Rating (Out of 5): ~4/4.5
Publisher: VIZ Media (Shojo Beat)
Volumes: 12+
Spoilers?: Yea, somewhat minor, though.
Spoilers?: Yea, somewhat minor, though.
Goodreads Synopsis:
After orphan
Teru Kurebayashi loses her beloved older brother, she finds solace in
the messages she exchanges with DAISY, an enigmatic figure who can only
be reached through the cell phone her brother left her. Meanwhile,
mysterious Tasuku Kurosaki always seems to be around whenever Teru needs
help.
Review:
I really like this
series. It’s one of my current favorites from Shojo Beat, and I’m not happy
about the fact that we’re pretty much caught up with Japan and so will have to
wait longer between volumes.
It doesn’t really
even matter if something exciting happened or not, I’m still enjoying it and looking
forward to the next one.
This volume was a
bit slower than the last, but still very good. It started with showing us that
Kurosaki is gone and Teru is upset. Kurosaki is trying to get some answers,
beating up people and stuff, and Teru is upset about what happened and Kurusaki’s
disappearance. And Kurosaki has ideas about how she would react to it all and
that it was a set up, but still avoids her. (Augh, Kurosaki! Not cool.) Eventually,
Teru gets cheered up and determined with the thought that she needs to get to
Kurosaki and help him, instead of having him help her like he usually does.
Aside from that, the majority of the volume focuses on Teru being told the
story of Kurosaki and her older brother Soichiro and the Jack Frost virus.
I hadn’t really
thought about when this would happen, but I enjoyed the story. I liked learning
how Kurosaki got involved with it all, and seeing the quiet pretty boy that he
was at first, and how he grew to think of Soichiro as an older brother as well.
It was sweet and funny and well done, and I liked it, much like I enjoy
everything else to do with this series. Motomi is really good at these kinds of
scenes, the ones that can be cute and funny, and then heartwarmingly sweet, and
maybe a bit nostalgic, which is what this volume is filled with.
I’m not surprised
by most of the story (although, there were a few parts…), and was glad to see
it all told like this. I just really enjoyed it, mostly. I did like getting to
see all of the minor characters. Several of the people that worked with
Soichiro got mixed up in my head, and I was glad to get to see who they were,
what their part was, and get an actual idea of their personalities. And while I
already knew and liked Boss, I liked seeing his part in it. How he worked very
under cover, and took in Kurosaki. That was just sweet and adorable.
I just really like
this series, as I’ve already said. I like pretty much everything about it, and
just eat up the books as soon as I get them. I already have the next one, and
want to start it as soon as possible, so the review for that will probably be
up very soon (or at least, it should be). I’m hoping, and expecting, Teru and
Kurosaki to meet up in the next one, and am really looking forward to it; for
them to work everything out, and for the impending romance between them to
spark up (probably wishful thinking for it to happen so soon, but still).
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