Ranked #660

Pretty Face (Manga)

Imagine being a guy that is involved in a horrific traffic accident. You wake up from a year long coma and everyone thinks your dead but what’s worse is that you have a girl's face.

That’s the basic setting for this hilarious Gender Bender, Romantic, Comedy. The stupid story for Pretty Face started incredibly well, as most of the guys reading this will be able to understand how Randou (male protagonist) feels to be forced into this situation. After the initial beginning, the story just becomes a bunch of random events about Randou trying to keep his true identity hidden. This can be pretty difficult when there’s a worrisome thing between his legs and it leads to some absurd comedy.

The characters involved in the story are your typical batch that are found in certain shounen, romance manga but the one the stands out the most has to be Randou (Yuna). As a guy reading this, I could definitely understand how Randou must feel, being in these kinds of situations.

With a great story, great comedy and great characters this manga was somewhat let down by its mediocre artwork. When not much was happening it was okay however when there’s a lot of action, on a page, it can be a challenge to visualize the scene.

Overall Pretty Face proved to be a very enjoyable manga and is probably one of the best in the Gender Bender genre. No matter how unbelievable the story can get, it always does a good job making these seem convincing, like how only Randou’s face is a girl but the rest of the body is his. Well solely as a comedy this manga is a must read but like many other Rom/Coms, but the romance barely plays any part in the story.

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Story
"Pretty Face" follows a tradition of absurd manga storylines, such as 'Tuxedo Gin and A.I. Love You," that have never been adapted as an anime. Regardless, these absurd romantic comedies, "Pretty Face" included contribute greatly to the genre of comics known as anime. Thanks to Yasuhiro Kano, the author, do we now fear bus accidents for more reason than just death, could we really become a member of the opposite gender because of such an event? Kano-sensei says, "YES!"

Art
Drawing quality in this series is good but not extrodinary. Many character designs seem generic, in fact i could argue that they all have the same face with different hair pieces, and I'm not just talking about the twins. Despite this, many of the characters are very cute. Also, fight scenes are done very well, whenever Randou/Yuna creams someone I really feel the pain. He/she is very strong...

Character
The characters themselves do at times follow typical manga formulas but overall are great. Randou is interesting because he has to become a woman, in more aspects than he'd like. The transformation from fumbling over bra hooks to having to remind himself he has a penis is a real journey. Rina is a better example of a generic character. She is your typical girl who obsesses over those she cares about more than herself (See Aoi-chan/ Ai Yori Aoshi). it does get to the point where it is a bit annoying but she has her little charms. the real appeal behind Rina is her relationship with her, or at least who she think is her sister, Yuna, who is actually Randou. it's great to see how intended sisterly love can be misinterpreted. poor Randou...

Overall
"Pretty Face" is a great series to read casually. It's mostly composed of short little stories that at the same time warm your heart and tickle your funny bone [and another bone if you catch my drift ;)]. I definitely think anyone could enjoy it if they are a fan of the genre. it's also a great way to introduce younger people to manga. read more

This manga was Hilarious, i laughed over and over again. This is about guy who had his face melt down because of an accident and get's face change to his love. and the conflict between the Two is so funny. and since the main character is karate Champion he protect his love one with it's monstrous strength.

I Highly recommand This anime if you like Romance. (it has slight ecchi part)(Also if you Liked this manga I Recommend Mx0 {the same author})

hmmm im gonna keep thiis short but thiis was by far one of my favorite mangas :)!! it was hilarious and it had the weirdest senerios. if your intrested in this manga then read itt! you wont regret it!

Well here I am for my second review. Please direct all shotgun slugs to the person standing just to my left, thank you.

I first heard about this manga a rather long time ago. Back before it was out in an english format there was a dude associated with the Megatokyo webcomic translating it to a script form. So about a week ago I saw it on the shelf at my "local" Chapters (I forget what the us equivalent is) and I picked up a volume... That said, the actual review!

Story: The whole base concept here is that a very violent, egotistical, balls to the wall prick guy (Rando) with a god complex gets involved in a bus accident and has his face burned beyond all recognition. He wakes up from a coma two years later and finds that a plastic surgeon fixed his face using a picture he'd had in his wallet, of the girl he liked (Rina). He then runs into said girl and well, starts posing as her long lost twin sister (Yuna)... partially because someone else was also burnt beyond recognition and got tagged as his real self... and deceased. There's a main story through the whole thing about searching for the real sister and that one I did like. It also does a few side stories and some of them are a bit over used while others had a nice twist put onto them. (ie the 'winning a trip to a hot spring' that every other anime/manga does)

Art: I liked the art in this. It's consistent, at least it's consistent at what it's doing. :p I don't really know what else I can say... aside from maybe most of the emotions in this make use of the 'chibi' style... I'm not sure if that's the proper name. I'll also point out that while there's no real nudity there are a few instances of boobs. The covers are also very nicely drawn but may lead one to believe it's a pretty shoujo type manga... which it isn't.

Character: I rated this a seven for one reason only. There's a story arc where RandoYuna visits another town and there's a set of characters there who're exactly the same as the ones from wherever it is the story usually takes place. Exactly the same right down to names... While I know it's supposed to be a funny gimmick thing it struck me as 'oh so you couldn't come up with three random people'.

Enjoyment: Well, if you like a good comedy with a touch of violence and more than a little bit of fanservice you'll probably like this.

Overall: I really have no idea... As the numbers suggest I really liked it, the storyline was good, nothing epic but it did a few things different... and took a few over used story gimmicks and gave them a bit of a twist. The art was nice, characters were good and had some progression... read more