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eensy-weensy モンスター [Eensy-Weensy Monster] #2
Eensy-Weensy Monster 2
They've made it past getting on each other's nerves, and Hazuki and Nanoha are finally friends. But the more time he spends with Nanoha, the more Hazuki discovers a new side to himself--could this be leading to love?! Too bad Nanoha doesn't have a clue. It's beyond her to figure out why Hazuki is suddenly so distant... Will Nanoha's little internal monster reappear to save the day, or is Nanoha's dark side going to ruin their relationship forever?
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 4, 2008
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About the author
Masami Tsuda
104 books127 followersName (in native language): 津田雅美
Tsuda is a tea-loving, crazy manga-ka who lives in Japan. Her most famous work that has been translated into several languages is Kare Kano (or His and Her Circumstances).
Tsuda likes operas, historical sites, and classic children's tales.
Tsuda is a tea-loving, crazy manga-ka who lives in Japan. Her most famous work that has been translated into several languages is Kare Kano (or His and Her Circumstances).
Tsuda likes operas, historical sites, and classic children's tales.
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June 7, 2016
I WANT MORE!
*Not particularly of this story, but more cutesy reads. I need some fluffy love in my life; I've been reading about too many deaths and sorrows.*
I think I won't ever finish describing the cuteness in this volume. It was so cute, so beautiful, so perfect...
*Not particularly of this story, but more cutesy reads. I need some fluffy love in my life; I've been reading about too many deaths and sorrows.*
I think I won't ever finish describing the cuteness in this volume. It was so cute, so beautiful, so perfect...
January 28, 2018
The summary on Amazon reads "Nanoha Satsuki is your average, ordinary high school student. Okay grades, kinda cute, kinda short, Nanoha's most notable quality is that her best friends are both total overachieving babes. But when Nanoha runs into Hazuki Tokiwa, the gorgeous prince of the school, her gentle disposition disappears and she turns into a total monster! And Hazuki is more than happy to be a jerk right back at her. Thus begins our hilarious love battle."
I only posted this horrible Amazon summary because I specifially wanted to talk about how misleading it is! Nanoha is indeed an ordinary girl who's outshined by her two best friends, but this summary sounds like the sort of manga I really don't like, the sort that seems really popular in the US, so maybe that's why they used this summary, to try and hook people in who like those shoujo series with the horribly obnoxious male lead, I don't know.
Anyway, Nanoha wants to be a really good, nice person, and in general she is. But there is a part of her that can be mean, and she thinks of that part as the monster inside her. The thing that sets off the monster the most is Hazuki, a smart, good-looking boy whom all the girls call "prince". What bothers Nanoha about him is that he oozes "trying too hard". He loves being fawned over and seems to see it as his right, and doesn't have a thought in his head other than being popular.
One day when she's taking a Christmas present to a teacher, he sees her with the present and just assumes it's for him, and she finally snaps and tells him exactly what she hates about him. However, unlike the Amazon summary, he isn't "happy to be a jerk right back at her". She's afraid he might retaliate, but what happens is he sulks a bit, and then tells some of the girls he always hangs out with what happened, and instead of them getting outraged on his behalf and ready to go after the girl who was mean to him...they laugh and say of course that's how you are! They say they'd never want him for a boyfriend, but he's hot, so they like hanging out with him.
This totally does his head in, and he decides to change. He is actually a very sweet boy, who has just been spoiled by his good looks and had people dote on him too much, but now he's eager to be a better person. And once he stops trying to be popular, he has no friends, and starts hanging around Nanoha hoping she'll befriend him and maybe he can learn from her how to be a better person. He's grateful to her for pointing out his problematic personality.
And Nanoha is kind of weirded out by it all, but eventually they do become friends, and then fall for each other, and it's generally just a super cute manga and why on earth would they try to sell it as something else? Ugh. I hate shoujo where the male lead is a jerk with a heart of gold, only you never get to see this supposed heart of gold and he's just a jerk throughout, and yet for some reason that seems to be a lot of what's translated. So if you, too, dislike that sort of story, and want something with two very likable leads, read this instead!
