Comments on: Beauty Pop Volume 1-2 http://manga.jadedragononline.com/blog/2011/02/14/review-beauty-pop-volume-1-2/ Manga News, Reviews and Commentary Thu, 16 May 2013 11:23:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Margaret http://manga.jadedragononline.com/blog/2011/02/14/review-beauty-pop-volume-1-2/#comment-2298 Margaret Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:41:51 +0000 http://manga.jadedragononline.com/?p=7149#comment-2298 This is definitely the most shonen (nominally) shoujo series I have ever read. Kiri remains tomboyishly asexual (except for one unconvincing and belatedly introduced stereotypically feminine weakness) up through at least volume nine. When romance eventually becomes slightly more of an issue for more than the supporting or side characters, it’s the boy competitors from the Scissor Project who start to feel their hearts inexplicably begin beating harder when certain people are around.

I haven’t read the final volume yet, so I’m not sure how effectively this is ultimately resolved. But it’s so entertaining to watch Kiri beat the boys at their own game in her too offhandedly self-confident to care about the competition way for the first seven or eight volumes that even if the ending proves to be less than ideal, the series is still eminently worth reading.

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