Customer Reviews

Kodocha: Sana's Stage, Volume 2

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Ah, the next installment in the Kodocha series. I don't recommend this book to anyone who:
-doesn't like manga (don't see why anyone wouldn't though)
-for some reason doesn't like stories that can make you laugh and cry all at the same time
-has depth and humor
-doesn't want to find themselves absolutely obsessed with a manga.
I would have to say that Kodocha is perhaps one of my most favorite mangas out there, and Miho Obana is one of my most favorite manga-ka. This story follows the adventures of semi-star actress Sana Kurata in a shoujo adventure that is goes far beyond that of any other shoujo manga. The main character isn't fluffy and sugary innocent, but wild and adventurous with such a lovable personality. She's weird, and the character you just want to root for, and I think that's one of the things that makes Kodocha so amazing. You find yourself falling in love with the characters, not wanting to hate anyone of them. They are not without flaws, or reasons, everything follows through and in the end you just want Sana to be with her true love (not gonna say who that is though, got to find out for yourself). I recommend this book to anyone who wants a good story, in your face humor, and story that doesn't make children into sweet innocent angels, but shows them as they really are, curious monsters wanting more than anything to belong and grow up, but still in need of someone to take care of them. The relationships tug at your heartstrings, and if anything; you'll find yourself laughing the whole way through. I never cease to find myself amazed at how well Miho Obana wrote this story and how perfectly Sarah Dyer translated it. I love Kodocha and am totally hooked (driving myself insane looking and waiting for book 7 and beyond) and I guarantee that once your pick up this book and read it you will find yourself completely hooked as well. The story never grows old as well, I still find myself reading the books I do have over and over. A must have for any fan of manga, or someone just looking for a good read.

Well, the first review makes it sound very flat and boring, but really there's a lot more depth to the plot and subplots than that. Again, both serious and funny, this is a very faceted book, and, I think, much better than the first one. (More character exploration, less violence.) Sorry. "Character exploration" makes it sound stuffy; it's not. It's just that, even the funny or previously nasty characters seem to take on more personality, more real-ness.
That first review makes Rei (her manager) sound cruel. He's not. He's much kinder than it sounds -- a very interesting character.

If you liked the first one you'll Love the second. I must say if you like romance, seriousness and a lot on humor then you'll love this book and the rest of them too. But if your not into manga and anime or one or the other, then yu don't want to read this book. But if you have know idea what they are start reading the first book and wokr to this book ok, you'll love this one like I said, no wait, you'll LOVE the whole 'set' of the ten Kodocha books. If you yourself don't have enogh money for these books beg your parents, just say it's for a good learning cause. Trust me you learn a lot from these books. I'm hoping to start the 6th book my self. If you like the reveiw and get the book I hope you like, wait no love this book.

Well, her first book was wonderful. I loved how the plot thickened and gripped the reader at the end with a very cliff-hanger-like yet satisfying ending! and this book,is no exception (well,the ending was all cliff-hanger now. :P) Well, in this book Sana and Akito start being friends after an unexpected first kiss for Sana. She keeps wondering why this happened and then she finds out her favorite actress used to date her manager, "Gigilo" Rei! So, after some incidents she breaks up with Rei and well, starts wondering about her love life and how growing up can be painful at times but sometimes it can be wonderful because you can learn from those experiences. The ending leaves you hanging and wanting to read the 3rd book. (So,I'm gonna order it now and stop typing. :P)All in all, another wonderful book. 5 stars! (I'd give more if I could :D ). I'll tell you guys know about the 3rd when I read it. Much Luv, KodochaFreak

For people who read manga, the stories are far more variable, and can be much deeper, more mature, and dramatic than an American comic could ever hope to be... Or, some manga can be completely insane and hyper. Sometimes, the best gems are those that are able to do more than one thing at the same time. Such is Kodocha... What sets Kodocha apart from many "shoujo" ("for girls" - but it doesn't matter, many guys like it too) manga is that it is able to be completely comedic and spastic on one hand and very serious on the other. While bopping people with squeaky toy hammers, Sana, our heroine, then goes on to deal with something like, for example, child abuse. Really, how many stories can do this well? To avoid SPOILING (like an unfortunate review preceding this), I'll just say that this is a wonderful manga series, and well worth picking up.

It's hilarious! Kodomo no Omocha's fan will enjoy this if *erm*... they're not quite well in reading Japanese nor understanding it. In the second volume that I received, Sana has managed to fix the Hayama's family, and Akito falls in love with her. There is a cute scene, where Akito is about to tell Tsuyoshi [another guy who likes Sana] that they're rivals, but instead it comes out as ri--als. Tsuyoshi is curious at what Akito says, so he asks Akito if yesterday, he had said rivals, but Akito denies it and begins showing bunches of words, such as 'riddles, ringtails, etc.' Tsuyoshi gets [mad] and mutters, "Choose between your best friend or a girl?" AKito turns around and says, "That's easy. A girl." Tsuyoshi sweatdrops and cries, saying I knew you'll say that. It is quite hilarious! There's another scene where Akito creeps Rei out by actually revealing that he was humoring Sana, thinking that she'll grow out of it. Rei, looks at Akito and Tsuyoshi's back, and mutters "When I was in school, I was just a runny nosed kid!"
Also, in this volume there is a scene where Sana is cleaning up Akito, and he *kisses* her, she goes, "Ah?" and then "AHH!!!" the whole museum shakes. ^_^;;

In conclusion, this series is a must-read! It is hilarious and shows juvenile love!!! Sana is a happy, cheery, and mature person, wanting to solve everyone's problems, Akito on the other end is emotionless, mature, and wise. He is able to see through the bad of everyone. ^_^;;;

I hope this review persuade you to buy this manga! [I really do ... at this, don't I?]

Ja Ne!

Sana's relationship with her bad boy classmate Akito has gotten somewhat better. They've even started to confide and lean on each other in times of trouble. Akito might even have other feelings besides that of friendship lurking behind those oh so amused but frighteningly empty eyes of his! But Sana's heart is with her manager/gigolo Rei and she's thrown into fits of anxiety and jealousy when she finds out her co-star Asako Kurumi is Rei's ex and the reason behind her meeting him as a homeless bum. And it looks like Asako wants to maybe reignite things like the old days!

This second volume was a little too heavy on the serious side of things for my taste. I could read shojo to get this type of experience. What I liked about Volume 1 was its zany and offbeat humor. This one seems to focus more on the characters mini-dramas and feelings and busted and unrequited love and the comedy takes a distant backseat. While I really liked the first volume I found 2 a bit humorless and dull.