 (Japanese) by Saki Hiwatari: C
From the back cover: Rin and Alice have brought closure to their past lives and are living happily. Their son, Ren, is a completely normal boy. One day, his guardian angels appear to him. But what is their true form!? And what is the power closed inside Ren!? Inherited thoughts and abilities... The first volume of the long-awaited Please Save My Earth second-generation … [Read more...] about The Moonlight That Surrounds Me 1 (Japanese) by Saki Hiwatari: C
Please Save My Earth 21 by Saki Hiwatari: A+
From the back cover: Eight-year-old Rin is still tormented by his past life. As Shion, an engineer stationed on Earth's moon, he spent nine years alone after his home planet was annihilated and a deadly virus took the lives of his fellow scientists. Now, in the conclusion to the Please Save My Earth series, Rin's plot to destroy the moon base—and all traces of his past … [Read more...] about Please Save My Earth 21 by Saki Hiwatari: A+
Please Save My Earth 20 by Saki Hiwatari: A
From the back cover: Rin is finally face to face with Alice again, and he is determined to get the computer password she used in her past life on the KK moon base. But even in the face of his vicious threats, Alice steadfastly refuses—unless he'll tell her why he needs it. It turns out that Rin's motives, tied into his past identity as Shion, are more complicated than his … [Read more...] about Please Save My Earth 20 by Saki Hiwatari: A
Please Save My Earth 19 by Saki Hiwatari: A+
From the back cover: Mokuren awakens from a fever-induced coma a week after her attack, tormented by the realization that Shion lied to her when he said he loved her. After all, if he really did, her Kiche, the mystical mark on her forehead, would have disappeared. Even so, and even though he's now treating her like a sacred being instead of a fellow human, she can't stop … [Read more...] about Please Save My Earth 19 by Saki Hiwatari: A+