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Strobe Edge #3 (2000)

by Io Sakisaka(Favorite Author)

4.25 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

genre

Romance

series

Strobe Edge

review 1: Sakisaka, Io. Strobe Edge. VIZ Media, 2013.Ninako is in love with Ren, but he's already dating someone. And another boy likes Ninako, but she's only interested in Ren and continually turns down Boy #2. This is the entire plot for at least the first six of these books. Ninako is obsessed with Ren, who thinks she's nice and all but is already dating and isn't looking for someone new. This book irritated the fire out of me. The first volume was bad enough with this, "I love Ren!! He's so cute! I want to date him! But he's not interested. But he's so cute!" line repeated ad nauseum. But when I discovered that this. same. storyline continues in all six of the books, I about died. I had to allow myself breaks between volumes so I could clean out my head with something enj... moreoyable, something that contained a plot. The only interesting things in these books were the scattered side panels the author threw in with information about herself - her chinchillas, how she learned to drive, the fact that mints make her sneeze, etc.The art in these books is okay. Not awesome. The main character very often looks drugged and spacey (see the cover of Vol. 4 for proof), and the rest of the art is average for a manga, but didn't stand out to me at all. I just cannot understand why these books won a YMA from ALA this year, unless they decided they had to include a manga in the graphic novel awards. All of that being said, my students who love manga will eat this up. I'm glad they will, because these books are certainly not staying in my house.Recommended for: tweens and teens, probably mostly girls due to subject matterRed Flags: noneOverall Rating: 2/5 stars
review 2: Well, it's another bitter sweet volume for our lovably adorable heroine, Ninako. Ninako has confessed her feelings knowing Ren won't return them, but she wants to be friends. Ren seems okay with that at first, but then he starts to avoid her. He still tries to protect her from Ando, who seems relentless in his pursuit. Ninako is confused because Ren runs hot and cold, but she can't stand him ignoring her. Then Ninako finds out the reason Ren is ignoring her is because the other girls Ren has turned down start bullying her. She confronts him about it and giving in, Ren resumes being friendly toward her.Ando is such a player, but the more he gets to know Ninako, the stronger his resolve in winning her over and away from Ren. Ninako is content to just be able to love Ren and be around him. What's more, Mayuka, Ren's girlfriend, is starting to feel a little suspicious of Ninako's friendship with Ren. Ninako and Ren end up getting a part time job in the same place and Mayuka gets a little jealous. So when Ando, Ninako, Ren and Mayuka are out together, Mayuka takes the opportunity to steal him away for alone time, obviously marking her territory. And Ando gets mad at Ninako for hanging on to Ren and begs for a chance with her.Will she give him and chance and put Ren behind her? Read and fins out. Volume 4 comes out May 7. less

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