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Persona 3 manga is a poor adaptation from the videogame that focus only on the main story. If you only care for that part, then this is the right manga for you. If you, however, prefer some more MC development and side characters (besides the main team), then I'm sorry to say that this isn't for you and you'll be more suited to watch the movies instead. This review is spoiler-free from the main events, mentioning only a few names, and will expose what's so wrong about this source.

>Played the original game, finished a few months after starting the manga.
>Read on retail manga, taking both ... time and money.

Without more to say, I leave the rest of the review for the thoughts on it.

Story: 5

The manga is basically the game's story, no social links nor Elizabeth events featured. But why is it bad, if the game is so appraised? First of, the horrible pacing. At least in each volume you are going to find time skips that, for the average reader, will just confuse them. I started this manga when I barely got into October in the game, so seeing November's events in volumes 2 and 3 were, as I've said, confusing. Second, the lack of social links. The most of it you will find is the death arcana one, but even still it's story-related so it wouldn't count as a social link itself. What made this game so great, besides its main story, are all of the side stories that you can learn from the side characters, such as the 'gamer' social link, Tanaka (which yes, he also didn't even appeared here either), the old couple, etc.

Lastly, as I've already mentioned on the beginning of this part, there are no Velvet Room events. While for the fusion scenes is justified, the fact that it also skipped most of Igor's dialogue during the game and all of the Elizabeth's events (imo, the best so far in the game and a shame that she only appears as a background) is like a joke.

TL;DR: straight game story with time skips for the most part.

Art: 8

It must be said that the author really catched the Persona art-style. The grey tones used also makes it good for a better interpretation (for example, darker tones for the Dark Hour scenes). The chibi style used for some pannels are also good, but sometimes feels way too loosed, as if there's a need to make it bad on purpose for the scene to be funny. Cover art is also gorgeous, so far being 10th and 11st the best imo. This would be the major positive point for the entire manga.

Characters: 4

Again, this is mostly due to the pacing being horrible most of the time, but the cast seems so out place (and yes, this also include in the game itself, not only the adaptation). First of, Makoto/Minato's personality doesn't feel good. It seems as the author wanted him to be an edgelord that doesn't give a thing about people, but at the same time a timid personality. At times he can be annoying for the reader, but towards the end his trait seems to be fixed finally. As for the side characters, each of them has their own 'arc', but Yukari and Aigis, which for some reason appears the most? While Aigis had their proper character development, I can't say the same for Yukari. I can't stand her, neither in-game nor this manga. If you are familiar with FES's The Answer part, you'll know how I feel.

Now, jumping on to each development arc, it has to be said that some of them are fairly short, not being more than 2 chapters. Some backstories are so short that you are probably forgetting about it a few chapters later (at least 2 characters, Ken and Shinji, are almost present in this meaning). Even then, everyone has the typical backstory: depressive story about how our character lost a loved one, be it physically or in terms of being dead. Only exception for this is Fuuka, and when I say 'only', she's literally the only one in the entire manga who doesn't have this cliche backstory.

Personal enjoyment: 7

As I've mentioned again again, the terrible pacing and characters made it hard to enjoy the reading. Not only that, but as someone who bought the whole retail manga 1 by 1, it feels more worth to wait for the game port to come, play with emulation/PS2 or just watch the movies instead. 11 volumes are way too much, knowing that in the 8th one it enters the final stage (basically rushing through the main story) and it takes 3 more to ONLY get to The Journey ending. Sogabe's extra pannels aren't bad, but sometimes feels useless (with all due respect, as I know he might made those for entertainment/commentary purposes, I mostly skipped them after volume 5).

So, overall?

A 6/10 is the most suited rating for this. Without comparing sources, the story is pretty average and it's not until the end where things get spiced up. Using the excuse of being an adaptation, there could have been parts where it explained more about the personas, since that's one of the key parts not only in Persona, but in Megaten series as a whole. Seeing the MC, who has the ability to make any persona, using almost the same ones through the pages, it makes the interest fade away and the battles almost predictables in terms of actions.

In the end, it's up to the reader to consider if it's worth giving this a shot. With both main game and movies being out there (plus some ports that are going to come anytime soon), it's almost irrelevant to try this. However, if you are lazy to finish it, or don't like watching anime (or if you only want to read main events, but as I said you'll skip a lot of good moments), then you can consider reading it.

The World Ends With You, or Subarashiki Kono Sekai, it's a great idea with the lack of proper pacing. Now, a word of warning, this anime is based on the videogame for the Nintendo DS with the same name. However, to make it as subjective as possible, I'll not make a comparison on the two, but focus solely on the animation, making the less possible parallelism on the two. Without further to say, let's jump into the review.

Story: 7

Waking up in an unknown world, without any memories and greeted by enemies known as 'noise'. In order to 'win' the game, you must survive 7 days, ... completing tasks each of the days. What will happen in the course of this story? Basically, the plot in a nutshell. Itself, the story is original and very well made. However, two major factors are what holds me from giving it a higher rate: fights and pacing.

The fights are, to put in a way, the same for the most part. By this I don't mean it's like One Punch Man where every battle ends with the enemy being punched in the face -which is, in fact, good as long as there's something else to this. The battles in TWEWY are mostly "let's synchronize so we can end this fight asap". It even repeats the same animations with a different enemy on the center, so basically if you watch a fight you now known how every other is going to be like.

