Voices of love (Ai no koe)

I have been wanting to read this manga for a long time because I  see the picture from the cover everywhere. It has been on my list for a long time and two days ago I said “right, it’s about time I read this.” So here I am. It actually disappointed me quite a lot. The cover is the best this about the manga, in my opinion.

It turns out there are five one-shots and only one volume.

Pretty much all of the stories are the same; a love story about a girl and a boy. There're the typical teacher-student relationship and some best-friend-wants-more-than-to-be-friends stories. The end is very predictable and the characters aren't that likeable. Actually, the boys are all hookers that spend their days sleeping with any/every girl they can get their hands on, while the girls just sit in a corner and cry and never ever think it might be a possibility for them to stand up for themselves. But the pictures are ok-ish. I don’t recommend you read this manga for the pleasure of reading, but if what you want is to expand your manga-knowledge, then I would say you can read it. It’s bound to come up somewhere when you search for “manga” on google.

Average rating from Manga-updates: 6.7 / 10

My rating: 5.3 / 10

Cat street

Cat Street is a manga of eight volumes from the mangaka Youko Kamio.

It’s basically about a girl (Keito Aoyama) that is a childhood actress, but due to her weakness she fails and becomes a shut-in. Then she comes out to the realworld and has to deal with life.

I thought it was a great manga, especially after a long time of not reading any proper shoujo. The story’s main focus isn’t the romance either, but more “finding oneself” and “getting ahead in life”. The main character wouldn’t be what you call stupid, but I think she still could do with some extra screws to get into my cool-female-character list.

I was disappointed to hear that the same mangaka also did Hana Yori dango (which I didn’t like AT ALL), but the series have little in common, apart from the pictures.

All in all (I still love this city), it’s worth checking out if you don’t get too frustrated with manga sometimes. Oh, and Momiji wears some great dresses that are interesting and give you ideas if you like to draw.

 

Average rating from Manga-updates: 8.9 / 10

My rating: 7 / 10

By the way, did anyone get the Kiki’s delivery service quote in here?

CLAMP school detectives

CLAMP school detectives, or Clamp Gakuen Tanteidan in Japanese, is a shoujo manga (and anime) from the well known mangakas that call themselves CLAMP. It only has 12 chapters, three volums, therefore it's a fast read.

Today I'm talking about this series because it is one of the first anime I watched, when I was a kid. It is my favourite work out of all the CLAMP series, pretty much by a long way.

The story is about three boys - Akira, Suoh and Nokoru - who make a detective club to save and help all ladies in distress. Okay, so the plot isn't that interesting or profound, and it doesn't manage to keep you addicted to it, but during the whole manga you have a smile on your face.

Plus it's got lovely bi-shounen boys ;) .

I recommend watching a few episodes of the anime and reading the manga at the same time.

Average rating from Manga-updates: 6.8 / 10

My rating: 8 / 10