I really liked it a lot. It's nice and short, so it doesn't get bogged down in the whole "giving the couple a million problems to try and keep them apart so the series can keep going" thing. (And it was clearly planned to be this length, not cut short due to lack of popularity, since there are twelve chapters, once for each month of the year.)
I only posted this horrible Amazon summary because I specifially wanted to talk about how misleading it is! Nanoha is indeed an ordinary girl who's outshined by her two best friends, but this summary sounds like the sort of manga I really don't like, the sort that seems really popular in the US, so maybe that's why they used this summary, to try and hook people in who like those shoujo series with the horribly obnoxious male lead, I don't know.
Anyway, Nanoha wants to be a really good, nice person, and in general she is. But there is a part of her that can be mean, and she thinks of that part as the monster inside her. The thing that sets off the monster the most is Hazuki, a smart, good-looking boy whom all the girls call "prince". What bothers Nanoha about him is that he oozes "trying too hard". He loves being fawned over and seems to see it as his right, and doesn't have a thought in his head other than being popular.
One day when she's taking a Christmas present to a teacher, he sees her with the present and just assumes it's for him, and she finally snaps and tells him exactly what she hates about him. However, unlike the Amazon summary, he isn't "happy to be a jerk right back at her". She's afraid he might retaliate, but what happens is he sulks a bit, and then tells some of the girls he always hangs out with what happened, and instead of them getting outraged on his behalf and ready to go after the girl who was mean to him...they laugh and say of course that's how you are! They say they'd never want him for a boyfriend, but he's hot, so they like hanging out with him.
This totally does his head in, and he decides to change. He is actually a very sweet boy, who has just been spoiled by his good looks and had people dote on him too much, but now he's eager to be a better person. And once he stops trying to be popular, he has no friends, and starts hanging around Nanoha hoping she'll befriend him and maybe he can learn from her how to be a better person. He's grateful to her for pointing out his problematic personality.
And Nanoha is kind of weirded out by it all, but eventually they do become friends, and then fall for each other, and it's generally just a super cute manga and why on earth would they try to sell it as something else? Ugh. I hate shoujo where the male lead is a jerk with a heart of gold, only you never get to see this supposed heart of gold and he's just a jerk throughout, and yet for some reason that seems to be a lot of what's translated. So if you, too, dislike that sort of story, and want something with two very likable leads, read this instead!
I really liked it a lot. It's nice and short, so it doesn't get bogged down in the whole "giving the couple a million problems to try and keep them apart so the series can keep going" thing. (And it was clearly planned to be this length, not cut short due to lack of popularity, since there are twelve chapters, once for each month of the year.)
April 26, 2025
Pensaba que el manga sería de fantasía y el monstruo tendría propia, pero se trata del instinto de la protagonista. Ella es una persona super-tranquila, pero cuando se enfada y lo exterioriza no le gusta esa parte de ella y la llama monstruo.
El chico protagonista no tiene un monstruo: tiene un príncipe caprichoso. El encontronazo que tiene con la chica le hace abrir los ojos a cómo se comporta y también a cómo son las personas a su alrededor. De ahí que empiece a gustarle la protagonista.
Es una historia cortita sobre aceptarse a uno mismo y darse cuenta de cómo reaccionamos ante los demás.
El chico protagonista no tiene un monstruo: tiene un príncipe caprichoso. El encontronazo que tiene con la chica le hace abrir los ojos a cómo se comporta y también a cómo son las personas a su alrededor. De ahí que empiece a gustarle la protagonista.
Es una historia cortita sobre aceptarse a uno mismo y darse cuenta de cómo reaccionamos ante los demás.
July 27, 2018
Very cute couple and story, wish it were longer!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 4, 2023
Mais fofo que o primeiro!
May 11, 2023
Muito fofo esse final
May 13, 2024
Awww why you gotta end the story just as their relationship started?!? *whines* I wanted more dammit lol
March 23, 2011
I bought both volumes of this series at the same time so after mostly liking the first volume, I dove right into book 2. So far the series' worst flaw was that it made me remember Kare Kano a little too much, which deterred from the cute tale unfolding before me. While this volume did take care of those similarities for the most part, it kind of left me a little unsatisfied at the end.
