Tokyo Mew Mew

Publisher
Tokyopop
Writer
Reiko Yoshida
Artist
Mia Ikumi
Country of origin
Japan
Year
2001

Tokyo Mew Mew V. 3

By David Rasmussen
14th Dec 04

Publisher - TOKYOPOP
Age - T for Teen (13+)
Published in Japan (2001)
By Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida
TOKYOPOP Staff
Translator - Ikoi Hiroe
English Adaptation by Stuart Hazelton
Editors - Amy Court Kaemon and Jodi Bryson

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Previously...
Looks like 11 year old Ichigo can't get a break!
She's on a lukewarm date with the boy she's hot for when she ends up being caught in a bizarre incident that imbues her (and four others) with the DNA of almost extinct animals, in her case an extinct wildcat.

After displaying some cat like traits she soon finds out something happened to her that day... which is obvious since she's kinda acting all feline like and all.
It looks like she is about to be drafted into a war with alien invaders who are using the planet's animal lifeforms to attack the humans.

By the time we get to this point all five of the "team" has been found and assembled, but in the progress it looks like their secret may be out, and Ichigo may be well on her way to having her secret identity discovered by her boyfriend!

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Somehow Ichigo manages to dodge the bullet and avoids having her boyfriend find out her identity, but somehow I can't imagine this being a good thing since she's only delaying the inevitable.

Meanwhile it looks like a trip out on a yacht is only a mission in disguise which turns our quiet soft spoken member of the team into something new, and reveals all new powers.

But what happens if these "changes" happen to Ichigo in the worse way possible and completely transform her into a cat? that can't be good. Especially if she can no longer become human again.

Yeah. those two nutsters who started this whole thing will have lots of explaining to do if their "pet" project gets out of hand anyworse than it is already.... If that was possible, that is.
Ok. Breakdown time.

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What's Hot? - It's not horrible, and it's kind of an interesting read. this book is not as good as Graphic Novel 2, but it's still good nevertheless.

What's Not? - I'm still not entirely sold on this whole eco-magical girl mix thing. Somehow I don't think it works well, but still I'm not entirely down on it either.
Guess I need to buy more to see what else happens, and maybe my opinion will change.

Moments to Remember? - the interactions between the girls is the tops on my list.

What to Ignore? - Uh... guess you can't ignore the whole changing of Ichigo into a cat, but still I wish I could have ignored it... it was kind of boring.

Overall? - While I'm still not a convert about the whole magical girl/eco thing that doesn't mean I'm terribly down on this whole series. I'd have to say that this is an acquired taste, and you'll need some exposure to it before you make up your mind. So try it out before you condemn it, ok? Ok.

-- David Rasmussen 14th Dec 04