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  <read_at>Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Summer blonde, some are not blonde, and some just fantasize about blondes.  There's too much teen angst and white-boy self pity in these pages for me to really be very enthusiastic about it.  All four protagonists are losers who are just creepy or bitter enough for you to not feel sorry for him/her.  The first two stories suffered from this the most, I felt like the artist was writing about himself.  The last two stories are an improvement.  I liked the 3rd story the most, because it was about an asian girl and not a white boy.  Graphically, this stuff doesn't really do anything for me.  It's pretty standard hipster graphic novel art, I didn't feel at any point like he really stretched himself visually to express something that couldn't have been expressed as well if not better with words.  On the positive side, Tomine is good at the narrative ellipse.  Overall I'd give it 2 stars, maybe 2.5 stars.  ]]></body>
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