#psme

[mercyll]

Please Save My Earth by Saki Hiwatari

[jascurka]

I propose

[nyaa]

[rethrone]

[morevnamorya]

[vestal-spirit]

Rin Kobayashi

Please Save My Earth

[tevoryn]

[xqueenybee]

Issei and Sakura have strong bi4bi energy.

Manga: Please Save My Earth

[tiphares]

[ququoquaw]

i dislike this cat

[mercyll]

[fuzzynachobird]

gtfvsx

CLICK HEAR TO HAVE SOME FUN!

[nyaa]

[rethrone]

no one will ever do it like them I'm afraid

[hotwaterandmilk]

You're an old manga afficienado so I'm curious, did you enjoy Please save my earth? Were there any gripes you had with it, or is it something you'd recommend?

Hi, thanks for the question. Honestly yes, I enjoyed PSME when I first read it as a teen. I love sci-fi, Hiwatari’s art was at its peak, and I found the sweeping interstellar world-building to be fascinating. Things I didn’t like at the time were the rape plot line, the lack of development for the rest of the cast beyond Rin/Shion and Arisu/Mokuren, and the age differences between said characters. All of these I think still stand.

Looking back now I would say much of what bothered me then would be considered problematic to present day readers. In terms of recommending things it’s very much an individual choice as to whether these aspects would make the series unreadable to you.

There is a lot of nuance and beauty in PSME, troubling situations and challenging aspects. I don’t think Hiwatari sticks the landing in all regards, but overall I’d say PSME is an older sci-fi shoujo title worth investigating if the description sounds interesting to you and the potential triggers don’t make it an automatic dealbreaker. (Which is ok too, not every series is for everyone and that’s OK. Classic or not.)

However, in saying that one of the lingering problems with PSME is that Hiwatari absolutely cannot leave it alone. The two sequels, imho, while having some nice family moments, really degrade the original mythology. Less really is more in the case of PSME and a lot of what I struggle with now is how dry the original concept has become after years of draining the well.

That’s not a problem isolated to PSME, it’s an issue with so many sequels and revisits to classic titles across all forms of media.

Anyway those are just my morphine-addled thoughts. Not sure how helpful they are!

[teapotart]

this winter my life became a shoujo manga and it feels like that astronauts meme but with psme vibes