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Otomen, Volume 4 (2009)

by Aya Kanno(Favorite Author)

4.18 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1421525372 (ISBN13: 9781421525372)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

VIZ Media LLC

series

Otomen

review 1: Another really great volume. I didn't care that the whole beach thing was cliché; Aya Kanno's drawing style and the whole way in which she did it was awesome! I honestly can't get enough of Otomen, I hope she doesn't end it any time soon... My question about Ryo and Asuka was actually answered in this volume, too, so that's no longer an issue! I'm glad that they're a couple, they're so cute together x3 Asuka's plans didn't go right, but at least everybody had a great time in summer! And that kendo rival guy came back :DReally awesome.
review 2: Asuka is still a charmer but to me this volume was mostly boring filler. As happens in a lot of animanga series, the supporting cast gets larger and larger, but Otomen's supporting cast isn't getting filled with interes... moreting characters. You guys know how much I love some supporting cast characters in other series, but too many of these are pale shadows of Asuka. Worse, stories involving them keep pushing out more progress on the main line of Asuka and Ryo and Tachibana. The long beach cafe story had almost nothing to do with Ryo or Tachibana and had very little reason for Asuka to be involved much either. The story introducing mysterious and boring flower boy was far more about new guy than our leads. Plus, using supporting characters to further draw out the storyline makes our leads come off worse. I can't believe Ryo continues to be that clueless about Asuka's feelings for her even if she is "the guy" in the relationship. If the series let us know that she realizes but is playing clueless because she just wants to be friends and wants to avoid an emotional scene I'd feel much better about it, but the series doesn't let us know much about Ryo's inner life and thoughts. The one section in volume #4 I liked was Ryo's father going to Asuka to find out what girls like, Asuka happily taking advantage of an opportunity to go to places he wouldn't be able to just for himself, the dad admitting that he did this for Ryo because he sees some deficiencies in how he raised her after his wife died, and Ryo saying in the end that she wanted her dad to continue teaching her how to be "the manliest man" and her dad being so happy about that. less

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