Benkyou
Shinasai by Aya Nakahara
Genre: Shojo (all ages)
Length 2 Volumes - 7
chapters 1 extra
This is the same mangaka that did
Lovely Complex (or Love*Com) which is one of my favorite manga and anime, so I
am a little biased because I love Nakahara Aya's style so much. I’ll rate it
objectively though, don’t worry. This author's style is fairly unique, the eyes
are smaller than average, and the art is simple. Backgrounds are mostly tones,
so there isn't a lot of detail there, but Nakahara Aya's clothes always look
interesting and casual. The extra chapter is at the end of volume one, and it's
just a short, unrelated, one-shot, though it is fairly long at fifty-five pages.
Misora Minami just got into a
prestigious high school that boasts an eighty percent chance of passing the Tokyo University
entrance exam, but, as a girl who hates to study, Misora's acceptance can only
be called a fluke. Getting lessons from her Grandfather everyday just makes
things worse, but when Grandpa gets a new student, Misora finds she wasn't the
only fluke and gains a study partner with the same apathy towards studying as
herself. It’s just too bad the boy already dislikes her because of her hard
head.
This manga is pretty much a gag all
the way through, it’s very silly with hardly a plot and love triangles end with
the extra parties falling completely in love with some one else. I like
Nakahara Aya's work a lot, but if you've never read any manga by this author,
read Lovely Complex first because it’s the best one, then go and read the rest.
The characters in this particular one don't have much depth beyond lack of
wanting to study, in fact the characters in the extra one-shot are more
interesting. The title, translated, does mean, please study, so it’s easy to
see what you’re getting into.
3/5 Recommended for Nakahara Aya
fans who want more of the trademark silliness, otherwise it’s not very
impressive.
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| Art and story (c) Nakahara Aya (quick color by me) |
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