Everyone’s getting over their hurt feelings and getting on with their lives. You can’t stay in a state of emotional intensity for long; it’s too tiring. Picking up the pieces, though, may require some work. Nana’s still torn between her deep love for Ren and her jealousy of his band Trapnest’s success in this volume. Well, jealousy isn’t quite the right word; she doesn’t want to be them, she wants her own achievement instead. It’s more a rivalry. Plus, she […]

Kiri and the Scissors Project are competing in the All-Japan Beauty Tournament in this installment, but instead of worrying about them almost not making it past the first round of competition, everyone’s more concerned about Kiri and Narumi accidentally kissing. Well, bumping lips, anyway. As the characters are drawn reacting in exaggerated fashion, even for manga, the scene shows how this series by Kiyoko Arai has changed its focus. Instead of being about how makeovers change lives, now it’s all […]

Transfer student Leona is both beautiful and good at sports. She manipulates her way into sitting next to Haruna, who can’t figure out why Leona keeps following her around and staring at her. As expected, it turns out they have history together, although Haruna’s too busy living in the present, planning a snowboarding trip with Yoh, to care about the past in High School Debut volume 5. Although drawn by Kazune Kawahara to be lovely, Leona’s expressions are frequently harsh, […]