The artwork style of this volume continued to thrill me & show off Tsuda's ability to create realistic characters, which was a plus. While some of the personalities & situations are obviously exaggerated, I really love it when the people in the books I'm reading feel like someone I might come across in real life. It's part of what makes Tsuda's books so good & why this kept me reading. That sense of realism also helps as far as storytelling goes since Tsuda doesn't have to throw tons of barriers into the way of our main characters. (Seriously, after the millionth rival to jump in the paths of manga heroes & heroines I just kind of have to scream "enough!") The first volume might have felt a little too close to the dynamics of Kare Kano for my liking, but this volume does manage to swerve the story away into its own little path.
The only downfall is that this volume just felt generally unfinished and underdone. I just really couldn't help but think that the story would have benefited from just one more volume so we could get a better look at our main characters as well as the ones on the sidelines. I think that's why I just felt a little underwhelmed at the finale. It's a good & somewhat typical ending for this artist but at the same time I just felt a teensy bit cheated. I've seen her do better endings with even shorter one shot stories so I couldn't entirely understand why this just felt a little watered down.
In any case, this was still fun to read & I don't regret buying it but I know that I've read better from this author.
The artwork style of this volume continued to thrill me & show off Tsuda's ability to create realistic characters, which was a plus. While some of the personalities & situations are obviously exaggerated, I really love it when the people in the books I'm reading feel like someone I might come across in real life. It's part of what makes Tsuda's books so good & why this kept me reading. That sense of realism also helps as far as storytelling goes since Tsuda doesn't have to throw tons of barriers into the way of our main characters. (Seriously, after the millionth rival to jump in the paths of manga heroes & heroines I just kind of have to scream "enough!") The first volume might have felt a little too close to the dynamics of Kare Kano for my liking, but this volume does manage to swerve the story away into its own little path.
The only downfall is that this volume just felt generally unfinished and underdone. I just really couldn't help but think that the story would have benefited from just one more volume so we could get a better look at our main characters as well as the ones on the sidelines. I think that's why I just felt a little underwhelmed at the finale. It's a good & somewhat typical ending for this artist but at the same time I just felt a teensy bit cheated. I've seen her do better endings with even shorter one shot stories so I couldn't entirely understand why this just felt a little watered down.
In any case, this was still fun to read & I don't regret buying it but I know that I've read better from this author.
November 20, 2021
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¡Me ha encantado esta historia!
Me ha dejado muy sorprendida cómo ha ido evolucionando la trama en este segundo y último tomo de esta historia de amor tan peculiar. Me ha gustado los temas que trata, las inseguridades de la adolescencia, los malentendidos, pero, sobre todo, el humor. Me he reído muchísimo con ambos personajes y el hecho de que cada capítulo esté narrado desde el punto de vista de cada uno me ha parecido muy original. Hace que se conozca mucho mejor a los personajes y se entienda qué quieren en realidad.
Me ha parecido una historia muy fresca, divertida, llena de valores y con unos diálogos muy bonitos y bien llevados. El mensaje que queda al final de esta historia tan peculiar me ha parecido fantástico y muy necesario. Lástima que esté descatalogada esta historia. Ojalá la reeditaran porque merece la pena.
El dibujo también es muy particular. No es tan detallado y definido como el manga actual, pero, aun así, tiene un toque bonito y característico al que es fácil acostumbrarse.
¡Me ha encantado esta historia!
Me ha dejado muy sorprendida cómo ha ido evolucionando la trama en este segundo y último tomo de esta historia de amor tan peculiar. Me ha gustado los temas que trata, las inseguridades de la adolescencia, los malentendidos, pero, sobre todo, el humor. Me he reído muchísimo con ambos personajes y el hecho de que cada capítulo esté narrado desde el punto de vista de cada uno me ha parecido muy original. Hace que se conozca mucho mejor a los personajes y se entienda qué quieren en realidad.
Me ha parecido una historia muy fresca, divertida, llena de valores y con unos diálogos muy bonitos y bien llevados. El mensaje que queda al final de esta historia tan peculiar me ha parecido fantástico y muy necesario. Lástima que esté descatalogada esta historia. Ojalá la reeditaran porque merece la pena.
