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Good Manga, but More Domesticated
In volumes 11-13 of "Kare Kano", Chrissy Schilling apparently did additional translation work and included all of the Japanese honorifics to "Kare Kano".For a title as deeply rooted in Japanese culture as "Kare Kano" is, I feel the honorifics need to be left in because it shows how the various characters relate to each other.As such, those volumes were much richer to me as a reader who enjoys learning more about Japanese culture and ways of thinking.
The Real Arima?
Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances, Vol. 13 is the beginning of the Arima Arc and we start to see a different side of Arima that he is trying to keep from Miyazawa. I love it! We finally get to see inside of Arima's head and why he works so hard! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. Comics & Graphic Novels - Manga    3. Fantasy    4. Fiction    5. Graphic Novels - Manga    6. Graphic Novels-Manga    7. Graphic novels    8. High school students    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Love    11. Popularity   

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Ah, the ancient mysteries of life. Why are the popular people popular? What's different about them--what makes them special? In Read more

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The Wish
The Wish
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I liked this book because Wilma was just an ordinary girl with nothing special about her until she gets her wish.I liked this because most people are like Wilma and that makes it easy to relate to.

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I liked this book because Wilma was just an ordinary girl with nothing special about her until she gets the wish.I liked this because most people are like Wilma and that makes it easy to relate to. ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Young Adult Manga    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Comics & Graphic Novels - Manga    4. Fiction    5. Graphic Novels - Manga    6. Graphic novels    7. High school students    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Love    10. Popularity   

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Androids have feelings too
The Culture Festival is here and Aya's Steel Snow is underway.Although there is lots of humor in the series, this volume is mostly serious and even the play's story is pretty interesting. I've noticed how well Masami Tsuda expresses her characters through simple facial looks. Did anyone feel a little uneasy with Arima's look towards the end?It just makes me yearn that much more for volume 10.Also, Tonami makes a big decision despite the painful consequence it may hold for him.And Tsubasa is so *kawaii* as Antique! Aya's play and the cultural festival!
This installment of Kare Kano has some cute side stories, but the main focus is Aya's play, Steel Snow.All three of the actresses (including Yukino, Tsubasa, and Maho) perform to their best ability a play that hits close to home for Arima.I think Masami Tsuda did a marvelous job tranferring a play into a manga form.But the end of the book is the most important of all; it ends the "Yukino arc" as Tsuda puts it and starts the arc of Arima.A must read for all Kare Kano fans! ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Young Adult Manga    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Comics & Graphic Novels - General    4. Comics & Graphic Novels - Manga    5. Fiction    6. Graphic novels    7. High school students    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Love    10. Popularity   

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Just like anime, but manga came first!
I can't recommend Kare Kano enough!And this third book in the series is awesome!This book introduces Maho, a girl in Yukino's class who doesn't like her and knows she's the vanity queen!What's going to happen?!!(I know, but you have to read to find out, I wouldn't want to spoil it!) The anime is just like the manga, but you should watch that (It's fantastic!) and read the manga b/c the manga came first and it has extra stories!!Have fun!! ... Read more

