Title: Hana-kimi (the title in Japanese is Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
Author(s): Hisaya Nakajo
Artist(s): Hisaya Nakajo
Genre(s): comedy, drama, romance, school life, shoujo, shonen-ai
Length: 23 Volumes and complete.
What it is about: Hana-Kimi centers around a girl name Ashiya Mizuki, she is a Japanese girl currently living in the U.S. One day, while she is watching TV, she see’s a track and field completion and becomes attracted to one of the high jump competitors, Izumi Sano. After she starts to idolize this athlete, she eventually transfers to attend the same school that Sano attends. Now, what is so different about this picture? The high school that Sano attends is actually an all-boys school called Osaka Gakuen, and Mizuki needs to dress and act like a boy to enter.
My Opinion: I absolutely love it! I found out about it while looking around on a website, and I almost instantly fell head over heels for it. I recommend it to anyone really, but, if you’re the type to be a bit bias on things that contain even the slightest bit of malexmale relationships then this manga is NOT for you!
Title: Family Complex
Author(s): Tsuda Mikiyo, Zaou Taishi
Artists(s): Tsuda Mikiyo
Genre(s): comedy, shoujo, slice of life
Length: 1 Volume
What it is about: Akira Skamoto is the second eldest son of the Sakamoto Family and he seems to be the only -normal- person. The rest of his family is made up of beautiful people, from his parents to his older brother to his two sisters. Akira feels out of place, like he shouldn’t belong to his family. After trying to hide this for so long one day it finally comes flooding out. How does his family react to his confession of feeling like an ugly duckling among the beautiful swans? Each chapter in this short but hilarious manga is dedicated to each family member starting with Akira.
My Opinion: While I like this manga sometimes it can get a little confusing, I found myself re-reading parts (though, that could have been due to how late I was reading it). Family Complex is a short and sweet manga that only consists of the one volume. While in a way, I wish it was a little bit longer to tell what happens to the family later on in their lives, I was till satisfied with the one volume. I feel if it it was drawn out into an actual series, it would have been too long and cause people to loose interest. All in all, I do recommend this but do read the first couple of pages before purchasing it to make sure you actually would like it.
Happy Reading!
~Rozen~
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I like Hana Kimi, though the art does get a little worse in the last few volumes. It's at it's peak in a majority of the volumes. ^__^;
She 'sees' though, not 'see's'.
I think the thing which got me really reading was the fact that he knows but she doesnt know that he knows.. you know what I mean. xD
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