Si-Joon Lee is still not used to the idea that the girl in the pig mask that he agreed to marry as a child is really his fiancée. The girl, Mu-Yeon, calmly yet tenaciously ignores his demands to leave him alone, and it gradually occurs to Si-Joon that she is actually protecting him from an unknown and dangerous third party with a grudge against his family. Meanwhile, Doe-Doe, … [Read more...] about Pig Bride 2 by KookHwa Huh and SuJin Kim: B+
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Pig Bride 1 by KookHwa Huh and SuJin Kim: B+
From the back cover: Lost in the mountains on a trip to summer camp, eight-year-old Si-Joon fears he'll never make it out alive. When a strange girl in a pig mask appears before him, he follows her to a house deep in the woods, where he is told that he must marry the pig-faced girl to atone for the sins of their ancestors. Si-Joon's not too keen on getting married, but that … [Read more...] about Pig Bride 1 by KookHwa Huh and SuJin Kim: B+
Hissing 6 by Kang EunYoung: B+
Ten years ago, when Sun-Nam’s father and Da-Eh’s mother had an affair, the result was Da-Hwa, their half brother. In high school, Sun-Nam and Da-Eh began dating without being aware of their family connection, but in volume five all of that came out into the open. Da-Eh reacted badly, saying some nasty things to Da-Hwa that she immediately regretted. When he was hit by a car and … [Read more...] about Hissing 6 by Kang EunYoung: B+
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa: B-
Even if you haven’t consumed it in any format, any otaku worthy of the name has at least heard of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. The anime has been released by Bandai Entertainment, Yen Press is putting out the manga, but now, courtesy of Little, Brown and Company (also part of the Hachette Book Group along with Yen Press) we finally have the story in its original light … [Read more...] about The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa: B-
Very! Very! Sweet 3 by JiSang Shin and Geo: B
When volume two left off, Tsuyoshi’s girlfriend from Japan, Erica, had made the trip to Korea to see him. In this volume, it’s made clear that the relocation is permanent and she enrolls in the school that he and Be-Ri attend. She proceeds to be incredibly irritating for the duration of the volume. While I dislike Erica extremely, she is at least useful in prompting some cool … [Read more...] about Very! Very! Sweet 3 by JiSang Shin and Geo: B