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Mar 25, 2006 to Nov 26, 2012
8.0/10
Average Review Score
80%
Recommend It
5
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I've only read the first book of this series, but it was pretty darn terrible. Basically, the story is about a boy who secretly loves "feminine" things, but feels he has to hide that side of himself and instead be overly masculine. Inexplicably, his friend is a secret manga artist drawing a manga based on the main character. I'm all about breaking gender roles and stereotypes, trust me, but this just felt like it actually *enforced* those stereotypes more than anything. It still felt very binary and only marginally progressive, in spite of the opportunity for this to be so muchmore. Not to mention, the characters are all fairly one-note, and remained undeveloped through the entire book. I realize it's only the first book of many, but there was still plenty of story and time to make the characters more three-dimensional and less shallow. I don't believe I will continue on with this series.
Asuka Masamune is a boy who loves all things cute, fluffy, sparkling, and sweet, much to his mother's dismay and horror. Due to an incident surrounding his father leaving the family, Asuka was pressured into abandoning his hobbies in favor of kendo, judo, and karate. Resigning himself into living his life as someone who exudes manliness, he becomes the nationally ranked captain of his school's kendo team. Unfortunately, Asuka finds himself falling back on his old interests after crossing paths and falling in love with transfer student Ryo Miyakozuka. Ryo is the exact opposite of Asuka. She has no interest in cooking, sewing, nor anything else that is "girly" in nature; however, she has a fierce kick and an equally tough attitude to match. Seeing this as the perfect opportunity to collect material for a shoujo manga he is secretly publishing, Asuka's friend, Juta Tachibana, convinces Asuka to befriend the girl. As the relationship between the two begins to blossom, so does Asuka's true nature as an "otomen." [Written by MAL Rewrite] Included one-shots: Volume 10: Glass no Otomen: Sen no Kamen wo Motsu Otomen Volume 11: Love-Tic
One of the hidden gems of Shoujo manga which I think it's more borderline Shounen since the main character is a guy and yet another guy and a girl whose traits similar to a guy. This manga tells a story about a masculine, nation's top kendo athlete, Masamune Asuka, who has it all: tall, rich, cool, not a playboy, dignified BUT he actually favours feminine hobbies: collect and make dolls, embroidery, cooking, decorations, house cleaning. When Asuka was young, his father left the family to become a woman. His mother felt disappointed and betrayed by his actions and swore never to let Asuka turned into hisfather - feminine and all. Lucky for him, his mother is a succesful business woman who travels a lot and whenever she is not home, he lets out all his doll and cross stitch collections. The other character is Tachibana Juuta, school playboy who is secretly a shoujo mangaka under a pseudonym. He loves women around him and dates many of them because he is looking for inspiration for his manga. He wants to find this perfect girl who is feminine but alas he cannot find her, until one day he discovered Asuka's secret. Juuta then realized that there are no person more feminine than Asuka, the feared and respected Kendo captain. Juuta is also struggling to keep his identity hidden so that he can live a normal life and provide for his big family. The girl of the story is Miyakozuka Ryo, daughter of a tough policeman, who was raised only by her father after her mother passed away. Her father raised her the only way he knows, tough and street fighting-style with a deep sense of justice (well, he is a policeman, anyway). One of the funniest part of this manga is when a teacher visited Ryou's house and went into her room and found out that the room looks more like a dojo instead of a girly room. The romance is a triangle in this manga: from Asuka to Ryou and from Juuta to Asuka, although the last one is not evident but the way Juuta realized that no other person would made such lovely bento, stitch his loose buttons, make teddy bears, than Asuka. He is the one for him but in a personality kind of way. Juuta also admired Ryou and very supportive of the budding romance between the two. The message is clear on this manga: love and embrace who you really are inside. Don't be afraid to be yourself because other people is also struggling to be who they are, as well.
When I was walking along in the manga section of the library, I saw this odd manga. I picked it up and thought it looked stupid. (Never judge a book by it's cover.) Still, I checked it out just for grins and giggles. This is by far the funniest manga I've ever read! Story: 8/10 It is a basic love story, only with a girly male and manly female. There are a few "dramatic" moments, but, overall, it's a light-hearted story. Art: 7/10 Personally, I wasn't too keen on the art because...well...it was too "girly" for my liking. But, it is a shoujo manga and it fits the story. Characters:8/10 Oh how I love these characters! Each one is so lovable! They all have their cons, but not to a point where they're annoying. Of course, they have their pros too. Most of the male characters you meet have their own little otomen side. Also, the characters develop a bit along the way. It's nothing major, but it's still fun to see certain characters grow closer. Enjoyment: 9/10 Like I said earlier, this is the funniest manga series that I've read! I was actually laughing out loud, and it takes a lot to make me do so. Otomen also gives me the warm fuzzies at points too~ It's worth the read if you want a hilarious, light-hearted story. :3
I love this manga!!! When I first started reading it a few years ago, the plot really struck me. I found it interesting, but ended up dropping it because I had my own gender biases at the time. Interestingly, about 2 weeks ago, I started thinking about this plot and wondered about the name of the manga. I ended up finding it while looking up other mangas to read! I was thrilled to have found this manga again, and actually finished it in a week! Regardless of your nationality, it might be hard for some to understand the imagine how the stereotypes depicted in this story couldbe possible. However, I can testify that the biases, social norms, and social pressure to act according to your own gender is no joke in some places around the world. Because of this, I am thankful for Kanno sensei for bringing this contradictory issue to light. It is not only important to those who face discrimination to be heard, but also to those who have no idea of their own subconscious biases to read about a different point of view. This manga has taught me a lot about how to stay true to yourself and love yourself while you love others. All the characters were lovable, and the relationship between Asuka and Ryo was epic! The ending was also very satisfying!!
"I love waiting for the batter to bake. I think of the smiles and the pleased looks of the people who eat it. When i do that...it warms my heart" Story: 9/10 Art: 10/10 Character: 10/10 Enjoyment: 9/10 Overall: 10/10 A slow start for the story while characters were introduced, this story built up into something truely heartwarming. The plot idea, as most who are interested to read this manga can tell, is very original and you probably have yet to read anything like this. However, I do feel that the story lacked a tiny bit of development in terms of the plot. And if you want to see very loveydovey scenes, well you won't get it from this manga (you'll get really heartwarming scenes though, which i feel is just as good) The characters are very unique and what made me come to love this manga is the character development, especially in the later part of the manga (since, as i said earlier, the manga started pretty slow and slowly built up). The main (male) character slowly came to be (and love) himself for who he really is through the different experience with his friends and other characters. What I love the most from this manga is how every character is developed, not so much so that it is overly draggy, but enough for you to understand their actions and how they change. See, character development right here for you. While the side characters were being developed, the main characters weren't left out either, and you could see the relationship between each character grow. Art was beautiful too. Look at it. Enough said. If you have time and some patience (to get through the front part of background infomation and slow build up) please pick up this manga. I promise you you will not regret it. Honestly I dropped this manga for a bit after the front part because of how slow it was, but when i picked it up again boy did i regret dropping it. So if you ever get bored of it, just stop reading it and leave it for another time. ps. it's quite funny here and there too, especially with how "manly" Ryo is and how Asuka can just randomly break out with sparkling eyes (he's so cute!!)