*:Man (Manga/Manwha/Manhwa) ia Reviews in order of title:* (Note: Since I'm still a bit Korean illiterate, my reviews so far are more based on aesthetics and panel flow (from what I can translate). Also, while you may find yourself disagreeing a lot of times on the reviews, try to remember that these are simply my opinions. X_X. Extra note: Soonjung and Shoujo are comics directed towards female readers in that they're more feminine with usually handsome male characters. Shonen and action comics are usually directed at male readers in that usually the better looking characters are female characters. - - :Review Guide: (English Title (usually rough translation) / Korean Title - (Author - Man-ga/wha/hwa) - Appropriate reading age/type of story - Volumes read, publishing date.)
(Review) (Note(s)) - - Baby and Me / Ahgeewah Nah (Ragawa, Marimo - Manga) - General/Drama and Comedy - 1st Volume, 1991. Reviewed in spring, 2003. Jin deals with raising his baby brother Shin after his mother's sudden death. Originally, when I purchased it, I got it at the used books store, having in mind an old friend who had been reading this series. It definitely was not a waste of 1,000 won (equivalent of 75 cents). The volume went at a steady pace with each character well developed, and I ended up reading it in one sitting (which is usually tough when you can't read Korean quickly. X_X.) Note(s): A touching story for any reader. Good for light reading. - Chocolat / Sho-kohl-lah (Shin, Jeesahng & Shin Jeeoh - Manhwa) - Teen/Soonjung - 1-3 (our of 4 out so far), 2002-?. Published by Bijou Comics. Reviewed in spring, 2003. Gumgi Hwang has always been in love with D.D.L. (a pop group consisting of three guys) member Jeanyeul Ryu, and was always an obsessive fan, going to every gathering she could of the singers and fanatically collecting every possible merhandise she could of the group. Though, later on, she somehow became a Yo-i (another pop group) official fanclub member. It's when she's allowed backstage to wait to meet a Yo-i member, that she begins arguing and literally fighting with a guy that wants to use the elevator she was blocking. It's as the elevator door opened with them together fighting that she then finds out that the guy was Yo-i member, Esoh. After a very embarrassing discovery that she had little to none knowledge of the actual members of Yo-i (consisting of 3 guys and a girl, named Esoh, Ewan, Unsung, and Oohui), Gumgi then finds out that her aunt, Yoojung, is a staff and co-manager of the Yo-i group. Later on, with more meetings with the Yo-i members and finally meeting Jeanyeul face to face, Gumgi finds herself somehow adored by Esoh, but her heart seems to be stuck on Jeanyeul. The first volume was definitely the best of all three I read so far, in that there was more humor, drama, and the story was just beginning in unravelling. It was in volume two that the story was pretty good also, but the third volume seemed to drop off in storyline. One criticism to note was how after the first volume, the main character Gumgi seemed to be somewhat irritating, since she seemed to have become the only main female protagonist (think Miaka of Fushigi Yuugi). Regardless, all three volumes were very entertaining, and the art was very, VERY well-done, with the pop groups drawn supremely beautifully/handsomely. I still hope to read the next volumes(s) of this story, because I'm really curious as to what'll happen in the end. Note(s) - The Jeanyeul look-alike guy in the story is hilarious and cute. - Cyber Doll / Cy-ee-buh-dohl - (Park, Sungoo -artist- / Ohdehbahlgum [Meaning "long time of night"] -writer- - Manhwa, full color) - Children to Adult/Soonjung - 1, Published by Studio Zero. Mentions on the cover www.comicstoday.com - Reviewed in summer, 2003. One day, an unusual creature comes out of the computer monitor and pleads for an ordinary girl named Jeana's help. From then on, she turns out to have a strange power and can transform into a special suit. It's when fighting a strange monster that he asks her what she is, and she replies after some thought that she's a Cyber Doll. It's later on, that there's also another girl that, like her, has been fighting monsters with similiar powers. The art is well drawn, but not very detailed because it's in full color (cg-ed), and the volume is shorter than regular non-color manhwas. As for the story, it seems like another sort of Magical Girls story, and wasn't very interesting. Though, since this is the first full color manhwa I read (the only other full color comic I read was a volume of the manga Akira), I really can't complain. - Demon Diary / Mah-wahng-eel-gi - (Lim, Kara -artist- - Manhwa) - Teen/Soonjung - 1-4 (out of 7, which is the last of the series), date unknown.) Reviewed in spring, 2003. The story is about a nice, yet less-than-there (in wits/knowledge/etiquette) person that is discovered to be a the new future demon king by