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Who Woulda Thought...
Who woulda thought that a geek that travels everywhere on his bike with a little strap thingy to hold his pants up so they wouldn't get caught in the chain would be dating a cross country runner.
2.5 stars.
Natalie Page is one of the uncool set. She is not the prettiest, most popular, or smartest girl in school. She's not trendy or hip, but she is fast. Track gives her life substance and meaning, and the threat of losing it because she just can't get geometry is apalling. Forced to be tutored by a nerd, Matt, she feels even less cool. She tries to pass the geek off as her boyfriend, but he has a girlfriend already and one of the cool guys is acting interested in Natalie. Then, her verbal sparring with Matt turns into something sweeter and more special, and Natalie wants her lie to be true.
Natalie Is On A Roll....
All the boys love Natalie Page...as a buddy, that is. After all, she sure can run fast, and now that she's begun her Sophomore year at Mapleville High, she's proving her athleticism, by making the Varsity Cross-Country Team. Now all she needs is a boyfriend. Someone cute, and strong. Someone like Zach Fulton, the captain of the boys cross-country team. But the only way to get hunky Zach's attention, is by proving herself on the field. Soon, Zach is so into Natalie, and her running skills, that he's giving her rides home from school and practice. Natalie couldn't be happier. No more sitting around with her closest pals on Saturday nights as they make-out with their boyfriends. Nope, not for Natalie. Now she's going to have a guy of her own. Then tragedy strikes. Natalie begins failing Geometry, and has to get a tutor. Matt is a smart guy who thinks that sports are dumb. The only prob? He's totally cute. And now that she's enlisted Matt's help in pretending to be her boyfriend, in an attempt to make Zach jealous, she's contemplating why she even likes Zach in the first place. If Natalie had known how complicated getting a guy was going to be, she would have stayed single.
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Great volume
Soichiro and Yukino become a couple. When they become boyfriend and girlfriend, Hideaki tries to split them up, but fails and joins them. Soichiro kisses Yukino on the cheek, makign her happy. They go on some nice dates and share happy times together. Soichiro hugs Yukino. Soichiro and Yukino kiss and share memories.

A little less than what I expected.
I've been waiting to get this series for a long time. But when I got it, it wasn't all that I expected. But trust me, it gets better.
Where Do We Go From Here?
Yukino and Soichiro have sparred, coming to a mutual understanding of each other. They have both seen the cracks in each others' facade of effortless perfection, but still face a long road ahead on their journey together.Read more

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Not bad, but not great
I first picked up Kare Kano with high hopes for it, as the summary of the first book made it sound like an interesting read. While reading the first volume of Kare Kano, I found it to be a decent book, despite the fact that some areas in the story were a little difficult to follow right away. However, as I began reading the next several volumes, my interest began dying out.
Like everything, it get's better with age.
When I first picked this up, I had high hopes.I wanted a good serious but fun romantic series instead of the goofy romance like Love Hina or Ah! My Goddess.A series where the characters aren't nerovus to kiss eachother or to show thier affection.So I read the first book and I thought - this is kinda girly (myself being a guy).But I loved it.I fell in love with each character and by each passing volume I bought; the maturity of the characters progressed as well as with the art style, storyline, and the manga-ka herself.
Such a great Manga!
I am kind of new to Manga and I really enjoyed kare kano. I cannot wait to buy volume 2! It is mostly about a girl who tried to act perfect because she wanted people to praise her, and she wanted to be #1. Then a boy named Arima comes along and he's really good looking, smart, and popular. Yukino becomes jealous and wants revenge. It is a really good manga book and I cannot wait to get the second one! ... Read more

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Loving
Soichiro comes back from hsi trip and he and Yukino's relationship grows a lot. Soichiro kisses Yukino while she's on a bench. Yukino kisses Soichiro when he runs off. Yukino and Soichiro kiss together after Soichiro is worried abotu his family. Yukino comes to Soichiro's house and they kiss together and go in bed together. This book is very romantic! I read all the volumes in order and this one was one of my favorite.

satisfying reunion
At the beginning of this book is the conclusion of how Miyazawa's parents got together.After this sweet story, it's back to our main characters.Finally, Soichiro comes back from his tournament, and he and Miyazawa are reunited.She notices how much he has matured---he's gotten taller, more serious (if that's possible), and even more mysterious than ever.He's noticed his feelings have changed too...ah why do boys have to grow up.He's no little kid anymore...but neither is she.O well.It's a fun and romantic read, but be warned it's not for kids anymore; for this reasion I gave it four stars, because I liked it better when there was the simple, sweet romance and not hot burning passion...:) ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Fat, clumsy Simon Glass is a textbook geek, and all three of Rob'sposse hates him, each for his own reasons. But Rob is driven by the need toprove his power, and so he decrees that they will take on the seeminglyimpossible task of making Simon popular. They take him shopping for a betterlook, get his hair styled, teach him how to behave. Rob extracts painfulsacrifices and uneasy moral compromises to achieve the goal, but each of hisfollowers has a hidden empty place and a related secret that holds them inbondage to his manipulations. Soon Simon is on his reluctant way to becomingClass Favorite, but then he begins to show a dark, cruel side, and an ability todo what the others can't--defy Rob. The complex interlocking motivations ofthese five move the story inexorably to a startling bloody catharsis. Read more

