My Hero! by Fuyu Kumaoka

My Hero! by Fuyu Kumaoka


           Genre: Shojo, school life
           Length: 2 Volumes - 8 Chapters


           Art wise, everything looks polished and good from start to finish. The eyes are a little plain but they show emotion well, and the mouths are drawn with shaky lines but its obviously the artist's style and it adds to the comedic effect anyway. Clothes are quite stylized in a saggy pants way, so they look really cute in chibi. Body movement is pretty amazing, even during the slapstick parts, I think they are well worth noting. Backgrounds, on the other hand, are simple and just there.

Art and story (c) Fuyu Kumaoka

           A classic love story that starts with boy asking girl out and girl saying no because she thinks boy is a total weirdo and creep. Jun notices a strange boy who comes into her class every lunch period to stare, its been a month and he doesn't say anything but its obvious he's staring at her. Its been so long Jun even remembers his name, Yutaro, though they've never spoken and when he suddenly confesses Jun can't bring herself to say anything but 'I'm sorry.' That doesn't stop Yutaro, though, he just tells her they should go on a date and that he'll be waiting for her at the amusement park no matter what. Jun doesn't want to go with the boy who just seems to get stranger and stranger the longer she notices him, but there is something about the whole situation that won't let her leave him alone.
           I laughed a lot reading this manga, Yutaro is so brazenly and haphazardly pursuing his crush that most attempts at being cool are thwarted by his own vigor, and Jun is so awkwardly falling for him that she ends up running away or screaming at him instead of explaining anything to his dimwitted self. Its a beautiful adolescent couple brewing here, just wonderfully not syncing up to the point where they are hardly ever on the same book, let alone the same page. The title is ironic here in the most drastic sense, no one is anybody's hero because no one can be in love and be cool, these two prove it impossible beyond doubt. I would like to complain that they do not become a couple soon enough but the ending is so good that it wiped all those complaints away. These two trying to understand each other is so well drawn and written its sad when its all over.

This pic wraps up this manga perfectly

           5/5 Super Recommended silly shojo.