Manga Review 14 Kawaiitte Itteyo

Well it's been a while. I usually pre-schedule my posts so you can't see it from my side, but I've been taking a break due to testing. But if you follow this blog consistently you wouldn't know unless you've been told (Do you feel like an exclusive insider now? Cool right?) Anyways, onto the actual review.

Like with most manga, it's easy to find ones that are a dime-a-dozen without a different sort of approach to plot or character development. To me these are the most important thing because what's a story without plot. It's like a sandwich with no filling, good bread but not a good sandwich. So what I have to say about this manga is it's good for the short term fuzzy feelings inside, but it's not great if you're looking for a more in depth sort of bildungsroman or something along those lines. This probably has to do with the fact that this is a shorter manga. It only has four chapters which makes it a quick read, especially since each chapter is a different pairing and a different season (or at least I think that's what the author was going for). Because of the brevity of each set of characters' appearance it was hard to make more than a shallow connection with the character before the plot was advanced and sped up. I guess this is the problem with shorter manga; you just can't get the same content with a limited amount of space. In addition, it's kind of funny how old fashioned it is. Like the style is very simplistic and while that could be a reason to like it, ya know so you can focus more on the plot, it did sort of bother me that the characters floated in space at some points. But maybe that's just me being picky.

Overall I'd say that you could go ahead and read the manga if you're bored and just want a quick pick-me-up, but don't expect much from this. Like it's cute, but nothing special.

Manga Review 5 1/3 No Kareshi

This is actually the second time I've read this particular one shot. Shocking, isn't it? It seemed really familiar, but it wasn't until later that I realized it was the exact same one =_=. Well It was good just for memory's sake I suppose.

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Keep in mind this is ancient, from at least 8 years ago. But it's funny how some things are just so universal; this universality may or may not be the reason I couldn't recognize that I knew it before hehe. It starts off with Rei lamenting about how she didn't have a boyfriend, bumping into Yuuya who consequentially takes a picture of her with her dress caught on her book. Classic panty flash I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Anyways, their relationship starts to develop as they continue to meet every day at lunch. This changes when Rei sees Yuuya in the junior high division which made her think that Yuuya was a junior high student. (This was around the time that I realized that I had already read this but *shrug*) That would be super scary if that were true since Yuuya is often drawn smoking cigarettes, very scary indeed. Rei, once hearing that Yuuya doesn't like older women, immediately jumps to the conclusion that he's been playing with her this entire time. In actuality it is true he doesn't like older women because PLOT TWIST he's actually a junior high division teacher that's been in love with her for 5 years ever since he was a third year high school student and she was a first year junior high division. To be honest this part was a little creepy. Like what could he have liked about her without really knowing anything about her? 

But all logic aside, this was a nice little one shot. A nice plot twist thrown in there. A resolved unrequited love. Quite nice for a short read-through. Man, oh man are one shots satisfying; not as satisfying as perhaps a completed manga you've followed for a while "but still good, yeah--still good" (Stitch from Lilo & Stitch (yes I did just quote that)). ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Manga Review 3 Atashi Kisushita

Ah, manga reviews, so rare, such a treat. I swear I read a lot of manga, it's just that a lot of them haven't been completed yet so I can't give a holistic, extensive review on those. So I've decided that to keep content somewhat regular here I'm going to be introducing some one-shot manga because they're my guilty pleasure.

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As with all one-shots, there's only so much character development that can take place, therefore one-shot manga is like just seeing one moment in their lives which is usually the turning point where it goes from point A to point B.

In this particular one it's a story between a girl named Rika and a guy named Hikaru. Rika's just figured out she has feelings for Hikaru, but he seems oblivious (like every other guy *cough*) to her feelings. Their relationship is somewhat endearing since they're longtime friends and have a close friendship. It really doesn't go anywhere until Rika impulsively kisses Hikaru and runs away, leaving things awkward. With the introduction of competition in the form of Soda-kun, Hikaru manages to muster up the courage to show Rika he has reciprocating romantic feelings for her.

It was super cute the moment that she kissed him. His face was one of just shock because he also liked her, but didn't act on it. And the moment when he surprised her with a kiss too was super duper cute. He said that he was sorry for all the times that he was oblivious and didn't really look closely at her. "In the end, Hikaru is all Uemura-san can see." Awhhhh.

Honestly the dynamic between them is really heartwarming. They genuinely care about each other which is clearly conveyed through this short one-shot manga. You get all the feels and all the gratification without committing for like 200+ chapters (the beginning of a slippery slope). So I definitely recommend if you need to get that dose of shoujo cuteness to make your day a little bubblier.