The finale of Boku Kara Kimi ga Kienai played out as I kind of expected. That is: terrible and rushed. This series was by far way too short. I don’t think four volumes is near enough to cover everything the mangaka wanted to put in there. … More Boku Kara Kimi ga Kienai: Volume 4 (Finale)
Volume three of Hapi Mari has a lot of great stuff going on, especially when it comes to looking deeper into Hokuto’s past and family troubles. I think the big theme that really ties this volume together is the family you choose can be a better family than the one you were born into. … More Hapi Mari: Volume 3
This manga just continues to get me frustrated as we get further and further in. All the drama seems badly fabricated to the point that you’re just kind of groaning every time something happens. Volume three starts off with Yukako coming running back to the group shouting about Kousuke getting stabbed by the robbers and how he’s dying back there in the woods. … More Boku Kara Kimi ga Kienai: Volume 3
In this volume in particular, I think we get to see a much deeper and clearer look at the character of Rei, especially his past concerning both his father and brother as well as the contrasting view the characters around him hold versus his actual self. … More Mars: Volume 2
Volume two of Hapi Mari gets a little deeper into the complicated emotions involved in marriage and self discovery. Mostly though, I think these four chapters focus mainly on the growing jealousy of both of them as their feelings for each other progress into love. We also get to see more background and characterization of Hokuto including a peak at the real reason he decided to marry Chiwa. … More Hapi Mari: Volume 2
I went into volume two right after we see Yukako basically breaking off their friendship after she sees Kousuke in Hotaru’s room. I was honestly hoping this manga would get better as we moved away from the starting relationship troubles and basic background explanation, but unfortunately I’m not that lucky. Maybe I’m too far removed from the highschool scene now that this kind of drama is starting to not appeal to me, but that’s questionable. … More Boku Kara Kimi ga Kienai: Volume 2
It is a story centered around two high-school students Kira and Rei who seem to be from different worlds, but are strangely drawn to each other after a random meeting at a park. Kira is a shy girl who has a phobia of men and can be seen drawing all the time. Rei is a rebellious motorcycle racer with no shortage of girls to talk to. After seeing one of Kira’s drawings, Rei becomes fascinated with her and does everything he can to force himself into her closed-off world. … More Mars: Volume 1
Boku Kara Kimi ga Kienai (You Can’t Disappear from Me) is the story of a girl, Kanzaki Hotaro, who finally gets into the same highschool of the man of her dreams who happens to teach there. On her first day of school, however, she meets a boy who is mean to her and just so happens to look like Sensei. This boy is Haruna Kousuke and, surprise, he’s Sensei’s brother. The story unfolds as Hotaro tries her best to get close to Sensei while Kosuke tries his best to steal her attention and love away for himself. … More Boku Kara Kimi ga Kienai: Volume 1
Happy Marriage is created by Maki Enjoji and was published in 2009 in Japan and was brought over to the US by Viz Media in 2013. It centers around a woman, Chiwa Takanashi, who is forced into an arranged marriage with a man she has never met in order to save her father from his debts. … More Hapi Mari (Happy Marriage?!): Volume 1
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