a knowledgable advisor. Bearing the name Raenef, the new demon king finds he has a lot to learn from his advisor and new mentor, Eclipse. As he begins to learn the proper acting of a demon king, he get challenged by a female knight named Ertis. Later, they all meet Kiris, an oddball priest who also has a mentor and serious past. They go through trials and adventures as slowly they all prepare to face the 4th Raenef, a past demon king that returns and poses a threat to Raenef's future. I was first introduced to this months ago by the Tokyopop site and loving the banner that introduced the series. I found out later the complete story at another JAnimeS, a far superior scanlation / anime and manga/manhwa/manwha review site, though reading the spoilers was a bane to my interest in reading the whole series, since I knew what would happen at the end. Anyhow, in review of the volumes I read so far, I can honestly say that the art was drawn well (which led me to find another series drawn by the same artist). As for the story, it was also top-notch, and even with my broken Korean, I could find humor in the many situations during the volumes. One critical note is, in order to have interest in reading the whole series, it's best to have no knowledge (don't read spoilers!) of the series. Note(s): A solid story with good art. The side-note from the author about Ertis was hilarious. - Don't Touch Me. / Gun-di-ree-gee-mah! - (Suh, Hyunjoo - Manhwa) - Teen/Soonjung - 1-2 (Of 2 out so far), 2003-?. Reviewed in summer, 2003. A beautiful girl named Kang Midang one day moves back to Seoul to start her new life at her childhood love's (Myoung Won, who's for years now worn a mask over his mouth and nose everywhere he's went) high school. But instead of waiting for him to make the first move, she instantly goes to his home early morning, leads him to a park, and kisses him, unknowingly with a witness who attends Myoung Won's school. It's from then on that a twisted high school organization called the "Dongmeng", headed by a tough girl named Dangdang Kim, steps in to make Midang's school attendance more of a burden, if not heck. (In volume 2, you find out more about why Dongmeng was created and why it doesn't allow anyone (at all) to mess with Myoung Won romantically, hence the manhwa's title.) Meanwhile, Myoung Won tells his friend Soda, a guy who literally was predicted to be too weak to live past age 20, to take care of Midang since they're in the same class/grade. But, does Midang really need any protecting? When I rented the story, I rented the two volumes on the same day, so I had to read both. The first volume was at first particularly annoying to read, mainly since I didn't like the main protagonist (Midang) because her character was basically portrayed as a narcissistic, bullying type, literally being pointed out as the only good looking female character. It was later when the character Soda in the manhwa noted how terrible Midang's personality was that I realized that it was the author's intention to make such a character, and how it fit the story that was to unravel. In volume 2, it took Midang's exact personality type to deal with the situations and circumstances dealt by the Dongmeng gang/organization and there was evident character growth of the protagonist (Midang), something that I found refreshing in a soonjung type of manhwa. Though, I think the story dropped off towards the end of volume 2, and could've had it's denouement then. Still, it was an interesting read. Note(s): Survive the beginning of volume 1 and you might like it. - Flash Cat / Flash Cat - (Lee, Kyoung Shin - Manhwa) - Teen/Soonjung - 1-5 (completed), 2001-2002.). Reviewed in spring, 2003. Amyoung Doe and Padam Ma have always been cited as the misohnyun (handsome guy(s)) of their High School, but for some reason, they've been rivals for almost forever. Suddenly, Amyoung's mother and Padam's father marry and go off on an extended vacation, forcing them to live together at Padam's house. Then one day, Padam's father calls and tells them his deceased friend's daughter, Sihtah Ah is coming from India to live with them. As their parents are absent, Padam and Amyoung deal with Sihtah, who seems to have a strange feline curse, and eventually, Madi Park moves in with her friend Heesook into the home. As Amyoung and Padam deal with each other and their quirky new guests, odd circumstances and strange cats appear. I was in the rental comic store and I first passed this story over because the first volume's cover didn't look too great, but when I began reading it, I got hooked. The characters are drawn equally beautifully/cute between both the males and females. Also, as to the story, it's more in chapters than one simple story. Sometimes Flash Cat was hard to translate, but once I read it carefully, I found out how well it was written, while VERY well-drawn. The story flows awesomely smoothly, and I was totally