![]() ![]() Recurring side characters were sometimes built up, but disappeared before they could be finished or unnecessary characters gained too much focus at times. Some are well-developed and relatable, while others are inexplicably left a mystery. Beyond that, though, there is quite a variance in their treatment. The characters are all solid and distinct, if not original. Note that there is a bit of a harem going on however, it played a very small role in the story, and even I, with my grand dislike of even such a hint, could overlook it. Nothing that will usurp your beliefs, but a manga that will perhaps just steal a little place in your heart. It is a heart-warming story that never quite brings you to tears, but will make you reflect on the relationships in your life. While it never does teach any life-changing lessons or suggest a ground-breaking new idea, by the end, Yankee-kun to Megane-chan has folded itself into a neat little package of thoughts and reminders about happiness and appreciation. It starts off as a slightly more self-deprecating (or slightly less self-conscious, depending on which way you take it), and particularly funny comedy, but by the end, the mood has sobered down into a not-quite-melancholy atmosphere. The tone of the story changes as it progresses, in a very subtle manner. And through it all, themes such as friendship are treated with a delicate touch that is sincere and thought-provoking, but never repetitive. Problems are dealt with and resolved in ways that are surprisingly candid. The storyline acts as a background to reveal these characters that you come to know more and more. There lies a sense of realism in the natural pacing of the plot. Towards the end, there is a sense of climax, but it develops at a natural pace from the growth of the characters, and progression of their lives. There is no specific goal towards which the arcs build, but even so, it manages to be engaging and even - sometimes - suspenseful. It is not episodic, as many tend to be, but its short arcs don't provide much in terms of plot development. I know no one reads anything I recommend, but you have got to watch this show.The plot is typical of the comedy-based genre: simple, straightforward, and with little advance in regards to progress. So expect me to rehash this short series here on this blog. I immediately started downloading all ten episodes and watched them back-to-back-to-back over several nights. ![]() That’s why I found Riisa Naka as Adachi Hana so adorable. ![]() I’ll tell you right now that I am a sucker for girls in glasses. I don’t think they did an anime, but a live action show would be the next best thing to getting close to completing the story. So last week, I found out that they did a J-Drama of the manga last year. With a cover like this, I couldn’t pass up this manga. I wish I could complete it as the story, from reading wikipedia, sounds even more fun. The manga was filled with hilarity as she forced him to do good. The kicker here is that she too was a yankee the most toughest one in junior high, Hurricane Ada! She’s hellbent on changing her past and she sees Shinagawa as a project to mold into a passable member of school society. She drags him kicking and screaming into school life. The premise of the manga is that the delinquent, Shinagawa-kun, the yankee, is dragged into a happy school life by Adachi Hana, the class representative, the worst student, and eventual the student council president. I really like to know what happens because what I read had me hooked. Just ask School Rumble (O, Kodansha, will you give us the final 4 chapters!) Twenty-three chapter manga about school days don’t stand a chance of being accepted in the US. I keep hoping for the manga to be brought to the US, but I doubt it. I only read a few chapters before I got sick of the scanlation so I never finished it, but it premised has me hooked. It also had the funniest girl in manga, Adachi Hana, the megane. It needs a delinquent and a silly love interest when you plug those into a reference you get Shinagawa Daichi in Yankee-kun To Megane Chan. It too has a yankee, the lovelorn Harima Kenji, and I thought he was hilarious, so I went looking for other manga of that ilk. It was around the time I learned to love School Rumble. Yankee-kun To Megane-chan actually was one of the first manga I read in scanlation. My MacBook Pro was hot with all the torrenting and watching of mkv files on VLC. I watched all ten episodes of last year’s j-drama. Last week, I spent the weekend with a yankee, Shinagawa-kun, the eponymous antagonist in Yankee-kun To Megane-chan. ![]() The Yankees are in town hopefully getting a beatdown. ![]()
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