Parallel, Vol. 04

Parallel #4

by Toshihiko Kobayashi

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 February 1, 2005

About the author

Toshihiko Kobayashi (小林 俊彦 Kobayashi Toshihiko) is a male Japanese manga creator. In 1995, Half Court was serialized in Magazine Special from No. 1 to No. 11. After the serial publication of Parallel in Magazine Special from No. 8 in 2000 to No. 1 in 2002, Pastel was serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine from the 32nd issue in 2002 to the 33rd issue in 2003. And now Pastel has been running as a serial ever since Magazine Special No. 10 in 2003.

Reviews

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 Nice way to kill a few hours during a slow weekend at work. I read all 4 volumes while chilling and listening to the Golden Sun video game soundtrack for a few hours.

The story could have went longer but I thought it wrapped up rather well. Pastel has a very similar concept and ran 44 Volumes that’s definitely too long. Parallel didn’t go on long enough for you to get bored with the characters or let the story get repetitive. It was satisfying and didn’t leave a whole ton of unanswered you knew where Nekota and Hoshino stood with each other and what to expect for them going forward.

Recommended for fans of the genre looking for something short and sweet.

Read 11/8/20 Scanlation

[Armando Hernández · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like the ending of this manga, it was unexpected.