B.O.D.Y. 3
Posted: February 17, 2009 Filed under: B.O.D.Y. 1 Comment »Oh man, is this series ever silly. That can be the point in a shoujo series like this, and it is a fun kind of silly, but the heroine here is getting into some ridiculous stuff.
Most of this volume features her intervening on behalf of the president of the host club. That’s right, the same person that told her she’d have to sell herself if she wanted her boyfriend to stop dating other people for money. He’s a bad guy. Ryu tells her to stop hanging out with him and interfering with his business. She doesn’t listen. She actually keeps doing exactly the opposite of everything anyone tells her here, except in the doormat heroine kind of way where she weakly tries at something, then someone swoops in to save her and help her succeed.
Somehow, she infiltrates a huge corporation and happens to run into the wife of the president while dodging security for five floors. The wife listens when she tells her she shouldn’t have dumped her old boyfriend. Huh. This scene is also far lamer than I have made it sound, since literally Ryoko and Ryu just bolt for the inside door after bungling security and vaguely run around a little before happening upon the person they’re looking for.
While I do like the characters, this volume was just too ridiculous even by shoujo standards. The story wraps up at the end and we are promised new and better things not involving host clubs next time, so I’m pretty open to whatever direction it wants to take from here.
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
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