2008-07-24, 05:29 | Link #1 |
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Hourou Musuko
Category: Drama, gender bender, school life, seinen
Author/Artist: Shimura Takako Excerpt from OM: Shuichi Nitori is a 5th grade student who likes to bake and has always been something of a feminine boy. When he transfers to a new school, Shuichi is mistaken for his 6th grade sister on his first day. Then he ends up sitting next to Yoshino Takatsuki, a tall, boyish girl who everyone calls "Takatsuki-kun." They both have secrets they can't let anyone know.... DAMN this is a great manga XD. I think this has some very good characterization. How both Shuu and Yoshino deal with dressing opposite their sex seemed very realsitic to me for children their age and gave the manga itself a far more mature feeling than I expected. The only thing I don't like is that it sometimes seems to jump from one scene to another out of nowhere, which confuses me sometimes, but it doesn't bother me at all, I just wanted to point that out. Just finished reading chapter 31 and 32. Twas EXCELLENT! Spoiler for chap 31:
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2008-07-24, 06:55 | Link #3 | |
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
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The thread you linked above has now been deleted so you may want to remove the link from your opening post. BTW, good job on this opening post, now this is the way it should be done |
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2008-07-24, 08:11 | Link #4 | |
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 34
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They put this one on onemanga? Hmm, I hope it gains some fans here then, since it seems a lot of us in this forum seems to use that site a lot. I was following it directly from the scanlators (Kotonoha -- great group, good quality and excellent choices in manga) but didn't keep up after a while.
A brilliant slice-of-life manga. I should go and read the latest chapters soon I think. Quote:
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2009-03-07, 23:53 | Link #12 |
Maki Maki Shoujo
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Blue Ridge Mountain High
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I'm glad you've kept us in the loop about this manga. Takako Shimura is fast becoming one of my favourite mangaka. A friend introduced me to this one after I read Aoi Hana. I'm definitely amazed at the subject matter she chose to take on. Thanks again!
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2009-03-08, 00:02 | Link #14 |
Maki Maki Shoujo
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It's got that very dreamy quality that Hourou Musuko does except it's more yuri. You find yourself rooting for the most interesting characters. Some people find the pace in Aoi Hana to be slow but, after reading this manga, you'll see that it's fairly similar but change of subject matter (one girl falls in love with another, gets her heart broken, realises that she's still crushing on her best friend, deals with her feelings for women in general, etc). It's sweet, funny and sad. Kotonoha was doing that one too for a while. They finished up Vol 3. Vol 4 is due out sometime this summer, if I recall correctly.
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2009-03-08, 00:07 | Link #15 | |
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2009-03-08, 10:44 | Link #17 | |
Maki Maki Shoujo
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It's already out there.
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2009-03-08, 17:47 | Link #18 | |
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I read all the trans chaps of Aoi Hana today, and it's just as you said, it's just like this, but a diff subject matter. I'm not usually fond of yuri, but this story is done in such a way that you can't help but to root for the characters. Spoiler for Aoi Hana ~ to chp 18:
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2009-03-08, 20:36 | Link #19 |
Maki Maki Shoujo
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Same here. She's like every cocky jerk I've ever met. Fumi is that mild kind of heroine. You both sympathise with her and admire her strength. And damned if you don't wish that she gets her happy ending. Aoi Hana is that rare yuri manga worth reading (I will admit to being a yuri fan, I am gay after all, but I don't read ALL yuri. Just the ones that catch my attention.) Morishima Akiko has a couple of volumes out there that are pretty good too. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy HM for as long as it lasts.
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2009-03-13, 10:36 | Link #20 | |
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Anyway, to get back on topic: Spoiler for chp 58:
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