At age 6 Hikari lost to Kei in an impromptu wrestling match. Now, at 15, Hikari joins "Special A," a group of the top seven students at a private academy, for the opportunity to trounce the guy who made her suffer her first defeat. This opens doors to the discovery of many new things for both of them....
Genre: Romance, Humor, YA, Contemporary, Shoujo, School Life
My thoughts: I watched the SA anime a couple of months ago and I loved it! I was looking for a completed manga to read because I don't like to wait for months for the next chapter to release and I saw that SA was completed so I decided to read it.
The story is good. In this volume we get introduced to this strong-willed, determined, hard-working girl who is hell bent on being number 1 and defeating a guy who beat her at wrestling when they were 6. Kei, the guy, is good at EVERYTHING. Plus he's good-looking and rich. He stays cool, calm and collected all the time, never caring for anyone else. EXCEPT Hikari. Those moments when he gave up the cool-guy facade and really showed he cared for Hikari were my favorite moments. They were really sweet.
We also get introduced to the rest of the SA class and Kei's "fiance" but their stories have not been developed yet. Basically in these 4 chapters we get an overview of the characters and a little of the story of the main characters. How Kei cares for Hikari but keeps teasing her because he enjoys seeing her strive to beat him. He also respects how hardworking she is. Hikari, too, cares for Kei, even though she wants to beat him. She does care about his feelings and well-being and doesn't actually hate him even if she says it time and again.
I liked the drawing. It was better than the anime version and it's not that bad to look at. I don't love it, but it's good.
It's hard to say if I'd recommend this or not since I've only read the first volume but I do like the start and look forward to seeing where this goes.
I love Special A! It's actually my favorite from Minami Maki, but I also really like Voice Over! Seiyuu Academy. Did you ever finish reading Special A?
ReplyDeleteI got very close to the end but then I had to stop reading because of exams and then I lost my place and then I never really continued... Maybe I'll try to finish it some day. I did enjoy it a lot!
DeleteI haven't really read many manga and nothing else by Minami Maki but I'll check out Voice Over! Seiyuu Academy :)