From the back cover: Former star setter Tomoyo joins the ranks, and now the six players are an official team at Crimson Field High School! However, Nobara is so focused on training that she fails to notice her team is falling apart under the pressure. Not only that, but Nobara must now find the money to pay for her uniform and club dues. Will Nobara be able to swallow her pride … [Read more...] about Crimson Hero 3 by Mitsuba Takanashi: B+
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Crimson Hero 2 by Mitsuba Takanashi: B+
From the back cover: Nobara is issued a challenge from the boys' volleyball team: if her team can score one point against them in a match, the girls will win. But, if the girls lose, Nobara will have to give up on having a girls' volleyball team at Crimson Field forever. With everything on the line for the girls, the boys are playing to win, and even Haibuki seems determined to … [Read more...] about Crimson Hero 2 by Mitsuba Takanashi: B+
Crimson Hero 1 by Mitsuba Takanashi: B
From the back cover: All that matters to 15-year-old Nobara Sumiyoshi is volleyball—she's an awesome player with big-time ambitions. But sometimes it seems like a girl just can't get a break in the competitive world of high school volleyball. Nobara's family wants her to inherit the role of "young mistress," serving rich patrons at her family's old-fashioned Japanese … [Read more...] about Crimson Hero 1 by Mitsuba Takanashi: B
Monkey High! 5 by Shouko Akira: B+
When reserved, intelligent Haruna transferred into a new high school, she never expected to fall for the most chipper and scrawny guy in her class. That’s exactly what happened, though, and she and Macharu have now been dating for a year. In this volume, some difficulties arise in the lead characters’ relationship. It’s not as if they fight in dramatic fashion, but because … [Read more...] about Monkey High! 5 by Shouko Akira: B+
Monkey High! 4 by Shouko Akira: B+
From the back cover: Macharu's best friend Atsu is really starting to fall for Haruna, especially since she's been working at the same place he works and they've been spending more and more time together. With a jealous Macharu waiting and a persistent Atsu pursuing, who is Haruna going to choose in this bizarre love triangle? Review: I think I'm just gonna have to resign … [Read more...] about Monkey High! 4 by Shouko Akira: B+