Chitose Manga review

                               

Chitose is a shoujo manga based on the school life of Chitose, a student from Okinawa. One day she meets Yukito ( from Tokyo) who is on a holiday in Okinawa. On their first meeting he saves her from a stalker and kisses her. Chitose plans to meet him the next day only to fall sick and miss the meeting.

Convinced she is in love, Chitose transfers to Tokyo (to Yukito's school) and stays with her brother (an author who also lives in Tokyo). But upon meeting Yuki in his school, she finds out he already has a girlfriend!

The story follows Chitose unfolding the unusual love story of Yuki and his pretty girlfriend, Saaya and meeting other new friends like Shun, Ichii and Fuji-san.

Ok, can I just say how awesome this story really is?! A real addicting, gripping and page folding case; this one. 

The characters are loveable! The story is epic! The problems are heartbreaking and serious, this manga really knows how to make it's own place in your heart. 

Character Reviews:

Chitose: 

She is the main character in this story. I need only three words to describe her  " Cute, Innocent and Caring". Although she really likes Yuki, upon making friends with his girlfriend she tries really hard not to have any feelings towards him. She is not jealous or envious towards anyone and accepts the fact that her first kiss with Yuki was only a play for him. She cares for her older brother, neighbours, class mates and friends. Being innocent she gets really scared when it comes to new experiences and situations. All she wants is someone who is sincere with her and her loved ones to be happy. So I'll just say "Go Chii!!"

Yukito: 

He is Chitose's crush and one of the main characters in the story. Although he is a playboy, everyone likes him a lot. There is a moving force in his personality that even makes it hard for his rivals to hate him. He is considerate towards others' feelings and often accepts and apologises for his careless mistakes. But when is comes to the girl he likes, Yuki gets envious, competitive and possessive. 

All in all this is also one great person you would love to get to know as you read the story. 

Sayaa:

She is Yuki's girlfriend. Being with him since their fifth grade, Sayaa and Yuki's relationship is shown relatively strong. She allows Yuki to flirt openly as she believes that they would always be together till the end. Her personality is strong and bearing, she can control her self and keep herself with in her better judgement. But sometimes I feel Sayaa can be a little cold or even selfish. Still that's a long way from being a bad person. She can still be added to the list of all the great characters the story has to offer. 

Shun: 

He is one of Yuki's high school friends. Shun has his own unique personality that really separates him from the rest of the characters. He is silent (a little arrogant but caring). There is also a secret reason to why Shun stays in the school festival club (no spoilers). He is also popular between students but doesn't like to hang in too many people. He also makes Chitose his first girlfriend after she gets rejected by Yuki. 

 Shun and Ninni (Chitose 's older brother) 

  

 

Awesome art, Chitose ^

Sayaa and shun ^

   Sayaa and Fujika 

Fujika and Ichii < 

So what are you waiting for? Still reading my blog? Go read this manga now! 

Do comment about how you liked my review.

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Thanks 

~iris 

Mairunovich Manga Review

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Mairunovich Manga Review 

mairunovich is a shoujo manga based on school life and romance. It's about a girl named Mairu who is basically ugly and outcasted. She is nick named "Poison Mushroom" after her appearance. 

Mairu's life changed the day she is tricked by a boy in her school and made fun of. That day Mairu gets hurt for the first time and wishes she had some friends and that people wouldn't hate her this much. She is noticed by the school's most popular guy; Tenyu. He walks by her and randomly passes a comment saying that being ugly is a poor excuse for being so miserable. Something about his comment makes Mairu want to change herself and seeks help from her friend\neighbour. After applying make-up Mairu is transformed into a cute looking high school girl and captures the attention of her classmates very successfully. After this the manga continues with Mairu's desperate efforts on finding love. She dates different guys and learns from her mistakes, not giving up on finding her "one".

Character reviews : 

Mairu: 17

She is an innocent outcast of her school who is despised by her school mates, her brother and herself. She is someone who is emotionally unstable (cries about everything ), bad at making or even keeping friends, thinks looks are everything (mind you, the whole point of this manga is looks are everything) She is of no use to anyone, except  the guys who date her. At the end she is a 'not so appealing make-up lover'

Kumada Tenyu (17 or possibly 18 since they don't mention it in the manga) 

He is a popular and good looking guy of Mairu's high school. He takes pity on her decides to help her. Tenyu wants to be a makeup artist when he grows up. Other than helping Mairu look good he also mentors her. He gives her advice and protects her. He is always there for her when she needs a shoulder to cry on. Even though he is asked to leave twice by Mairu, she always ends up in a big trouble and calls him back (like she only uses him, da faq). All in all, Tenyu is a great character( although there are not many people like him in this world ). And I think in the end he is gonna be Mairu's 'the one' 

(There are only two main characters so I'll be reviewing only them for now)

 Although it's a very young manga with only 41 chapters until now (ongoing), in my opinion it's very stupid. To be honest I also got annoyed with Mairu's ameture and annoying character. I mean, how desperate can she get? She treats her only friend 'Tenyu' like a god and even asks him to leave her alone at one point when he is only trying to help her. Seeing this I realise why she doesn't have any friends. On the other hand the thing about 'becoming beautiful after applying make-up' is very ridiculous. Can an unattractive person with a lot of makeup on be asked to model for a magazine ? I don't think so -_-

One more thing about Mairu is that she despises herself. There's something about me that makes me wanna hate people who despise themselves for no reason. (Every critic is different so yea that's my opinion). Maybe that's the reason I find her character very unappealing. 

Mairu's evolution ^

 Text from Mairu to Tenyu-kun

 Mairu's first love Narutarou or Naru-kun

Mairu after applying make up ^

Even though I don't like the main character and the development of the story as it emerges from it's starting point or even the main theme of this manga, I'm still going to read on. Do you think it was too soon to write a review on this manga? Or maybe some one (I'm sure there are many people ) have a different opinion? Please do comment. 

~Iris