Story & Playability
A boy's life is spun around in circles when an angel just drops into his life. Pita-ten is a very sweet romance by
Koge Donbo, with twists, turns, and lots of glomping! A very original story. The story grabs your attention and holds it
tightly with both arms, as it never gets boring, even if you sit down and read through the whole series in a day. There
is humor placed throughout the story too, but it doesn't get in the way of the serious stuff. When the mood is
dark, it stays dark, and when everyone's laughing, you are too. The story is also simple enough to follow if you
put it down and come back later, but not so simple that it's boring. The story draws in main points that are
repeated throughout the story, but the story itself is never repetitive, so that's another plus. The way the story
is paced also makes it so that it never gets confusing. There were parts when the characters had flashbacks, and though
a lot of the times it was obvious what was happening, there were some parts in the main storyline that got confusing
when the time setting changed. Overall, the story is very sweet, very cute, but still fit for those who like drama and
all that love triangle stuff. For story, I give the score of 9/10
Rating: 9
Graphics
It's Koge Donbo! It automatically gets a 10! Just kidding. The art for Pita Ten is very cute, but still served well
in the dramatic and sad parts. It just wouldn't look right if the art didn't stay consistent. Koge Donbo has a
way of making the characters look overly cute while keeping up with human proportions, which makes them even more
believable and therefore more lovable. Pita Ten is supposed to be a cute series, and the art definitely matches the
genre. The characters are all very well done. Each character is unique, art-wise, having his or her own defining
characteristics (a ribbon, glasses, maybe cat ears). The characters that were supposed to look alike (relatives, like
mothers and fathers are supposed to look like their kids) looked alike, but they also had their own characteristics
defined too, no matter how unimportant the character. Every character was very simple. Plain as that. Koge Donbo has a
nack for making simple characters that are hard to draw. The art never gets boring, no matter how much it is repeated
(or appear to be repeated. There are a lot of scenes that look repeated or redrawn). This section gets a 10, but this
time, I've given my reason (besides the Koge Donbo thing).
Rating: 10
Sound
There is no sound to review. It's a manga. I will give this section a score that is as close to the average score
as possible so as to not throw off the overall review score.
Rating: 9
Fun
Pita Ten starts and ends leaving the reader satisfied both times. I just wish it didn't end the way it did (no
spoilers, you'll have to read it for yourself). The series is very enjoyable, as it never gets boring (as
aforementioned). It is in a way "colorful" (even though it is a black and white manga). You can't help
but love every character, even the evil ones. As aforementioned, the humor is placed well in the book, but this section,
I am supposed to talk about how good the humor was. Now, the humor was okay, but it seemed like a lot of it was Japanese
jokes that couldn't translate very well. There were funny parts, those parts were enjoyable and got a couple of
laughs out of me, but the humor doesn't feel satisfactory. The overall story of Pita Ten (again, as aforementioned)
is well paced and keeps you into it. The idea of angels and demons in the story is played with a lot, but it makes the
story very good. The theme is the story is clear and not difficult to understand, but somewhat simplistic. Pita Ten was
enjoyable from the first page to the last, and so I end this review with giving this section an 8.
Rating: 8
Final Verdict
8.8333 (very good)
Reviewed by JetKrazy, Aug 09, 2007