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Summary: Love Stories
Review: "Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances, Vol. 1" consisted of two interesting love stories. I personally preferred the first over the second, but you can't expect every story to be just as good as the last. Here is a basic run-down of the two stories:
The first one was about Yukino Miyazawa, a girl who is pretty, smart, helpful, and kind...at least when she's at school. She has always been popular, but when Soichiro Arima comes along, her popularity begins to fade. He is also good-looking, smart, helpful, and kind. Miyazawa is so upset by the fact that she isn't the center of attention anymore, that she slowly begins to focus all of her time and energy on Arima...but is it competitive energy, or is it possible that Yukino might have a crush? And what will she do if her true selfish, snobby self is discovered, and she is left looking like a hypocrite?
The second story is about Koharu Mizumoto, a shy, quiet girl who is incredibly afraid of opening up to anyone. But when she bumps into supposedly "bad" Toshiro Sakajo, her glasses are broken, and she finds herself practically sightless. Feeling as though he is partly responsible for Koharu's glasses being broken, Sakajo offers to be her "eyes" until her glasses can be fixed, which means he will follow her around at school, carrying her books, sharing his notes with her, and helping her around. At first Koharu feels awkward, but after a while, she begins to feel more and more attracted to Sakajo, who isn't turning out to be so "bad" after all.
This was a romantic, entertaining book. I didn't want to put it down! The first story is going to be continued in the second book, but I think the second one has come to an end. I'm going to check out the second volume at the library the next time I go. The only problem I had with this book is that there was a lot of cussing! I'm still sort of new to manga, but I've never read one that cussed so much. It contained all the common cuss-words that aren't the worst you could say, but are still bad. It also had some words and phrases like "Oh my God" that I don't approve of that much, even though I'm used to reading it a lot. I also liked that both boys in the stories were cute. I just can't get that into romantic manga if the boy isn't attractive to me. To get into it, it has to be a boy that I would have a crush on if I was a manga character. Overall, if you like romance, and don't mind all the cussing, then I recommend this book to you. But keep in mind that this IS romance, and I can't guarantee that future books will have appropriate romance material like this one did.
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Summary: WE LOVE YUKINO THE EGOMANIAC!!!
Review: ... This is a great manga. Just the right amount of romance, but not enough to tip it over the edge to the barfy kind. Humor always saves it at the last second! Masami Tsuda also draws great chibi characters. =^.^=
Don't miss this one!
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Summary: Kare Kano Vol. 1
Review: Despite the negative comments I had read about this series, I figured I'd give it a try anyways and I wasn't disappointed. I wasn't expecting to like it since I'm not a big fan of shojo in general and it's different from what I usually read, but I really do love kare kano now. I like everything about it and the characters and overall storyline feel very real and compelling to me, I never thought it was boring at all. I keep wanting to read it over and over and it's currently my 2nd-favorite manga of all time.
I definitely think it's worth giving a try but it won't appeal to everybody, as is the same for any other manga.
I truly enjoyed it and can't wait to get the next volume.
2 thumbs up
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Summary: A little bit rushed.(...)
Review: I had thought about reading this manga for a long time, and finally, I did. Although, I didn't expect to much of it. And I guess that's a good thing too. Kare Kano is not a manga, the problem I have however, with the first volume, is how rushed it is. In fact if it would've taken 2 or 3 volumes for what happened in volume 1 to happen, it would've been much better. Because the change that happens between Arima and Yukino just happens to quickly. It doesn't seem very natural. I guess I might just be a bit used to drawn out mangas like "Hana Yori Dango(Boys Over Flowers), and such, but still. Other then that, I think its good. I do like the concept of the whole "hidden lives" thing. Because for most of the human race we act completely different at home then we do around the general public. Although in this it is brought to an extreme level.
In Kare Kano we have Yukino, a girl who strives for the compliments of other, and therefore lives for hard work and over achievement. At home she mopes around in sweats, a bandana, and glasses, but in school she's "miss perfect". Her level of perfection is becoming eclipsed by Arima whom is the same at home as he is in public, because he not only wants the public to see him as perfection, but his family as well. I'm sure you can guess where its heading, so I wont go on. But just because Volume 1 does not really live up to expectations, it does not mean you should'nt read on, it does get better. So, if you're expecting something super deep, don't look here. However, if you want an escape, look no further then "Kare Kano". God Bless & *enjoy* ~Amy
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Summary: A little bit rushed.(...)
Review: I had thought about reading this manga for a long time, and finally, I did. Although, I didn't expect to much of it. And I guess that's a good thing too. Kare Kano is not a manga, the problem I have however, with the first volume, is how rushed it is. In fact if it would've taken 2 or 3 volumes for what happened in volume 1 to happen, it would've been much better. Because the change that happens between Arima and Yukino just happens to quickly. It doesn't seem very natural. I guess I might just be a bit used to drawn out mangas like "Hana Yori Dango(Boys Over Flowers), and such, but still. Other then that, I think its good. I do like the concept of the whole "hidden lives" thing. Because for most of the human race we act completely different at home then we do around the general public. Although in this it is brought to an extreme level.
