High School Debut Vol 6

Nov 21, 2008 22:24


Ok series, I thought you were very devoted to avoiding Shoujo Tropes That Annoy Megan Land, what happened? At least you wrapped that up quickly, and had a fun twist on the usual take on it.

Yoh’s ex-girlfriend coming back was obviously going to happen sooner or later, I just didn’t want it to. Or if it did, I at least didn’t want her to want to get back together with him. At least there were no second thoughts or dithering on his part.

Haruna ending up helping Makoto with the nameless ex-boyfriend was also pretty typical, and I wish she’d figured it out sooner, but at least it was funny.

But we did have Yoh walking into beams, and Haruna being convinced that there was something deeply wrong with the universe because Yoh wasn’t rescuing her.

I did like, though, that the end result of all this was Yoh being the first one to say “I love you,” and without being pushed into it or feeling like he had to. Usually when this happens, the girl blurts it out while he’s angsting or dithering, or he feels pressured into saying it.

Though given how she reacted to being kissed, I’m not sure it was a wise move.

And now I’m all caught up with the US releases again. Woes!

manga, manga: high school debut, books

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