Wild Damon, Vol. 3

ワイルドだもん [Wild Damon] #3

by Natsumi Andō

LOVE SAFARI

Chino wants what every teen girl wants: to fall in love! But when it finally happens, it’s not exactly what she expected. Her father, a great explorer, brings home his latest find: Hyo, a boy who was raised in the jungle. Hyo is completely uncivilized, but he’s also supercute—and completely wild at heart. Can Chino really be falling for wild child Hyo?

Genres: Manga, Shojo

Paperback

First published June 4, 2004

About the author

安藤なつみ, Andō Natsumi is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for Zodiac P.I. as well as Kitchen Princess, for which she won the Kodansha Manga Award for children's manga in 2006.

Favorites: Donald Duck
Favourite manga: Ossu! Ichijin and Kimagure Orange Road
Favourites: meats and fruits
Hobbies: shopping, reading and watching TV

Reviews

[Bibliothecat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review for complete series

This is absolutely more com than rom - it's filled with shoujo clichés and near impossible to read without throwing away all disbelief. But! It's fun. This is even more noteable when considering that Andou's works took a much more serious and darker turn - this early series is really just a fun romp. And ulitemately, there's nothing much wrong with shoujo clichés and unrealistic stunts - we see them less and less in modern manga and it just adds this nice flare of nostalgia for the older shoujo that made us fans fall in love with the demographic to begin with.

Chino is a young girl wanting to fall in love. Her father is an adventurer who one day brings home a boy, Hyou, who had grown up alone on an island with wild animals - think Tarzan. He has little to no sense of your typical human behaviour which throws Chino's life upside down. The two get tangled into all sorts of silly scenarios as they also grow closer.

You won't find any deep or profound story here, but it's a fun romp and Andou's art is particularly cute in this one. I'd recommend it to fans of classic shoujo who don't mind the silly shenanigans that defy common sense and reality.

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Niente di troppo profondo ma carino. Natsumi Andō scrive storie leggere e tenerissime e ogni tanto fa bene un po' di zucchero.

Mi è piaciuta Chino che prende e parte per andare a recuperare ciò che le appartiene, per così dire.

Ma anche le due storie brevi finali sono carine.

Prima o poi devo riuscire a mettere le mani anche su Arisa. Peccato sia uscita solo in tedesco!