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adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
this is so shoujo, so early 2000s. I laughed a lot since the main characters were so dramatic. My one take away is that ball is life.
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Hello, everyone and welcome back to Katie’s Corner! Today I have another work by Seino Shizuru. The first one I covered was Love Attack and you can find the review on my blog. I’ll be covering 2 more works, but that’s for future. However, let me tell you one thing that I have found out about Seino Shizuru’s works. All of them or mostly all of them are linked. If we take this one as a core, then its spin off is Love Attack and that has a sequel of its own, and after comes another spin off from Love Attack. I’ll read and find out how Heaven foes into my theory, but I’ll think about when I read.
But let me return to the story. I liked it, but it wasn’t something unique. It reminded me of Rumored Midori-kun by go Ikeyamada, though the circumstances of the female leads were totally different.as I already mentioned the story is not all that unique, a girl has to cross-dress because her dad wants her to become a basketball player. The story started very well, but I somehow lost the thread because the it somehow lacked something. If you ask me it just plain lacked romance in every of its essence. However, I would have been fine with that if the story took a different pace, but even in that section it disappointed me. There were no “Big” or major games and such stories at least need those to justify themselves. But let me stop with all of the things that disappointed me and focus on something good.
Well… I wanted to say humor, but in that Ikeyamada-sensei bested this story. I guess I liked it enough to finish it and have some positive emotions at the end. The story does radiate good feelings and makes you like the easy going character. There are some characters that are broken and have a bad past, but in the end they do come to the “good side”. If you are a fan of basketball, some dormitory school life, and cross-dressing than this story is for you. Have fun reading and don’t forget to share your thoughts below. Stay tuned for more reviews as well as promos. Don’t miss your next favourite book or manga! Happy reading!
XOXO
Katie
Hello, everyone and welcome back to Katie’s Corner! Today I have another work by Seino Shizuru. The first one I covered was Love Attack and you can find the review on my blog. I’ll be covering 2 more works, but that’s for future. However, let me tell you one thing that I have found out about Seino Shizuru’s works. All of them or mostly all of them are linked. If we take this one as a core, then its spin off is Love Attack and that has a sequel of its own, and after comes another spin off from Love Attack. I’ll read and find out how Heaven foes into my theory, but I’ll think about when I read.
But let me return to the story. I liked it, but it wasn’t something unique. It reminded me of Rumored Midori-kun by go Ikeyamada, though the circumstances of the female leads were totally different.as I already mentioned the story is not all that unique, a girl has to cross-dress because her dad wants her to become a basketball player. The story started very well, but I somehow lost the thread because the it somehow lacked something. If you ask me it just plain lacked romance in every of its essence. However, I would have been fine with that if the story took a different pace, but even in that section it disappointed me. There were no “Big” or major games and such stories at least need those to justify themselves. But let me stop with all of the things that disappointed me and focus on something good.
Well… I wanted to say humor, but in that Ikeyamada-sensei bested this story. I guess I liked it enough to finish it and have some positive emotions at the end. The story does radiate good feelings and makes you like the easy going character. There are some characters that are broken and have a bad past, but in the end they do come to the “good side”. If you are a fan of basketball, some dormitory school life, and cross-dressing than this story is for you. Have fun reading and don’t forget to share your thoughts below. Stay tuned for more reviews as well as promos. Don’t miss your next favourite book or manga! Happy reading!
XOXO
Katie
Overly cute and stupid all at once. A girl who is forced to go to school to be a basketball player has to dress up as a boy and live in the dorms with one. If looking for comedy it isn't half bad, some pretty funny gags, and some silly situations. The obvious love story is corny but charming in its own way. And it ends on a...interesting cliffhanger. A 3 out of 5.
I found my box of high school manga and I am gonna reread all these bad boys.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read for the 2024 Popsugar reading challenge prompt #25 A book that was published 24 years ago (2000)
I literally had to dust this one off after hunting my library for something published in 2000. What a throwback, I love this series a the quirky vibe of this extremely unrealistic manga (honestly realistic manga is the rarity but I digress). Since I have the whole series, I’m sure I will pick it up and finish a full reread. A lovely blast of nostalgia
I literally had to dust this one off after hunting my library for something published in 2000. What a throwback, I love this series a the quirky vibe of this extremely unrealistic manga (honestly realistic manga is the rarity but I digress). Since I have the whole series, I’m sure I will pick it up and finish a full reread. A lovely blast of nostalgia
These books brought me into manga, specifically shojo. But sadly, I forgot about this book series and never rented them from the library. So they got rid of it. I'll have to find an alternate way.
(Review for most of the series)
This is a sport shojo manga where the main character, a girl, dresses like a boy in order to join the volleyball (I think?) team she wants to. All is going fairly well, until she realizes she fell for one of her fellow team mates who is also her roomie. This is a slow burn mainly focused on the sport but it focuses on the romance too.
This reminds me of Hana-Kimi.
(Review for most of the series)
This is a sport shojo manga where the main character, a girl, dresses like a boy in order to join the volleyball (I think?) team she wants to. All is going fairly well, until she realizes she fell for one of her fellow team mates who is also her roomie. This is a slow burn mainly focused on the sport but it focuses on the romance too.
This reminds me of Hana-Kimi.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No