Manabiya – Chapters 1-5
Gonna try something new, and attempt an ongoing manga review. Manabiya is a new manga written by Kojima Akira, and serialized in Gangan Joker. Kojima Akira previously worked on Mahoraba (Not to be confused with Maburaho). Mahoraba is my favorite slice-of-life manga so far. All the characters were such a treat to watch (or read in this case), and I couldn’t help but smile while reading each chapter. If the first few chapters of Manabiya is any indication, than Kojima-sensei has done it again.
Like Mahoraba, Manabiya has a pretty common setting for a slice-of-life manga: a high school club, more specifically: the photography club. If you expect it to break out of it’s stereotype then I’m pretty sure you’ll be dissapointed. Manabiya’s charm (like Mahoraba’s) comes from the mood it sets up. Kojima seems to have a knack for making cavity-inducing cute characters. Now when I say “cute” I don’t mean “moe-cute”, I’m talking about innocent childlike-cute.
With only 5 chapters out, it’s hard to tell what Manabiya will be about. Needless to say I already love the characters. Takeru makes a pretty good main character, despite being an almost carbon copy of Shiratori (Mahoraba). Shirayuki makes a great tsundere character, I’ll definitely be rooting for a Takeru/Shirayuki pairing. The rest of the photography club looks to make some great comic relief. Kojima’s “4-koma mode” makes a reappearance in chapter 4, and safe-to-say it was hilarious.
Seeing as though Manabiya is a monthly manga, it doesn’t look too hard to cover, so I guess I’ll try to blog it for the time being. … yep, i’m saying it right as it hits a 2 month break.
Do yourself a favor, and check out Manabiya (and if you haven’t already, Mahoraba), before the next chapter releases on October 22nd. Until there, here is some club pres love =D
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August 28, 2009 8:20 pm 3 Comments
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By 53RG10, August 28, 2009 @ 9:08 pm
This seems to be right up my alley! Will give it a read.
By 53RG10, August 28, 2009 @ 9:10 pm
Blockquote tag fail… ”’orz
By dai1313, September 3, 2009 @ 6:34 am
Read it, liked it. Will read more.