New and recent Shojo Beat releases are piling up, which means it's time for another Tidbits column! In this installment, you'll find reviews of three newer series—volume three of Dengeki Daisy, plus volumes five and six of Honey Hunt and Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You—while two old favorites, Ouran High School Host Club and Skip Beat!, bring up the rear! Dengeki Daisy 3 by … [Read more...] about Tidbits: Catching Up with Shojo Beat
Bisco Hatori
Millennium Snow 1-2 by Bisco Hatori: B-
Millennium Snow is the first series by Bisco Hatori (of Ouran High School Host Club fame), one of those that began as a stand-alone but eventually achieved serialization. It’s been on hiatus for some time, but now that Ouran has wrapped up, some fans are hoping that Hatori will return to it. I’m not so sure that’s a worthy endeavor. Chiyuki Matsuoka has had a weak heart since … [Read more...] about Millennium Snow 1-2 by Bisco Hatori: B-
Ouran High School Host Club 13 by Bisco Hatori: B
Feelings. That’s entirely what this volume is about. First, you’ve got Haruhi taking a love quiz and finally realizing that what she feels for Tamaki isn’t just admiration of his many good qualities, but actually love. Not that she’s ready to deal with that just yet, so she resolves to take his advice and start accumulating more life experience. Next, Hikaru informs Tamaki that … [Read more...] about Ouran High School Host Club 13 by Bisco Hatori: B
Ouran High School Host Club 12 by Bisco Hatori: B+
From the back cover: Hikaru and Kaoru's fight over Haruhi is taking its toll on Hunny and Mori, who are trying to watch over the estranged twins. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Tamaki, Kyoya starts looking for Tamaki's mother in France. Review: Three plot threads are simultaneously underway in this volume, though they converge nicely by the end. In the first, Kyoya is using the … [Read more...] about Ouran High School Host Club 12 by Bisco Hatori: B+
Ouran High School Host Club 11 by Bisco Hatori: B+
Eleven volumes in, things are still pretty much where they started with this series. Haruhi is still concealing her gender and participating in the Host Club, Tamaki is still ignorant of his feelings for her, and characters like Mori and Hunny haven’t changed a bit. This volume finds the gang competing in a sports festival that Tamaki has orchestrated in an attempt to spur … [Read more...] about Ouran High School Host Club 11 by Bisco Hatori: B+