Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances, Vol. 3
by Masami Tsuda

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Book Reviews of Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances, Vol. 3

Book Review: Wonderful Girl's Manga - Romantic with a Comic Twist
Summary: 5 Stars

The story continues in Vol 3 as Soichiro and Yukino battle to keep their romance alive in a world of hostility! Emerging relucantly from love's young dream, they find they have well and truly lost their top spots in class, their exam results plummeting as their love soars! Called into the principal's office they must justify their actions to an unsympathetic Board! With their parents summoned to the school, can our newly-fledged couple maintain their composure in the face of such adversity? Not to give too much away, Yukino's mask slips a little more folks as she defends her corner! This book had my toes curling with glee. So romantic and endearing and so, so funny, this is truly how girl's manga should be.

Just how it manages to be so simultaneously humorous and yet also so sweetly touching is Kare Kano's great strength. I have heard this series criticised for the style of art the writer employs, but I think the fact it is so character and plot driven carries you through any 'sketchiness' in the visuals. There is much more beatifully drawn manga out there it's true, but I would say that a great deal of it is one-dimensional and 'empty' beneath the art, where Kare Kano has depth and subtlety by the bucket-load. There's a lot more than meets the eye in these books and I for one love the heady mix which can be both zany and crazy one minute and then thought-provoking and emotional the next. Alongside all the high-school capers you expect from this type of thing, there is very real and poignant emotion shining through which tugs relentlessly at the heartstrings. I know I will continue to collect this fantastic series to its conclusion.

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