Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Volume 3

The book is damaged, and the publisher for some unknown reason has changed from the glossy front cover to matt finish on this third volume.. unbelievable! What’s the point in doing this now???

もうこの商品は届かないのかなと思い始めた時に配達予定のメールが届きましたので、先ずは安心しました。今日本発のコミックで一番好きな作品であり、その内容が英語圏の読者へどの様に伝えられているかが知りたい為、Volume.1から購入を続けています。わたしは60歳台前半ですが、このお話が今後どの様に展開し、完結を迎えるのか、生きている内に見届けたいです。原作は7月に7巻が発売される予定なので、その点で比較しても、海外版が追い付くのは2024‐5年でしょうね。その時点で原作の方は更に続刊しているでしょうし．．．本巻巻末にも発行者側の解説が長々書かれておりますが、これも外国語圏の読者の読み込み方が分かって興味深い。また英語翻訳の苦労をそこかしこに見つけることが出来ますが、つくづく日本語が母語で良かったと思います（原作に有る細かいニュアンスが楽しめる）。あとどなたか英語のレビューで外装の質感が変わったとの指摘を先に読んでおりましたが、現物を見て確認しました。写真プリントの仕上がりでうなら、Volume１や２が光沢仕上げ、３はマット仕上げの違いという感じですね。前者の方が良いと言う価値観なのかな。何れにしても本作品はまだまだ楽しめそうなので目が離せません。次は本作巻末でも広告が載っている、海外版BD/DVDの発売が待ち遠しい。Amazonさん、発売となった際には取り扱い宜しくお願いします。

Volume 3 of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! continues the story of the Asakusa, Kanamori, and Mizusaki's high school animation club. This volume contains chapters 16 through 23 of the story. This volume notably introduces a fourth major character to the group, Doumeki, the sole member of the school's Audio Club. In addition to that, Eizouken continues to learn about the world of animation with more focus on the sound aspect with Doumeki's help and create a new animation to sell at a convention.Overall, I thought that this installment in the series was weaker than the first two. To start with the positive aspects, I definitely appreciated the same kind of storytelling that has been a staple of this series so far. It is enjoyable seeing the established trio of Eizouken meeting a new collaborator in Doumeki. Also, I really like the sequence showing how Kanamori got interested in how to run a good business and how those principles that she learned as a young girl are applied to Eizouken in the present. And, of course, this volume continues to explore Asakusa's mind and various creative thoughts about fictional worlds that are a true staple of this series.However, there are some serious weak points that mar this volume. First, the artwork overall seemed noticeably sloppier than in the previous volumes where it seems like characters are off-model half of the time. While no one is unrecognizable, this still felt lazy. In addition, I was rather disappointed with the unfocused story that leads up to Eizouken attending a convention. Unlike the two previous story arcs, there was not enough focus on the creation of their third animation. Finally, it felt like Mizusaki was pushed to the side and barely had any lines throughout this volume despite being a main character.I must also comment on the physical aspect of this volume. I noticed several pages with messy printing giving some panels a blurred appearance. On top of that, while the first two volumes had a glossy cover typical of manga, this had a flat finish. It is very disappointing to see this downgrade in physical quality even though I still paid top dollar for this volume.In conclusion, while this volume is generally enjoyable for the dedicated fan, more casual readers may find this to be a letdown. If you really liked the anime and/or really enjoyed the first two volumes, you may get some enjoyment out of this.

The amount of happiness that this series gives me isnt quantifiable.If you like animation and the study and process of animation then you will adore this series aswell.Even if you dont do specifically animation, just any kinda artistic pursuit in general, you will love the kinda things that this manga has to tell and celebrate and enjoy.It has some of the most incredible art that ive ever seen in a manga as well. It is bursting with such personality and such a fantastic uniqueness that isnt found in many other mangas, and id go so far to say that the art and designs are some of the most inspiring and interesting and beautiful that ive ever seen no matter the context.I only finally finished this volume recently because the enjoyment and energy that it fills me with to read just one chapter about these girls adventures is such a boost for my own creativity that i felt like i needed to ration it out because it doesnt seem that the translations are coming out very quickly.So at this point i am very eager for the next volume.I also decided to write this review because i was surprised that it wasnt just straight up 5 star for how amazing it is, but then again most of the time i imagine most non glowing reviews for books on amazon are about the product being damaged rather than disliking the book. Because i mean at this point in our society you probably have already researched whether or not you will like a book before you go way out of your way to buy an actual physical copy.