Tokyo Boys & Girls by Miki Aihara

Title: Tokyo Boys & Girls
Mangaka: Miki Aihara
Age Group: Older Teens
Series is: Completed with 5 volumes
Volume(s) Reviewing: 1
My Rating: 2/5

Mimori Kosaka's is thrilled to get into Meidai Attached High School and is eager to start the new year in their pretty uniform! She befriends Nana, a lovely girl that all the boys in their class like.

One day, Mimori bumps into the tall and scary Atsushi, who is rumoured to be in a bike gang. Apparently, he knows her from when they were in elementary school, but she can not remember him at all! It is all in the matter of time before Mimori runs into some trouble!

I was most disappointed with this series. As this was one of her older works, the mangaka's style was much different from now. It took less than a second to know that this manga series was done in the 90s. Most of the manga art at the time were pretty eye-blinding and unfortunately, Tokyo Boys & Girls was one of them.

But I should overlook that and focus on the plot, right? I have read Aihara's other series, like Hot Gimmick and Honey Hunt, which I both love. Except Tokyo Boys & Girls seemed to be a bit all over the place. I couldn't focus on reading it because it didn't build up right to keep the reader interested. It appeared like Aihara was still new to making manga, comparing it to her more recent and popular series. Her characters were underdeveloped and did not form properly. Miki Aihara is known for giving her manga a lot of drama, but Tokyo Boys & Girls had nada. It was a shame.

The best thing about this series are the covers. You get to see what the characters look like many years after Aihara's art has changed. But that's pretty much it for this manga. I doubt I will pick up the second volume. Though I am dying to read more of Honey Hunt...

Bookmooched copy from CZ.

Honey Hunt by Miki Aihara

Title: Honey Hunt
Mangaka: Miki Aihara
Age Group: Older Teens
# of Pages: Approx. 200
# of Volumes: 3
My Rating: 5/5

You would think life is dainty and fab if you have both parents as world-wide famous celebrities. Not for young Yura tho. Everyone expects her to be like her parents, confident and talented when she is nowhere near that level! She is a timid girl that wishes everyone to leave her alone so she is able to do her own thing.

If only life is just like that, but her family life is more twisted up than they are reported on the news. Her mother is a completely heartless bitch who lies endlessly and is having an affair with Yura's boyfriend/tutor! While her father is somewhere on the other side of the world with his mistress and they are about to have a baby! Oh the drama!

Yura is finally frustrated with everything after her mother bought a new mansion and having Yura's ex moving in. She decided to take things into her own hands and become an actress so she can beat her mother. She ran into many problems and she may have fallen in love!

I will not completely dish out everything and since I haven't read the last chapter of the second volume nor the third altogether, I shall say from what I know. This manga is simply amazing compared to Hot Gimmick in my opinion. It has plenty of twists and turns. I'm crossing my fingers that Yura will end up with Haruka instead of his brother. (You'll see what kind of parts they play if you check it out). In Hot Gimmick, the ending was very disappointing and it was up to like 12 volumes I believe. I'm sure the ending of this one will satisfy me but so far, the rating I give will be up the 9th chapter. I can't wait for the next one to be released on onemanga.com. All hard-core shojo fans should definitely check it out!