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Red String #3
Red String Volume 3
With a dear friend moving to Tokyo, an arranged marriage pending, and a difficult teacher holding a grudge against her, Miharu Ogawa is having one of her worst semesters in school ever! Her friends aren't having an easy time, either. After breaking down and finally expressing her feelings to Fuuko, Maya seeks solace and advice from Karen-who isn't really an expert in love and is having her own relationship problems. "Lone Wolf" Hayashihara struggles with the fact that he's actually making friends, a new character - Jun Mataichi - arrives to stir up a little more confusion, and a snowy accident brings two bickering souls closer together. Red String delivers all of the great surprises and romantic moments you've come to expect and enjoy!
208 pages, Paperback
First published May 7, 2008
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Gina Biggs
34 books44 followersGina Biggs has been creating comics for over twenty years and recently resides in Portland, OR. She is the creator of the sci-fi romance series,
Love Not Found
. Other notable works include Red String (Dark Horse Comics, Strawberry Comics), and Erstwhile Fairytales.
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May 12, 2021
You guys this series is just so good. I loved this volume just as much as I did years ago.
I love that the drama seemed to amp up more in this one between betrayal, self identity, harassment by a teacher and so much more. I love seeing how these characters work through their problems. (Also I still maintain that Hayashihara will forever be best boy 🥺❤)
Also the scene in the onsen where the moms drunkenly compare boob size is hands down the funniest thing I've read in a while.
I love that the drama seemed to amp up more in this one between betrayal, self identity, harassment by a teacher and so much more. I love seeing how these characters work through their problems. (Also I still maintain that Hayashihara will forever be best boy 🥺❤)
Also the scene in the onsen where the moms drunkenly compare boob size is hands down the funniest thing I've read in a while.
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July 13, 2017
Series continues to be enjoyable.
December 4, 2016
I've been following this webcomic for several years now, and the forum for it is in the process of doing a reread. So I'm in the process of rereading and revisiting the original material.
In the early RS, you can see the deep influences of shoujo manga - the art style, the contrived plot, the shojo motifs of roses and sparkles and glittering eyes. The art evolves as the story goes on, and the story progressively becomes less shoujo-manga but still very much directed at those hopeless romantics.
The one dark mark on this story is that I simply CANNOT stand Makoto. He's presented more and more as a sympathetic character when, in reality, he's nothing short of a self-serving creep. It wouldn't be a problem if characters and the story pointed this out but instead he's treated like he's just a goofy guy when, in reality, his actions can be deeply disturbing. In the earlier volumes, when things are revolving around manga tropes, it might be excusable (stalking a girl and frequently invading on her personal space is OMG ROMANTIC after all), but as the story moves more and more towards realism, this behavior becomes more and more inappropriate with every inability for the story to actually acknowledge it.
Overall, Red String is a good story although recently on the webcomic there has been a decline in both storytelling and art style, so time will tell whether I'd recommend this story overall or not.
In the early RS, you can see the deep influences of shoujo manga - the art style, the contrived plot, the shojo motifs of roses and sparkles and glittering eyes. The art evolves as the story goes on, and the story progressively becomes less shoujo-manga but still very much directed at those hopeless romantics.
The one dark mark on this story is that I simply CANNOT stand Makoto. He's presented more and more as a sympathetic character when, in reality, he's nothing short of a self-serving creep. It wouldn't be a problem if characters and the story pointed this out but instead he's treated like he's just a goofy guy when, in reality, his actions can be deeply disturbing. In the earlier volumes, when things are revolving around manga tropes, it might be excusable (stalking a girl and frequently invading on her personal space is OMG ROMANTIC after all), but as the story moves more and more towards realism, this behavior becomes more and more inappropriate with every inability for the story to actually acknowledge it.
Overall, Red String is a good story although recently on the webcomic there has been a decline in both storytelling and art style, so time will tell whether I'd recommend this story overall or not.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 27, 2011
This book got away from Miharu's love life a little and the author started to explore other forms of love other than the typical heterosexual relationship. It was nice to see but a little disappointing since there wasn't any real exploration or consequence for Fuuko and Chiaki. To be honest, I'm not sure that there needed to be, having Fuuko come to the realization that she might not be cut out for the same type of relationships as her friends would have been hard enough on the character and I would have liked the story to have followed that some instead of just having it be a side story. The art continues to improve but the women still are looking too much alike to easily tell them apart. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next installment brings.
September 27, 2016
I found this series charming at first, but grew tired of it, and couldn't keep the characters straight.
February 1, 2015
Um romance que se desenvolve como algo bastante real.
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