Pumpkin Scissors Manga Opinion Review
Pumpkin Scissors was one of those manga I passed over for multiple reasons. The name was one. The name didn't catch my interest at all so I ignored it. However, after running into a AMV with multiple anime's in it. I realized I wanted to watch it from the clips I saw and after I watched the anime I needed to read the manga. The anime is good but the manga is 100% better. I am kinda glad I didn't start it for a while though cause it was licensed but Del Ray Dropped it. Then nobody scanned it for a long time. So I am glad I picked it up when releases started coming out again. There is a fairly large following given that there is a anime and fan fiction and also fan art so hopefully Del Ray will allow someone else to do the project that actually wants to if they don't like it anymore.
That brings me to the second reason why I skipped over it when I first saw it. I like Action Manga but I am not big on guns. I usually find them cowardly. So, I tend so shy away from manga that make a big use of them. However this one is different. Randal has to get in point blank range to pull the trigger so he feels the weight of ending a life. Unlike idiots who can snipe off a building or shoot out of a car window without watching the light leave their victims eyes. So this one is not like that. Plus Lieutenant Alice Malvin doesn't use a gun at all. She uses a Dagger and a double bladed sword. Its pretty cool watching the animation of her fighting in the anime with the sword so that is one of the biggest reasons to watch the anime. Unfortunately she only uses it a few times. Usually she is just using her dagger.