For all 15 years of their lives, Ami and Noa have competed against each other for love with the same results: both fall for the same guy, inevitably scaring him away and leaving them boyfriend-less. But the vicious cycle is broken when the girls go to a party and each fall for two different guys! With potential love on the horizon, the sky couldn't be bluer...until Ami discovers that these two dudes are actually duds with ulterior motives. Determined to get revenge on these players, Ami vows to make her guy fall for her while she trys to protect an unsuspecting Noa!
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Grade 5-8–Ami and Noa have always competed with one another, mostly over boys. So when an opportunity comes up to go to a karaoke party with kids from another school, they jump at the chance to show each other up. The party ends up being a dud, so they crash another one, where they meet two guys who may be their matches. In order to get to know them better, the teens are forced to cooperate. But for all their aggressive behavior, these girls are very sweet and innocent, dreaming of the perfect first kiss and boyfriend to give it. And the boys they are trying for are not the nice guys that they seem to be at first. Ami is forced to face the facts and tries to protect her rival/friend, while at the same time seeking revenge by forcing one of the guys to fall for her. This is a somewhat fluffy romance, with good core values, that girls will eat up. The layout is in traditional manga style, with expressive black-and-white drawings in the expected ultra-cute style. A good purchase for libraries with ravenous manga readerships.–Dawn Rutherford, King County Library System, Bellevue, WA
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
TAILOR MADE FOR TEENAGE GIRLS,
This review is from: Ultra Cute Volume 1 (Paperback)
I'm not sure many guys will be into Ultra Cute but I imagine this story will have definite appeal among teenage girls. It tells the story of two best friends, fifteen-year olds Ami and Noa, best friends and the fiercest competitors with each other when it comes to guys. No matter how hard they try, they always find themselves falling for the same guy and it just never works out. The two discuss their boy problems over steaming bowls of garlic Ramen noodles on a daily basis. Then one day two new fascinating young men come into their lives. Tamon and Tomohiro are handsome and dashing and the girls fall immediately head over heels for the pair. They soon start a bargain as to who can get the first kiss. Noa is the brassier of the two with a killer body and skimpy fashions while Ami is the cute, petite blonde, who is definitely more conservative.
The game is afoot with the boys and Noa appears to take the lead when a near drowning episode leads to Tomohiro having to perform CPR on her, but even Noa admits she was unconscious and so the "kiss" isn't official. But Ami will soon discover that Tamon and his friends are not the sweet guys of their dreams. They are playing their own little game with the girls and don't care about hurting their feelings. Even after discovering their ulterior motive, Ami is still driven to make Tamon fall in love with her, even while trying to protect Noa. Ultra Cute is just that...cute. It explores the pitfalls of teenage relationships and all of the anxieties that go along with them. Ami and Noa could easily be any High school freshmen with their naiveté about men and Tamon and Tomohiro fit into the stereotype of the smug, hotshot upper classmen we all remember from high school days. Nami Akimoto has crafted a storyline which I think a lot of girls in the 12 - 15 year old range will be able to relate to, complimented by strong artwork. Reviwed by Tim Janson
10 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
TWO CUTE GIRLS WITHOUT A BRAIN BETWEEN THEM,
By Sesho "www.sesho.libsyn.com" (Pasadena, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ultra Cute Volume 1 (Paperback)
Ami Uzuki and Noa Kurosawa have been competing in every facet of their lives since kindergarten so it's hard to tell if they're friends or rivals. Since they entered puberty their main focus of contest has become landing a boyfriend. They've been unsuccessful so far because the two girls are so eager to outdo each other that they always pursue the same guy, which ultimately results in said guy getting tired of their antics and telling both of them to get lost! But finally, Ami and Noa meet two cute guys named Tamon and Tomohiro at a karaoke place, and for once they have different guys they're interested in. Too bad for them that Tamon and Tomohiro are nothing but players putting on the front of being nice guys.
Ultra Cute has no redeeming value whatsoever and is an example of shojo manga at its worst. First of all, the characters are so shallow that really, they shouldn't even be called characters but something like "animals" who seem to have no inner life and never have a chance to learn anything about the world. Ultra Cute is supposed to be funny. It isn't. In fact, it's boring. Like walking through a graveyard of manga cliches. If it had been funny, maybe you could have skipped over the poor writing. Or if the author had made ANY of the characters likeable. But there's just nothing here. NOTHING. In fact, Ami and Noa in my mind deserve to be played because they're not really looking for love but for cheap victories over each other. So it makes you actually root AGAINST the main characters. Steer clear of this title.
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ultra good shoujo comic,
By NJTechGirl (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ultra Cute Volume 1 (Paperback)
I picked this title up at Borders on a whim since I did not recognize it and was very happily suprised. I've read it twice since I bought it and it's really good.
If you like shoujo and comedy - you should definitely like this one! ^-^
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