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Otomen, Vol. 2 (2009)

by Aya Kanno(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1421521873 (ISBN13: 9781421521879)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

VIZ Media LLC

series

Otomen

review 1: This was just as cute as volume one and twice as hilarious. Asuka gains a follower, a fiance, and has christmas with Ryo. My favorite was the last chapter because it seemed to have an extra dose of outrageousness with the tiny, childlike girl Asuka is engaged to. She even drugs him at one point to dress him in a prince costume. Both disturbing and amusing. I didn't really get the christmas segment, because everyone in this seems to be Buddhist, but whatevs.
review 2: Asuka has found himself an admirer—in the form of an oh-so-cute boy stalker. Eep! But it’s not love, lust, affection or even hero worship, although the latter does play some part in little Yamato’s attentions. The fact that he finds Asuka to be the masculine ideal he’s been searching f... moreor is rather funny, as is his determination to model himself on Asuka’s presumed uber-masculinity.This gives another layer to Asuka’s on-going struggles to be known as a real man while hiding his otomen tendencies. With Yamato always hovering, he can’t express his girlish side at all, which causes tons of frustration for him.The romance between Asuka and Ryo is similarly stalled, even while stories involving a haunted school building, a domineering mother and an arranged marriage seem to throw the two together constantly. Juta’s presence is nearly as distracting as Yamato’s although his agenda for Asuka is rather different. In this volume, it is the plotlines that change rather than the people. The characters have had their behaviors firmly established by this time and volume two sees no substantial alteration. Ryo continues to be the stalwart girlfriend in their little triangle; Juta remains a hearty playboy while pushing Asuka to pursue his relationship with Ryo and Asuka is stuck with his conflicting desires as he refuses to show his sweet side to anyone but his two closest friends.Like Juta, I am becoming impatient to see SOME change before the characters reach middle age. less

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