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Summary: peachy keen
Review: I've read quite a few series of manga, and peach girl is probably my favorite series of them all! Peach Girl is about a girl named Momo(which is Japanese for peach) Adachi. She's 16 years old and people don't like her because they think she's a slut due to her blonde hair and tanned skin. And her "best friend" Sae Kashiwagi is on a mission - to make Momo's life a living hell! So even though I hate Sae, she's the character that keeps this whole story interesting by plotting all these evil schemes to ruin Momo's life. Anyways.. PEACH GIRL RULES!!
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Summary: Peach Girl,...sweet story!
Review: This may be a shoujo manga but it's not for the little girls! Momo is a lush beauty with a complex about her dark tan skin. Her looks get her into trouble because people seem to always assume things about her based on her looks. She's got a crush on a friend since Jr. High, Toji, who she tries to keep secret from her "best friend", Sae. Sae can't stand that guys are more interested in Momo than her. Momo has Kiley, a popular and good-looking senior, chasing after her and complicating her efforts to be with Toji! After reading just this first volume,...I'm definitely drooling in anticipation at the next volume!
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Summary: Good book, but some minor flaws.
Review: I really like Peach Girl. I've read most of the first series, and the first three of the Change of Heart, and although I really do like it, it has some minor flaws I'd like to point out.
Peach Girl is a very good manga, but it is not "the greatest manga ever." First of all, Momo (the main character) is disliked because she is beautiful. Think about that for a second. Does that really make any sense? Yes, in a superifcal sense. Second of all, if Momo doesn't like to be harassed so much by guys and gossiped about by girls, maybe she should stop wearing revealing clothing. Just a thought.
I also have a problem with one of the statements I read as a summary of Peach Girl. "It's not easy being beautiful." Uh huh, like I'd know. Do they really think it's O.K. to say that? I know being beautiful isn't everything, but it's hard to connect with what Momo is going through when she is drop-dead-gorgeous.
Overall, this is a really good manga. How Momo treats Sae has helped me deal with "real life" Saes and gossip. The plot is also intresting, and the characters have *flaws*! They're not prefect, like in some mangas. Anyone who likes corny romances, or watching high school life, will love Peach Girl. Even my friend liked it, and she hates romcances. Go figure.
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Summary: Ok, If I'm actually taking time to write this review.....
Review: ... that must mean this manga is good. (...) When I first looked at the picture of this girl on the cover of this new manga in my hands, It came to me as somewhat strange that this girl never learned to zip her fly, but don't let this fool you. All the colored artwork of this girl display her in strange clothes and positions like this, but she isn't like that at all. Momo (meaning Peach in Japaneese) Adochi (I belive her last name is, or somewhere along those lines) is really a very nice (until she gets ticked off) person who has unfortunatly big problems when it comes to her friendship with a wicked cat-woman named Sae. Though its not a vital part of the story line, it should be pointed out that Momo is one of those that tans easy. Sadly, her classmates view her tan skin as her being a "beach bunny." But really Momo was active on the swim team. Now back to Sae. Momo came to her high school a few weeks late because she had the measles. When she started her first day, Sae immediatly latched on to her. At the time Momo was just happy to have a friend because everyone else had already been sucked into their own groups, a sorting that Momo missed because of her absence. When Sae became her "friend" Momo didn't realize or wonder about why Sae wasn't sucked into a group herself. The truth is apparent later when she sees that Sae is nothing but wicked. It is said that the grass is always greener on the other side, but Momo's version of it is that "if I were to pick one blade of that grass, Sae wouldn't rest until she had it." This becomes truly apparent later on when we see Sae's true side. Sae finds out that Momo has been in love with a boy named Toji since she was in junior high, a secret that Momo has wisely kept from her. In a cruel display of meaness after finding out, Sae goes after this boy herself in front of Momo's eyes no less, all the while looking like the sweet one while Momo is left looking like SHE is stealing Toji from SAE. To add a great deal of humor to the otherwise disturbing plot, a popular and hot guy is added named Kiley. Kiley appears at first to be just a pervert, and he accidently keeps causing more trouble for Momo left and right, making the situation between her and Toji worsen. Momo (I don't blame her) has a lot of built up anger inside her from just the small amount of time that she has had to put up with Sae and her relentless copying, among other things. Kiley (he brings it upon himself) becomes the scapegoat for her anger. If Kiley were not in this manga, it would just be a drama, almost unbearable because of Sae. Kiley makes this manga's world turn. The artwork, or animation in this manga is beautiful. In other manga/anime that I've read/seen, the characters are nothing but geometric forms. Miwa Ueda's art hand has gotten carried away when it comes to the beauty of the animation in this manga. So all in all Alas I cannot give you readers more information on the plot except for the bare minimum. My review here is nothing (if that) compared to what you will read when you read this manga. If you have the not-too-unreasonable twenty bucks to spare, which is easy enough if you babysit, have a job, walk dogs, whatever, I highly highly recommend that you buy Peach Girl numbers one and two. If you just buy volume one WARNING: Cliffhanger alert! In number two there is a steep cliffhang drop as well, (...) If you enjoy manga, or any young adult literature at that, you WILL love Peach Girl by Miwa Ueda. (...)
