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shaun_trinh's Reviews (126)
This is the first manga book I've read in a really long time and I'm glad that it was. I thought it was really easy to read and understand and that the two main characters, Taichi and Kohei were well written.
Going in I didn't have any expectations, but was pleasently surprisied to how the author tackled hearing disabilities. The big changes and the more subtle ones that Kohei had to adjust were shown really well. While reading I didn't think the author was just using Kohei's disability as a writing plot, but that they understood and wanted to uplift individuals on that spectrum. I especially liked the parts where Kohei and Taichi talk about how a lot of people who don't have hearing disabilities like to romanticie those who do. How they'll make themselves a knight in shining armor, off to go save the poor disabled kid who can't hear anything. Really well done.
I also loved how natural the friendship and growing feelings between Taichi and Kohei was. It was seemless and paints a picture of a great relationship between them. I never second-guessed on why either of them liked one another, or why they got on so well. A very sweet and charming duo.
The only issue I had while reading was that from page to page it would feel like jumps of logic were made, or that a scene would be cut short and not addressed in the following pages.
Otherwise I loved reading this, it was a cute, light-hearted story while also addressing the struggles that people that are on the disability spectrum face. I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of this series.
Going in I didn't have any expectations, but was pleasently surprisied to how the author tackled hearing disabilities. The big changes and the more subtle ones that Kohei had to adjust were shown really well. While reading I didn't think the author was just using Kohei's disability as a writing plot, but that they understood and wanted to uplift individuals on that spectrum. I especially liked the parts where Kohei and Taichi talk about how a lot of people who don't have hearing disabilities like to romanticie those who do. How they'll make themselves a knight in shining armor, off to go save the poor disabled kid who can't hear anything. Really well done.
I also loved how natural the friendship and growing feelings between Taichi and Kohei was. It was seemless and paints a picture of a great relationship between them. I never second-guessed on why either of them liked one another, or why they got on so well. A very sweet and charming duo.
The only issue I had while reading was that from page to page it would feel like jumps of logic were made, or that a scene would be cut short and not addressed in the following pages.
Otherwise I loved reading this, it was a cute, light-hearted story while also addressing the struggles that people that are on the disability spectrum face. I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of this series.
Chinatown Pretty is an amazingly culturally, in-touch look to the foundation of Chinatowns across the west. It's easy to tell that Valerie Luu and Andria Lo took great care to appreciate and learn the stories behind what makes Chinatown and it's citizens who they are. In a very straight foward and digestable way, readers get to see the community and history behind city staples of the asian community.
Something I loved reading about (besides the seniors adorably cute and cool fashion), is how so many of them are still active in supporting and protecting their community. Readers learn that many of these seniors are lobbyist and are a part of non-profit organizations to maintain the essence of Chinatown and afforadble-housing for low-income families/seniors. Many of them are also very enviormentally sensitive and will go out of their way to wonder the streets to collect recylable items from the ground and garbage, as well as using reusable bags to carry any belongings or groceriers that they purchase.
While being asian myself I'm not in touch that much with my asian heritage, and this was a great book to help me feel closer to my culture and roots then I did before.
Some (but not all) of my favorite photographs/stories are:
"The One": Page 32-33
"Old and Care Free": Pages 54-55
"Angie No Good": Pages 58-59
"Polka Dot": Pages 66-71
"Cool Cat": Pages 96-97
"Estelle Kelley" Pages: 98-101
"Angry Birds": Pages 140-141"
"Space Culture" Pages 162-163
"Helen": Pages 188-189
"Dora The Explorer": Pages 194-195
"Fateful Encounter" Pages 206-207
Something I loved reading about (besides the seniors adorably cute and cool fashion), is how so many of them are still active in supporting and protecting their community. Readers learn that many of these seniors are lobbyist and are a part of non-profit organizations to maintain the essence of Chinatown and afforadble-housing for low-income families/seniors. Many of them are also very enviormentally sensitive and will go out of their way to wonder the streets to collect recylable items from the ground and garbage, as well as using reusable bags to carry any belongings or groceriers that they purchase.
While being asian myself I'm not in touch that much with my asian heritage, and this was a great book to help me feel closer to my culture and roots then I did before.
Some (but not all) of my favorite photographs/stories are:
"The One": Page 32-33
"Old and Care Free": Pages 54-55
"Angie No Good": Pages 58-59
"Polka Dot": Pages 66-71
"Cool Cat": Pages 96-97
"Estelle Kelley" Pages: 98-101
"Angry Birds": Pages 140-141"
"Space Culture" Pages 162-163
"Helen": Pages 188-189
"Dora The Explorer": Pages 194-195
"Fateful Encounter" Pages 206-207
While it feels like not a lot happened in this volume, I like that it gave Tsugumi more agency in herself and her happiness. Instead of focusing on only those around her, she's taking the time to take a step back and re-think her life and what she wants. While this is a romance manga, it felt a lot less pronounced and a lot more real and down to earth.
I don't reall care about the Koreda plot, but it is important to Tsugumi and Itsuki's relationship development for us to in a literal sense compare them.
This was a very quick read, but it made good use of it's shot page span. Can't wait to keep reading.
I don't reall care about the Koreda plot, but it is important to Tsugumi and Itsuki's relationship development for us to in a literal sense compare them.
This was a very quick read, but it made good use of it's shot page span. Can't wait to keep reading.
A whole lot of nothing happened, but stuff also happened. If that makes sense. Stuff that I liked happened. And stuff was setup for the next book happened. Which was stuff I also liked.
This honestly was a filler volume with only small blips of plot, but the filler wasn't an offensive waste of time and helps set up drama for the next book which i'm a fan of.
Wish it felt like the main couple actually felt like a couple though. Like if I started this series right here, I could not tell that Mafuyu and Uenoyama were dating. Pleaseeeeeeee.
This honestly was a filler volume with only small blips of plot, but the filler wasn't an offensive waste of time and helps set up drama for the next book which i'm a fan of.
Wish it felt like the main couple actually felt like a couple though. Like if I started this series right here, I could not tell that Mafuyu and Uenoyama were dating. Pleaseeeeeeee.
Picked up this series back up after probably a year at this point and still really enjoy it. It left off on an earthquake and I remember hoping that this was the authors unorthodox way of killing off the side love interests, but alas, god is not good. The author does in fact know how to write and didn't do me the favor of pushing the side characters out who have over stayed their welcome. A guy can dream though.
