Hot Gimmick 3
Posted: June 26, 2005 Filed under: Hot Gimmick Leave a comment »God, this series gets better and better with every volume. This is gonna be one of those times where I can’t remember specifically what went on because I read 3 and 4 together (three was so good I went out and got four shortly after), but goddamn, this is a good series.
One of the reasons I like it is because there’s such complicated problems. It reminds me a lot of Peach Girl, but Peach Girl had weirder problems, and also started repeating itself later in the series. I like that her family is what causes her the most grief, not necessarily because they’re mean to her, but they suffer because of mistakes that aren’t really her fault. And I LOVE the situation with the two guys, I love how it reverses in on itself, and I feel like it’s something new and fresh… I can’t describe it without spoiling it, but it’s definitely different.
While I hate Azusa at this point, and the main character really doesn’t fire me up (she’s got a bit of a miss perfect thing going on… she’s flawed, but everyone loves her who is not her enemy directly), I love Ryoki and what a bitch with a heart of gold he is. I also love her sister Akane, who seems to be the most worldly and have the most accurate and normal viewpoint on everything.
God, what a great series. I haven’t been this fired up about a romance since the early volumes of Peach Girl. I hope this one doesn’t let me stray like Peach Girl did, though.
