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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Manga Review: Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Volume 5, by Izumi Tsubaki


Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Yen Press
Release Date: February 2017
Volumes: 10+
Spoilers?: No.
Volume: 1. 4. 6.

Goodreads Synopsis:

The Umetarou Nozaki party heads for the sun and surf! When the group tags along for the drama club's training camp, summer fun runs amok, and seasonal gags abound, whether at the beach, at an inn, or even in the bath!! And if that's not enough drama, the story of the spring day Chiyo fell in love with a certain rather dense young man is finally told!

Review:

In this volume, we acknowledge that Sakura has done very little in terms of progress with Nozaki. She attempts a few different tactics, but it's debatable whether that does anything. Meanwhile, Nozaki continues trying to use his real life as research for his manga—for instance, at the beach. We see some ridiculous scenarios he sketches out that coincidentally play out in real life again.
I have moments where I don't remember which character is which, and which characters know who. But now that I know who the editors are, I quite love their interactions. We get to see Ken-san try to instruct Nozaki for a cover illustration here, and Maeno's unhelpful input.
Another good moment was the last chapter, where we get to see Sakura before she really knew Nozaki, but just crushed on him. How her friend attempts to help her confess—and we know how that turned out.
This series is so much fun. I'm glad I 'm catching up with it now, because I really want more.

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