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キラメキ☆銀河町商店街 [Kirameki Gingachō Shōtengai] #2
The Stellar Six of Gingacho (Kirameki Gingacho Shotengai) Volume 2
Five friends who grew up together while living in a shopping arcade experience love, humor, and adventure!
- GenresManga
208 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2007
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April 27, 2019
The kids have all aged a couple of years since the last book, and are now in high school, though not a whole lot else has changed--yet. People keep asking the group of friends how long they really think it's going to last, and Mike is unable to accept the fact that things won't always remain exactly as they are. There are a lot of hints about what's to come, but sadly the series ends in English translation with the third book, which is...kind of expensive and hard to find. I hate reading manga online in scanlation, but I'm going to have to for this one. It's just too sweet to let go...
And nooooooooo, it's not even available in scanlation! Well, jeez, guess I'm just going to have to find them in Japanese and translate them myself! Hmph!
And nooooooooo, it's not even available in scanlation! Well, jeez, guess I'm just going to have to find them in Japanese and translate them myself! Hmph!
February 8, 2011
Shiny nostalgic version of childhood. Jumped a year to high school -- Mike studied desperately to attend the same high school as Kuro, but hasn't realized why yet; she is determined that things remain always the same, not realizing that they're already changing. A story about the gang discovering who's vandalizing a neighborhood shop; a story about the sports teams trying to chase down Mike and Kuro as members; a story about a new family who's moved to Gingacho, much to the anger of the small child in it, who misses her old friends. Unsurprisingly, Mike, who loves her own neighborhood so, befriends and comforts her.
The energy of the Mike and Kuro tag-team grocery hawkers keeps those segments fresh despite their repetitive nature; they're often drawn as (and called) a squabble of kittens, but I think of them as baby monkeys half the time, climbing all over awnings and fences and desks and each other.
Also includes Fujimoto's debut story to fill out the volume, a competent enough tale also focusing on nostalgia for an intense childhood friendship, with an unnecessary sf component.
I may drop this to taichiyomi until I see if there's more plot movement.
The energy of the Mike and Kuro tag-team grocery hawkers keeps those segments fresh despite their repetitive nature; they're often drawn as (and called) a squabble of kittens, but I think of them as baby monkeys half the time, climbing all over awnings and fences and desks and each other.
Also includes Fujimoto's debut story to fill out the volume, a competent enough tale also focusing on nostalgia for an intense childhood friendship, with an unnecessary sf component.
I may drop this to taichiyomi until I see if there's more plot movement.
March 5, 2015
3.5 - 4 / 5
This was about as good as the last one, if not more.
Unlike the first volume, they are all older in this one; about 15 now and in high school.
So, in the first chapter, the group takes on the problem of a newly engaged couple at the street market, who are having problems with some vandalism. When they take on 'cases' like this, as they do another one later in the volume, they aren't totally exciting to me, but they aren't bad. I'd probably enjoy some more of the characters and relationship development. It's mostly fun just seeing all of the characters interacting with each other, like they did while thinking up what to do and while staking out outside the shop.
Oh, also, there's a bit where the friends decide that they aren't going to grow apart, and they'll still be friends in twenty years...
(Read the rest here: http://geekyreading.blogspot.com/2012... )
This was about as good as the last one, if not more.
Unlike the first volume, they are all older in this one; about 15 now and in high school.
So, in the first chapter, the group takes on the problem of a newly engaged couple at the street market, who are having problems with some vandalism. When they take on 'cases' like this, as they do another one later in the volume, they aren't totally exciting to me, but they aren't bad. I'd probably enjoy some more of the characters and relationship development. It's mostly fun just seeing all of the characters interacting with each other, like they did while thinking up what to do and while staking out outside the shop.
Oh, also, there's a bit where the friends decide that they aren't going to grow apart, and they'll still be friends in twenty years...
(Read the rest here: http://geekyreading.blogspot.com/2012... )
June 25, 2009
There's extra story in this one, with theme of back to the future.
The main character's family actually came from the future, but because their time machine is damaged, the live for years among peoples of the present. But now after the repair is completed, they want to go home.
The main point of interest is... the story is lite shoujo-ai, somewhere less than Yuri Hime or Eternal Sisters.
The main character's droopy eyes also reminds me of a character from other anime. The calm but sad eyes and assuring smile is really similar.
Bittersweet ending though.
The main character's family actually came from the future, but because their time machine is damaged, the live for years among peoples of the present. But now after the repair is completed, they want to go home.
The main point of interest is... the story is lite shoujo-ai, somewhere less than Yuri Hime or Eternal Sisters.
The main character's droopy eyes also reminds me of a character from other anime. The calm but sad eyes and assuring smile is really similar.
Bittersweet ending though.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 9, 2011
Super sad that we are losing TokyoPop at the end of this month, especially since I am loving this series. Volume 1 was nominated for the 2012 Great Graphic Novels for Teens booklist and I would nominate this volume, as well, but we don't know how widely available this series will be by the time our list comes out! This second volume is just as charming as the first one, if not more so, as we explore Mike and Kuro's relationship as it slowly deepens from childhood friendship to possibly more-than-friendship...
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