Hot Gimmick, Vol. 3

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Summary: Quirky, Not Perky
Review: While the cover page of volume one screams out "Pink!," don't discriminate. It's a quirky, unusual love story about apartment complex romance and the twists and turns that come along with it. Hot Gimmick is clearly considered my favorite manga, japanese comic novel.

When Hatsumi Narita hears of her younger sister's, Akane's, supposed pregnancy, she rushes to the convenience store to purchase a pregnancy test, only to bump into the apartment complex's tyrannical bully and son of the landlord's wife, Ryoki Tachibana.

He finds out about Akane's dirty, little secret and blackmails poor Hatsumi into being his slave. It all goes downhill from here as Hatsumi's life-long crush, Asuza, comes back to the complex after nine years.

After a few incidences of sexual harassment and false pretenses, Hatsumi finds her life complicated as she faces three men vying for her heart: Ryoki Tachibana, Asuza Odagiri, and Shinogu Narita.