Name: Mairunovich
Author & Artist: SATO Zakuri
Chapters: 32 - ongoing
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
Plot:
Kinoshita Mairu has a cute name and she's apologetic for it, because she's ugly. In fact, she's apologetic for her very existence because she's not cute. Classmates call her "Poison Mushroom" behind her back and even her own brother treats her with disdain. However, all of that is about to change with the help of her transvestite mentor/neighbor, Fuwari-chan, and the "school king," Kumada Tenyuu!
Review:
So I mentioned this manga in a post awhile ago as I picked it up as holiday/vacation reading and I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far.
It's a dramatic, school life manga and although the author puts a lot of weight into the heroine's love life which gets really annoying at times and is almost ridiculous, whether intentional or not, it sends a strong message.
Mairu effectively gets the typical nerd to cute girl makeover, no glasses, a bit of makeup and hair styling and she turns out to be not-so-ugly after all. Her appearence has changed for the better, her socially awkwardness and her immature personality still shine through however.
Sorry this may be a spoiler so you can skip this paragraph. She then gets into a couple of relationships, pushes her one and only friendship aside and guess what? It totally backfires. I've seen this happen in real life so it was nice to see it being played out in a manga. It also shows that friends will come back to pick up the pieces, even if you pushed them away.
Numerous people on forums have said they hated the main character and how she doesn't obviously go for the right guy in the first place. Mairu has time to mature and step up and having a few relationship failures means she could value her future friendships and again, become a better person.
From what's been translated so far, it provides some promising character development and it has the potential to become a great coming of age story. Right now, however, it's at that crossroads from going up or downhill.
I'll possibly update it once more chapters are out but for now I highly recommend this if you're bored and once some over the top, high school drama. Avoid this if you purely want some fluffy romance.
So I mentioned this manga in a post awhile ago as I picked it up as holiday/vacation reading and I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far.
It's a dramatic, school life manga and although the author puts a lot of weight into the heroine's love life which gets really annoying at times and is almost ridiculous, whether intentional or not, it sends a strong message.
Mairu effectively gets the typical nerd to cute girl makeover, no glasses, a bit of makeup and hair styling and she turns out to be not-so-ugly after all. Her appearence has changed for the better, her socially awkwardness and her immature personality still shine through however.
Sorry this may be a spoiler so you can skip this paragraph. She then gets into a couple of relationships, pushes her one and only friendship aside and guess what? It totally backfires. I've seen this happen in real life so it was nice to see it being played out in a manga. It also shows that friends will come back to pick up the pieces, even if you pushed them away.
Numerous people on forums have said they hated the main character and how she doesn't obviously go for the right guy in the first place. Mairu has time to mature and step up and having a few relationship failures means she could value her future friendships and again, become a better person.
From what's been translated so far, it provides some promising character development and it has the potential to become a great coming of age story. Right now, however, it's at that crossroads from going up or downhill.
I'll possibly update it once more chapters are out but for now I highly recommend this if you're bored and once some over the top, high school drama. Avoid this if you purely want some fluffy romance.
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