I implore anyone who wants a good
takeaway from this review to read it the whole way through.
Battle Divas is one of the more…
unique experiences in literature I’ve had lately. Which isn’t to say
its plot and characters are unique. Far from it – if you’re a fan
of anime, you’ve seen the broad strokes of this story before about a
million times, including the broad strokes of the characters: the
mild-mannered and usually ineffectual male lead who’s actually
amazingly badass, the spitfire love interest who won’t admit she more
than hates said lead, the cool love interest who won’t emote if her
life depends on it, the slightly less popular aggressively pervy love
interest; these are all familiar. Similarly familiar are the
trappings of demon kings, chanted-up magic, evil empires, battles
being decided on the force of singular champions with kickass powers,
super-powered cat fights breaking out at the drop of a hat and
causing massive property damage, innocent situations that look
compromising found at the exact wrong moment by people who don’t feel
like listening to explanations, and so on.
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