Lasciviously annoying Haou Airen!

     Haou Airen is a very smutty manga but is there anything else to expect from no one else but Shinjo Mayu? I guess not.
     Haou Airen is about Kurumi, a girl who is struggling to live everyday after her father's unfortunate death. She strives to keep her family living a normal life. She is the head of the household and takes care of her twin younger brothers and her sick mother. One day, after work, when she was on her way home, she met a handsome injured stranger and helped him tend his wounds. After such incident, Kurumi's life is about to turn so chaotic that it gets irritating while reading it but I held on to it and read till the end.
     Haou Airen is a good manga for shoujo lovers but I got irritated and annoyed a lot of times because I don't quite understand why it always get so complicated and complicated but that's just how it is so I can't do anything about that, can I? Nevertheless, it was good but not the best from Shinjo Mayu ( I personally loved her work which was Love Celeb and Ai wo utau).
     If you are craving for a shoujo manga with a mafia setting and handsome guys, well, wouldn't you know, there's Haou Airen!

Orange Planet -- What a Disappointment!

     I just finished reading Orange Planet by Haruka Fukushima who happens to be the very same author who made Cherry Juice and AAA which I really love but this manga turned out to be quite disappointing. I initially want to post reviews of good mangas but I can't help writing something about this manga and how I really had an unsatisfying night after reading 5 volumes of this manga straight.
     First of all, Orange Planet revolves around the life of this teenage girl named Rui whose parents died whgen she was still young but she coped up with that lost because of "Haru", a middle-schooler then who comforted her and so from then on she had written letters to him regularly. She happens to be in love with her classmate during her 1st year of middle school but little did she know that her neighbor and childhood friend, Tarou, has also deep feelings for her. One day, on her way to deliver her love letter to her crush, Kaoru, she was caught up in some messy situation when she was in a fire accident of an apartment owned by a person named Eisuke who suddenly said that since she was the one who saved him, he should live in her home instead! But, oh well, surprisingly, the next day, guess who shows up as the student-teacher of their class? Well, that would be none other than Eisuke!
     I thought this was a good manga so I read it and had so much fun but the heroine in the middle of the story becomes so irritating and annoying but I endured because I was hoping she would change her mind but, to no avail, she didn't. That's why I so hate this manga but you guys might love this! I am not being sarcastic, really. It's just that a student-teacher relationship is not really my cup of tea.

Action-packed Grand Sun from Emura-sensei!!!

     Grand Sun is a recent manga I just finished reading like2 days ago. This manga was made but no other than Emura who gave us, shoujo addicts, W-Juliet (I had a review of this manga earlier this year btw). Basically, expect a shoujo series full of action-packed stuff in it! I had so much fun reading this manga because it reminded me how much I enjoyed W-Juliet but, don't get me wrong, it's nothing similar to it.
     The story is about Asahi, a member of a vigilante group Nekomata, is one of the strongest there is in the whole of Tokyo. She then is asked by the Kisaragi Group to be a bodyguard of its heir, Sakuya, who happens to be someone you don't really want to be around with. Sakuya is the richest heir their is in Tokyo but he happens to be the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel prize. Sakuya is a selfish and arrogant, rich brat who happens to be the kind of person Asahi hates so much. So how will these two opposite individuals come to terms with each other? Well, that is why you should download and read it now from Mangatraders.
   

PENGUIN REVOLUTION --- A bitter aftertaste!

            First of all, I don't want you to think that this manga was bad but I just can't help feeling such a bitter aftertaste after reading the whole thing!

            The manga revolves around a tough girl, Fujimaru. She has had her share of good and bad times in her life. Her dad gets himself into bad situations, investing on businesses and meeting downfall after downfall. Fujimaru experienced being rich and poor simultaneously in her 16 years of living. She came to a decision to become a person with stable financial status unlike her dad which made her have a dream to become a public official but something is about to happen that would make her life a little more exciting!

            Fujimaru actually has the ability to see star potential in people and this occurs when she sees wings on people who has such potential. One morning at school she saw a pair of students (boy and girl) walking together who had such big and bright wings who actually happened to be the school's student council president and vice-president. After that incident, she saw the vice-president being bullied bya guy which she can't just let it slip her by.  She helped her out but, accidentally, they got themselves wet. Fujimaru then let the vice-president borrow her gym clothes when she unexpectedly walk in on her while she was changing but.. the vice-president is actually a GUY!!!!! What's a 16 year-old Fujimaru to do?!? So things got a little out of hand coz the vice-president is actually Ryo Katsuragi, an aspiring actor. Things happened and, oh well, it's for you to find out about the rest!

