Video Girl Ai, Vol. 2: Mix Down [Paperback]

Masakazu Katsura (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2004 | Series: Video Girl AI (Book 2)

When Ai starts to have feelings for Yota- feelings that are forbidden to video girls-Ai's creator steps in to either fix her or erase her. If she gives Yota the cold shoulder, they'll both be disappointed. But if she confesses her growing love for him, she'll disappear forever.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (June 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591160758
• ISBN-13: 978-1591160755
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,465,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love, Tears and Videotape, December 7, 2000

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James Lowry (Sunnyvale, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Video Girl Ai, Vol. 2: Mix Down (Paperback)

Volume 2: Mix-Down continues the story of Yota "Dateless" Moteuchi, Moemi, the girl he's in love with, Takashi, the guy she's in love with, and Ai, the girl who came out of Yota's TV set to console him. Much of this volume will be new to people who have watched the Video Girl Ai anime, as it contains a storyline that was largely skipped in the video series. Ai has been recalled by her creator for falling in love with Yota and failing in her proper role as a Video Girl.

Ai eventually convinces her creator to send her back to Yota. She can be with him as long as it takes... to help get him and Moemi together. Furthermore, she must distance herself from Yota emotionally, and cannot give him the slightest sign that she loves him, or she will be erased, deleted permanently.

And so begins one of the most exquisitely painful storylines ever. No one has has a good time in this volume. Moemi and Takashi's relationship is going nowhere. Ai must keep herself distant from Yota or cease to exist. Yota's feelings are split between Moemi, who is going out with Takashi, and Ai, who has been increasingly strange lately. The only clue Yota has about the 'new' Ai is that the package for her tape has changed....

Video Girl Ai is a wonderful series, and worth picking up by anyone who enjoys good characters and good graphic storytelling.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great second novel, and an excellent cliffhanger, October 15, 2000

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Michael Howe (chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Video Girl Ai, Vol. 2: Mix Down (Paperback)

Mix Down continues where Part 1: PreProduction left off. To recap from the first novel, The lead character Yota, has found out that Moemi, the girl he likes, is in love with his good-looking friend Takashi. Feeling down, Yota finds a magical video shop, where he rents a video featuring idol Ai Amano. But as Yota watches the video on his broken VCR, Ai pops out, albeit a little different from her packaging. The video has made her lose her overcute charm, her curvy figure, and she has a small swearing tendency. But even so, she agrees to help Yota, and so begins an incredible dramatic manga. At the end of the novel, something begins to happen to Ai as she continues to help Yota, and one day, Ai suddenly vanishes! Apparently, Ai has been returned to the Gokuraku video store, where her Creator has deemed her defective. Instead of helping Yota (the lead character who is commonly called "Dateless"), it seems Ai is actually showing feelings toward him, which is a major diversion of what a Video Girl should do or be. Ai's creator is ready to pull the plug on our defective heroine, when Ai begs him for a second chance. So, her Creator grants her this, with the exception that she has to follow a program to only "help" Yota, and to distance herself from him. So, Ai returns to Yota, but with the premonition that she can't even tell him "I love you." I won't give away anymore, but the ending will really have you begging Viz to come out with "Book 3: Recall" as soon as possible!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just as great as the 1st book, April 28, 2001

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Mark Twain (Alton, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Video Girl Ai, Vol. 2: Mix Down (Paperback)

Video Girl AI is one of my favorite mangas. It's got some of the most interesting characters around, with a main character that you can actually care for. There's no action or giant robots, just a lot of romance and drama, but told so it would be more appealing for guys, and not at all like a sappy romance novel or chick flick. The series is just incredibly engrossing, a lot like Parasyte(another great manga). Once you finish the last page you REALLY wanna know what happens next. Unfortunately you're in for a long wait. This is an 18 book series, and it's taking Dark Horse forever to translate and market each one.

In this book, you get to see AI's creators, who tell AI that she cannot have feelings for Yota. If she abides by these rules, her time limit with Yota will be taken away, and she'll be sent back to him. Also, Moemi's feelings are revealed, which may bring Yota's crush on her to an end. I don't wanna reveal any more than I already have. If you bought the last one, you've gotta get this one too.