Rikatteba! by Hasegawa Suzu

So I’ve taken a short moment out of my exam preparations for this, being the only time where I get intensely long moments of being by myself and with a computer on hand (and not actually typing furiously to get an assignment in on time, or late). I’ll be leaving the country in less than a month so there’s probably only silence to come.

リカってば! 1 (1) (まんがタイムコミックス) 長谷川 スズ 芳文社 2006-09-07 売り上げランキング : Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

Verdict: ★★★★ 4 stars
Rating: PG – It may be josei but there’s no hanky panky
Read it for: Bikini shots!

Summary: “I’m sick of you looking down on me!” Sakura Rika has a rocky history in love with men, suffering the fate of the few females in Japan with a 180 cm frame. Deciding men can’t stand to look up at her, she decides the only way is to find one who can look down (physically that is). It’s a short walk for her Mr Right; she doesn’t even realise her coworker Tsukada Kousaku (aka Minimum Tsukadacchi) has always been madly in love with her (“There are plenty of guys out there who don’t care about height”). In typical office rom com fashion, she’ll never realise and he’ll never confess.

Don’t wanna go to bed now…

It’s going to be another busy week (meaning I’ll be churning out reviews slow and not so steady), so this coming week will be without a doubt, quiet. So as a quick week roundup, here’s some short bites of some volumes I will be reviewing (as in I am in the process of reading or am too lazy to do a full review yet).

リカってば! 1 (1) (まんがタイムコミックス) 長谷川 スズ 芳文社 2006-09-07 売り上げランキング : おすすめ平均 Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

Rikatteba! – by Hasegawa Suzu
This was a Josei comic that caught my eye (pretty cover). It’s filled with short vignettes that follow the story of office worker Rika and her troubles with love trapped with a 180 cm height frame. With her petite coworker Tsukata, Rika’s continuing her search for love, even when she has an admirer next to her. It’s cute but the kanji lacks the small hiragana which slowly kills me who is blessed with abyssmal kanji skills.

魂シズメ 1 (B’s LOG Comics) 小笠原 宇紀 エンターブレイン 2007-12-27 売り上げランキング : おすすめ平均 Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

Tama Shizume (Sacred Soul) by Ogasawara Uki
If you’ve heard of this lady, she’s best known for her porn-o-riffic boys love series with minimal plot, subtle fantasy tones and plenty of well toned men. She’s made a transition into drawing for the popular B’s Log comic magazine with her new series. I’ve yet to read fully through it though it has an interesting concept. Sadly I’m a little disappointed that she’s stopping her characters from ripping their clothes off and having their way with each other.

男の子はハチミツ (フラワーコミックス)
	桜田 雛 小学館 2008-05-26 売り上げランキング : Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

Otoko No Ko Wa Hachimitsu (Boys are Honey) by Sakurada Hina
Promising title and cover. Rather disappointing looking inside. A series of one shots which deal with High School, Love & H in classic Sho-Comi Cheese! style.

学園王子 5 (5) (講談社コミックスデラックス) 柚月 純 講談社 2008-08-11 売り上げランキング : おすすめ平均 Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

Gakuen Ouji (Gakuen Ouji) Volume 5 by Yuzuki Jun
Oh to finally have this in my collection. It’s still yet to be picked up from the store but I’m a super fan of this series. My fingers are poised for hopeless romances and sexual innuendos.