ladydewinter 's review for:

Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: A Boys Love Story, Volume 1 by Shungiku Nakamura

4.0

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I liked this! This was cute and really funny. I'm still amused that there seems to be a manga for every kind of scenario you can think of (but really, it does seem like a dream come true for the part of me that's still a teenage girl ridiculously fond of silly m/m romances). This one is set in a manga editorial department.

I will say that there are still some things I find a bit weird, but what's really interesting for me is to see how I'm learning to read and appreciate this medium. I can think of a few examples that I really didn't like, as well as some that I liked a lot, and - right, I know this sounds silly, but I know I'm not the only person who does that sort of thing: A few weeks ago I thought I didn't like manga as a whole and now I've already learned that that's not true. Ok, that doesn't have much to do with this manga specifically, but it's something I apparently need to remind myself of. (This isn't just true for manga, either - I mean, just look at the different samples of chick lit I've read this year: one was absolutely horrible, one was adorable and one was okay.) The lesson may just be that one shouldn't just dismiss an entire genre or medium. *gasp* (I suspect that may even be true for "vampire" fiction, but I'm not willing to go there just yet.)

Anyway! This is a learning process for me, and I'm having a lot of fun and it is awesome that there's always more to discover when it comes to reading. :D