What. An. Airhead.I was so excited that the library finally purchased this series, because I heard about it long ago and it sounded pretty awesome for a Shoujo title. I was sorely disappointed pretty early on with how completely empty the main character is and some of the plot devices that have become unfortunately a mainstay in this genre. And I'm a Shoujo fan! I expect the over-the-top storylines and sappy speeches and the over-abundance of blushing. But this story just was a little too flat for me. It did not live up to its premise. It's supposed to teach you about "what love really feels like?" She's confusing every action from this Ren guy. It's the modern tragedy of mistaking CURTOSY for FLIRTING. He can help you because he's a nice guy, not because he secretly loves you. Well, it could be both, but not in this scenario. And yes, "love" is the "best kind of pain" and such, but she's quite quick to come to the conclusion that she's in love when only a handful of words have passed between them. Not saying she should have gone for the guy-friend who has already tried to date her. Frankly don't know enough about him to judge, but he's also full of cliches (You helped me through this rough time in my life and so I love you, pretty much because I have to be grateful and that's the only way I can figure how).Still, I am going to continue to see how deep she manages to dig this hole she started, and if she will somehow crawl out of it. It's going to be like watching a dog trying to get peanut butter off the roof of its mouth. Il solito triangolo amoroso. Daiki è innamorato di Ninako che pian piano si rende conto che Ren, l'idolo della scuola, è ben diverso dall'immagine che tutti hanno di lui. Se prima le compagne cercavano di convincerla che lei era innamorata di Daiki ma alla fine lei si accorge che i sentimenti che prova per lui sono perlopiù sentimenti d'amicizia.I disegni sono carini; Sayuri sembra una protagonista abbastanza simpatica. Certo che dubito che un ragazzo noti che una ragazza, di cui ha appena scoperto l'esistenza, si metta o meno lo smalto. Insomma, il manga dà l'impressione che solo e unicamente mettendoti lo smalto i ragazzi si accorgeranno di te. Sarà...Continuerò.
What do You think about Strobe Edge, Vol. 01 (2012)?
i was my first manga book my friend introduced me to. i love it !!!
—jessiboo24
Wow, loved this first volume. Reminds me why I hate superheroes.
—kala