As for the pace, I can't say for sure if the story is rushed to the point where it could've been better to have more episodes or if 12 episodes are way too long. As for the game, for the most part you are fighting instead of getting cutscenes, so it's natural there isn't that many parts to put on the scene. However, there are key parts that have been completly skipped -as for example, the first fight in the game requires an strategy in order to bait the enemy and make him vulnerable, but for the adaptation they went and said "alright we are going to punch this thing until it dies", missing even the event that should had happen afterwards.

Art: 8

For the characters, there's a comic-like artstyle, not really common in the anime. The animation, mostly for the fights as there's where it requires the most movement, is pretty solid and fluid for the most part. For the enemies, there's an use of CGI instead of hand-drawed frames. This may be a bad choice, as both 2D and 3D animations tends to be bad when mixed. However, in my point of view, this decision made the enemies look way more dangerous, as they look as if they were from another world. The animation on the them probably isn't the best, as they lack proper animations. However, it's decent enough to let that slip.

Sound: 6

As someone who enjoyed the game's soundtrack, I feel as if this adaptation lacks most of the good themes from the original source. I'm not saying that the sound choices are bad, but they could've been a lot better. As for example, the ending theme, Carpe Diem, would have worked better for a boss fight or the last episode ending.

Character: 4

Oh boy, this is really what breaks me the most. Besides the MC and a few more, every other character is 'time-limited'. That means that their screen time will be, at most, for 4 episodes. This wouldn't be bad if we didn't count the bad pacing of the show and how they want you to like a character in just 2 episodes. In a personal note, I love most of the characters, but damn it really feels empty when it gives them around 40 minutes to meet you just to disappear afterwards. The character spits their backstory, a few fights in the middle because if not the show wouldn't hit 12 eps, and then they just say "Sayounara".

Enjoyment: 5

I started this as I really liked the game. It's not that I hated it -in fact, I also liked it. However, with all the negative points it has, it's almost impossible for me to enjoy it. It's good to rewatch the story and refresh your memory, but if someone who haven't played the game asked me if he or she should try this, my answer would be 'no'.

Overall: 6

Are videogame adaptations just bad? No. In all honesty, TWEWY animation had a lot of potential. Maybe because it was meant to 'promote' the game it ended up having a rushed script, but every other aspect of it is decent.

Should you watch TWEWY animation? As I said on the enjoyment part, if you played the game or have a knowledge of how's the story and characters, then yes. It could be good to remember the story and all of that. However, if you have no idea of the original source, then I'm sorry but I wouldn't suggest watching this anime. Thus, I'd give it a 6/10 if you know the source, and a 3/10 if you don't (as I can't give 2 different ratings, I'll stuck with the higher because, as I mentioned, it had the potential to become a better show).

Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita, or WataTen for short, is a decent anime that shouldn't be overlooked by its slighty 'pedophile' theme. This review will cover up why I think it's a good piece to give it a shot, and of course, all of this without any major spoilers.

Story: 7

The story is about an university student called Miyako Hoshino who can't communicate, or rather, can't properly socialize with other people. She tends to spend most of their time home, making customes for cosplay (tho she doesn't put them on... on public). One day, her little sister, Hinata Hoshino, brings a college friend to her house, ... that one being Hana Shirosaki. When Miyako made eye contact with her, the first thought that came to her mind was that 'she was an angel that flew down to her'.

Now, back to my point, the story is rather simple. From their encounter, Miyako tries to be Hana's friend, even if she lacks the social skills to do so. As each episode comes, new people come into the cast -and Miyako also evolves as a character. Besides that, the flow of the show focus on the daily life of both Miyako and her new friends. In short: it's just a fluffy slice of life, and what makes it good are mostly the characters, artstyle (which both will be covered soon) and the MC evolution from a basically weeb who doesn't come out of her house to a more open character.

Art: 7

Artstyle is just decent. It goes for the simple shapes and proportions rather than the realism, and the animation is pretty good sometimes (to put an example without spoilers, let me just say this words: loli bang, it's all I needed to see). It has some flaws at times, like the proportions being a bit inaccurate compared to other characters, mostly seen in the special episode. However, and for the most part, it's quite enjoyable.

Sound: 6

Leaving aside opening and ending, the only time where I liked a music track was the final episode, and I think this is a problem right here. While I'm not one person who focus solely on the OST, the fact that no other background music made an impact is a bit worrying. On the other hand, the voice acting I find it pretty fitting. The children voices aren't that much high pitched as you could expect from these kind of anime, so I give it its deserved props. Miyako's 'creep' scenes are also pretty well made, as well as many other characters with their personalities.

Characters: 8

Each character has its unique aura, but most of them, not including adults, has something in common: they act like children. They are mostly innocent souls that doesn't understand some of the creepy Miyako vibes -without, of course, a few exceptions. This is why I consider it's worth giving it a try, as this 'innocent' theme gives the show more wholesomeness.

Enjoyment: 8

As someone who doesn't have the time to properly watch anime and also has to deal with real life stuff, I found WataTen very entertaining. While the cough pedophile connotations are present in some parts, it's not that much and it's rather funny than disturbing.

Overall: 7

TL;DR: WataTen is a fluffy slice of life anime that I would recommend to anyone having a rough time on its life. It shouldn't be overlooked by its first episode, as the MC progress on 'meeting new people' will truly make up for the first impressions.