Monday, April 14, 2008

Fall in Love like a Comic

Rena has a double life. She is a normal high school girl but she is also a mangaka. She has a popular comic and she likes to write love scenes. She accidentally bumps into Tomoya the school idol and drops her latest manuscript. She tries to keep being a mangaka a secret in fear of being found out and being kicked out of school because of her sexy drawings. Fearing the worst she goes back to school and finds that Tomoya has her work and he threatens to tell everyone. She tells him the truth then asks him if he would be her boyfriend to help her out. She has never had a boyfriend before and feels her work is missing something...first hand experience. He shockingly agrees. He has turned everyone else down. Why does he agree and what does he have in mind? 
There is only one book so far with another one being planned. This isn't anything groundbreaking but it is funny to see how hard she works and how happy it makes her. You wonder if all mangaka are like that? Also, I liked the frame of Tomoya's face when she tells him he is just like a shoujo manga hero. I can't quite tell if he was in pain with hurt feelings or is it disgust...maybe something smelled really really bad. Whatever the case, she totally missed it. It's cute and classic. It was previewed in Shojo Beat if you don't want to buy the whole book.

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