J-Pop Idol: Volume 1 #1

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• 8.1

  IGN - A.E. Sparrow

  May 06, 2008

  I found myself enjoying this book in spite of itself, as it has many of the trappings I usually don't care for in my manga. The aforementioned musical theme, for example, coupled with fairly cookie cutter shojo art stylings would normally make this a book that I'd never recommend. For some reason, though, I ended up interested in Mika's story. I even found myself following Ken's story, and by the end I wanted to find out more about what's going on with Kay. There's enough groundwork set up in this first volume that if you allow it to take hold, you're going to be around for volume two. Apparently if you put enough of the things I don'tcare for in manga into one book, I might actually end up enjoying it. Who knew? Read Full Review