caught off guard by certain events that occurred, which is why I'm trying not to spoil this story in the summary. The only downside to it is how sometimes the story's unbelievable, but since it does have fantasy elements, that can be expected. If you ever get your hands on it, READ it! You'll end up loving it to the maximum. Note: So good, I want to make a shrine to it. - Forgotten Juliet - Kaori Yuki's Story Collection 1 / Eechoujeen Juliet - Behkjahk kaeen series 1 (Yuki, Kaori - Manga) - Teen/Shoujo - Volume 1, date unknown. Published by Wink Comics. Reviewed in spring, 2003. Forgotten Juliet : Ariel unearths a secret about the recently departed Suzette. As he finds out about a mysterious character named Cain, a love story gone wrong unfolds. The characters are well-distinguished and developed in the stories. One thing that stood out when choosing this volume to read was the art. It was after I read and enjoyed the story that I found that Kaori Yuki was also the author of Angel Sanctuary. Note(s): A pretty good volume for rainy day reading. - Journey to Heaven / Chun-heng-gi (Kara -artist- / Lee, Yoonheh -writer- - Manhwa) - Young teen/Soonjung - Volumes 1-3 (of 4 that are out so far?), 2002-? Published by Bijou comics. Reviewed in summer, 2003. (Update: I didn't realize until volume 3 that Dongyoung was a girl. When rereasing volume 1, I found out also that Dongyoung was already mentioned as a girl, with Ahheen and Leejoung knowing so. Everyone else thinks Donyoung's a guy.) There are those that have lived long (over 100 years) lives, somehow reborn with the memories of their lives intact who are called sahbahngshin (? I'm not quite sure, but that's the word that was used many times in describing those that were identified. Sahbahngshin literally means the meeting of the E, W, N, and S.). One such person is a princess who escaped her palace to avoid an arranged marriage. It's in modern times, that that same person turns out to be a male student named Dongyoung, who finds himself always hit on by another, taller male student named Biwohl Jean. Dongyoung isn't the only sahbahngshin in his school, though. His good friend, Ahheen and her brother Leejoung are all somehow connected with him in his past life, and are sworn somehow to protect him from those that are trying to return him (the princess) to the queen (Hwanghoo). Later, they discover their classmates Oohyun and Dohyun are also sahgbahngshin, who have goals of sending wayward spirits back to the spirit realm and finding the princess themselves. As more and more spirits are discovered, and as more agents of Hwanghoo become closer to finding Dongyoung, Dongyoung is posed the question of whether to return or not; as noted by a dog-like spirit that protects him named Myaoh, "Can't you simply return, marry and live a content life, instead of always being in hiding?" But, is marriage the only importance of the return of the princess? That will probably be answered as more volumes come out. I was led to this story by the fact that it was drawn by Kara, the artist of Demon Diary. The art is definitely done well, and the characters are all aesthetically great. I think in quality, the story also mirrors the art, since it's there are a lot of twists, surprises, humor, ill-fated? romance, drama, action, and fantasy. At first, I was detracted from the first volume because the cover reminded me of Card Captor Cherry, but upon reading it, I was relieved to find that the art and story was pretty unique. One thing I have to note is how I laughed like nuts when Dohyun asked Oohyun if he was okay, and the next panel showed Oohyun in complete shock with mouth hanging open, in a dead person's portrait (in Asia, when a person dies, their portrait has ribbon straps wrapped around the corners). Overall, it was a fun read, and I'm hoping to find the next volumes once they come out. Note(s): Poor Oohyun. - Kaguya-Hime or Starlet Princess or Moon Princess / Wohlgwahngchunnyuh (Shimizu, Reiko - Manga) - Teen/Shoujo - Volumes 1-2, 1994. Published by Wink Comics. Reviewed in spring, 2003. After 10 years of living in a foster home with little to none knowledge of what occurred prior, boyish Akira finds herself kidnapped by Midori and Yui, two old friends from the orphanage she grew up in. What she discovers from them is a horrific account of a mystical woman, and the fact that her and others from the orphanage are set to die at age 16. The panel flow and art simply is entrancing. Originally, I saw a website dedicated to Moonchild, another series made by Miss Shimizu, and looked all over the comic book stores for it. Way later I found its title was completely different and couldn't find the series. So instead, I read this series, and got hooked. Though...I think I'll rent the rest of the series, since so far, there's 21 volumes out. X_X. One warning is that the content is a bit mature, with violence and lesbianism, so I wouldn't recommend