Today's post is on Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, volume 1 by Izumi Tsubaki. It is 177 pages long and is published by Yen Press. The cover has Nozaki on it with his manga pages flying around him. The intended reader is someone who likes comedies with a little bit of romance. There is no foul language, no sex, and no violence in this manga. The story is told from third person close of Chiyo, the main female character. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- To the eyes of classmate Chiyo Sakura, high school student Umetarou Nozaki--brawny of build and brusque of tongue--is a dreamboat! When Chiyo finally works up the courage to tell Nozaki how she feels about him, she knows rejection is on the table...but getting recruited as a mangaka's assistant?! Never in a million years! As Chiyo quickly discovers, Nozaki-kun, the boy of Chiyo's dreams, is a manga artist...a hugely popular shoujo manga artist, that is! But for someone who makes a living drawing sweet girly romances, Nozaki-kun is a little slow on the uptake when it comes to matters of the heart in reality. And so Chiyo's daily life of manga making and heartache begins!
Review- I really like this volume, it was really funny, and I laughed out loud at parts. The characters, the stories in background, the main plot itself, all of it really great. Chiyo wants to confess to Nozaki but she really messes it up and he thinks that she is a fan. Over the course of the story she starts working with him on his manga and she is very talented artist herself. Add in some over-the-top secondary characters and we have our plot. It is told in four panels per page and one page is one part of the story. It was a webcomic at the beginning but become so popular that it was collected into volumes and then made into a anime. I look forward to reading more with Chiyo and Nozaki.
I give this volume a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this manga from a friend.
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