Manga Review: Fuuka by Seo Kouji

Title: Fuuka

Original Title: Fuuka

Author: Seo Kouji

Artist: Seo Kouji 

Year of Release: 2014

Genres: Drama, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Tragedy

Status: Completed 

Chapters (Translated in English): 51

Volumes & Chapters:

Volume 1 Chapters 1-10

Volume 2 Chapters 11-20

Volume 3 Chapters 21-29

Volume 4 Chapters 30-40

Volume 5 not completed

Mangafox – Goodreads

Summary

Yuu Haruna just moved into town and loves to be on twitter. Out on his way to buy dinner he bumps into a mysterious girl, Fuuka Akitsuki, who breaks his phone thinking he was trying to take a picture of her panties. How will his new life change now?

My Thoughts

Review covers 48 chapters 

What the hell just happened? No, you didn’t just do that to the series!!! Okay, sorry for the outburst, maybe it’s because I just finished reading the manga and couldn’t contain my feelings. I deeply apologize, but let’s get back on track.

Do you remember the very first manga that I featured on the blog? It was Unmasked Noise by Fukuyama Ryoko, if you haven’t read it, go check it here. Well, Fuuka is a bit, only a bit similar to it, because we have to deal with a band which wants to become famous. Well, if you have read my reviews you might be familiar with me not liking the mangas where there are either singers or artists, due to not always imagining colors or sounds come out of the paper. The exceptions are Chiba Kozue and Fukuyama Ryoko’s works. However, here in the beginning I was not really feeling the characters singing, not it was still amazing, but there was no sound coming out. Now, when I read either 40^th or 41^st chapter, I felt it, the sound of their voices reached me. And it was breathtaking. Maybe it was the situation too, but nevertheless it was amazing.

Manga may be starting both slow and fast. I am not making any sense, am I? Well, how do I explain it, there are only 50 chapters out or so, however the manga is only starting but it already had a lot in it. The real adventure starts now, but the prologue was a really fascinating one. I do not want to say why the manga is just starting, but if you read it, you will even understand my very first exclamations and you may even support me. I hope you take up this manga, because it does teach us to follow our dreams and that sometimes even if we are hit hard we need to find strength to stand up and keep moving, because it is our life and only we can change it.

In the beginning you may not like the characters, hell, I thought some of them were too annoying, but you will have no time to think twice about them, because they will change your life. I hope you will like it as much as I did, and when the manga is finished I will post another review, where will be quite a bit of spoilers. But that’s for later. Enjoy it to the fullest. Happy reading and don’t forget to share what you think with me!

XOXO

Katie

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Manga Review: Half & Half by Seo Kouji

Title: Half & Half 

Original Title: Half and Half 

Author: Seo Kouji 

Artist: Seo Kouji 

Year of Release: 1996 (debut) 2007/2012 (Serialization)

Genres: Drama, Ecchi, Mature, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural, Tragedy

Status: One Shot 

Chapters (Translated in English): 1

Volumes & Chapters: - 

Mangafox – Goodreads

Summary

Nagakawa Shinichi and Sanada Yuuki both get involved in an accident and die together, but they are given a chance to live again. A voice lets them survive for seven more days. However, that after the time limit, one of two must die again.
Also, their lives will be shared, including emotions (guilt) and physical sensations (pain). They are told not to leave the other's side, else both of them die. Now, with each of them wanting to save his/her own life, how will the next seven days of non-separation be like? Will they get along?

My Thoughts

Review covers 1 chapter

An amazing one-shot, which afterwards got a serialization. I think the serialization began somewhere in 2012, while the debut work was written in 1996. The most amazing thing about this one-shot is its plot and idea behind it.

Imagine, you died and then you were resurrected, but there are some circumstances, because of which now you share a soul with a person who died at the same time as you. Now, let’s see what I mean when I say “you share a soul”. All your feeling, your desires are felt by that person. You are thinking something dirty? That person feels or may even hear your thoughts. Creepy right? Well, now, think of a situation, where plus of what I have just described, you only have 7 days to live and you have to decide who has to die on the 7^th day.

I think the author wished to bring forth the human nature in this one-shot. However, in the serialization it is much more vivid, maybe because he had more pages to draw out what he wished to show us? The one-shot is mostly focuses on how the characters we spending these 7 days, how they were getting to know each other and how they even fell in love with each other. This one-shot holds a lot of raw emoti0ns and the ending is just really not satisfying. You shout: “what? Why? I want the sequel…” I suppose, because of a lot of such exclamations this one-shot turned into a series. And I may say that the series is as amazing as the original. It covers more of the characters feeling, their frustration, their dreams and their expectations.

I hope you will find 10-15 minutes to read this amazing and unique one-shot. It will depend on you if you want to read the serialization, however I highly recommend it. I will cover it a soon as it is finished; it just drives me crazy to wait for each chapter more than a month. Hope you will enjoy it to its fullest and you will spare 2 minutes of your time to share what you think about it.

XOXO

Katie

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