Gacha Gacha, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Hiroyuki Tamakoshi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 20, 2005

SECRET CRUSH

Lately, Kouhei can’t get his friend Kurara out of his mind. Even though he has known her since elementary school, all of a sudden, ever since she came back from summer vacation, he has been crushing on her . . . hard.
But something is different about Kurara–she is acting very oddly. Sometimes she seems wholesome, pure, and innocent, and at other times she is extremely forward and unabashed. Kouhei soon learns that Kurara has multiple personalities–and decides to help her keep her secret from their classmates. But Kouhei finds himself struggling between helping Kurara as a friend and trying to win her heart . . . which is a challenge, since she has many!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Manga high school sex comedies don't exactly have to be Mensa material, but Gacha Gacha sets a new record for willful suspension of higher brain function. Its protagonist, a young man named Kouhei, has a hopeless crush on Kurara, a generic manga schoolgirl type who treats him like her personal footman. At first, he doesn't understand why she sometimes comes on to him and sometimes couldn't be colder, or why she demands that "if I get all erotic like that again, you have to stop me before anyone else finds out." Then he discovers that she actually has a split personality—and that the other half of her, Arisa, is perpetually hot to trot and likes to wear outfits that give Tamakoshi (Boys Be) a chance to draw lots of closeups of her barely clad chest. The plot involves the usual contrivances—a bikini top that goes missing, Kouhei being forced to pretend he's agreed to be Kurara's slave and so on. What makes the whole silly affair work is Tamakoshi's artwork, which strikes the right balance between whimsy and lechery—Kouhei looks amusingly dumbstruck by his own hormones, and both Kouhei and Arisa are adorable in their own way. (Sept.)
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 16 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (September 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345486218
• ISBN-13: 978-0345486219
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.7 x 5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,069,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not cosmic... but not bad, either, November 11, 2005

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M. Elzen "tively_split" (Vaassen Holland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gacha Gacha, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Um, this volume has a pretty negative seeming professional review, and I'd like to respond to that. If anyone's looking for the one-and-only true, earth-shaking, world-changing manga, well, Gacha Gacha isn't for you. On the other hand, if you're looking for a light hearted romp through the lives of two kids that are both learning what love and romance is about, I think Gacha Gacha might be for you. Both Kouhei's denseness (he really needs to be hit on the head by one to get a clue sometimes) and Kurara's seeming carelessness towards Kouhei's attitudes did come across as pretty stereotypical. Yet it's humor and (I don't what else to call it but) it's heart-warming-ness have made me not regret buying it. Now all I've got to do is overcome my impatience till they publish the next volume...