As I continue my discovery of the graphic novel connection, I want to take a minute to be real here. I would not call myself a fan of manga. I like graphic novels and comic books but the backward reading always drove me nuts. Only, not really. What I have learned through the years is that a good story is readable in any format. When I was looking through books I’ve read in the past decade, there were some manga series that stuck out. I liked R.O.D. and Hellsing, Princess Ai and Monster. I know that it is possible for me to like good stories in this format.
But let’s be real here. This is kind of a shit story. It’s very… flat. I know that I only read the first volume but there was nothing in that first volume that makes me want to continue. Some of it even actively bothered me.
Like, cool, your two female characters are smoking hot and both into the main character and you have your typical love triangle where one girl has known him forever and the other is edgy and perfect for him or whatever. BUT I do not think that I have ever seen so much accidental boob grabbing in my life. The first time it happened I was surprised enough to send a picture of the frame to my husband with a chuckle. Around the third time it happened I was rolling my eyes. There is a lot of sexy for sales sake going on here, I think. None of the sexiness makes any sense for the story. And, for the love of God, why do their gym suits have nipples??!??
Suffice to say that I won’t be continuing this series. In fact, I considered removing it from the collection so that I could replace it with something better but it appears to still check out. This one was not even laughably bad in my opinion, just irritating.
I is Who I Is 