Kashimashi, Vol. 4 [Paperback]

Satoru Akahori (Author), Yukimaru Katsura (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Kashimashi | Publication Date: November 29, 2007

Being a girl is harder than it looks...

For Hazumu, this couldn't be truer, because just the other day, she...was a he.

Shunned by the girl of his dreams, Hazumu loses himself in the mountains and is promptly squashed by an oncoming space ship. The alien inside, feeling guilty, rebuilds Hazumu's body...but as the wrong gender!

Now Hazumu must learn how to be the girl his parents always wanted while dealing with the trials and tribulations of being caught in a love triangle between two girls--his childhood friend, Tomari, and Yasuna, the girl who rejected him but is now strangely attracted to him/her!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A neat twist on the traditional love-triangle forumla, and a charming alternative to boys meeting girls." —Newtype USA, selected book of the month

About the Author

Satoru Akahori is the author of Abenobashi: Magical Shopping Arcade, Saber Marionette J, and Sakura Wars.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 16 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Seven Seas; First Edition edition (November 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933164840
• ISBN-13: 978-1933164847
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5 x 0.7 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: #1,103,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars MAKING PEACE, April 13, 2008

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Sesho "www.sesho.libsyn.com" (Pasadena, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kashimashi, Vol. 4 (Paperback)

Kashimashi has rapidly changed from a pseudo yuri title to that of a tragic dying soulmate triangle in the space of one volume. In the third installment, we learned that Hazumu's life will end in 30 days due to the fact that her "life grains" have run out. In fact, she was supposed to have died the day he/she was crushed by an alien spaceship. Changing Hazumu into a girl only delayed the inevitable. Her temporary reprieve is over and now she is going to have make peace with her friends and herself. Volume 4 chronicles the different ways that Tomari, Yasuna, Ayuki, and Asuta deal with the news that they are going to lose their best friend, or in some cases, their true love in 30 days. While Yasuna resigns herself and tries to make Hazumu's last days on Earth full of happiness and memories, Tomari reacts with anger at the news. She can't figure out how everybody is taking it so well and remaining calm about the whole tragedy. There is one hope to save Hazumu. If someone wishes strong enough and purely enough to share Hazumu's life and fate, then that person will be able to share some of their own life grains with her. But the day the person puts themselves first without thinking of Hazumu, she will die.

Wow, how easily this book transformed from a light comedy or even light drama to a title that almost seems brooding with the ominous nature of Hazumu's impending death. I agree with Tomari that Hazumu's friends seem to be taking it a little too well. It just seems like no matter what your good intentions, if someone you loved was going to die, you would still be haunted by it at certain moments and would not be able to focus as much on making happy memories. The fact that nobody knows how Hazumu is fated to die also seems a bit cruel. Is she going to die without pain or is it going to be a horrible torturous death? Still, the writing is pretty good and is still able to keep a certain pastoral and gentle tone thanks to Katsura's graceful artwork. I'm looking forward to the conclusion of Kashimashi, hoping that Hazumu will be able to change her fate.