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Reviewed by Tom Rosin Kind of got this and Wallflower in on the back the success Del Rey have had with Tsubasa and Negima. This, mind you, fully deserves to be a smash on its own, as it has buckets of humour and originality to spare, while Wallflower (translate as hairy legs) is like one of those annoying teen movies where a girl with specs on gets a 'makeover' and gets to be prom queen. Othello veers more toward Carrie side of things. Timid girl Yaya has two very bitchy, mean school friends whose goal is to make Yaya the butt of every joke, so they can rub her face in it. The sort of people who make you feel small so they can feel better about themselves. Nasty. Yaya's only relief comes at the weekend when she can doll up like a goth-loll and meet other fans of her favourite band Juliet. She uses a costume name, Nana, no-one at these fan club meetings knows who she really is, or is that no-one at school? Yaya certainly isn't sure anymore as every time she's shoe-gazing, feeling threatened and catches a glimpse of her self in a reflection, she lets Nana out. Nana does the things you only think of in retrospect and wish you had the guts to do at the time (the French have a phrase for that, can't think what it is now). [L'esprit de l'escalier - Francophile ed.] Bit Jeckle & Hyde, obviously, but with a refreshing lack of a fantasy element - Yaya/Nana's just crazy. I know crazy women. Crazy woman I can relate to. Comment on this review of Othello v1 on the Manga Life Forums. |
6 October 2009
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