Comments on: Kimi ni Todoke Book 1

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:48:28 +0000

Our opinions are always a reflection of ourselves and where we are, I guess. :) I personally love Kimi ni Todoke, and I wish the world had more Kazehayas. Hehe. :D I also prefer keeping the original Japanese manga titles; makes it feel more authentic. :)

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I Am Here! Book 1 » Manga Worth Reading — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:17:08 +0000

[...] with that element, the whole story felt overly familiar, with elements of Kimi ni Todoke (the quiet girl brought to classmates’ notice through a popular boy’s attention), [...]

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:29:09 +0000

If you’re finding Japanese titles difficult to pronounce, it’s actually easier than you think. You just have to know the sounds each vowel makes (and they always make the same sound, not like English).

A (pronounced ‘ah’)
E (pronounced ‘eh’)
I (pronounced ‘ee’)
O (pronounced ‘oh’ not ‘owe’)
U (pronounced ‘oo’ not ‘you’ rhymes with ‘clue’)

(eg) Kimi ni Todoke = Kee-mee nee Toh-doh-keh (the ‘h’s represent a brief, not elongated sound)

PS. I wouldn’t say Kimi ni Todoke has *that* much emotional depth (to commenter audrey).

By: his_spc

his_spc — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:41:52 +0000

i would recommend you to read ‘kimi no iru machi’(a town where you live in). it is a worthy manga to read and comparable to this manga.
Eba Yuzuki has mysteriously decided to go to high school in the countryside. But despite Kirishima Haruto’s objections, she is living in his home. Now he has to put up with a freeloading city girl and even worse, make sure Kanzaki Nanami, the girl he likes, doesn’t get the wrong idea! Try read it. I’m sure that you’ll like it.

By: Deanna Gauthier

Deanna Gauthier — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:36:39 +0000

I would recommend Translucent by Kazuhiro Okamoto. Its sweet, accessible, and despite its out-there premise (the main character has a disease which causes her to literally become invisible) believable. The leads, Shizuka and Mamoru, are younger (middle school, if my memory serves me correctly) and wonderfully unaware and clueless about “falling in love” so the friendship they strike up and how important they become to one another is charming and realistic. Shizuka is a heroine you can root for – kind, brave, painfully shy, but with big dreams of becoming an actress. And Mamoru has got to be one of the best true-to-his-age male manga characters I have ever read. His love of scale models, his imagination, and sense of play are hilarious and excellent tension-breakers.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:10:29 +0000

Welcome! You should read Nana. You may also want to look for books described as josei instead of shojo.

By: audrey

audrey — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:33:07 +0000

Eh hello, I guess I’m a random visitor. :)
Sorry if it’s a bother, but I’m looking for more mangas like Kimi ni Todoke which can rival its emotional depth and uniqueness (by unique I mean not horribly fantastic like Fruits Basket or Love Hina.) Really, Kimi ni Todoke is one of the rare gems I’ve encountered so far that actually focus on the characters and their developments. The main male character is actually not ‘arrogant but protective, the most handsome guy ever, slant eyes, troubled childhood, lack of commitment issues’, something that is prominent in most shoujo male leads’ biography. Kazehaya is actually human, and I like that. What I meant by human is that he seems alive. Oh, how can I tell you.
But please, can you help me? I’m a budding writer and I’m looking for inspiring materials. I need more mangas like Kimi ni Todoke. Do email me if you can help me.

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By: Melinda Beasi

Melinda Beasi — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:54:51 +0000

I started to comment on this at Twitter, but it is so much easier just to come here. :) I think you may have a very good point about perspective. I think I’m unusually connected to my teenaged self for my age, so I tend to put myself right back in that place when reading. I was an outsider too (with even less awareness of how on earth to connect with my peers) so I can related strongly to Sawako.

I remember, too, that we had similarly different reactions to volume four of We Were There, for perhaps the same reason? I was easily carried back into my own painful memories and you (if I recall correctly) really did not want to be.