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Shattering Glass
This book is about bullies that pick on this boy that i a nerd. They push him around, and push his books out of his hands. They realize that they shoild be nice and help the boy, they buy him a new wardrobe, they get his hair cut, they get him contacs. The boys all go to a school dance, and all of the girls are all over the befor geek. Everyone loves this boy now.
I am a junior, the book is spectacular for any age.
Shattering Glass by Gail Giles was the most riveting, suspenseful, and relatable book I have ever read. This book captured my mind time and time again, taking me through the troubled experiences of such a troubled boy. Every aspect of this book reflects things that go on daily in my school environment.
Pretty Good but Disturbing
My formula to avoiding "reader's block" is to switch from one genre to another. So if ive just read a heavy loaded drama/history sort of novel, I shift to a light read. This one looked like it (my definition of light is not fluffy)
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Kare Kano takes a dark turn
Don't let the happy-go-lucky cover fool you: volume 16 is the darkest chapter yet in the lives of Yukino and Arima.
Treading along the dark path
Kare Kano keeps on surprising me. The Arima storyline is crazy as more is revealed of his past. This probably is Masami Tsuda's darkest manga since it takes a bolder, more serious turn.Miyazawa's mettle is tested with a challenge that she may be unable to overcome. Even Asapin is key in this volume.I really like how the characters have changed since volume 1.This one is a non-stop read and Vol 16 seems so far away...patience is key!! ... Read more

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Yawn
This book was boring. I didn't really care about the blossoming romance between tonami and tsubaki. When I read volume 7, I thought that this was going to be the book with the cultural festival in it, but nooooooooooo. This book is just filled with boring conversations. Whatever happened to Yukino's looks? She was SOOOO pretty in the first book, but the artist seems to have made pictures of her seem so plain now. By the way, the short story in the back of the book, it was S(...) lame. It's just about this timid little girl and this giant stupid guy who loves the girl, stalks her, teases her, and is just (...)the next book!

Where Episode 26 left off...
Kare Kano, my guilty pleasure on those down days.Like so many other fans of this anime, I was stunned at the abrupt end and was anxious to find out what happens with the student's culture festival as Miyazawa and the gang get ready.Plus, look for more on Tonami and Sakura's unexpected situation and I love how things are between Tonami and Arima whose dark past continues to linger.This manga just never fails to keep a smile on your face and the continuity and spirit from the anime is still present in Masami Tsuda's work. Continuing the story ...
If you watched the Kare Kano anime and were left hanging by the abrupt and inconclusive ending, here is where you need to begin to resume the story.The group is still in preparations for the play they are going give.Tonami's trying to patch his friendship with Arimi.Finally, the part I like, things between Tonami and Sakura get juicier and more complicated.If you liked the anime, you'll like the manga, so just do yourself a favor and buy it (and the next ones in the series too).Otherwise, you'll always be wondering what happens.(Note that I have not read the previous volumes of the manga.)Also, there is a short novella at the end of the manga that takes up nearlya third of the book.That story has nothing to do with Kare Kano, but is still an interesting shoujo story in itself. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Young Adult Manga    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Comics & Graphic Novels - Manga    4. Fiction    5. Graphic Novels - Manga    6. Graphic novels    7. High school students    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Love    10. Popularity