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Summary: CC
Review: I liked this book, at first it was very confusing and weird. But CC goes deeply into the dynamic characters. The two situations in the book are very realistic and lifelike making the reader either love or hate the story.
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Summary: An excellent manga 10 stars!
Review: I LOVED this manga it has an excellent premise, and even in the story dealing with suicide it also deals with teen prostitution, which I here is pritty bad right now in Japan. This story is NOT for those of you who like a happy ending. This is entirly the opposite. YOu don't have to be 16 to read this book just be ready to be blown away
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Summary: Its real....
Review: I really liked this manga. It is very good, I just finished Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, both are amazingly great.! As this is a review page for Vol. 1. I will proceed to review that volume alone, and will save the Vol. 2 Review for another day. First, Confidential Confessions is not all dark and horrible. Yes, it is dark, but its not dark to be dark. Its presenting real-life issues. Maybe some issues everyone has struggled with in one time or another(Suicide, depression, feeling unwanted, helplessness, ect.), and it does it in a way that's not preachy or phoney. The characters are very real, they may be going through hard times, but you understand their problems and you care about them. They are not presented as people in these situations are usually presented: As flat, and people whom are completely self-absorbed. Obviously these people are self-involved, but so are all of us, these people are in the skids of life, just like we all hit sooner or later, or maybe we're in our whole life. But in the first story of the first Vol. these girls are sick of the way the world is, they want to make a difference in it. And I know exactly how they feel. I've been going through the exact same stuff as them. hehe And the scene at Asparagus' funeral, that just made me so mad, the way the girls, and everyone else acted. She wanted to make a difference by dying, but it all remained exactly the same... And be insight is to be found. The second story makes me really sad, it really made me think a lot. Yoshioka had a broken home life, she thought it would be better to live life on her own terms and do what she wants, so she left home at 13. So she turns to prostitution to make quick cash, the no-commitment sex gives her her fix without having to give them her name. And she is okay doing this until she meets Ryo, a guy who plays guitar on the streets, and takes her in without asking for anything in return. She changes the way she thinks more by what he doesn't do, then by what he does. But it is the decisions she makes after he has begun to change her that made me cry. :( The consequenses seemed all to real, as my friends mother is a counselor at JDH. :( Don't let my descriptions turn you off, because these stories are really good. They will make you think, maybe even lend you a new perspective. So don't be shy, give Confidential Confessions a try today.! :D God Bless & *Enjoy* ~Amy
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Summary: Shocking... Different... Refreshing... Thought-provoking...
Review: So many different ways to describe this book, it is like no other manga that I have read. For a start, there is no magic of any kind, or any special circumstances. It is about normal teenagers, and therein lies the brilliance. It still maintains to be about normal teenagers, but delves right into the dark heart that exists in all of us, it takes us into a world filled with pain, a world that our main characters want to end. The first story in the book is the longer, and is about two girls trying to commit suicide. That is the book in a nutshell. It is brutal, there is no mincing of words or beating around the bush, it simply tells their story while they try to end their lives. It is a gripping, and harsh read. I didn't find myself thinking "What are they thinking?" during it, instead I understood their point of view. It is very well done. The second story is about a prostitute who falls in love, but is arrested and sent away from her love. It is not as gripping as the first story, but has a sad ending, like they promise on the cover "Life doesn't always have a happy ending". A great read.
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Summary: Not ordinary
Review: Something that will make you think and give you more insight to life.
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Summary: Thoughtful!
Review: The way this book was advertised (including all the hype words on the cover) led me to think that it would be a soap-opera take on "troubled teens" much like the over-exaggerated "true story" magazines of another era. Overall, it's much better written than that. While I find the endings of the two stories in the first book somehow unsatisfying, I think that the author creates a wealth of complex, dynamic characters worth caring about. She tackles tough topics, if a bit romantically, and I commend her for it. She writes to teens rather than down at them, which is a feat in and of itself. Her stories generally steer clear of preaching and instead try to find real motivations for the characters' internal struggles. Definitely for teens. Very young children aren't likely to understand stories about depression and prostitution.
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Summary: A very good manga book?
Review: Today I just started reading the first story .For most people it would probably make them feel sad but it made me feel confused .It makes you think of life and afterdeath.And you kinda feel for her friend Asparagus because every gets teased and it can make you go insane.
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Summary: Not What You'd Expect From a Manga
Review: Well, naturally, when I first saw this book, the first thing that popped into my head was Law and Order. As far as I was concerned, this was probably going to be stuffed with sex and drug references and no story on the side. Well, there were sex and drug references, but it was also really deep into the mind of the main character of the stories. Instead of leaving you there going, 'What is this person THINKING??', you can actually get into their head and get an understanding of the reasons behind their actions, which is something you don't see often in this sort of thing. And since real life doesn't always have a happy ending, as do these stories, you can almost believe this was based on something that actually happened. I don't recommend this to younger audiences, hence the OT (16+) warning, but it's still a good manga.
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Summary: The opposite of what I expected
Review: When I first heard about this manga, I have to confess it didn't sound too appealing. One's first impression is of an extremely dark, angsty series, (the "rape" "drug abuse" "suicide" and so forth on the cover is testimony to that!) and if you don't like that sort of thing, you definitely wouldn't be interested- or so I thought. As it turned out, once I read it i realized how wrong I was. The stories are very true to life and compelling, making you want to read more and more. CC deals with characters that may start out screwed up, but they grow and learn and eventually are able to put it behind them- which is very different from the typical angsty stories I've read in the past, which usually involve melodramatic, whiny main characters who come to a sticky (and most often self-inflicted) end. Anyway, this really is a great book. You don't have to be 18 to read it, just make sure you know what kind of content you're getting into, and that whatever your age, you're mature enough to deal with it. ^_^ ciao!
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