Peach Girl, Vol. 1

manga series (translated from Japanese, reads right to left, c1998) - Momo is the prettiest girl in school, and everyone assumes she's "easy" and "a party girl" (her tan is from being on the swim team), but she doesn't care as long as her crush Toji is on her side; her frenemy Sae is always trying to steal her style and popular boy Kiley is spreading rumors about her.

a cute high-school romance (with tons of high-school drama) and a fun series. I can see why the kids used to check out 10+ of these books at a time.

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Story: The perfect thing about this series is that it is a potential real life situation. There is bullying from the other people at school and misunderstandings set into a high school setting. This series is absolutely perfect for someone to read when they are that age and to realize that many people can make mistakes or take something the wrong way, especially in regards to relationships. There is a quite potent love triangle between Momo, a girl that gets bullied by others, Kairi (Kiley), a flirt of a guy, and Toji, a guy that is easily blindsided. It does not help anything that there is the slightly evil character of Sae that is always trying to get in Momo's way.

Drawing Style: One of my favorite things about the art style of Miwa show more UEDA is that she changes up the characters. Especially Momo, she always wears different clothing and has a different style of hair that is rarely seen in anime or manga.

Characters: The characters are highly in depth and developed throughout the series. They are all multi-dimensional with underlying reasons for how they come across and serious back stories that add to the series.

Overall: This is one of my favorite series by far, exceeding all of my previous expectations and blowing me away with the quality of production.

Note: This review was completed after reading volumes 1-18. show less

Teenager Momo tans so easily that she is forced to walk in the shadows and avoid her swim team practices due to Japanese society’s view of tan girls as promiscuous. She also wants to be white-skinned for Toji, her crush of several years, who she has heard dislikes dark-skinned girls. Throw in sleazy Japanese businessmen hitting on her, popular Kiley who steals a kiss from her and won’t take no for an answer, and her “friend” Sae who seeks to keep her and Toji apart, and Momo has her hands full fighting for her love and reputation. Some discussion of sexual situations. Ages 13+.

A few years ago I read the Peach Girl manga online, but now that I finally bought the books, I can safely say that I remember now why I felt so angry reading them: Sae. This girl is a bitch! I don't understand why the heroin in the story should be dump. We can see that Momo knows she's bad, but she doesn't do anything about it.

A few years ago I read the Peach Girl manga online, but now that I finally bought the books, I can safely say that I remember now why I felt so angry reading them: Sae. This girl is a bitch! I don't understand why the heroin in the story should be dump. We can see that Momo knows she's bad, but she doesn't do anything about it.

Peach Girl was a fun manga to read. It is very well written and drawn. It does have a lot of over the top drama but that is typical in the genre.It's about a girl named Momo with skin that tans much too quickly for her liking. Her so-called best friend, Sae, is very manipulative and always tries to show her up. So when Sae finds out that Momo has a crush on Toji, she decides to make him her own. How can Momo get Toji to see that Sae is just using him? Will Momo ever tell him how she feels?

A few years ago I read the Peach Girl manga online, but now that I finally bought the books, I can safely say that I remember now why I felt so angry reading them: Sae. This girl is a bitch! I don't understand why the heroin in the story should be dump. We can see that Momo knows she's bad, but she doesn't do anything about it.