I've finished "Otomen Vol. 12" by Aya Kanno.
Product Description
Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T.
Asuka Masamune is a guy who loves girly things -- sewing, knitting, making cute stuffed animals and reading shojo comics. But in a world where boys are expected to act manly, Asuka must hide his beloved hobbies and play the part of a masculine jock instead. Can Asuka ever show his true self to anyone, much less to Ryo Miyakozuka, the girl that he's falling for?
Secretly taking a baking class for men, Asuka is relieved that there’s a safe haven where he doesn’t need to hide his girly side from his anti-otomen mother. But when she finds out that he’s been attending this class, things get set to explode!
About the Author
Aya Kanno was born in Tokyo, Japan. She is the creator of Soul Rescue, which has been published in the United States, and her latest work, Otomen, is currently being serialized in Japan's BetsuHana magazine. Blank Slate was originally published as Akusaga in Japan, also in BetsuHana.
Product Details
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (February 7, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421541092
ISBN-13: 978-1421541099
My Review:
As you know in previous volumes Asuka's mom has been cracking down on the gender roles. Asuka and his friends have been taking baking classes to relax. Then one day Asuka's mom follows him and discovers he is taking a baking class, goes ballistic and ruins the Chef's house. She feels so guilty she asks him to stay at her house until his place is restored.
In the second story the Chef has a stalker who kidnap Asuka to force him to make a cake for his dad. The stalker has seen his dad for a long time and when he finally comes back his dad doesn't recognize him. He thought if he got the Chef to make him a cake from childhood he might remember him. But it doesn't work that way so the Chef gets the stalker to make the cake and sure enough his dad remembers him.
The last story is about the poet teacher again writing poems for students.
In this issue Asuka finds out who his dad is and he has been looking out for him. We also learn a bit more of his dad's history.
Can you guess who Asuka's dad is?
5/5
Thanks Simon and Schuster Canada for sending me this manga to review, greatly appreciated!
Other manga in series:
1. Otomen Vol. 1
2. Otomen Vol. 2
3. Otomen Vol. 3
4. Otomen Vol. 4
5. Otomen Vol. 5
6. Otomen Vol. 6
7. Otomen Vol. 7
8. Otomen Vol. 8
9. Otomen Vol. 9
10. Otomen Vol. 10
11. Otomen Vol. 11
12. Otomen Vol. 13 - Sept 4, 2012
2 comments:
I've wanted to read this series for a really long time. Thank you for reminding me to pick this one up!
Kidnapping is so prevalent in manga. Always a bit silly. But this series does sound really good.
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