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Title: Hot Gimmick by Miki Aihara ISBN: 1-59116-389-7 Publisher: Viz Communications Pub. Date: 14 April, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Absolutely B-E-A-Utiful!
Comment: (Edited upon release of second volume--Contains a spoiler here and there.)
I don't really know how to describe Hot Gimmick in apt words.
It's artwork is beautiful; only one qualm about it bugged me, and that was how the faces which were turned slightly were drawn. The rest of it looks as if it were excerpts from an anime, it's just not drawn the same as other mangas I have seen.
You will immediatly be able to identify with the main character, Hatsumi. She has problems like the rest of us; There's one person she hates (Ryoki), she has to deal with her siblings (Elder brother Shinogu, younger sister Akane, and younger brother, Hikaru), and she has friends we can identify with as well (Subaru Yagi the otaku and Azusa Odagiris the boy model). She has problems at school with the popular clique after Azusa arrives...Everything that seems to go along with your normal highschool life.
In the second book in the series, your understanding of the characters will go even deeper. Azusa no longer seems like the nice guy that he appeared to be in the first book, where as Ryoki seems to be looking nicer and nicer (Well, a little bit of the time!). And who can't help but laugh at poor Subaru? This book leaves you wondering, though, on the subject of Shinogu and his relationship with his, ah-hem, sister.
I wouldn't suggest this for your first time manga reader though. The characters occasionally call each other by name using Japanese suffixes (like "Yuka-sensei" or "Odagiri-kun"), and occasionally do things that someone in Japan would, where as someone in America wouldn't. And if you don't like anything ecchi (like...groping and the depiction of breasts) I wouldn't pick it up either.
But, over all, an absolutely excellent, beautiful manga; Definetly one that's series is going to be anticipated!
Rating: 5
Summary: Hot Gimmick Vol. 1: Not bad, not bad at all.
Comment: In Hot Gimmick A girl(Hatsumi) finds out that her younger, but promiscuous sister(Akane) may be pregnant so she does her the favor of buying her a pregnancy test. While buying it, her manipulative neighbor(Ryoki) threatens to spill the secret to his mother whom is the tenant of the apartment complex they live in which is a housing complex for employees of the company her father works for, unless she promises to become his sex slave. And she does so, even though she hates the guts out of him, only for the sake of her sister. Then her old childhood friend(and now model) Azusa comes back, and promises to protect her from Ryoki.
Hot Gimmick is a step ahead of other Shojo, because its focus is closer to real-life and in the first volume it is more comedy focused then other more dramatic, but equally good mangas - Mars and Wild Act. Hot Gimmick is kind of like watching your own life unfold. And that is where this manga really gets under my skin.
The guys in it seem so much like the real guys I meet everyday that I really wanted to punch them. Take Azusa, he's your typical sweet guy whom is completely clueless to the fact that this girl totally likes him, EVEN THOUGH its RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS FACE!!!!! Yes, Azusa likes Hatsumi, but he can't see that she likes him(like the other person whom corrected me said, its mostly because of Ryoki). And I just *hope* that Azusa will look beyond whats in front of him and see that Hatsumi really wants him too. Then you have Ryoki, he's basiclly your typical a--hole guy, except you feel sorry for him because he's so desperate, but then he's also annoying because for some reason he keeps saying "I can't stand that girl, I don't know exactly why, but she really bugs me." and that he keeps calling her stupid, but I don't think its just because he's looking for someone to vent about his own stupidity on(not good), but also because, like Subura suggest, he holds a secret crush for Hatsumi. ;) But I think its the fact that these guys are so real, well, that's part of what makes this manga work so well.!
All in all, Hot Gimmick is for teens prolly 16+ I wouldn't give it to anyone younger then that, as there is quite a bit of adult content in this. No nudity or actual sex(in this volume). But there is a lot of stuff involving sex. It is for the more mature reader. I recomend for someone looking for a good manga that is a little bit different, one that is a little more realistic then most mangas, but still maintains a good sense of humor and absurdity. Volume 2 can't come soon enough!!!
*Enjoy* & God Bless ~Amy
Rating: 5
Summary: GOOD GOOD GOOD
Comment: Hot Gimmick..A VERY addictive and excellent series.I loved it since the 1st volume and screamed when I saw this out in stores...I just love Subaru,hehe.You have to read it!It's so sweet^__^
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