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Shounen/Shoujo Manga Which May Satisfy Seinen/Josei Readers?
By Hardian · 6 posts · 25 views
By Hardian · 6 posts · 25 views
last updated Jun 20, 2013 08:58AM
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It was good, but I felt like the story dragged on just a little too long. I got tired (and possibly a little bored) about three quarters of the way through and had to put it down.
This is the story of a girl growing up and discovering her sexuality. It was interesting, especially the number of Korean euphemism.
The story is slow-paced, sometimes dragging on.
I'm not sure what else there is to say, honestly. ...more
This is the story of a girl growing up and discovering her sexuality. It was interesting, especially the number of Korean euphemism.
The story is slow-paced, sometimes dragging on.
I'm not sure what else there is to say, honestly. ...more
I'm absolutely in love with this, and I can't wait to pick up the sequels when I get to work today. The black and white drawings were so gorgeous that I kept turning pages long after I'd intended to go to bed last night, until I ended up just finishing it in one sitting.
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The story started off very heartwarming, but then some things happened that have soured my experience (nice people being presented as pretty and mean people being presented as ugly(er) and our young protagonist being unpleasant towards other girls from time to time, especially when she humiliates the other girl by inadvertently saying that the girl is uglier than the protagonist, which almost completely soured the story for me). I hope that in the following books the young protagonist matures an
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It has been over a year since reading the Colors trilogy so I really can't write a proper review. I absolutely LOVED these books. I read a fair amount of manga and other graphic novels but these really resonated with me.
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No your usual manga.
Charming and touching, a coming of age story. The bound between mother and daughter is the main interest of the book, and very sweet.
Charming and touching, a coming of age story. The bound between mother and daughter is the main interest of the book, and very sweet.
[Review of entire trilogy]
I thought long and hard whether this should be a 2- or a 3-star, but in the end the 2 won out. Don't get me wrong, it's a sweet story following Ehwa as she grows up, and the flowing artwork is pretty. If you don't mind soft stories or open-ended ones, then you'll enjoy this a lot more than I did. I, however, prefer stories that actually end, and this one just didn't conclude satisfyingly enough. The characters were often dull, and for a graphic novel there is a lot of t ...more
I thought long and hard whether this should be a 2- or a 3-star, but in the end the 2 won out. Don't get me wrong, it's a sweet story following Ehwa as she grows up, and the flowing artwork is pretty. If you don't mind soft stories or open-ended ones, then you'll enjoy this a lot more than I did. I, however, prefer stories that actually end, and this one just didn't conclude satisfyingly enough. The characters were often dull, and for a graphic novel there is a lot of t ...more
Oct 11, 2012
Bror (Abrar)
marked it as to-read
Mar 20, 2013
Sara
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
asian-hist-fic,
seinen,
historical-fiction,
manga,
literature,
cultural,
slice-of-life,
josei
Apr 25, 2015
Natalie
marked it as to-read
Oct 01, 2016
Caribou Reviews
marked it as to-read
Jan 23, 2024
Mary
marked it as to-read
