Short Cuts

Rating:
Summary: Great Satire...
Review: A great satirical look of Japanese pop culture. Definately not for kids though, lots of jokes about sex. But it helps the author to make his point thoroughly. One of the funniest things that sticks out in my mind is the daughter who commutes all the way to mars to go to the school with the cutest uniforms. I thought that was hilarious.

Great for people who like to have a critical eye turned towards Japanese pop culture.

Rating:
Summary: Great Satire...
Review: A great satirical look of Japanese pop culture. Definately not for kids though, lots of jokes about sex. But it helps the author to make his point thoroughly. One of the funniest things that sticks out in my mind is the daughter who commutes all the way to mars to go to the school with the cutest uniforms. I thought that was hilarious.

Great for people who like to have a critical eye turned towards Japanese pop culture.

Rating:
Summary: Woah FUNNY
Review: I can not believe how hilarious this book is. It's full of one to two page short stories, kinda like the weekly funnies in American Newspapers. They all basically focus on "cute high school girls" or ko-gals, which as the writer says seem to dominate japanese society, think of all the anime and manga focused on teenage females.

All I can say is these are some of the raunchiest, most perverted, and sick jokes I've ever read. So in other words HILARIOUS. This is definately a 16 and up age requirement. No if ands or buts about it. These jokes are just too perverted for anyone younger.

A thing to keep in mind, while many of the jokes are universal, many are not. There are quite a few cultural references that only japanese people would understand and you're left thinking "What? I don't get it." Thankfully, though I didn't realize it till I was halfway through the book, there is a summary guide in the back that pretty much explains all the hard to understand ones. After you read it and then read that particular story again later, it does become very humorous. :D

This is a great read for all us sickos out there that like reading this kinda thing. The art is a bit different from other manga, no big sparkly eyes, and that actually turned a few of my friends away from it before they even read any of it!! That's crazy. It is drawn very nicely though in my opinion, almost like Junji Ito's Uzumaki. Anyway get this book and you won't regret it. ^.^