The Day Of Revolution Volume 2 (v. 2) [Paperback]

Mikiyo Tsuda (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Series: Day of Revolution | Publication Date: December 26, 2006

Having undergone gender reassignment from a boy to a girl, Megumi now finds herself inundated with romantic advances from the four guy-pals she used to hang out with as the boy "Kei." And pulling the strings from behind the scenes is the mastermind of romance, Makoto.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing (December 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569708894
• ISBN-13: 978-1569708897
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #868,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slows down the pace & makes it easier to read, June 25, 2009

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ChibiNeko "Sooo many books, so little time!" (Whereever I go, here I am.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Day Of Revolution Volume 2 (v. 2) (Paperback)

Fans of yaoi will like this similarly themed storyline of a guy turned girl via surgery. (Ok, so it's not "real" yaoi, but it's themed along those lines.) Those who aren't yaoi fans can also enjoy this series as it can be seen as "yaoi-light".

The second volume picks up shortly after the first volume where Kei has announced that he wishes to stay with Makoto due to her fear of men. What she doesn't know is that Makoto has a cute younger brother who appeals to both her masculine & feminine sides at once. Finding a nice match doesn't mean happily ever after as Kei's four guy friends are bound & determined that no one will win her hand but one or all of them!

The storyline in this volume is much slower than the first volume, which is a good change. The first volume was fun but packed quite a bit of storyline into one volume. (It could easily have been made into a 3 volume series!) The introduction of Megumi's brother is a nice solution to the problem of who she'll end up with & as such, he has far more character depth than the other guys who still suffer from not being fully fleshed out. (No more detail other than the bare minimum is given out about these guys.) Still, the manga is left rather open-ended will will frustrate some. There's enough of an ending where you won't be completely disappointed, but it's not concrete enough to satisfy every fan out there.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's not yaoi, so don't say it's good for yaoi fans, March 27, 2007

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Nat - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Day Of Revolution Volume 2 (v. 2) (Paperback)

I hate yaoi but this is one of my favorite manga.
It's about a girl who through genetic defect has all the "bits" (read Inter Sexuality for a manga that goes really in depth on the subject)
When he finds out she's actually a she, she gets the "bits" removed and commences among much hilarity to live out the rest of her life as a girl.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A series of lost opportunities, November 18, 2008

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Howard Ehlert (Vesper, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Day Of Revolution Volume 2 (v. 2) (Paperback)

I'll start off by saying the good things about this volume; the artist is wonderful, with character designs that are truly wonderful to behold. Not a lot of detail in the backgrounds, but the characters portray their roles very well.

Now the bad. This manga fails, in my opinion, because of one key problem. That is the lack of developing relationships. What I mean by this, is that this manga is about the relationships between Megumi, the 4 boy-squad, and Mikato who gets introduced in this volume. However, the 4 boys only show up to try to ruin Megumi's relationship with Mikato. They never try to seriously compete for her, despite that being their stated intention.

The relationship between Mikato and Megumi is supposed to be the main event, yet the mangaka (for some reason I cannot possibly hope to understand) decided to completely omit 2 full years of their relationship. Mikato gives his confession, and then.... nothing. The mangaka simply states that 2 years pass while they've been going out. Suddenly the 4boys are graduated, Megumi's hair is longer... but that's it. Megumi's entire 2nd year, and who knows how much of her third year in high school, pass by without incident? This is no way to write a romance.

Not only that, but the 4 boy squad... for some reason they never, ever try to make an advance on Megumi/Kei individually. They're always, always in a group. And for being so popular with the girls, there's no mention of them being involved with other girls. Yet they're obsessed with keeping Megumi available for themselves. Not only is this nonsensical, it's actually very pathetic. If they had relationships with other girls, this could affect how Megumi might see them, and thus have opened the door to more depth in the story there. But it's just another example of how shallow this manga goes.

This story had a lot of potential. But unfortunately it was never realized. I'm wondering if the editors really had something against the mangaka and cut most of the content.. that's seriously what it feels like.

I've given it a 2star instead of a 1star simply because I love the character designs and the clean artwork. The rest of it is too much of a disappointment.