Showing posts with label Romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romance. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

All New Tenchi Muyo!: Pet Peeves (vol 6)


 


Okuda, Hitoshi Okuda and Burke, Fred. All New Tenchi Muyo! Pet Peeves (vol 6). San Fransisco : Viz, LLC, 2005.

 
Plot: The classic story of rivalry and love between a boy...and three aliens. While the concept is interesting in itself, this volume introduces a new twist. After foiling the plans of a poacher, Tenchi and company find themselves caring for a cute, wide-eyed, dragon-like creature known as a miitsu. The little blue miitsu quickly gains the favor of the household. However, she also contains the capacity to become a threat, not only to the protagonists, but the entire alien civilization. Two brief additional stories parody the common manga themes of the daily life of a schoolgirl and the similar-different future.
 
Genre: Science Ficition, Romance, Humor, Manga, Graphic Novel
 
Reading Level: Rated Teen for violence and sexual innuendo

Similar Titles: Ah! My Goddess, Ranma 1/2, Case Closed
 
Personal Thoughts: A solid, goofy science fiction manga. The series is a bit like a Japanese version of Scooby Doo, lasting several generations in many different incarnations and spin-offs. Like Scooby, though, the basic premises remains the same despite the recreations: focusing on the bizarre love triangle Tenchi finds himself almost constantly in.

Friday, February 4, 2011

School Rumble

Kobayashi, Jin. School Rumble. New York : Ballantine Books.

Plot: The plot focuses on a classic, boy loves girl, girl loves other boy story. However, when the loving boy is a biker, the clueless girl is a klutz, and the loved boy is...hungry, things take a turn for the humorous. As the teens attempt to gain the attention of their attraction, the disaster stakes steadily rise to the braking point.

Genre: Manga

Reading Level: The books are rated T

Similar Titles: Azumanga Daioh, Spice and Wolf

Personal Thoughts: The first five books are so offer an extremely good reading experience. Around book six, though, subplots and side characters start to take over. An occasional additional story aspect adds to a graphic novel, but too many distracts from the characters. Yet, the first book in the series is one of my favorite mangas.