Kimi wa Girlfriend

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Kiimi wa Girlfriend / You're My Girlfriend: A story about a high-school girl who has some personality issues, thus resulting in not having any friends...until she met a guy. Except there's a catch......he's gay. How will both of their lives progress?!?! Happily-ever-after or a situation spiraling out of control?!?!

[Story - 10] The story in Kimi wa Girlfriend really intrigued me. I personally found it interesting to see whether two polar opposites will be able to get along or not. It may be a fairly common storyline amongst manga, but it's always interesting in it's own, unique ways. In this case, a mean girl surrounded by ... older brothers and a kind boy surrounded by older sisters.

[Art - 9] The art. I always thought that art in manga were very detailed, especially with all those strands of hair and all but this book's art was fantabulous! The expressions fit the environment and situation and at times can be very hilarious. Clean panel layouts with fun(ny) side dialog.

[Character - 10] Usually in manga the girls' personality was kind and sweet but the main heroine in this one totally blew me away. EXACT opposite of what usual feminine personalities were. Every storyline changes made in the middle of the book was extremely off my predictions due to the unpredictability the author has made the characters. Every turn is a new one. Made the storyline POP out and extremely fun to read.

[Overall - 10] A solid 10 hands down. I was drawn in the book from start to finish. The author definitely knows how to do her job right. Satisfied my demands and leaves me wanting more...

Kimi wa girl friend.

For a one shot manga, this isn't really bad, but I can't say it's good either. [Read the synopsis]
The character's character didn't even change a bit from start to end - this is where consistency is a bad idea - there should have been more some kind of a twist, but there's none.

Plus, the girl is annoying. I mean, if you want to be friends with other people, who doesn't know the rule - be nice to them.

And the guy? What? He's not gay, obviously, so why exaggerate? Don't act one if you aren't.

I recommend this for people who are bored reading ... GOOD mangas, you need a break sometimes. ;) here you go.

First of all, I apologize for the grammar and spelling mistakes I may make. English is not my mother tongue.

There are lots of good examples in mangas of straightforward girls that find it difficult to build relationships with others: Maria Kawai, of Akuma to love song is the first example that comes to my mind. This is not the case in this manga: I didn´t like the female character at all. I don´t find her "credible".

The story goes about a girl that has no friends because she is unable to communicate properly, and the way her life changes when she joins the "Maidens ... Club" and meets the president of the club: a boy called Kirie.

I understand that someone may have difficulties conveying accurately what he or she feels. But being too straightforward or being rude is not the same as being "mean".

Hasune doesn't say what she feels in a rude way. She says exactly "the opposite" to what she wants to say. Not only that: she is mean, just because.

Some of the situations are believable, but other are just absurd. There is, for example, a scene in which Hasune bakes cookies for the girls in her class, with the hope of making new friends.

Instead of saying: "Would you like some cookies?" or "Please, have some cookies", I understand a rude person may say something like "Here, take this", and force the other person to take the cookies: "I said you take them!".

But why would she throw the cookies on the floor and say something like: "Bow down and eat. You deserve to eat it like that"?

It makes no sense at all... Is she insane or something? Does she have a personality disorder? I think that having been raised among men isn´t enough justification for her behavior.

The male character is much better. Not good enough to make up for the rest, though.

I gave the manga a 4 because it has some funny moments, but a really didn´t like it.