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Thursday, August 2, 2018

Manga Review: Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Volume 4, by Izumi Tsubaki


Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Yen Press
Release Date: 2016
Volumes: 10+
Spoilers?: No.
Volume: 1. 3. 5.

Goodreads Synopsis:

(Volume 1)To the eyes of classmate Chiyo Sakura, high school student Umetarou Nozaki--brawny of build and brusque of tongue--is a dreamboat! When Chiyo finally works up the courage to tell Nozaki how she feels about him, she knows rejection is on the table...but getting recruited as a mangaka's assistant?! Never in a million years! As Chiyo quickly discovers, Nozaki-kun, the boy of Chiyo's dreams, is a manga artist...a hugely popular shoujo manga artist, that is! But for someone who makes a living drawing sweet girly romances, Nozaki-kun is a little slow on the uptake when it comes to matters of the heart in reality. And so Chiyo's daily life of manga making and heartache begins!

Review:

So, in this volume, Nozaki tries to figure out how to do a good surprise, Wakamatsu is unknowingly in love with Seo's singing, Nozaki uses an accidental sleep-over as inspiration, and his little brother shows up a few times.
We also got a glimpse of background story in this volume, first when Nozaki first moved out on his own, and then when his editor switched to Miyamae. It's definitely a lot of fun seeing Nozaki's faults, given how everyone views him. For instance, when it is again pointed out that he doesn't understand space between characters, and tries using boxes to explain it all. It was also fun seeing how wary he was of Miyamae, because of how bad Maeno was; what a difference editors can make.
I don't know what happened, but this series has grown on me very suddenly, and now I want to catch up very badly.

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