Your and My Secret 1
Posted: July 31, 2004 Filed under: Your and My Secret 3 Comments »Ah, the genderbending manga, they call to me. In this one, we get a mellow, sweet boy and the rather nasty girl he has a crush on switching genders thanks to the girl’s scientist grandfather. Another plus to this volume (aside from the gender swap) is that it features a color picture of said grandpa on the back in a maid’s uniform surrounded by hearts.
I was rather excited to get my teeth in an Ai Morinaga manga, as this was my first opportunity. The art style was appropriately shoujo-floaty, but not in the sickeningly sweet way, in the way that emphasized the crying moments for the boy. It’s probably a bad sign that I don’t remember anyone’s name, but who cares, the manga was still awesome.
Probably the best part of it was that the two personalities were better suited for the opposite bodies, and the mangaka never stated this blatantly. Ahh, someone who trusts the reader to draw obvious conclusions, I like that. The humor from this never got old, and it was slightly off and raunchy, so I enjoyed it greatly. Yes, I enjoyed every single minute of this volume, and I want MORE. Unfortunately, the biggest drawback to this is that there’s only one volume, and there’s obviously more story since it stops in the middle of something. ARGH. MORE. I WANT MORE.
EDIT: bizarrely, this was one of the first mini reviews I posted, and it had the good luck to be picked up and continued by another company. I just finished Tokyopop’s version, and the series is still good after four years. Somehow I totally forgot about the weird breast-touching fortune teller when I did this review, but that’s why things like this happen, I suppose. I’m pumped now that volume two and beyond will be coming out.
*laughs* I SIMPLY LOVE THIS VOLUME. I like how the boy has the “girl type personality” and the girl has the “boy type personality.” I thought it was kind of weird how the girl was enjoying being a boy so much and was violating the boy’s body. It was actually VERY funny though. I agree that their personality is best suited for the gender’s they are stuck with.
I really don’t like the girl, however, in her attitude. She is unbelievably cocky and all that. I like how she made his little sister simply adore her as a boy. It was sad, however, when he passed by his own house and everyone seemed to be liking the better him.
I also think it’s funny that his best friend likes him now while he is in the girl’s body. His friend is pretty much selfish.
Anyway, VERY good read and I was hoping that both the girl and the boy would fall in love with each other but I’m guessing they won’t be because the girl is preoccupied dating her best friend. Which is totally wrong and distorted.
Have you read any of her other series? She’s got a similar sense of humor in all her stories, and I dearly love all the stuff I’ve read by her so far.
My Heavenly Hockey Club is being published right now by Del Rey, and Duck Prince had the first three volumes published some time ago. Plus, she’s got a one-shot (I think) volume called “The Gorgeous Life of Strawberry-chan” coming out in May. Ai Morinaga’s just the best. I’m glad this series got a second chance. I haven’t actually read the Tokyopop version of volume 1 yet, but I died laughing when I read this the first time around.
Oh really? Interesting…I’ll have to check it out. I think I’ll love them since I completely loved this volume.