Comments on: Shojo Beat Week: Honey & Clover, Sand Chronicles, and Fall in Love Like a Comic

By: Molly F

Molly F — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:50:10 +0000

I am in COMPLETE Love with “Fall in Love Like a comic” I give Chitose an A. There is a lot of effort put into the work, and as a mangkata, myself, i really look up to her. And, I can relate A LOT to Rena!^^ It is the cutest highschool romance manga! :)

By: Erin F.

Erin F. — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:37:48 +0000

A month later I notice the comments…

Have you ever tried The Young Magician? It’s miles ahead of Honey and Clover, albeit the two titles have nothing in common content-wise. How about Hands Off?

I reviewed volume 1 of Young Magician in 2005 for this site, and gave it a C-. It was only my second column here and I didn’t realize it was shojo.

I’ve seen Hands Off in bookstores, but the art really drives me away for some reason.

By: jennifer martin

jennifer martin — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:19:58 +0000

i luv fall in love like a comic i need chapters: 6and the rest of vol 1!!

By: Jax

Jax — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:53:24 +0000

I love Fall in love like a comic its the perfect manga and ive been looking for a manga like that for a long time. now that ive finnaly found it i didnt ever want the series to end :( but now that its over i will continue my quest to find another one just as good ^^

By: Lianne Sentar

Lianne Sentar — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:42:55 +0000

I like your detailed reviews and how you justify your arguments with specific examples, by the way. Probably should’ve mentioned that when I bashed a manga you gave an “A” to. -_-;

By: Lianne Sentar

Lianne Sentar — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:40:43 +0000

Before Honey and Clover I didn’t know shojo titles could have male protagonists.

You poor, deprived thing. Some of the best, most dynamic shoujo titles have male protagonists (and I don’t mean yaoi/BL stuff). Have you ever tried The Young Magician? It’s miles ahead of Honey and Clover, albeit the two titles have nothing in common content-wise. How about Hands Off? I never liked Honey and Clover much, but I’m glad you at least call out Yamada for being a stupid, psudo-strong female character. In a series full of uninteresting characters too busy making stupid jokes to develop, she really stands out as being a particularly wasteful use of ink.

Sorry, don’t mean to troll. I just hate Honey and Clover.