            I had so much fun reading this manga! It is one of the gender-bender manga that I now love. The art is fabulous and there are actually a lot of bishies to feast on! I know that you are totally wondering about the part where I got this bitter aftertaste after reading this enjoyable manga so I am gonna tell you but I hope this won't be the reason why you won't pick up this manga to read it because I swear to you that this is a fun manga! So here it is --- it is just that --- THE LOVE TRIANGLE IS SUCH A CLIFFHANGER!!!! There it is! I said it! If you want a fun gender-bender, showbiz manga then this is one that you shouldn't miss out on!

            BTW I love Ryo Katsuragi and Ayaori!!!!!!!!!!!! 

SPROUT - too much drama to handle!

     Sprout is a manga that has a lot of drama in it and if that is not your cup of tea then don't bother reading this.

     Sprout is about Miku who just entered high school only to find out that her house is going to have boarders. She was not favorable with the idea. Her parents then accepted a boarder who happens to be a schoolmate of hers. His name is Sou and he also happens to be going out with the most famous girl at school, Miyu. People call her Uzamiyu (Annoying Miyu) because she looks like she's flirting with just about every guy there is. So the story pretty much tackles on Miku's quest for her love and this very dramatic love triangle that she got herself into. There are a lot of tears in this manga but you might not find yourself empathizing with the characters though because the manga is not presented that well. It was good. I read the whole thing btw. I did like the ending but it seemed like it was rushed or something. The art is not so bad but it is far from being good. Overall, I am not recommending this manga if you are quite skeptical about art, story/plot and everything. It was a good read but maybe not something that would make me remember about it in the next few months. Or maybe I might still remember but it really didn't leave much of an impact to leave me with an unforgettable impression behind.

WILD ACT! The Hilarity and Stupidity!

              Wild Act is a manga I just finished reading. In fact, I just finished reading it yesterday! This is one of Rie Takada's work and I love her art so much! I read Happy Hustle High and am currently reading Heart which are both her works and it's just amazing. Wild Act is one of her first works back in 1998 but surprisingly it doesn't show any significant change of her drawings from then to now.

              This manga is all about a girl named Yuniko Sakuraba who lives alone and she may seem ordinary but she's actually not ordinary at all because she creeps at night to steal things of her beloved Akira Nanae who she's totally obssessed on! This caused her to have an unexpected, fateful encounter with the most popular young actor in Japan, Ryu Eba, who happens to look like Akira! What would this chance encounter bring forth to her already not-so-boring life! 

              I enjoyed reading this manga so much because it is full of ridiculous adventures and I just can't help laughing so hard while I was reading this! You can also feast your eyes on not just one, not two, not three but four bishonen! It's just packed with them! It combines all the elements I want in a shoujo manga perfectly! There's a little hint of drama in it but the hilarity just goes overboard! I don't know what to say! If you love a manga full of bishonen and a strong manga heroine - this is exactly the manga that you are looking for!

Getting all jumpy with Kimi ni Todoke

          Kimi ni Todoke or Reaching You in english is a manga about a girl named Sawako who doesn't know how to interact with people and is always alone for a reason that resulted to her being known as "Sadako" which is, of course, as everyone knows, the very same character from The Ring. Why do you think so? Well, she actually has this very long black, silky hair that she hides her face with, she rarely speaks, she has a very scary aura and rumors make everything even more exaggerated than it actually is. Amidst all this, Sawako deep inside desires to be able to reach out to people and to talk to them. She doesn't have any friends btw and she wants to have some. With this, she starts admiring her classmate, Kazehaya, who seem to brighten the class' mood everytime he speaks. As the story develops, Kazehaya starts to help out Sawako to realize the things she want to do which is to have friends and interact with people.
           This manga is very nice and has a certain subtlety that just makes me want to read it even though I don't get too excited over stuff and it's not something you laugh so hard with. This is a serious manga but with some hint of humor in it. You'll love reading this manga as the story develops. The art is also pretty decent. Overall, I would recommend this manga for anyone who wants a good read when they don't have anything else to do, that is. Right now, I definitely would recommend this since the most recent scanlated chapters is getting my heart jump right out of my body!!!!!! I don’t know!!!! OMG!!!! I’m just loving this manga more and more!!!!!