this to young adolescents. Note(s): You'll get hooked to the story or art, or both. - K2 Kill me Kiss me / K2 Kill me Kiss me (Lee, Young Yuu - Manhwa) - Teen/Soonjung - Volumes 1-5 (Completed), 2000-2002. View K2 page here. Published by Issue Comics. Reviewed in spring, 2003. First Volume: Secondary school student Teyon Ihm dreams of being married to rising model star Kun, who is a student in her cousin's class. In order to get close to him, she hatches a plan to crossdress for a week as her male cousin Junghu Ihm. During the switch, Teyon discovers obstacles, such as dressing for gym and Gahun Kim, the punk/gangster guy that seems to take a specific liking in picking on / pounding her (as Junghu). Strangely, though, Gahun seems to find irrationally warm feelings to guy he's been pounding (Teyon as Junghu), while Kun himself wonders who the "female" student on he sees on the street (Junghu) is. Junghu, in the meantime, dressed in a skirt as Teyon, finds that playing a female is... Man, I love / am obsessed with this story. The art is supremely good, and you'll find yourself staring at the pages breathlessly. I stumbled across the first volume at a used book store and started reading/translating it. Anyhow, there's fights, gahng-pei (gangsters), crossdressing, and very odd situations. Something to note is, in the later volumes, the story changes its focus to Junghu and new characters. Also, there are hints of and blatant homerserxuality, even with two guys that are openly...uh, together. If you go to www.candy33.co.kr and look up K2, you'll find a lot of positive reviews for it, but if you end up disliking the story after reading it, it might be because it's a bit strange (as one reviewer noted: Eesahngheh -odd-). Note(s): A lot of Misohnyun (pronounced meesohnyuhn, it means handsome boy(s)). - The Legend of Nereid / The Legend of Nereid (Hwang, Midi - Manhwa) - Teen/Soonjung - Volume 1, date unknown. Reviewed in spring, 2003. After struggling and literally fighting in a swimming race to retrieve a sword, Matia finds herself as the victor / chosen one of some sort, and subsequently the target of the queen and authorities. I'm not sure why there are so many volumes of this story. What really irked me in the volume was how Matia swam naked and unabashedly waved over a complete stranger for no apparent reason. Considering she's hit puberty, one would think that's a (very) bad idea in any time, and this story's set in medieval times. The art of the story seems sort of mediocre, though the cover was pretty nice. Note(s): It was kind of...boring, but maybe it was because I couldn't quite understand the story. - Let Die (or it can be pronounced Let Dah-ee) / Let Dah-ee (Won, Sooyeun - Manhwa) - Adult/older teens/Soonjung/boy's love - Volume 1 (of 10 published so far), 1996-? Reviewed in summer, 2003. Note: (Volume 1 major spoilers): Let Die, which I first thought meant "let die, as in let one die", revolves around a handsome high school student named Jehui Yoo and a gang leader named Die. Anyhow, Jehui's first encounter with Die is when he stops a group of gang members of Die's from hurting a girl they kidnapped. From then on, Die and his gang trail Jehui and pound him, until one time, Die notes "You're mine.". In the meantime, Jehui begins hanging around more with his good female friend's older sister, Unhyung. It's somehow, that Die finally offers Jehui to join his gang, which is a tough decision, because Jehui has the option of either leaving the bar they're at or leaving Die forever with Unhyung. The thing is, something, maybe his fear and strange attraction to Die causes him to join Die's gang. Later, Die visits Jehui's home while Jehui's only parent is away for the night. When Die's shirt is off, Jehui notices the many scars on Die, and Die begins listing how he received each, until Jehui cuts him off and embraces him. From then on, they find they somehow like each other romantically, but a terrible event that happened to Jehui's girlfriend forces them apart, which was allowed by Die's indifference. It's finally that Die forces to heal the rift between him and Jehui by giving him his switchblade for Jehui to use on him. The volume ends with Jehui in thought and tears. There's no doubt in my mind that the story is one of the most compelling and shocking ones I've read in a long time. I found this volume as more of a novel than a comic. The art of this volume, considering it's from 1996, is pretty good. There was a LOT of writing to read, but the story was so good that I ended up reading all of it nonetheless. Overall, it was supremely well thought-out, written, and drawn. The story flowed smoothly and I ended up reading it in one sitting, and compared to other comics, this volume was very long (over 200 pages). The downside to it and reason why I've decided not to continue the story is because I think it's a terrible influence. There is violence and horrible