Friday, August 15, 2008

The Wallflower, volume 16

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-Sunako has decided to brave the outside world, and the only place she could think of is Harajuku. To keep her out of trouble (and keep the area from turning to rubble or chaos), the "perfect four" decide to tag along. It's looking like the wacky and fashionable Harajuku, however, may not impress the usually dark and gloomy young woman.
-Kyohei has only 350 yen to his name, and when he's fired from his job, the poor boy snaps. Now he's acting more like Ranmaru, and his target is Sunako.
-To escape the insane escapades from last Valentine's Day, "the landlady" buys them a cabin in the woods. But not even miles of forest can seperate them from crazy fangirls. All Sunako wants is the chocolate they receive, and she'll promise the stalkers anything to get it.
-At the same time that everyone in the mansion is invited to a Royal Ball, Sunako has gained weight from eating all that chocolate. When Kyohei and Noi push her into exercizing, she soons becomes addicted, and her motivations may not have anything to do with fitting into a gown.

I'm becoming very disappointed in this series. It's no longer about Sunako's low self-esteem and fear of the outside world. Now it's an excuse to draw pretty boys in fashionable clothes, and have Sunako create chaos or act unlike herself, only to go back to normal at the end. Or to just emphasize to us just how insanely popular the boys are - I don't care if they're the sons of Zeus and fart money, how can anybody be that popular? The plot, what little is left, is moving very slowly. I don't know how many volumes are left, but I wish we could get some really good progress.

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