Having been waiting for this for about 5 months, ever since I saw
Odd Hours was to be released, I was quite excited the other day to
finally get my hands on it. At first opening it, the art struck me
as a bit , well, odd...but after reading the first few panels, it
works very well for this story and for the characters. It was very
nice to see Odd, Stormy, Terri, Chief Porter and even Elvis as I
had imagined them in my mind many times before.
The story is, in comparison to the books, quite simple, as there is
no in depth analysis of what Odd is thinking during the events most
of the time like in the novels. This is the only flaw that I can
find, but given the format this was done in, a very understandable
one.
It's wonderful, yet sad at the same time, seeing the interactions
between Odd and all the friends in Pico Mundo that he has, as we
know that he does eventually leave and Stormy does eventually part
ways with Odd. However, despite this, the character interaction is
wonderful, just as in the books, and you really get drawn into the
story by looking instead of imagining.
While it all ends too quickly, I hope that there may be manga
adaptations of the novels currently out already. I would love to
see this.
All in all, a great title with but one flaw, if you are able to
accept the fact you have to use less imagination this time around.
And if you can also deal with what small amount of Elvis we are
dealt :D