Talk about dysfunctional! Miki is horrified to learn that her parents have swapped with another couple, and that all four now plan to live under one roof. But when her new stepbrother, Yuu, shows up, he appears to be just the one to ease her mental anguish... that is, until she sees the bitterness beneath his cool exterior. The strange romance that follows would make any love triangle seem ordinary by comparison.
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Wataru Yoshizumi's beloved manga series is finally available,
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This review is from: Marmalade Boy, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
Marmalade Boy is a shojo (girls') manga by Wataru Yoshizumi, centering around high school student Miki Koishikawa and her crazy circle of family and friends. In this, the first volume, Miki's parents are divorcing in order to swap spouses with another couple, the Matsuuras. While Miki's less than thrilled with this turn of events, the other couple's son, Yuu, is awfully good-looking...Once Miki, Yuu, and their parents have all moved into one house as one big happy family, a new wrinkle is added. Ginta Suou, Miki's tennis club captain and long-time friend, rejected her in junior high when she wrote him a love letter. They're just friends now...or at least Miki feels that way. Ginta may feel a bit differently... Yoshizumi's elegant (though anatomically disastrous) art does a handy job of realizing the quirky characters, and the top-notch localization helps pull you into Miki's world. The plotting is expert also (though on occasion soap-operaish). This is one of my favorite manga series, and I highly recommend it.
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Doushiyou!?,
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This review is from: Marmalade Boy, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
Marmalade Boy is something that many people have said would never be licensed, because it has no audience in America. This applies to the anime in particular, since there are over 70 episodes. However, thankfully that's been proven wrong in the fact that both the anime and manga have been licensed by TOKYOPOP.Marmalade Boy is like a soap opera in a way. There are no magical powers, no giant robots and no dragons. Instead we follow the day-to-day life of Miki Koishikawa. The story starts with a bizarre turn of events that result in teenage Miki living in one house with four parents and her new step-brother, Yuu. Yuu seems like a jerk (albeit a very good-looking one) to her, but is very popular at school. Naturally she finds herself getting caught under Yuu's spell, but things become complicated as it is revealed that both Miki and Yuu have old flames (Ginta and Arimi respectively) who are still interested in them. Marmalade Boy is light-hearted, romantic fun. This highlights a fundamental difference between Marmalade Boy and most soaps: Instead of making you want to throw things at the screen because the characters are so stupid, Marmalade Boy makes you smile when you read it. I have one word to describe the translation: Incredible. Anyone who still holds a grudge against Mixx/Tokyopop for how they treated some of their older titles will find themselves converted upon reading this. And anyone who's worried that reading right-to-left style will confuse you, don't worry, it becomes second nature after a few minutes :D And what's the title of my review all about? Simple: I have to wait a month until the next book. What should I do!?
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Objective or Not Objective? That is the Question. MB: Vol 1,
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This review is from: Marmalade Boy, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
Revised Grammatically and Structurally Friday October 22, 2010.
Marmlade Boy has a soap opera-esque premise: Revolving primarily around a young teenage girl named Miki, her parents go on a cruise and meet another married couple, both couples fall in love with the opposite couples spouse of the opposite sex, decide to get divorced, and move in together in one big house so when they remarry that their respective family can stay a family. Now of course this turns the childrens lives upside-down. Especially Miki's, she is very determined to make them see what a mistake doing this is, while concurrently the other couple's child Yuu appears to solely care about his parent's own happiness and disregards his own. Miki is taken aback by his calm and collected attitude, and fails to understanding how a living breathing human being could remain so calm in a crazy situation such as this. On top of having to adjust to the changes in not only her parents marital life style, but her house hold life, she still has to deal with her school and normal life as a teenage as well as trying to move past the pain she feels every time she sees her close friend Ginta, whom she previously confessed her love to and was completely shut down. Marmlade Boy may have soap operish themes, but that doesn't make it a Soap Opera in the traditional sense of the word, most soap operas either border on high camp or are completely devoid of humor all together, whereas this treats not only its characters and subject with a great deal of sensitivity, but is also very aware of the absurdity of its premise and gives most of the situations a knowing wink and a good sense of humor/satire, and I found this continues on in to the later Volumes, which, believe it or not, contain even more sensitive subject matter. It is also more than a little refreshing to see young characters that look their age and aren't either exaggeratingly beautiful (whether male or female) or look 10x's older then they are. The majority of the characters are High School freshman, and they look like High School Freshman! I highly recommend not only Volume 1, but the entire Marmalade Boy Series, it is funny, touching, and thought-provoking and worth reading regardless of what kind of manga you may normally prefer. :) God Bless & *enjoy* ~Amy
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