Ultra Maniac, Vol. 1

The first volume of this manga comic book series explores the friendship between a popular tennis star, Ayu, and her best friend, Nina, who just happens to be a witch-in-training. To develop her craft, Nina tries out spells to help Ayu, including Ayu’s attempts to win the heart of Tetsushi, star of the school baseball team. Characteristic of many books in this genre, the series also explores love, angst, peer pressure and individuality; typical issues faced by teenagers today. This was the first manga book that I’d ever read and it wasn’t too bad, but it’s not something really for me. A word of caution to other manga first-timers: read the instructions on how to read manga. I was lost for a little bit when I started out. Overall, I think this genre is strictly for the teenage set. ( )

Witches apparently use computers to download and cast magic spells? Sure, why not? As I told my boyfriend, it's a dumb premise but I kind of like it. This series was a little slow to start, but once it got rolling and the premise was established, Yoshizumi began scrambling things up an already strange situation. It worked in Marmalade Boy, and I think it's going to work here, too. ( )

Great little series of manga that is rated A for All Ages. About a girl who is a witch and a girl that becomes her friend. There is a lot of mishap spells and a bit of romance. So far, I love the series. ( )

I think this is a cool book. I have never seen a book where you have to turn the pages in the opposite way! It is a cute book written about two girls and the author, Wataru Yoshizumi makes the story interesting and inspirational especially being written in the original Japanese comic format. This book like I said reads right to left, so dialogs, balloons, action and sound effects are completely reversed. This preserves the original artwork, plus its fun to look at! ( )

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