A review by rorycb
Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Vol. 1 by Akiko Higashimura
3.0
Blurbs on the book compares it to Bridget Jones's Diary and Sex in the City, and it almost literally is that with a Shojo Manga filter, something that a character in the book actually points out. The fixation of finding a husband seems strangely out of date for a story line, even with the book being set in 2014. I'm probably coming at this from the wrong point of view to be fair, and it's probably more of a Japanese societal expectation, though I guess it's still be a concern for western women. Like I said, what do I know?
The art is great, and the renderings of the characters, male and female, is lovely, and reminds me of Terry Moore's Stranger's in Paradise.
I feel I've been a harsh in my appraisal of this manga, because I enjoyed it well enough. It is telling though that the author's note about the creation, seems to address a few of my reservations about the story. Maybe there should have been a character more like her in there.
The art is great, and the renderings of the characters, male and female, is lovely, and reminds me of Terry Moore's Stranger's in Paradise.
I feel I've been a harsh in my appraisal of this manga, because I enjoyed it well enough. It is telling though that the author's note about the creation, seems to address a few of my reservations about the story. Maybe there should have been a character more like her in there.