Alternative Titles
Nain Pazuru
Information
Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 8
Status: Finished
Published: Apr 2, 2002 to Sep 3, 2002
StatisticsScore: 7.421 (scored by 306 users)
Ranked: #16622
Popularity: #457
Members: 514 1 indicates a weighted score
My Info
Popular Tags
shoujo |
SynopsisMika is a regular girl who just goes day to day without any concrete dreams for her future. Until one day, when she sees her classmate Kaede playing pool in a billiards lounge. Kaede is a boy who hides many secrets...whose personality seems to change when he plays billiards. Entranced by the smile Kaede wears when he plays, Mika soon finds herself immersed in the game...! (Source: ShoujoMagic) |
|
|
The stories are different, but we have the similar plot line of the heroine attempting to understand the 'anti-social bad boy' of the class. And romance / mutual friendship slowly begins to occur. Although Kodocha is much longer and more thorough while Nine Puzzle is like your quick fix.
|
| Overall |
6 |
| Story |
5 |
| Art |
8 |
| Character |
5 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
|
May 15, 20088 of ? chapters read 14 of 17 people found this review helpful Recently, I mysteriously got into the mood of reading shoujo romance mangas that I went on a little frenzy a few weeks ago and read a bunch of short ones. While they were all relatively enjoyable, understandably some of the stories that I encountered were better than the others. But for some reason, I couldn't help but to get the feeling that a lot of the overarching plot lines in many of the shoujo romance mangas that I read were extremely similar. Nine Puzzle is a direct example of that. W...hile relatively enjoyable and quick to read, it brought absolutely nothing new to the medium.
Again, as I have already alluded to, the story in Nine Puzzle is your standard shoujo where the main protagonist, Mika Sawamura, is your typical high school girl who's never had a boyfriend. Meet Kaede Minakami, your typical mysterious classmate who seems cold and distant at school, but once you see him outside of school in an environment that he's comfortable in - Billiards is the name of the game in Nine Puzzle - you'll see a completely different kid. Ultimately, you read how Mika gradually enters the game of billiards and slowly befriends - and falls in love - with Kaede.
The one thing about the majority of the shoujo art is that I absolutely love it! It has that distinct style that is present - similar to other popular series as Vampire Knight and Lovely Complex. It's really detailed, realistic and neat and fits in extremely comfortably with the story presented. Which is why I probably rated the art so high. Hehe. However, besides that factor, there really isn't anything else that caught my attention about it.
With many of these short shoujo romances, you cannot expect too much from the character development department, and that's definitely the case with Nine Puzzle. Mika, Kaede and the other main character - Youhei Ueda (the owner of the billiards store Mika and Kaeda will end up frequenting) - don't have anything special about them and pretty much what you're presented with in the first chapter is what you'll see throughout the rest of the next seven chapters. They even look extremely similar to other female and male leads in other shoujo manga. But again, all three of them are extremely likable and with such a short story, you'll have no trouble relating to all three.
Ultimately, what everything comes down to is how well are you going to enjoy this story, and personally, I absolutely loved it. Yes, it brought nothing new to the table. Yes, its your standard shoujo romance. Yes, the characters are rather plain and not complex. However, the manga-ka uses a proven formula of shoujo romance in Nine Puzzle and without a doubt, that formula works especially well in this manga. I highly recommend this story to people who are looking for a quick fix, with something simple and easy to read (without having to think about complex situations) and a story that is cute and enjoyable to read.
read more
|
Recent Forum Discussion
Related ClubsPuzzle Squadron Z, ~* Mayu Sakai *~
|
5 hours ago |
Yesterday, 9:53 PM |
Yesterday, 2:50 PM |
Yesterday, 4:19 AM |
12-01-08, 1:07 AM | |
11-28-08, 9:55 PM |
11-28-08, 5:39 AM |
11-27-08, 2:38 PM |
11-26-08, 12:09 PM |
11-25-08, 5:39 AM |
|
|
