It`s not easy being beautiful. The envy, the jealousy, the vicious rumours spread by your best friend. That`s life for young Momo. While everyone thinks that Momo is a wild party girl, the reality is that she is shy and honest. It`s a bittersweet drama of growing up and fitting in that will charm girls everywhere. Laugh and cry with Momo in her daily struggle to fit in and find love in the fan favorite Peach Girl, winner of the prestigious Kodansha Comic Award for 1999. Momo's boyfriend Toji ends up in the hospital, and everyone knows except for Momo! How will the scheming Sae take advantage of this situation?
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Adult/High School-Who needs enemies with a friend like Sae? Certainly not Momo. It's bad enough that her tan and her beauty make her classmates think she's a playgirl, but Sae is doing everything in her power to sabotage Momo's relationship with her boyfriend Toji. And poor Toji is just too naive to see that Sae is a lying, manipulative vixen. Luckily, Momo has Kiley watching her back, but since Kiley has a crush on her, Toji is suspicious of their relationship. Melodramatic? Well, there is the moment Momo threatens to jump out the fourth-floor hospital window unless Toji listens to her side of the story, but other than that, Peach Girl is surprisingly down to earth and reflective of the cliques, rumors, and betrayals that plague high schools. Momo is a fun, appealing character to root for, Toji is cute (if clueless), and Kiley is a sweetheart, ready to help Momo fight for Toji even though (or maybe because) he loves her. Sae's an intelligent, determined antagonist, and Ueda renders her expressions, from cunning to calculation to delight, wonderfully. The black-and-white art is kinetic, with a focus on facial expressions and luminous eyes. Peach Girl is enlivened by humor, from Kiley reacting as if struck by lightning (cartoon skeleton and all) when he and Momo see Toji and Sae in a compromising position, to cat-girl Sae, her usual form when conniving.
Susan Salpini, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Great volume!,
By "hologramaja" (Brookfield, MO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peach Girl #2 (Paperback)
In this volume of Peach Girl Sae is as evil as ever, and Momo isn't catching any breaks. When Momo and Toji get some time alone, Sae tries to convince Kiley to team up with her to break them up. Momo tries to tell Toji of Sae's schemeing but he refuses to believe her. (I'm not gonna tell you any more about the story it would spoil it!)The cover artwork is good, and it looks like they managed to maintain the quality of the original Japanese volume, and the translation seems pretty accurate as well. Peach Girl is a dramatic, funny, and interesting manga--it'll be hard waiting for the next volume to come out!
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The Pain of Growing Up "Peach",
By Pamela (Philadelphia, PA U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peach Girl #2 (Paperback)
Anyone over 19 who reads this will immediately know what Momo's mistakes are going to be before she makes them, and why she cannot help but make them; perhaps that is why reading "Peach Girl" is doubly bittersweet for those who've recently emerged from adolescence, and why for those same people, this manga is still a good read. The artwork is excellent, and the storytelling better than ever. Momo is so badly wronged by - not just Sae - but everyone save one person, including Toji, that it makes her emerge seeming ever stronger. Don't pass this up.
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Still Pretty Peachy,
By Kristin Munson (Wakefield, RI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peach Girl #2 (Paperback)
Poor Momo still can't seem to catch a break. Every time it looks like things between her and Toji are smoothed out, the diabolical Sae appears to muss things up. But if volume 1 was a pretty close representation of the mixed up love-life of a high school teen, volume 2 is a tawdry melodrama; lots of crying bouts, cat fights, and some really stupid actions by Momo drag down what should be a lighthearted read.Sae's still up to her relationship-wrecking mischief, but her plans aren't as clever as before and require a lot of leaps of faith on the readers part to believe they could be pulled off so letter perfect. She also seems a lot more malicious; we all know she doesn't want Toji and Momo together but now its starting to border on obsession. Toji seems to have misplaced his brain somewhere between books, because he's a complete and utter idiot when it comes to Sae's manipulations and, as Momo so eloquently puts it, "On what planet do boys rehearse kissing their girlfriends by practicing on other women?". The boy is a twit and if Momo weren't so hopelessly infatuated she'd see that. The absolute saving grace of the story is the wily Kiley. Despite being completely lovestruck, he's willing to help Momo win her man because he doesn't want to see her hurt. Equal parts comic relief and voice of reason, he's an all-around sweetheart that keeps the plot's fizz from going totally flat. While not as frenetic and fun as volume 1, Peach Girl 2 is still a good read, despite the annoying soap opera flourishes
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