{"id":3046,"date":"2010-02-10T17:16:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T01:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2012-09-16T17:18:56","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T00:18:56","slug":"otomen-volume-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/2010\/02\/10\/otomen-volume-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Otomen Volume 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Ryo’s birthday around the corner, Asuka’s all aflutter making preparations for the festivities.\u00a0 Even the best-laid plans tend to go awry, however…especially when Ryo already has plans with another man!<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>By Aya Kanno
\nPublisher:<\/strong> Viz Media – Shojo Beat
\nAge Rating:<\/strong> Teen
\nGenre:<\/strong> Romance\/Comedy
\nPrice:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p>\n

There’s not much movement with Asuka and Ryo’s relationship in this volume, but I’m okay with that.\u00a0 I am still happily entertained watching Asuka and his growing circle of fellow Otomen, doing what they do best; being girly.<\/p>\n

It’s more of the same as Asuka and Ryo try to spend time together, but they turn out to be rarely alone.\u00a0 Asuka wants to do something nice for Ryo’s birthday, but ends up spending all the time showing Ryo’s father, a true manly man, what girl’s like.\u00a0 It’s a harrowing experience for Ryo’s father, which makes the scenes all the more funny.\u00a0 A beautiful garden that Asuka stumbles on and tries to share with Ryo turns out to have an owner, and a trip to the beach becomes a competition to see who can attract more customers.<\/p>\n

There’s no change in Ryo’s and Asuka’s relationship.\u00a0 They never have any time alone together for their relationship to grow.\u00a0 It’s like they’re running on neutral, waiting and raring to go, but are constantly interrupted from actually getting into gear.\u00a0 But, I’m getting the feeling this title isn’t about Ryo’s and Asuka’s relationship so much as it’s about Asuka finding more otomen all around him when he thought he was alone.\u00a0 When you look at the title that way, the growing cast of otomen makes sense.<\/p>\n

A new character is added to Asuka’s growing entourage of otomen.\u00a0 Kitora Kurokaw is the big, silent type, who also loves flowers.\u00a0 He tends a secret garden on the school grounds that was once used by the gardening club.\u00a0 His dream is to one day own a flower shop.\u00a0 Like Asuka, he has kept his desires hidden, but he and Asuka become friends when Asuka learns of the fellow otomen at his school.\u00a0 Kurokawa also has a quirky trait.\u00a0 He liked to adorn beautiful things with flowers, and that includes people, female or male.\u00a0 This made for some humorous scenes.<\/p>\n

Tomomine returns in this volume.\u00a0 I really like him and the rivalry he has with Asuka, which in reality only exists in his head.\u00a0 Asuka would rather be friends with the make up otomen.\u00a0 Tomomine instead continues to try to compete with Asuka, in both manly pursuits and otomen.\u00a0 It makes the beach chapters both funny and exciting.<\/p>\n

Once again Otomen<\/em> delivers another fun volume.\u00a0 The humor and discovery of another new otomen keeps the story fresh without having to concentrate on Ryo and Asuka’s relationship.\u00a0 Asuka’s jealous moments over Kurokawa covering Ryo with flowers is cute, but seeing him beam every time a new otomen is revealed is priceless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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