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juushikaTitle: Fall In Love Like A Comic
Mangaka: Yagami Chitose
Chapter Count: 8
Rating: 2 of 5
Rena is a normal high school girl, but none of her classmates know that she's also a part-time shoujo mangaka—until she drops her latest draft in front of the school idol, Tomoya. Now Rena has the chance to fall in love just like her manga characters, but how will it affect her art and her life?
Shallow and trite in every way: undeveloped characters, predictable plot, unbelievable romance, irritating humor, unremarkable bubbly shoujo art style. This is every other shoujo romance, boiled down to a very general and very bland pulp. Simply put, don't bother with this manga. I finished the main story, but still couldn't bring myself to complete the bonus chapters. There's no redeeming content here.
Title: Uzumaki
Mangaka: Ito Junji
Chapter Count: 20
Rating: 4 of 5
Kurozu-cho is a small Japanese town cursed by spirals—a symbol that appears in flora and fauna, in the city, and finally in the residents. The narrator Kirie describes the city's strange metamorphosis as the city is sucked deeper and deeper into the spiral.
Suspend all disbelief—anything is possible here. From seashells to human snails, the spiral is everywhere and corrupts everything, and the progressions of that spiral makes for an increasingly bizarre manga. It's twisted, disturbing, and attention-catching, and so quite fascinating, but Uzumaki never quite reveals its secrets. There's a story but in the end there's just not enough meaning, so I came away feeling a bit unsatisfied. Nonetheless, this unique series did capture my imagination, and I recommend it.
Title: You're My Girlfriend
Mangaka: Minami Maki
Chapter Count: 4
Rating: 3 of 5
15-year-old Hatsune grew up with five brothers, and now she has no girlfriends and a bad habit of being rude. When forced to join the school's Maiden's Club, she meets Kirie, an only son from a family of daughters, who teaches her a bit about manners and friendship.
A promising but ultimately disappointing manga. The art, with a few exceptions, is a lovely shoujo style; the character interactions have surprising poignancy. But the characters themselves have flaws which, however humorous, however much they direct the plot, are simply too exaggerated to be believable. The manga sacrifices nuance for humor, and suffers for it. A quick read with some good moments, but on the whole forgettable.
Mangaka: Yagami Chitose
Chapter Count: 8
Rating: 2 of 5
Rena is a normal high school girl, but none of her classmates know that she's also a part-time shoujo mangaka—until she drops her latest draft in front of the school idol, Tomoya. Now Rena has the chance to fall in love just like her manga characters, but how will it affect her art and her life?
Shallow and trite in every way: undeveloped characters, predictable plot, unbelievable romance, irritating humor, unremarkable bubbly shoujo art style. This is every other shoujo romance, boiled down to a very general and very bland pulp. Simply put, don't bother with this manga. I finished the main story, but still couldn't bring myself to complete the bonus chapters. There's no redeeming content here.
Title: Uzumaki
Mangaka: Ito Junji
Chapter Count: 20
Rating: 4 of 5
Kurozu-cho is a small Japanese town cursed by spirals—a symbol that appears in flora and fauna, in the city, and finally in the residents. The narrator Kirie describes the city's strange metamorphosis as the city is sucked deeper and deeper into the spiral.
Suspend all disbelief—anything is possible here. From seashells to human snails, the spiral is everywhere and corrupts everything, and the progressions of that spiral makes for an increasingly bizarre manga. It's twisted, disturbing, and attention-catching, and so quite fascinating, but Uzumaki never quite reveals its secrets. There's a story but in the end there's just not enough meaning, so I came away feeling a bit unsatisfied. Nonetheless, this unique series did capture my imagination, and I recommend it.
Title: You're My Girlfriend
Mangaka: Minami Maki
Chapter Count: 4
Rating: 3 of 5
15-year-old Hatsune grew up with five brothers, and now she has no girlfriends and a bad habit of being rude. When forced to join the school's Maiden's Club, she meets Kirie, an only son from a family of daughters, who teaches her a bit about manners and friendship.
A promising but ultimately disappointing manga. The art, with a few exceptions, is a lovely shoujo style; the character interactions have surprising poignancy. But the characters themselves have flaws which, however humorous, however much they direct the plot, are simply too exaggerated to be believable. The manga sacrifices nuance for humor, and suffers for it. A quick read with some good moments, but on the whole forgettable.
