Parallel, Vol. 01

Parallel #1

by Tosihiko Kobayasi

Nekota and Hoshino were always arguing at school, but in reality, Nekota actually has a crush on Hoshino. One day, he finally gets up his courage to tell Hoshino his true feelings, but she rejected him with mixed feelings. Feeling sad, Nekota goes home to find that his dad is remarrying another woman, but the catch is that Nekota has to live alone with the woman's daughter while the two parents go to Europe. The daughter of the woman, however, is Hoshino... What will happen between the two while they live together?

Genres: Manga

Paperback

First published August 1, 2004

Reviews

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 I’m a sucker for a good Shonen Romance manga. Well a well done harem or regular romance manga is good too. This was a reread but it’s probably been 15 years so I didn’t remember much. I remember reading this and immediately getting into “Pastel” another manga by the same mangaka(author). Except that one turned into a beast of a series at 40+ volumes, which were never completely translated either by an actual publisher or scanlator, so I never kept up on it.

Nekota and Hoshino are constantly fighting but Nekoto has a crush on Hoshino. Nekota returns home one day to find Hoshino in his home. Surprise his dad is marrying her mom. The two adults run off to Europe for a year and leave the young adults home to continue school and figure things out for themselves.

I love Kobayashi’s art. There’s some good waifu material here. The story is sweet and funny but ultimately pretty shallow. But since it’s only 4 Volumes it’s a nice short manga.

Hopefully the remaining 4 volumes are good too.

This one was never licensed for English release so I’m reading fan translated copies. Scanlations.

Read 11/8/20 Scanlations

[Armando Hernández · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story advance faster than what I expect, it's a really good story.