Saturday, May 9, 2009

Power!!


Kyo Aizawa is very excited about getting to attend Seisyu Academy, which is famous for its adorable girls' uniforms. Her spirits are crushed, however, when she opens the package containing her school uniform to find a boy's uniform.Her father explains to her that, as Seisyu Academy is also famous for its boys' basketball program, he enrolled her as a boy so she can fulfill his own dream of becoming an NBA basketball star. To make matters worse, she has to stay in the boys' dorms, and her roommate is the same boy she came to hate at tryouts.

Kyo is a typical girl until her dad forces her to attend high school as a boy just to be on the basketball team. Kyo succeeds on getting on the boys team but find a rival in Chiharu. To make matters worse, the end up being roomates. Though they continuously fight and argue, they end up becoming friends.

Yura is an outsider who also seems to be quite mental but quickly forms a friendship with Kyo. Hayama is the resident pervert but is also loyal to Kyo. Hikaru is the assistant who hands out towels and she ends up falling for the "boy" Kyo. Persistantly.

This manga is beyond hilarious. I was laughing so much reading it that I didn't want to put it down at all. The artwork was very well done, especially the "scary" faces and the story is very in depth along with the humor and sarcastic wit.

This manga does have some female-upper nudity and male nudity that is blocked/black boxed. Also some "H" material Hayama reads/watches all the time.

Stars: 5/5
Mangaka: Seino Shizuru
Categories: comedy, drama, romance, gender bender, live, shoujo
Volumes: 10

Friday, May 8, 2009

Gaba Kawa


Rara, a girl from the demon world, arrives on earth with only one goal in mind: To do as many bad things as possible. Sound easy, doesn’t it? It doesn’t sound as easy as it seems when Rara starts to develop feelings for a certain someone that she shouldn’t have. "Rara, don’t forget not to let the humans be aware that you’re a demon."

Rara arrives on earth from the demon world to cause havoc and mayhem. In a series of fortunate, or "unfortunate", events, Rara falls for a human. Retsu is the popular outcast who'd rather be hiding on the roof instead of being bombardant with demands for him to join one club or another. Rara is a first curious about this human so she follows him around but her feelings develop into something more. This is against the rules for demons though as Rara finds out the hard way.

Very cute and funny with a bittersweet ending, I really liked how this story progressed. The kind of artwork I really like too with the beautiful shoujo style.

Stars: 4/5
Mangaka: Takada Rie
Categories: comedy, fantasy, romance, shoujo
Volumes: 1

Baby Pop


Cool and gorgeous Nagisa paired with her perverted and stupid step-father Ryunosuke makes for a hip-hop story that presents a father and daughter who cannot be honest with each other.

Nagisa is 14 when she loses her mother in an accident. The only person left is the man her mother had just married and who Nagisa holds little affection for. Ryu has a wild streak and likes women and alcohol a little too much. However, despite his scruffy look, he's barely ever serious much to the annoyance of Nagisa. Is Ryu going to handle the responsibility of a daughter?

This story seemed to end quickly and left open alot of room and questions. Overall though it was really funny and enjoyable. I would have also liked to see some more character development but what was delivered works.

Stars: 3/5
Mangaka: Ogawa Yayoi
Categories: comedy, drama, josei, life
Volumes: 2

Seinin/Josei are for mature audiences only. Specificly 18+. This stories are geared towards adults. May contain adult content and themes.