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cerusee ([personal profile] cerusee) wrote2005-11-03 09:43 pm
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Tramps Like Us Vol. 1

♥ to those of you on my flist who recommended Tramps Like Us (nee Kimi wa Petto). I'm halfway through volume 1, and it's utterly charming and unlike anything else I'm reading. In some weird, backwards sort of way, it reminds me of Maison Ikkoku, which of course is my favorite manga of all time, so this is all kinds of good.
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[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-11-04 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
The premise could so easily go over the top into complete stupidity, but it hasn't yet. :D

[identity profile] cerusee.livejournal.com 2005-11-04 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
It's amazing how often shoujo manga manages to pull that off.

(Ever read Akane-chan Overdrive? Good premise, starts fine...and ends so horribly that I'm convinced the author was trying to piss off the readers.)

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-11-04 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Heh, no I haven't. :D
octopedingenue: (bree is SO shojo)

[personal profile] octopedingenue 2005-11-04 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes I go for shoujo series now BECAUSE of how on crack they'll sound, since I've found some of my favorite series that way (Princess Tutu, Merupuri, Fruits Basket).

Now I'm curious about Akane-chan's end. Spill the details, since I'll never read it now!

[identity profile] cerusee.livejournal.com 2005-11-04 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
The premise, if I recall correctly, had a guy dying and waking up in the body of a female classmate named Akane (previously comatose or something). The author seemed willing to explore all the gender-bending possibilities this would have allowed, and with a bit more sensitivity than I normally expect from shounen manga--until the last few chapters, which devolved into some kind absolutely crackish confusion of random marriages and people trying to have sex with each other. And then it just stopped.
octopedingenue: (sumire wink)

[personal profile] octopedingenue 2005-11-04 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Isn't it MARVELOUS? I love the art and the characters--Sumire and Momo and even the supporting characters are more complex than I thought they would be (Momo can be a right bastard sometimes, and Sumire I adore forever for being intelligent and confident and having BALLS). When I read it I feel like I'm reading shojo for grown-ups.

I pause for a moment of "Maison Ikkoku" love with you.

[identity profile] cerusee.livejournal.com 2005-11-05 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Shoujo for grown-ups--yeah. It's not the first-love story, or even the one-true-love story. These characters can be silly, but they aren't children.

(And it's just refreshing to read about a character who thinks about her career, and the glass ceiling, and doesn't fall all over men. I can still love the ones that do, but variety is nice.)
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