Tokyo Mew Mew A La Mode, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Mia Ikumi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 7, 2005 | Series: Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode (Tokyopop) (Book 1)

The cats are back, and a new Mew is about to emerge! When Berry transfers to a different school, little does she know she’s about to become the first Mew Mew with TWO sets of animal genes in her blood. Half cat, half rabbit, Berry is joining the Mew Mew team just in time: A new gang calling itself the Crusaders has appeared, and its leader just happens to love wild game like rabbitâ€"well done and served for dinner!The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Tokyo Mew Mew is finally here!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The cuteness doesn't stop with the Mew Mew gang, a team of girl heroes who have each been injected with animal genes and endowed with supernatural powers. Their mission is to fight aliens who use animals to attack Earth. A la Mode continues the popular series Tokyo Mew Mew, which inspired the equally admired cartoon. This story introduces a new member, Berry Shirayuki, whose French grandfather explains the title. She's just getting used to her new school when she is mistakenly injected with the genes of an Amami black rabbit and an Andes mountain cat. Suddenly she finds herself fighting dragons and the evil Saint Rose Crusaders, who like to dine on bunny blood. Berry has to adjust to her new Mew Mew powers: super hearing, the ability to leap much higher than expected and a strange desire to snack on carrots. Ikumi knows how to mix action sequences, romantic interludes and schoolgirl anxieties to maximum effect. Darker elements combine with sugary ones for a fun, energetic and ultimately irresistible read. The adorable girls are well-drawn by Yoshida, who adds an appendix of commentary on the process of manga creation. (July)
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From School Library Journal

Grade 5-8–Berry Shirayuki, 12, wakes up overjoyed to be starting junior high at a school she has chosen for its superior uniform design. She knows that something amazing will happen to her, and it sure does. First, her boy-next-door friend sneaks into her room to tease her for leaving him behind at the drab local institution. Then, she realizes that her new school is a bastion of ultra-rich preppies. But it is also the headquarters of the Mew Mews, four girls with animal powers who shout girly battle cries and save the world. One of the omnipresent tall, rail-thin boys injects Berry with an experimental serum that turns her into the fifth Mew Mew. A group of blood-drinking fellow students conspires to eliminate her, and she continues to worship from afar each lanky, long-haired boy who periodically speaks to her. The ominous secret group is pushed aside for the school scenes, centered on Berry being cute, eating cake, or learning about her powers. If your patrons love manga, get this title to balance the superhero yarns crowding your shelves.–John Leighton, Brooklyn Public Library, NY
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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: TokyoPop (June 7, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595327894
• ISBN-13: 978-1595327895
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #837,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Uber Cute!, September 14, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Tokyo Mew Mew A La Mode, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

This book is a total MUST HAVE!

*spoiler*

Berii Shirayuki, is a 'normal' teenage girl who stumbles into Ryou Shirogane on her way to/from school (I forget). Ryou, being a gentleman, gives Berii a small sample of cookies, cutrosy of Cafe Mew Mew. Berii follows him so she can say thank you to him and goes into Cafe-Mew Mew, looking for him. She then slips and falls, knocking over cupcakes, cookies, cakes, brownies and all sorts of pastries and the typical Berii gets embarrased and runs off, running into the experimental Mew Mew project that Ryou is working on, giving her the DNA of a cat and rabbit. From then on, she must battle the Saint Rose Crusaders and their 'minions.'

*end spoiler*

Keep on going, Mia! ^-^

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Berry good book, ha ha!, June 4, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Tokyo Mew Mew A La Mode, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Ichigo, the leader of the mew mews has gone on a study trip to London, which leaves the 4 other girls working hard at the mew mew cafe, one girl short. All seems normal, but a little later the 4 girls meet a new girl at school who had transfered from another school because she liked this school's outfits. Her name is Berry, and she is about to find out a big suprise: that it's her destiny to save the whole world from evil! But the other 4 girls get a suprise to:Berry is the first mew to have 2 animal D.N.A.'s! Berry is combined with a cat and a rabbit! It's a good thing they found, and got Berry to join up with them right away, because a new group of bad guys (who are worse than the cynaclones),called the crusaders, have come to take over the world, and their head leader loves rabbits--THAT ARE COOKED AND SERVED FOR DINNER! Ichigo has lots of suprises in store for her when she comes back from her studying trip in London!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Uber-Kawaii and Uber-Great Manga, June 7, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Tokyo Mew Mew A La Mode, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

This book, I have to say, is better than the Tokyo Mew Mew series for two reasons. One: The artwork is cuter. Two: The series is more hyper than Tokyo Mew Mew. Gotta love hyper! I love this manga soooooo much! This manga definetly deserves five stars. Good job, Mia Ikumi! *claps*