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I first read Happy Hustle High a year ago, when I first started becoming a rabid manga fan. Since then, I have read a whole HECK of a lot of manga, mostly shoujo and yaoi. But through it all, the only two manga that REALLY stuck with me were H3: Happy Hustle High, and Milk Crown/ Milk Crown H.
H3's story isn't the most unique in the world, but what it lacks in trail-blazing plot, it more than makes up for with the off-the-wall comedy, the surprising spots of insecurity and naivete, and the gallons of pure spunky stubbornness of Hanabi Ozori, the heroine. Hanabi is a tomboy through and through, with a loud mouth, a fist that's quick to protect all those at her school, and an even swifter grin for all her friends.
When the all girl's school that Hanabi attends and Meibi high, a nearby all boy's school merge and become co-ed, what is the champion of the high school girl to do?
And add in a romantic interest, Yasuaki, who is scared of girls?
Not such an original concept, I'll admit.
But how about a girl-despising guy who sees all girls as noisy cheeping baby chickens, except for Hanabi, who appears as a fighting gamecock?
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Never heard of that one!!!!
This manga is pure, sweet, adorable happiness!
The expressions are one of the funniest things in this manga. The manga-ka has put her all into expressing Hanabi's loud, in-your-face emotional rollercoaster ride, and it continues to make me laugh even after my 5th time reading it!
Yes, Happy Hustle High is not the most original manga out there, but it was, for me, definitely one of the most memorable! This manga will make you laugh non-stop through all of the 23 chapters. And when it's over, you, like me, will probably want to pull a Hanabi and beat up some one to get a darn sequel!