El dibujo también es muy particular. No es tan detallado y definido como el manga actual, pero, aun así, tiene un toque bonito y característico al que es fácil acostumbrarse.
February 25, 2016
Nanoha Satsuk is a mostly ordinary student except for the monster that comes out of her when she sees Hazuki Tokiwa. After blurting out exactly what she thinks of him one day, Hazuki is shocked and becomes determined to change himself. He decides to become friends with Nanoha and their relationship grows from there. There are the usual misunderstandings and twists but as the author herself notes in a side column, "The characters are all nice people, so they wrapped up the story on their own without much trouble. (How considerate of them!)" When something happens, they talk things over honestly instead of the usual shoujo shenanigans. Tsuda also uses the layout of the manga to full effect: she'll often have identical panels on opposite panels except for the thoughts of both protagonists showing how each interprets the situation. Nanoha's friends are also fun to read about and a great addition to the romance.
June 27, 2016
TENERO!
Già davvero tenero questo manga "ristretto".
Mi è piaciuto perchè come al solito lei è semplice e profonda allo stesso tempo...i tratti li adoro...e..
mi ha fatto venir voglia di rileggere "Lui e Lei".
Finale scontato, ma...un bacetto no? uff!
Consigliato a chi ha voglia di un pò di leggerezza non banale.breve e intenso.
Si lo so il commento è un pò orribile...ma...io sono di parte. E a parte pubblicizzare il manga in modo iper positivo...non so fare...ma non volevo esagerare...per cui mi sa che ho finito per non dire nulla...anche perchè è uno di quelli da leggere per capire cosa intendo. E se nn piace l'autrice...lo si trova solo banale e corto...ma nn lo è!
Per cui buona lettura
Già davvero tenero questo manga "ristretto".
Mi è piaciuto perchè come al solito lei è semplice e profonda allo stesso tempo...i tratti li adoro...e..
mi ha fatto venir voglia di rileggere "Lui e Lei".
Finale scontato, ma...un bacetto no? uff!
Consigliato a chi ha voglia di un pò di leggerezza non banale.breve e intenso.
Si lo so il commento è un pò orribile...ma...io sono di parte. E a parte pubblicizzare il manga in modo iper positivo...non so fare...ma non volevo esagerare...per cui mi sa che ho finito per non dire nulla...anche perchè è uno di quelli da leggere per capire cosa intendo. E se nn piace l'autrice...lo si trova solo banale e corto...ma nn lo è!
Per cui buona lettura
November 6, 2015
The store where I buy the manga did not have this volume, and I could not wait to read it, so I went online. It is so sweet. Hazuki is the first one to realize he is in love, and his behavior when Nanoha is around is just damn cute. A lot of blushes, stiffness, sweat... and when he confesses his feelings, is Nanoha's turn to behave like this.
Very recommended. It is light, fast-reading, cute, funny and well done. And there is also a moral in the story: that little monster we have inside that comes out when we lose patience or when we are angry. And in Nanoha's case, a hug -from Hazuki- can calm that monster down.
Very recommended. It is light, fast-reading, cute, funny and well done. And there is also a moral in the story: that little monster we have inside that comes out when we lose patience or when we are angry. And in Nanoha's case, a hug -from Hazuki- can calm that monster down.
March 3, 2013
Este segundo es aún peor. Realmente es que en dos tomos no hay tiempo para desarrollar nada interesante de verdad, como hace en Kare Kano, por lo que se queda en lo más superficial y tópico. No tiene nada especial ni reseñable. Y para colmo, en las notas Tsuda pone que "le ha encantado hacer esta historia porque los personajes se escriben solos". No te jode... xD
July 6, 2011
This is a sweet, sweet short story. Really, it was less about the "monster" from the title, and more about the 2 main characters different perspectives on things and exploring the act of falling in love.
June 10, 2014
I thought this was a very cute manga. I enjoyed the series, and look forward to reading more from the manga-ka.
August 27, 2014
Una historia corta, y graciosa! La protagonista, nanoha, es encantadora!
June 18, 2015
This is such a sweet story with lovable characters.
July 28, 2009
Maniiiiiiiiis >.<
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