Rizelmine (v. 1) [Paperback]

Yukiru Sugisaki (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Rizelmine | Publication Date: August 9, 2005

The government has been conducting experiments to genetically engineer a human. Its first creation is a girl named Rizel, and the experiment is a success--sort of. While healthy and cheerful, 12-year-old Rizel also possesses the uncanny need for love to further her development. Saddened by this emptiness in her life, she sheds tears that can end up destroying a city block. So what's a girl to do...except get married! Enter Iwaki Tomonori, your average 15-year-old boy. His world is turned upside-down the day he arrives home to find that the government has just announced that he's a married man!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Tomonori Iwaki was a typical 15-year-old boy—until he arrived home from school one day to find that he was married. Rizel is the result of the secret Protoman Kind project; she is the first human made entirely of nanobots. But her development has halted at a 12-year-old stage, and the only thing that can help her become human is love. So her "Papas," three government agents devoted to Rizel's safety, approve her marriage to Tomonori, who is dismayed at his marital state—he'd rather be hitched to his sexy homeroom teacher. Rizel -bumbles and pines for Tomonori's affection, and at each rebuff disaster ensues. But though he tries to flee his unwanted wife, a secret trauma in his past binds the two of them together. Rizel is a modern-day Pinocchio, but her quest for humanity is swallowed in a frothy, cloying cuteness and incoherent action. She's as persistent and annoying in her pursuit of Tomonori as a Tamagotchi Virtual Pet. Since Rizel's only reference for romance is the shojo manga she reads, perhaps that's not surprising. Though Rizelmine spawned a popular anime, this irrational and unsettling love story will disturb all but the most dedicated shonen manga otaku. (Sept.)
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From School Library Journal

Grade 8 Up–Girl sees boy. Girl falls in love at first sight. Girl wants to marry boy, but he wants nothing to do with her. Factor in that the girl is a one-of-a-kind being made entirely of nano-machines (or so the story goes) and things start to get out of control. Now add in that other countries are making copies of this girl, and they're all in love with the same boy, and all bets are off. Iwaki Tomonori spends most of the book trying to escape Rizel's overly affectionate clutches, to no avail. Of course, when the government has already issued their marriage certificate, there's only so much that he can do. Part of the problem is that the government is trying to appease Rizel because she has superhuman qualities: her tears are powerful enough to blow up buildings and she can change her appearance at will. One of the funniest scenes is one in which Rizel has a fight with Lux (one of her knockoffs) while wearing teddy bear underwear. Watching these girls throw one another into buildings moves a bystander to exclaim, Aaahh!! They're so cute, but they possess such awesome powers of destruction! A funny, fluffy, and unusual romance/fantasy.–Andrea Lipinski, New York Public Library
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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: TokyoPop (August 9, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595329013
• ISBN-13: 978-1595329011
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,081,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Short, silly, fun, March 26, 2011

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Timothy Perper (Philadelphia PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rizelmine (v. 1) (Paperback)

"Rizelmine" is a single-volume story of an artificial (maybe) girl who has been invented (maybe) by a nefarious governmental agency for no very good reasons, except that she's stuck in her development with a ca. 12 year old body. To get her moving along the desired developmental track, the nefarious government decides to marry her off to a 15 year-old boy, Iwaki. Rizelmine (who is psychologically a lot older than 12) thinks that's just fine, except that she knows zero about marriage, sex, boys, and love. So the government brings her to her new husband, equipped with a marriage license. Being nefarious, the agents of course bribe his parents to go along with this crazed scheme... But Iwaki ain't buying none of it. He's in love with his gorgeous, busty and much older teacher...

Rizelmine is a crackpot love comedy. But be forewarned. If you're expecting lots of hot lolicon sex with a 12-year old nymphet, you're going to loathe Rizelmine. There's no sex in it at all. But if you like crackpot love comedies, Rizelmine is a lot of silly fun.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Great art, crappy story, May 16, 2008

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Tenko (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rizelmine (v. 1) (Paperback)

Yukiru Sugisaki's art is gorgeous, but that alone isn't enough to save this trainwreck of a manga. There are cute and funny moments, but those few moments don't make up for the squick-inducing concept, story, etc. A 10 year old looking weapon needs to know a guy in order to grow up? This guy is a perverted older teenager into adult women? Bed scenes with a 10 year old sleeping with this guy? ...okay.

Everything this manga tries to do was done better and earlier in Rumiko Takahashi's manga, Uresei Yatsura.

If lolicon doesn't float your boat, then this is not the manga for you.