In Kare Kano we have Yukino, a girl who strives for the compliments of other, and therefore lives for hard work and over achievement. At home she mopes around in sweats, a bandana, and glasses, but in school she's "miss perfect". Her level of perfection is becoming eclipsed by Arima whom is the same at home as he is in public, because he not only wants the public to see him as perfection, but his family as well. I'm sure you can guess where its heading, so I wont go on. But just because Volume 1 does not really live up to expectations, it does not mean you should'nt read on, it does get better. So, if you're expecting something super deep, don't look here. However, if you want an escape, look no further then "Kare Kano". God Bless & *enjoy* ~Amy
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Summary: Too Cute To Pass Up!
Review: I heard so many good things about Kare Kano, I had to buy it. Surprisingly, Kare Kano didn't let me down. The artwork is beautiful, and the story is adorable. I think every perfectionist will be able to see a little bit of themselves in Miyazawa, and Arima makes for a wonderful bishounen. Fluff-loving fangirls will eat this up! A must read!
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Summary: Perfect lazy reading
Review: I loved this book so much,its simple and easy but not boring.The characters r deep but not like scary deep and the animation!! Me and 6 of my friends love this hole series.
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Summary: A Good Manga Gone Bad
Review: I read the Kare Kano series through book 7 before I broke down and couldn't take it anymore. I ended up selling my series back to Half-Price books for like a dollar per volume. T_T However, I have legitimate reasoning behind my dislike for this series. First of all, the art at most points of the book is really badly drawn. There are some scenes that I imagine were color pages at one point, and are really beautiful, but those are few and far between. The art on the cover is not the art you get within, so that was a huge let-down. Secondly, the characters for the most point are really annoying. You know what? I don't care about a perfect protagonist and her quest to become "normal". As far as I saw, she never really improved herself. She's still as uptight and whiney as she was in the first volume. Also, her boyfriend's dilemma is really...well, cheesily portrayed, for the most part. I guess he has these inner demons, but they are so out of place in this quiet, subtle shoujo series. If you want to see a well-fleshed out pretty boy character battle family problems and inner demons, check out Kyo in Alice 19th. Last of all, the dialogue was...just terrible, for the most part, especially the inner dialogue that Yukino has. I don't know if it was a poor translation or what, but it had me skipping pages to get to the next big plot point, and I never do that in manga. The story also takes awkward twists and turns. I mean, one minute Yukino is marveling over her first kiss and date with her boyfriend, and all of a sudden they're having sex for the first time? There was like, zero build-up to that point, unless you count when her boyfriend sighs "I want her." Wow. If you want to read a good school-yard shoujo romance that is long and well-developed, take a look at MARS (which just came out with a cool prequel) or Marmalade Boy.
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Summary: Not Exactly Up to the Hype
Review: I read the Kare Kano series through book 7 before I broke down and couldn't take it anymore. I ended up selling my series back to Half-Price books for like a dollar per volume. T_T However, I have legitimate reasoning behind my dislike for this series. First of all, the art at most points of the book is really badly drawn. There are some scenes that I imagine were color pages at one point, and are really beautiful, but those are few and far between. The art on the cover is not the art you get within, so that was a huge let-down. Secondly, the characters for the most point are really annoying. You know what? I don't care about a perfect protagonist and her quest to become "normal". As far as I saw, she never really improved herself. She's still as uptight and whiney as she was in the first volume. Also, her boyfriend's dilemma is really...well, cheesily portrayed, for the most part. I guess he has these inner demons, but they are so out of place in this quiet, subtle shoujo series. If you want to see a well-fleshed out pretty boy character battle family problems and inner demons, check out Kyo in Alice 19th. Last of all, the dialogue was...just terrible, for the most part, especially the inner dialogue that Yukino has. I don't know if it was a poor translation or what, but it had me skipping pages to get to the next big plot point, and I never do that in manga. The story also takes awkward twists and turns. I mean, one minute Yukino is marveling over her first kiss and date with her boyfriend, and all of a sudden they're having sex for the first time? There was like, zero build-up to that point, unless you count when her boyfriend sighs "I want her." Wow. If you want to read a good school-yard shoujo romance that is long and well-developed, take a look at MARS (which just came out with a cool prequel) or Marmalade Boy.
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Summary: His and Her Circumstances Review
Review: I'm not usually a fan of this sort of manga, but I picked it up and thought I'd give it a spin, anyway. As I read through this book, I was in awe of how well Masami Tsuda beautifully (and rather comically, too!) portrays feeling! I had to pause more than once as I read because the entire time I'm thinking to myself "Yes! I know exactly what this feels like..." And the short story in the book was just as beautifully done as the main story. It seems that Masami Tsuda is pulling some of her inspiration from operas (of course, you know, I inferred this all on my own ^_^) along with real life, giving her stories a very real, strong, and passionate feeling to them. I can't WAIT until I get the next one...
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