Sesana's Reviews > Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1

I really do like the premise of Library Wars, that the battle against censorship has become very literal. The Library Defense Force is an interesting concept. And I like the vaguely Utena-like idea that Kasahara was inspired by her "prince" to try and become like him. But the execution was somewhat lacking. We're told that the battle is very serious and requires elite soldiers with elite training. But we never see any incidents that reflect that. (I'll give the benefit of the doubt and say that comes later.) Worse, Kasahara annoyed me deeply. She supposedly wants to be in the LDF badly, but she doesn't take her classes, her training, her superiors, or even the library itself seriously. I won't be reading further, because I just couldn't take any more of her.