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Summary: Simply Hillarious! For any otaku with half a funnybone!
Review: I must admit that I was a bit skeptical when I first picked up this title, but a fellow otaku assured me that it was pretty funny, and so I decided to give it a whirl. And now, I'm grateful that I did, because this is hands-down, one of the funniest manga I've ever read since Love Hina! It follows the daily lives of several high school girls, and is told in comic strip panel format. Each ot the characters has their own set of ... ::ahem:: "interesting" personalities, and so there's a favorite for everyone: from the absoulutely ADORABLE 10-year old prodigy, Chiyo-chan, to Sakaki, the mature, tough girl, with a soft spot for cute (and psychotic) animals. The closest manga series I can compare it to would be Love Hina, although this is in no way a romantic comedy. Still, it retains the same frenetic level of insanity, although on a smaller scale. Bottom line: it's just pure, mindless comedy, and IMHO, will tickle the funnybone of even the most jaded otaku. Sure, a few of the jokes and the situations have been "americanized," and as unfortunate as this is, it doesn't occur very often. But for a good laugh and an overall good feeling, this is the manga to buy! It would've given it a 5-star rating, but unfortunately, ADV seems to have rushed its release, and has offered very little to no information about it on the back cover. Still, the cute and attractive art, and insane humor are a wonderful combination, and makes it a perfect next manga to get, or for the neophyte, a great first manga. I can't wait for the anime to be released next year, and after reading the manga, any otaku will be waiting with just as much impatience!
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Summary: Like a drug
Review: I picked up the first volume out of curiosity, because I'd heard about it somewhere. I thought I might read it when I went away to Baltimore for a couple of weeks. Of course, walking out of the store, I started reading the first few pages...By the end of the week, I had bought and read _all four volumes_, and then went through a period of severe withdrawal.Azumanga is almost supernaturally cute, funny and human; the characters are sharply drawn but avoid obvious stereotypes; the art is crisp and perfectly evocative. Surely Osaka is among the finest characters ever inked or written. The one things which seems strange, though, and sort of funny, is the suspicious lack of any romantic involvement on the part of any character through four years of high school.
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Summary: Wai! So cute!
Review: This is adorable and totally hilarious! I love this book, and have already preordered the second volume. Chiyo-chan is so cute, Tomo is so funny, Sakaki is so not the block of ice everyone thinks she is, and the teachers are so weird! Yumi is the most normal of the bunch, but she's sarcastically funny. And Osaka is lacking a clue most of the time. The strips are very cute, and quite a few are outrageously funny. The thunderstorm series, Miss Yukari's driving, working at Magnetron Burger, and the sports festival are guaranteed to make me laugh no matter how many times I read them. Even thinking about those strips is making me giggle now! Buy this! You won't regret it!
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