Wednesday, August 17, 2011

The Witch of the Flower Forest













There is a witch who lives in a forest. She is feared by the village children as an evil person who eats cats and casts spells. A curious brother and sister approach the witch's house. Will they survive an encounter with the witch?

Review
It was an unbelievably sweet and warm story. It's a story of not many words but it teaches a lesson of human understanding and kindness.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Love Gashapon











• Love Capsule Toy
On the first day that Yu Han moved into her new home, she discovered a window in her room that looks across directly at a neighbor's window. From that neighbor's window a mysterious shadow lurks...

• Love Capsule Toy - Welcome, First Love
Yan Zhu is a very shy girl, who has always liked her senpai but didn't have the courage to confess. It isn't until Valentine's Day eve, after she bought a toy at Monmon's shop, that she finally got up the courage to confess, who knew...

• Love Capsule Toy - A Prince without the Glass Slipper
Zhou Zi Yu is a playboy who has never refused anybody, so he has countless number of ex-girlfriends. He is this kind of guy, yet he meets his soulmate at a masked ball?

The stories were all just cute, enjoyable, quick, light read stories. They weren't bad :) Pretty original~ a manhua!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Ibitsu











A boy went to take his trash out late one night, and found a strange, creepy, gothic-lolita-dressed woman sitting amongst the garbage bags. She asked if he had a little sister, and he answered her, hurrying afterwards back to his apartment. When he looked out the window, she was gone. Who is the strange woman, and why does she give him such a bad feeling?

Review
It was really creepy. I little too graphic at times. Just think of the really gory horror movies. It was just like that. I haven't read many mangas like this so I don't have much to compare it to, but I think it was a pretty decent read.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Replay












Karam seems to be forgetting something important. She receives gifts every year from a mysterious benefactor. But that doesn't answer why she is confused about her new teacher, Mr.Lee's strange aura. And also the fact that she seems to be uncannily familiar with what's happening.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Ovally Trap












Tokunaga-kun, Chiharu Taniyama's classmate and recent neighbor, is always laughing at her, and it annoys her to no end. How can she be cute? Then, she finds a magazine with tips on being popular. Well she get her revenge on Tokunaga?

This mangaka has written better stories. It's was just okay. Translation was a little hard to understand.

Orange Kiss









Orange Kiss
Kijima Aka had a dream. In the dream, she and an orange haired boy kissed under the setting sun. And that boy just so happens to be the guy who's in the same class as her, Shimizu! She always thought Shimizu had some kind of grudge against her because he seems to hate her. Will Aka's dream become reality?

Happy Words
The story of Saiko, a girl who was scouted as a model and Ichi, who plays in the high school band.

Last Train Under the Night Sky
Kanama and Andou met in the train by morning and became closer. However, she is troubled by Andou's expression and decides something is wrong. She follows him only to find the last train under the night sky.... and also someone.

More Orange Kiss
A short read about Shimizu's point of view about Kijima Aka, the girl who glares at him.

Orange Kiss was definitely the cutest! Happy Words a close second. And Last Train was still great :)

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Hitoribocchi wa Samishikute











Shio has no friends and is known as a devil, because she often writes something in her notebook.
Though, no one has seen what she has written in it. Until that day....

To tell the truth, it's very cute at times (both the art and some of the story) but I didn't quite enjoy it. Reason one being that most of the story relies heavily on Shio's beautiful singing and other music and it's very hard to imagine. And reason two being that it's one of those reckless teenage stories of rebelling against parents and "the man" and the school and grown ups in general. As a teenager I've felt oppressed by adults on multiple occasions but I still can't fully support a story of teenage rebellion and disrespect.