My Take on Arina Tanemura’s Works (revised)

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I always had this love hate kind of relationship with Arina Tanemura. My first shoujo series I ever read and loved was her famous Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne manga. And My favourite complete works by her is Time Stranger Kyoko. And yet, I found myself disliking Full Moon wo Sagashite, Shinshi Doumei Cross, and Mistress Fortune. I at first thought this just might be because I simply like her old works better and there’s something about her new style that just turns me off, but then Sakurahime Kaden happened which I absolutely adore, so I figured it must be something else that’s in FMwS, SDC, and MF that I don’t like, but other things in KKJ, TSK, and SHK that I love. 

And then I came upon my realization.