events that occur, and honestly, I'm still a bit shaken by the actions of Die's gang and a few female characters in the story. Note(s): It's an addictive story, but if you are sensitive to violence, homosexuality, and rape, stay away from it. Though, those elements are slightly toned down, since this series isn't labelled as above age 18. - Moon Princess (look at Kaguya-Hime) - Pretty / Pretty (Ha, Shihyun - Manhwa) - Teen/Soonjung, Volumes 1-6 (of 6 out so far). Creation date: 1988. Release date 1999-? - Published by Mink Comics. Reviewed in summer, 2003. There's a famous old story about a prince from that comes from the sky/heavens. One day, while camping with her uncle Hyogoon Shin, Kirin Shin stumbles across a handsome guy in the fields who she talks with and views the sky together with. It's later when she goes back to her uncle, the guy disappears, leaving her to wonder who he was and if she'd ever see him again. It's back in school that she daydreams about him, comparing him to the prince from the old story, only to discover him coming towards the school. Having rushed to him, she shouts asking for them to be a couple together, but unfortunately he's wearing earphones, so he can't hear. To both their unfortunate surprises, Kirin's mom appears immediately afterwards, and introduces Kirin to the guy, who turns out to be Jeyoung Eun, her "6-chun" (term for people whose parents are cousins or in other terms, her second cousin -I think that's the term-). Apparently, Jeyoung is her cousin from the US, who's come to attend high school and live with the Shin family. Joohwe, Kirin's best friend, falls for Jeyoung herself and entangles into this love affair possibly gone wrong. Also, a model, who later turns into a singer who's in their class named Yohan Chun confesses his interest in Kirin to her. Later, Kirin meets and rivals to host a tv show with Gyulhwa Kim, who also seems to be connected to Jeyoung in the past. As the story progresses through the volumes, a clause that might permit Kirin and Jeyoung to be together is revealed to Kirin, which Jeyoung has known all along, but a question that arises in the last released volume is: will they tell each other they know about it? And what will Gyulhwa and Yohan do to keep them apart? It's obvious this story is meant to be a love story between Kirin and Jeyoung, because on the back cover of every volume is the exact words: "Kirin X Jeyoung" with a different picture each time of them in cartoon form together. But what makes this story involving and intriguing is the elements that keep them apart, such as the fact that they're known as cousins (though distant), where even when Kirin's best friend Joohwe asks suspiciously why the two seemed so close together. Also is the friction between Jeyoung and Yohan, which Yohan is oblivious to since he assumes Jeyoung as simply Kirin's cousin (at first). Though the manhwa was made in 1988, the art is absolutely fantastic, and would rival any story made in these current years. Seriously, I'd recommend this story to anyone who wants a solid romance or a start on reading manhwa in general. There's a bit of humor, a lot of romance, teenage angst, drama, and the covers are pretty awesome. One side-note to add though is that on the cover of volume 2, the necklace symbol on Yohan Chun is a Buddhist symbol (NOT a nazi symbol!), with the legs of the symbol pointing to the left, which distinguishes it from the nazi symbol, with the legs of the symbol pointing to the right. One reason to note that is because there's a vast misunderstanding of the symbol, in that the Buddhist symbol with its legs towards the left has been around far longer than the nazi symbol (think hundreds to possibly over a thousand years). Note(s): If you judge a book by its cover, then you'll definitely love Pretty, because seriously, the covers and inside art are terrific. - Same Gender Paradise / Dong-sung-ee-sahng-hyahng (Lee, Sangun - Manhwa) - Teen/Soonjung, Volumes 1-2 (of 3 or 4 so far), 2002-? - Published by Sugar Books. Reviewed in summer, 2003. At first, one of the main characters thinks back to childhood in which the person and another promised to marry. The story then starts from there 10 years later. Jung Suk Ha (Sukha Jung) and her male best friend she met on the internet, Park Bong Bin (Bongbin Park) aren't exactly entering their new high school together as "normal" students. Sukha's first love was a girl, while Bongbin's first love was a guy, and they are both homosexual, in which the chatroom they first met at was called "Same Gender Paradise" (the word for same gender, "dohngsung", can also literally mean homosexual). Before school starts, Bongbin and Sukha sneaks into the school office and changes his school name to Hyobin Park (the reason is that the name Bongbin can usually be twisted into "bongpahl", an insult/joke sort of name). While Sukha has her sights on the rigid and somewhat psycho, yet extremely