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Summary: Peach Girl is well, a Peach!
Review: I first saw Peach Girl at my comic shop and I thought that it looked kind of mature. When I was online, a girl mentioned that she thought that Peach Girl was the best manga she had ever read, and I got interested. I read some reviews on it, and I was hooked. I HAD to get it^^ I recieved it and I loved it!
At first, Momo seems like she's some sort of beach bunny, but nobody REALLY knows her. Everybody thinks she'll only date a guy for a day, then dump him, and she uses everybody for presents. Whatever.
Sae, however, is prime evil. Everything Momo Adachi has, so does Sae Sasaki. She's DETIRMINED to ruin her life. The story is like a peach: sometimes, it seems sweet and fuzzy on the outside, but there is always that hard core waiting for you.
When I read this manga, it gave me the same feeling as Yu Watase's Fushigi Yuugi, minus the magic. It's drama, mixed in with romance. It's a beautiful story, and I reccomend everybody, shoujo fan or not, to read this. (By the way: I don't consider it to be a 'soap opera' as some may say. It is TOO good.)
Some concepts are a little mature, but not too bad.
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Summary: The best thing ever
Review: This is one funny manga. Especially this first volume. I really could not stop laughing. It's also so addicting, one of those books you can't put down till the end, and even when it's over you read it again and again. The art is also very noteworthy. It is absolutely gorgeous. The character designs are some of the best I've ever seen. It's one of those mangas where the guys are drawn really good. I mean they literally make you drool. Ahhh I love this series so much. I recommend it for anyone who likes a good story. What is the story about? Basically a misunderstood highschool girl (momo) that everyone assumes is a easy party girl because of her looks. She likes a guy named Toji and a guy named Kiley likes her. Then there's her "friend" Sae who wants whatever Momo wants, Momo wants Toji so Sae wants Toji.( But where does poor Kiley fit in). So it basically sets off from there. Read and enjoy.
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Summary: Cute and funny...
Review: Peach Girl is an odd concept really, I mean we're following the love escapades of a girl whom is naturally blonde and tan in a world where everyone has dark hair and non-tan skin haha(Unless they fake'n'bake). Momo can't help it, she hates the way she looks. Now in the U.S. someone like Momo would be considered an absolute babe, but obviously in Asia, they have different standards of beauty. So in this volume Momo has to deal with a backstabbing friend whom copies everything she does and tries to steals all the guys from Momo's life. Any guy that seems to take interest in Momo or/and that Momo likes. All Momo wants to do is look normal and get some friends who are'nt total (...) and because Momo is so insecure about the way she looks she doesn't realize all the guys that like her. its kind of fun to get some insight into the life of the "hot" girl. All girls are insecure about the way they look, especially the ones we consider hot. Of course "Peach Girl" isn't deep, its a whole LOT OF FLUFFY SHOUJO!!! If you like fluffy shoujo then you'll love Peach Girl no doubt.! God Bless & *enjoy* ~Amy
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Summary: Really cute
Review: I used to read Sweet Valley High in junior high school and I picked this up because the drawings caught my eye. It seems like an illustrated Sweet Valley high sometimes, but that's okay. When I look back, those books were actually decent for kids to read because although they did take a kind of dramatic soap opera type form, the characters did usually do the right thing and they respected themselves and their bodies. Elizabeth and Jessica never ran around sleeping with everyone in sight, or with anyone, actually. So they were decent bubble gum type role models. This book seems to take a similar attitude towards such things, although it looks at [physical attraction]in a sometimes different way, it's hard to say exactly how. It's a cultural thing, I think.
Anyways, It's really amusing. I love it when the comics take really ridiculously comic form, like when Sae is throwing herself at Toji (she goes to such lengths as to trip him in the hallway with a wire and stuff). Sometimes Sae turns into a paper doll and sometimes Sae develops road runner legs when she's running after Toji or someone else and I find that hilarious. When the characters are drawn realistically, they are drawn well. Momo has huge eyes and vulnerable facial expressions that are just adorable, and as much care is taken with the guys. I thought Goro was especially well drawn, even though he is [not popular].
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Summary: *This was my first manga and truly my favorite!*
Review: I've read all 8 books in the peach girl series and 1&2 of peach girl: Change of heart. I really want #3 but I shall wait like a good girl.....AHHH must have it! must have it! Anyway....this is a great series because its funny, sexy, cute, and addicting. Sure you might say being addicting is a bad thing but what would you do if you didn't crave the next book in the series? Its worth every cent of your money and every moent of your time, or at least it was to me. Every book is exciting and the endings will leave you longing for more! Its simply one of the cleverest mangas around! Great job Miwa Euda!!! Clap!! Clap!! Clap!!
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Summary: Really Fun
Review: If you're looking for a light, fun manga to read then pick up the Peach Girl series. The story isn't hard to follow, it has a lot of high school drama, great characters and it's really cute. While I wouldn't pick it over something like Paradise Kiss or Mars, it is charming in it's own way.
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