Monday, January 5, 2009

Family Complex


Akira Sakamoto is an average looking, ordinary high school student who lives an upper, middle-class lifestyle. His father looks young enough to be his brother, his mother is drop-dead gorgeous, his sisters have every guy in town iterested in them, and his older brother is pro model handsome. With everyone in town saying that there's NO way that he belongs in a family with such beautiful people he has developed a deep-seated sense of inferiority.

This manga opens up with how inferior Akira feels amongst the supermodels in his family. Each chapter is dedicated to a different family member and their stories show just how much of a curse their appearances are at times.

I really liked the characters and the shoujo style artwork but there really wasn't so much of a plot. More of a moral story about how looks aren't everything. This could definietly have lead into more of a storyline. Possible Akira finding someone that does like his looks and they fall in love with each other. Ahhhh, I'm a romantic at heart.... *goes and murders a teddy bear*. There much better. J/K

Stars: 3/5
Mangaka: Mikiyo Tsuda
Categories: slice of life, comedy, shoujo
Volumes: 1

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