Nao Kodaka

I read the first volume of this series, and it was not good, but I'm plowing on to volume 2 because it has Winnie the Pooh on the cover and I want to read it as part of my Pooh Project. This series is an adaptation of an arcade game called Disney Magical Dance on Dream Stage (You can see the game in action here: https://youtu.be/OTjLbVVbCSM ).

Well, I did like the Winnie the Pooh chapter quite a bit, as Pooh reveals himself to be a zen dance master because he eats to the beat. There's even another chapter that features Tigger, but that one is just okay.

Unfortunately, the rest of the book just bored as various less interesting Disney characters -- Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Lilo & Stitch -- help the heroine keep practicing and pushing herself as her school team enters the big dance tournament.

In the future, they should ditch everyone else and just give us a whole book of dancing Pooh!

FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: Card 7: Winnie the Pooh -- Side Story Comic 1 -- Card 8: Minnie Mouse -- Side Story Comic 2 -- Card 9: Donald Duck -- Card 10: Stitch and Friends -- Card 11: Tigger -- Side Story Comic 3 -- Card 12: Alice -- Side Story Comic 4 -- Card 13: Minnie and Daisy -- Card 14: Tinker Bell

(Pooh Project: Phase 2! I've managed to catalog all the shorter Pooh projects my family owns (see the list here). While I work through few remaining longer Pooh books we own, I'm missing my daily dose of Pooh, so I'm going to start seeking out some of the Pooh books I don't own – yet – from libraries IRL and online. See the reviews here.)… (más)

I only checked this out from the library because volume 2 has Winnie the Pooh on the cover so I want to read the series as part of my Pooh Project. I did not realize that this is an adaptation of an arcade game called Disney Magical Dance on Dream Stage (You can see the game in action here: https://youtu.be/OTjLbVVbCSM ) and that Pooh is not even in the first volume.

The story is paper thin, with a girl named Rin who wants to join her school dance team but is held back by a mean girl and her own doubts. Tinker Bell hangs around Rin like her personal fairy godmother and occasionally brings in some random Disney characters to bolster Rin's confidence or teach her a new dance. Guest stars this time include Mickey Mouse, Lilo & Stitch, Chip 'n' Dale, the Little Mermaid, and Cinderella.

This is not good, and I'd normally stop here, but I'm going to read the next, concluding volume anyhow for that Pooh appearance.

FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: Side Story Comic 1 -- Card 1: Mickey Mouse -- Card 2: Stitch -- Card 3: Chip & Dale -- Side Story Comic 2 -- Card 4: Ariel -- Side Story Comic 3 -- Card 5: Lilo and Stitch -- Card 6: Cinderella… (más)