Pet Diary

Pet Diary is more of an educational manhwa, in my opinion. The art is good with few very beautifully drawn paintings (such as the "witch and cat" artwork of Bo Ra and Nero. However, while the setting and characters are well defined, there isn't much progress. Each chapter is quite episodic and the sudden jump from freshmen (beginning) to seniors (end) is messy and almost feels nonexistent. The characters are well defined with unique traits, but they do not progress much, if at all. Bit Na has the most character development, in my opinion, as she learns a lot about how to care for animals, andgoes through numerous events which help to develop her individuality and maturity. Meanwhile, other characters such as the student body president, despite having an obvious major-minor character role, stay virtually the same from beginning to end. While I do think the storyline was very lacking, each chapter was interesting to read, and the author's (and artist's) little lessons were very informative, especially for pet owners (or future pet owners). I feel that if the story left off as just another event in the day of the students' lives (and not post-graduation), then perhaps the story would have flowed a bit better.