Ai Yori Aoshi, Band 8

藍より青し [Ai Yori Aoshi] #8

by Kou Fumizuki

Against her family's wishes, Aoi Sakuraba decides to marry Kaoru Hanabishi, her love of eighteen years, and they face many obstacles with their families.

Genres: Manga, Romance, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Comedy, Comics, Seinen

Paperback

First published March 29, 2002

About the author

Kou Fumizuki (文月 晃 Fumizuki Kō?, born 8 March in Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. Fumizuki's most famous work to date is Ai Yori Aoshi,[1] a 17-volume work which has been turned into an anime series. His current work is Umi no Misaki, serialized in Young Animal Magazine starting in the fifth issue of 2007. Both of these seinen manga series are harem-type romance comedies in which a naive young man finds himself surrounded by pretty girls vying for his attention.

Reviews

[Keith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again I love how much more there is to the manga!

[Ysabet · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is as far as I'm going to be able to read for a while (ran out of the library's chunk of the series, which is a shame, since I think there are almost ten more volumes out in English).

So far I'm enjoying it much more than I would have expected, since harem-type manga usually aren't my thing. Not a whole lot has happened so far in terms of an overreaching story, but the small stories are cute and funny. Aoi would drive me nuts if she weren't so earnest, but...she is. She centers her entire life around her dream of marrying Kaoru in a way that should be creepy, but somehow it manages to be sweet. (And I try not to think about it too hard.)

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume, while not going too far into the realm of fanservice like some volumes, still didn't really do much for the series as a whole. I wish I could say more good for it, There were a handful of good, heartwarming scenes, but overall, it was just missing something.

[Miss Ryoko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aoi-chan is so fricken adorable I can hardly stand it!

And Tina still rules my face!

[Leandro Dutra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite fanserv, cute.

[Kaisa Mettille · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good book.

[Laurene Allibert · Rating 4 out of 5]

" I want to decide on my own, live according to my wits... be master of my own destiny."

Chika-chan is giving some punch to the series.