Forum - View topicREVIEW: High School Girls GN 1-6
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HitokiriShadow
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In another forum, someone who lives in Japan said that volume 7 has, in fact, come out in Japan. |
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dormcat
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Yes, on March 11. |
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HitokiriShadow
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And here I just went through the effort of finding his post
Oh well, I'll post it anyways.
This was good news for me because neither AoD's manga comparison nor ANN had any info regarding new volumes. Volume 6 was released in '04 (I think) in Japan, so I could only assume it got cancelled or something. |
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erinfinnegan
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As a girl reader of this series, I think it's really for girls, with the fan service thrown in for hapless guys who have stumbled upon the book... but I can see where this is debatable. On one hand you get panty shots, but on the other hand in the fist chapter there's a pile of trimmed pubic hair in the swim club's room, which is totally disgusting!
I don't think that High School Girls is "typical" at all. I found it refreshingly different from everything else out there. You (the reviewer) had to kind of stretch to reach the Azumanga comparison. To me High School Girls is like a comedic series of documentary shorts... I even had my boyfriend read it, and he thinks it's hilarious. The characterizations aren't particularly deep, per say, instead it's more of an all-girls-school groupthink mentality. I have to disagree with this part:
Which one is the jock? None of the primary characters are in any sports. One of them is in the drama club, but that's about it. "The one with a boyfriend" is not really a manga stereotype I'm familiar with (maybe it's a real-life stereotype?) but her character is interesting because of her atypical family - her sister is a hostess and her mother owns a bar! When they appear at the school festival it's an awesome and hilarious moment torn from the pages of real life. I think it deserves better than a B-. I'm really looking forward to the anime of the series this spring![/quote] |
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HitokiriShadow
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The jock probably refers to Himeji (the blonde haired girl in the pic for the review), a 2nd string member. She is the only one in a sports club. However, I think "the slut" would be a better stereotype for her. She's the only non-virgin of the group and she really, er, gets around.
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GATSU
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I'd like to pick up this series, but the covers are embarassing. It's enough of a challenge with Shojo Beat...Plus it sounds like it's just trying to be lowbrow, but not so much as Tenjho Tenge, so maybe I'll consider it eventually.
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astra
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"As their high school lives progress they deal with all the typical high school tribulations – perverted teachers, class trips, health exams..."
Um, what? As far as I have experienced, perverted teachers tend to be isolated incidents that don't happen much. Sure, we always knew who had a more than professional attitude toward his students, but it was never as out in the open as it is in manga. If Japanese girls truly have to live through sexual harrassment from their educators, then Japan has a horrible education system. I hate that manga trivializes this stuff and even uses it as a basis for humor. Perverted teachers are not "typical." Of course this thing is for guys; it ran in a magazine called "Weekly Manga Action." Anyway, I'll be checking it out because I go to an all-women's college. Last edited by astra on Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:26 am; edited 1 time in total |
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HitokiriShadow
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The 'perverted teacher' must have been in the first volume, which I haven't read yet. From what I read, the perverted teachers exist only in the girls' imaginations (which are quite active). Two teachers show up regularly and neither are perverts.
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astra
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Ah, that's good to hear. Maybe they should change that blurb
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Key
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Mostly the highlighted part is true, I think; imagining such things is common high school student behavior. There were spoiler[the two male teachers hanging around during the health checks when they didn't need to be,] though - volume 4, I think? - and the way the girls always played around with the teacher they named Hottie. And although most teachers are professional about such matters here in the States, about once a year or so in the major metropolitan area where I live some incident comes up involving inappropriate teacher behavior of this nature, and I'm sure that it goes on much more than is reported. (And I can say this objectively, since I am a high school teacher.) If it goes on here, then I'm sure it's more prevalent in Japan, given the frequency that is comes up in anime and manga. |
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