{"id":4758,"date":"2011-03-18T20:22:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T06:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/?p=4758"},"modified":"2011-03-18T20:22:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T06:22:19","slug":"manga-briefs-mayo-chiki-jdm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/03\/18\/manga-briefs-mayo-chiki-jdm\/","title":{"rendered":"Manga Briefs \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Mayo Chiki! (JDM)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Briefly, this is a romantic comedy built around a second-year high school boy with a female phobia from years of abuse by his professional-wrestler mother and exuberant younger sister who gets involved with a sadistic princess classmate and her cross-dressing female \u00e2\u20ac\u0153butler\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. The manga is an adaptation of a light novel series with a TV anime slated to start March 2011 (probably delayed due to the recent earthquake and tsunami).<\/p>\n

Story: B+<\/strong> Nothing particularly new here\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen the female-phobic\/allergic protagonist, submissive cross-dressing boy\/girl, over-the-top little sister, and sadistic-yet-well-intentioned princess character archetypes time and time again, but what is good in this instance is how they are brought together into the story. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to see what happens in future volumes, but so far so good. The characters are all fleshed out well with believable personalities and motivations. There is fighting in chapter 5, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think this (adversary of the month) is the direction the story is going (I hope).<\/p>\n

Art: A<\/strong> Very good artwork with good tonal balance. Character art is consistent, and resolves well as characters are show from various angles. Backgrounds are fairly simple, and there are limited static atmospheric shots. Pretty well balanced in general.<\/p>\n

Hentai-level: PG<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0There is adult story content, but there is not a whole bunch of nudity, and when there is, there are no nipples or genitalia. There are fairly numerous panty shots, but no camel-toe nor nipples through form-fitting garments. The eroticism in this work is entirely situational \u00e2\u20ac\u201c not generated from explicit artwork.<\/p>\n

Oh, sorry Root, that word at the end of chapter 2 was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153goumon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153torture\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, not \u00e2\u20ac\u0153koumon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 you-know-what \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see the dakuten<\/em> on the furigana<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Manga artwork \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Niito
\nOriginal story \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Asano Hajime
\nOriginal character design \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Kikuchi Seiji
\nMedia Factory, October 2010
\nISBN 978-4-8401-3387-6
\n524-yen<\/p>\n

Highly recommended<\/p>\n

Four out of four manga monkeys<\/p>\n

Note – I picked up my first-edition copy at Comic Toranoana, so I got an a additional 8-page bonus comic!\u00c2\u00a0 Score!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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