beautiful Dani Un, Bongbin finds himself getting along well with a guy, that was spying on Dani, named Oojean Dong; and they both call each other Jean and Bin for short. As Sukha tries to figure out and get close to Dani, she discovers a guy that seems to always be around her, named Jeesup Kim. Later on, the story gets complicated, as people from Sukha and Bin's past appear and a twisted love story of Dani unravels. At first when I rented this story, I had no idea what the title meant in English, so I just read the story. The beginning part of the story was a huge surprise, and at a point in reading it, I took a break and looked up the title's English meaning. Thinking on it, there was no doubt that if I had understood the title before, I probably wouldn't have been as surprised by the beginning part of the story. Anyhow, the art of the volumes was awesome, and the characters were all well-drawn aesthetically. As for the story, it was even more interesting, with a lot of humor mixed into the drama of the story. What's even more hilarious is how Tidus from Final Fantasy 10 the Playstation 2 game makes an appearance (though I'll try not to spoil how) ^_^. Overall, this is so far a wonderful series, and I really enjoyed reading it (to the point that I bought the first volume for a keepsake.) Note(s) - Volume one will make you laugh like crazy. - Starlet Princess (look at Kaguya-Hime) - Star Ocean Second Story / Star Ocean Second Story (Azuma, Mayumi - Manga) - General/Teen/General) - Volumes 1-6. Reviewed in spring, 2003. Update: Volumes 1-7 (completed). Reviewed again in summer, 2003. WHAT, YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THE GAME??? Okay, okay. Claude C. Kenni, the son of a high-ranking general in the Earth Federation goes on a scouting mission with his father and other crewmates. There, Claude gets ported to another world and meets/saves from a monster a girl named Rena. They end up trekking and meeting travelling companions on the way to a continent (forgot the name, sorry). Apparently, people have been sent by ship only to not return from the continent. As the story develops, Claude, Rena, and the other associates find themselves in the midst of the possible destruction of the universe (well, the universe being taken over by really evil guys). This series is intriguing, and definitely, supremely well-drawn. There's adventure, fighting, romance, comedy, and drama all in a few volumes. One thing to note is that this series has been reprinted 7 times in Korea due to the high interest in the series. Another thing to note, which is unfortunate for me, is I can't seem to find the rest of the series for purchase. Update: I finally got the last volume, but for one thing, I was surprised that it WAS the last volume. If you've played the game, the manga ends during half the storyline. If you haven't, you'll find that the ending was a bit rushed, and the gathering of characters a bit too unreal, even for fantasy standards. Still, I liked how the manga ended, leaving questions as to the fate of the protagonists if you haven't played the game. Also, the last volume had extra stories of the protagonists, so it wasn't too bad. Note(s): I'm not telling which character was voted the best of all the Star Ocean 2 guys/girls/creatures. ^_^. Update: Hint that any true Star Ocean 2 fan should know: Possessed. - Theory of Boy Evolution / Soh-nyuhn-jeen-hwa-ron / Japanese title : Shonen Shinka-Ron (Kusanagi, Toshiki - Manga) - Older Teen/Shoujo - 2000 - Published as Issue Comics Special - One volume story (completed). Reviewed in summer, 2003. Rising star, Mizuki Asoh, a 16 year old singer and actor seems to be having the time of his life, except for one thing: he has a 14 year old son named Sana Fujisaki. Even stranger is how Sana looks exactly like Mizuki, sometimes filling in for him at public events. No, there's no cloning involved. Instead, Mizuki Asoh is actually 29 year old Naoki Fujisaki, and though with a young face and body, a single father to Sana. As the story unfolds, a romance between Sana and a female star named Shiho blossoms, while the origin of Naoki's pop career name Mizuki Asoh and his past is discovered. Though this story has a sequel 4-volume series named Theory of Boy Evolution Plus, this manga in itself was awesome in its story execution, drawing, and its focus on its characters. That would primarily be a reason why the story was continued with the sequel. As for the mood of the novel, I'd say that the beginning was funny, and towards the end, where a lot of major facts were revealed, the story became very heavy and somehow twisted. Trying not to spoil the story, I'd have to note that there is a bit of teenage masochism depicted and a mature theme towards the end of the volume. I definitely would recommend this to only those over 16 or 17. Note(s): How does Naoki stay so young??? -
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