Gacha Gacha

Gacha Gacha is a Shounen, Ecchi, Romantic, Comedy manga which is split up into two separate stories, however it is evident that one story is better than the other. The first story entitled Capsule and it’s about two friends Kouhei (boy) and Clara (girl) who have a sort of love-hate relationship. During the summer, Clara goes to Hawaii with her mom but returns home with some split personalities. From the start to finish this is an incredibly whacky story and even though the split personality concept seems a bit off, it is portrayed in a great and funny way. There really is no structure to thestory, as it is just a bunch of random events yet the characters are what help keep the story together. Having a girl dealing with multiple personalities was great idea because you could never get bored with her and Kouhei was great in the way that he adapted to interact with each one. Onto the second, entitled Secret, and it’s about some cowardly guy (Hatsushiba Akira) who tries out the new Gachax2 virtual game machine. When all of a sudden an error occurred. Now every time he sneezes he transforms into a cute girl. Even though this story is pretty fun to read, the problem with this set-up is that it is far too unexplainably stupid and makes no sense whatsoever. And unfortunately this story is dragged on for twice the length as the previous one, so it easy to get bored of it. The characters this time around are alright but there’s no depth to them. Though Akira can be very convincing as a girl, the fact that this became an idiotic gender bender full of typical cliches leaves little to be desired. Also the female characters may be appealing, but they don’t offer much more than what you can find in your average Shounen, Rom/Com. The artwork is probably the best aspect of this manga, because even though it may look pretty standard it still has incredibly well designed female characters, with plenty of fanservice. Too bad the guys looked like bums, but most guys who read this wouldn’t care. Overall Gacha Gacha proved to be a somewhat enjoyable manga and the idea of linking 2 separate stories together was good. However the 2nd story just wasn’t up to the same standard as the 1st, which forced me to lower my score. Fans of gender benders may like the transition but even those fans will notice something wrong with the story. ^_^