I thought that this manga had all of the right things to make it one of the greats. The drama of this high school girl, Yaya, who has another personality inside her, named Nana. The story was very well put together, and portrayed the life of a teenage girl who does not know who she is, and struggles through it.
This manga I recommend for people to read. It's very entertaining and heart wrenching. The art isn't the greatest, but once you get past that, you will fall in love with it.
 Alternative TitlesJapanese: オセロ。 More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 7
Chapters: 28
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 8, 2001 to Sep 13, 2004
Theme:
Psychological
Demographic:
Shoujo
Serialization:
Bessatsu Friend Authors:
Ikezawa, Satomi (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #24792 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #2747
Members: 7,484
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Mar 24, 2011
We've all been there, we have all had those situations were we just stared into the mirror and wished we were someone else. Othello follows Yaya; a girl who wishes for nothing more to be brave, and in doing so creates another personality to combat the problems she is to afraid confront.
I wasn't so sure about this manga at first. It was really angsty and the melodrama felt over the top. The bullying seemed unbelievable and I didn't like the way that it was always Nana saving the day. However, as the story manages to progress it started to turn for the better. The ... 
May 30, 2010
Okay, I fell in love with this manga when I was 9 (five or more years ago). I loves the story and thought it was truly amazing.
Story: Honestly, I gave the story a 10. Since it was one of the first manga I read, I really enjoyed it. It was cute and very enjoyable. You'll want to read more. Art: The art isn't the best but, it's really good. So I have art a 9. The characters are drawn really well. I really liked how Nana was drawn, she grabbed my attention. ... 
Jan 13, 2011
Yaya Higuchi is not your ordinary shy-type naïve student for she has a secret: when she looks in her reflection in the mirror or suddenly hits her head or sees her reflection, she turns into Nana, her second personality who puts her into a lot of trouble because of its troublesome and hyperactive personality which is the total opposite of Yaya. (well, not totally because many times, Nana saves her from being bullied.) She, in spite of her low profile personality, has a passion for singing and cosplaying (she likes gothic fashion).
She likes Shohei, the lead singer of the rock band Juliet but soon ... 
Nov 28, 2020
TL:DR: Othello is a unique shoujo which falls outside of ordinary tropes and provides a unique and emotional story. I would definitely recommend this quick read.
L;DR: Now, I really was not expecting for this plain-looking shoujo manga to take me by such surprise. I don't usually get so invested in these kinds of shojo, especially not ones as short as Othello, but... gosh. What I thought was a basic and boring shoujo turned out to be a much deeper story. I don't think I was reading Othello, so much as I was FEELING it. While Yaya is not at all a relatable character, her emotions expressed in ... |
