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Suzuka, Vol. 1
by
Kouji Seo
SHE’S SO COOL
Yamato is ready for a fresh start. So when his aunt invites him to stay rent-free in her big-city boarding house in hustling, bustling Tokyo, Yamato jumps at the chance. There’s just one teensy-weensy catch: It’s an all-girl housing complex and spa! Things get even more nerve-racking when Yamato meets his neighbor Suzuka, a beautiful track-and-field star. She’...more
Yamato is ready for a fresh start. So when his aunt invites him to stay rent-free in her big-city boarding house in hustling, bustling Tokyo, Yamato jumps at the chance. There’s just one teensy-weensy catch: It’s an all-girl housing complex and spa! Things get even more nerve-racking when Yamato meets his neighbor Suzuka, a beautiful track-and-field star. She’...more
Paperback, 208 pages
Published
August 29th 2006
by Del Rey
(first published 2004)
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This book is about a boy named Yamoto.He meets this girl named Suzuka she is a long jumper she is so atheletic. Yamoto then suddenly falls in love with this girl Suzuka. She likes him also because she looks like her old boyfriend but she doesn't wanna go out with him because her old boyfriend died from a bus crash. She used to go visit his grave stone every friday but now that he met Yamoto she has stopped because she now knows that she needs to learn of how to let go of things. After she stoppe...more
The story was strongly reminiscent of Love Hina, but with lots more boobs. I like Suzuka's vulnerability and haughtiness, so I wonder if all the nudity was really necessary. I found it interesting that the Japanese excerpt at the end for the following volume had furigana-- the alphabetized "translations" for the complicated kanji. Text-wise, you could say that it was aimed at children and the uneducated, even though the visuals were quite provocative. Ah, the difference between Japan...more
Another bad foray into a more mature manga on my part. Main character Yamato finds himself staying with relatives in an all-women, city boarding house. I thought this had the potential to be funny awkward, but most of the story in volume one involved Yamato getting into sexually awkward situations with lusty, loose women. The one exception being his actual love interest - Suzuka - a track and field star his own age. Suzuka is (commendably) a driven, focused young woman with goals and integrity ...more
For at one point or the other, I really like this manga. Characters are constructed carefully in the sense that you don't easily recognize them and categorize them in the extent of realizing or even guessing right what that character would do as the story progresses..
Story is also interesting since it is indeed unpredictable.
All characters help out and the story coming from the male lead's perspective, he also helps out the other characters in developing.
I can certa...more
Story is also interesting since it is indeed unpredictable.
All characters help out and the story coming from the male lead's perspective, he also helps out the other characters in developing.
I can certa...more
The fist volume was okay enough.
If you've read manga or watched anime for a long time, then this plot will most likely not be new to you. Standard romantic comedy setup with a theme around the high jump. Still, even with alot of the tired old tropes, it seems Suzuka stands to be an interesting series.
I actually saw the anime first and it was a good story, so I thought I would pick up the manga and I was rather disappointed. Too much T & A that really had absolutely no place in the story as far as I was concerned and reading it was just not as good as the anime.
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[Series Length: 18 volumes / Read: volumes 1-5]
A solid teen romance manga, marred only by the frequent and puzzling use of fan-service and nudity that serve little purpose to advance the story or tone of the series.
A solid teen romance manga, marred only by the frequent and puzzling use of fan-service and nudity that serve little purpose to advance the story or tone of the series.
This manga is good exactly to the point when anime ends. From then the story goes downward towards the ridiculous ending of the series.
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