Wild Act 10
Posted: March 10, 2010 Filed under: Wild Act 1 Comment »Rie Takada – Tokyopop – 2006 – 10 volumes
This is a good series that just wasn’t clicking for me in the second half, but for all my minor complaints, the tenth and final volume was more of the same and I literally read it in 20 minutes. I could not read it fast enough. What was the deal with both Ryus? What about that producer? Yuniko’s mother?
All of it’s here, along with one or two over-the-top action scenes worthy of their Hollywood setting. It’s completely self-aware, too, and there’s even great scenes where the flying squirrels get to act like heroes and be put in mortal danger and all that.
Romance! Danger! Excitement! This book has them all! And the answer to the most pressing question of the series is hilariously convoluted and impossible, just like a proper shoujo manga conclusion.
In other words, this final volume was amazing and well worth stumbling through a few slow volumes. Actually, I liked all the parts that took place in Hollywood. I liked Ryu and Yuniko. I liked pretty much everything about this series, save for the incest question. I loved that Ryu and Yuniko made for such a happy and healthy couple, I loved the ridiculousness of stealing all the actor memorabilia and using it to jog her amnesiac mother’s memory, I loved the sense of humor, I loved the flying squirrels, I just loved how brash and energetic it was in general. There was very little to dislike in Wild Act. It’s everything a shoujo manga should be, and it’s a shame I took so long reading it.
If you find it, don’t hesitate to pick it up. It is completely and 100% worth it to any fan of shoujo. I think it was popular while it was coming out, but it’s probably slipped under the radar over the years and it’s a definite gem of America’s shoujo near-past.
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