My journey through reading Arina Tanemura titles I've never picked up before thanks to my sister not wanting them any longer continues! Yeah, that's right, I've also never read Time Stranger Kyoko, though I do remember my sister picking this up and being excited for it back in the day. (It even still has its price sticker from Borders, talk about a hit to the nostalgia!)  Thankfully this series is only three volumes long, which means I'll be able to knock it out quickly and decide whether or not to keep it or to sell it as a set on Mercari. (Kind of dreading having to tackle The Gentleman's Alliance Cross.) I will say however, that after having read I.O.N., picking this volume up reminded me how much the samefacing in Tanemura's style has always irritated me.

Anyway, Time Stranger Kyoko.  There isn't much that I can say here that isn't already summed up in the book description, at least regarding the plot.  If you're a fan of shoujo, magical girls, or any of Arina Tanemura's other manga series, you're probably going to like this.  I'm probably being a little harsh in my rating, but there's a lot of formulaic aspects to her work that are just as present here as they are in the other stuff by her that I've read, and I personally do tire of that rather quickly.  This isn't to say that her work, much less this story, isn't enjoyable! It very much is, and it's lighthearted enough to serve as a good palate cleanser between other, heavier reads.  It just tends to be a little stale, at least in my opinion, and for this trilogy, it's likely only the unique setting and world-building that has kept me invested in reading the rest of it.  But do take that with a grain of salt, I'm not the easiest reader to please.