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A review by comicbookchick25
Junjo Romantica, Vol. 01 by Shungiku Nakamura
4.0
Junjo Romantica
3.5-4/5 stars
I'm still not completely sure on my feelings with this one.
The plot
Is complicated to explain but Junjo Romantica was definitely the better of the two storylines featured in here with the boy who falls in love with the guy who is in love with his brother. Like I said, it's a hot mess but I love it, and if I ever pick up another volume in the future it'll be to see what happens with them.
The Junjo Ego one was good but complicated and felt like a confusing copy of the secondary story in The Worlds Greatest First Love and of the first story of this book.
I also want to point out the unique art style. It was a mixture of the classic manga art and a kind of Frank Miller style where the limbs were sometimes odd and large/boxy, I highly enjoyed it, especially considering since it felt like such a fresh pace from any other art from the other manga that I have read before.
Overall-
Was slightly average, but good enough that I'll at least pick up the next volume to see for sure how I feel about the series.
3.5-4/5 stars
I'm still not completely sure on my feelings with this one.
The plot
Is complicated to explain but Junjo Romantica was definitely the better of the two storylines featured in here with the boy who falls in love with the guy who is in love with his brother. Like I said, it's a hot mess but I love it, and if I ever pick up another volume in the future it'll be to see what happens with them.
The Junjo Ego one was good but complicated and felt like a confusing copy of the secondary story in The Worlds Greatest First Love and of the first story of this book.
I also want to point out the unique art style. It was a mixture of the classic manga art and a kind of Frank Miller style where the limbs were sometimes odd and large/boxy, I highly enjoyed it, especially considering since it felt like such a fresh pace from any other art from the other manga that I have read before.
Overall-
Was slightly average, but good enough that I'll at least pick up the next volume to see for sure how I feel about the series.