Happy Hustle High, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Rie Takada (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Happy Hustle High | Publication Date: February 9, 2005

What happens when an all-girls' high school reigning tomboy finds out her school is about to be filled with boys? Hanabi Oozora is a rambunctious 16-year-old tomboy who comes to the rescue of her less assertive friends - sometimes in exchange for food. So what does she do when, all of a sudden, her all-girls' school is about to be integrated with an all-boys' school? Hanabi meets and falls in love - naturally - with one of the three most popular and handsome boys in the Student Council, Yasuaki Garaku. Unfortunately, Yasuaki doesn't care for girls...and when the girls' Student Council clashes head-on with the boys' Student Council, Hanabi steps in to become a member-hoping she'll change Yasuaki's mind.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; 1 edition (February 9, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591169127
• ISBN-13: 978-1591169123
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #741,297 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Discription of the book, August 1, 2005

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Summer Storm "AmberGrace" (Mount Vernon, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Happy Hustle High, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Tomboy Hanabi Ozora's all-girls high school is going co-ed and she is the only girl at school who can talk to the boys with out blushing so the girls want her to be Vice President over the whole school. Then she falls in love with one of the most popular and hottest guys in school...but he doesnt know how to talk to girls, so he is a little hostile!The art is great even if the story line is a bit cliche.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Volume 1 is a great start, October 24, 2006

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Ada Montgomery (Houston, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Happy Hustle High, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Unlike some reviews on this page the following one is for the first volume:

In Happy Hustle High (originally published as H3 School), Hanabi Ozora is a 16 yr old tomboy whose all-girl school is being intergrated with Meibi High (an all boy school). Hyper and cute, Hanabi is excited to have the boys around and on the first day meets the cute student council vice president, Yasuaki Garaku, who seems to want nothing to do with her or any girl. To help her shy and lovestruck friends, Hanabi agrees to fill in as a student council rep. Her first task? Make dating 'legal' again within the school. This means she'll have to get approval from Yasuaki.

I don't want to give too much away and ruin the fun of reading this manga (since that all it really is: fun), but you'll see Hanabi finding herself being in 'like' with both Yasuaki as well as his 'rival' Tokihisa Aido.

Personally, I really like this manga so far. Rie Takada has a nice clean style with good looking guys and cute girls. The story is nothing we haven't seen before, but I thought everything just really seemed to work. Yes Hanabi is lucky finding herself in the midst of a budding love triangle with the school's best looking guys, but she's such a likeable character it didn't annoy me, I was instead cheering her on.

If your looking for a cute, funny, and pretty short (I think it's only 5 vol.) series that is perfect for the manga reader who is looking for something a bit more mature, then I highly recommend Happy Hustle High.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have read all 4 volumes..Love it!, January 7, 2006

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H. Stewart (Windsor, Connecticut United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Happy Hustle High, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

I agree like some shoujo titles this one is deifnately for the older teens versus the young ones who some jokes might not click with them. I LOVED this graphic novel and the characters in my opinion do seem cliche at first, BUT the difference is Yosuke's fear of girls...thats just real cool to see, especialy when his got the relationship with the ultra-hyper Tomboy Hinabi! Its a 5 star series so far in my opinion! Sorry for the miss-spelling of their names but dont have the book on me to check them.