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Summary: A different kind of Clamp manga
Review: "Suki" might at first be offputting to Clamp fans, both in terms of the artwork and the initial story. Even fans of the sweet "Cardcaptor Sakura" might start gagging when the high schooler Hinata starts talking to her teddy bears. But don't dismiss this manga just yet! By the end of the first book, it's clear that Clamp is working one of their trademark story twists into "Suki". The last chapter focuses on the adults in Hinata's life, some of whom may be sinister, and it seems likely that the danger of Hinata's innocence may play a role. Clamp also likes to make manga that that not only feature love stories, but also delve into the truths and various aspects of love. "Wish" featured the slowly developing love between a human and angel, with Clamp's commentary on what true love is throughout the manga. "Man of Many Faces" has a six year old spouting rather profound statements on the nature of love. Knowing this made it easier for me to accept the cloying set-up between Hinata and her teacher in this "like story", as the cover puts it. Hopefully, Clamp will use this premise to give us more of their insights on the different forms that love and affection can take.
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Summary: A different kind of Clamp manga
Review: "Suki" might at first be offputting to Clamp fans, both in terms of the artwork and the initial story. Even fans of the sweet "Cardcaptor Sakura" might start gagging when the high schooler Hinata starts talking to her teddy bears. But don't dismiss this manga just yet! By the end of the first book, it's clear that Clamp is working one of their trademark story twists into "Suki". The last chapter focuses on the adults in Hinata's life, some of whom may be sinister, and it seems likely that the danger of Hinata's innocence may play a role. Clamp also likes to make manga that that not only feature love stories, but also delve into the truths and various aspects of love. "Wish" featured the slowly developing love between a human and angel, with Clamp's commentary on what true love is throughout the manga. "Man of Many Faces" has a six year old spouting rather profound statements on the nature of love. Knowing this made it easier for me to accept the cloying set-up between Hinata and her teacher in this "like story", as the cover puts it. Hopefully, Clamp will use this premise to give us more of their insights on the different forms that love and affection can take.
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Summary: A girl, a new teacher and two teddy bears.
Review: Hinata Asahi lives alone in a huge house, she is a high school student who gets great grades, and she likes everything and everybody. When Shiro Asou moves in next door and ends up becoming her new teacher she ends up having a crush on him.
And he seems to return her interest. Or is there something else going on?
The fact is this book hooked me. There was something going on, something I just couldn't figure out and it wasn't just a simple teacher-student forbidden love thing. Shiro Asou barely seems to notice his students, yet is willing to hang around Hinata. I feel he is up to something, but I have to read the next book to find out.
Another series by CLAMP that I'll have to finish. Go CLAMP!
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Summary: A girl, a new teacher and two teddy bears.
Review: Hinata Asahi lives alone in a huge house, she is a high school student who gets great grades, and she likes everything and everybody. When Shiro Asou moves in next door and ends up becoming her new teacher she ends up having a crush on him.
And he seems to return her interest. Or is there something else going on?
The fact is this book hooked me. There was something going on, something I just couldn't figure out and it wasn't just a simple teacher-student forbidden love thing. Shiro Asou barely seems to notice his students, yet is willing to hang around Hinata. I feel he is up to something, but I have to read the next book to find out.
Another series by CLAMP that I'll have to finish. Go CLAMP!
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Summary: Surprisingly Great!
Review: I have to admit, I had a few reservations about this manga before I read it: Visually, it's not as stunning as some of Clamp's other works, though it's definitely not ugly. It's just that the main characters are very plain - very "real", rather than "so beautiful you can't help but stare."First, a few caveats: No magic, no sci-fi. And the first half of the book is almost (almost, but not quite) insufferably cute, but I can see that this manga has punch. The story of Suki is about Hinata, an "idiot savant" as her friends call her - she's a straight-A student, but she doesn't have an ounce of common sense. She lives alone, cheerfully eating her meals with her two teddy bears. Then, one day, a stoic man moves in next door and Hinata is delighted, since she now has someone to talk to. He also turns out to be her substitute teacher. But her two school friends are worried - the teacher isn't overly friendly, but he does keep having dinner or lunch with Hinata and always seems to show up where she is. Plus, she really enjoys the attention and develops a crush on him, naive in her not understanding that teachers shouldn't hang around students so much. Is he up to something, a pervert maybe? Well...we don't know yet, but this first volume is really quite good. It sets up Hinata's cuteness and innocent demeanor and reveals her situation quite well. I'm very, very interested to pick up the next books (there are 3 total including this one). Great stuff! Probably best for the young teen and older crowd, as sex is mentioned (there is no actual sex, though).
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Summary: Lamest CLAMP title yet....
Review: I love Clamp. I loved X, Chobits, Rayearth and Wish. But this is terrible! The heroines of Clamp stories are usually pretty dim, but in this book, the herione is actually severely retarded. For real. And it just isn't fun to watch. She is described as an "idiot savant" by one character, but she unfortunately, is just being nice. Her classmates are unrealistically nice to her. If Hinata were a real high school girl, she would be mercilessly teased by everyone around her. She is a high school girl who sings nursery rhymes and reads picture books. She's clueless about sex and everything else in the world. The art is poor, the story lame, and the heroine the dumbest of all.
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Summary: So what if she's retarded
Review: I will admit when I red the book through the first time I really thought that Hina was retarded, and I thought, "Great for CLAMP to make a story about a mentaly (spelling) challenged girl." But when I found out she wasn't I was suprised, but after reading it a 2nd time I learned much more. It's a great book, for fans of Cardcaptor Sakura and Wish.
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Summary: So what if she's retarded
Review: I will admit when I red the book through the first time I really thought that Hina was retarded, and I thought, "Great for CLAMP to make a story about a mentaly (spelling) challenged girl." But when I found out she wasn't I was suprised, but after reading it a 2nd time I learned much more. It's a great book, for fans of Cardcaptor Sakura and Wish.
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Summary: Reminds me of someone I know
Review: I'm getting this book for my friend for Christmas because Hinata reminds me of her--smart, but at the emotional age level of, say, an 8-year old and completely nuts--I was laughing so hard while reading because I couldn't help thinking of this particular person. Otherwise I'd be a little annoyed at the character for being too cute, but...people like this actually exist!
The images are well drawn, and I like the visual devices like drawing Hina as a tail-wagging puppy after Asou-sensei pats her on the head.
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Summary: Too sweet for my taste..
Review: It's so sweet that I fear that soon I were devoured by ants... Cotton Candy its sour compared with "Suki" the "I-feel-so-warm-and-fuzzy-all-over" girl... But it awakes your curiosity. Will Asou Shiro rape her? Save her? Kill her? Don't know... I will dream of suffering and buy the second one as soon it appear on sale. Curiosity will make me spend money in the second one... Well, at least is mildly entertaining and its very light, so is easy to understand.
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