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Reviewed by Dan Polley Sunako Nakahara is back and as emotional as ever in the 13th volume of Tomoko Hayakawa’s “The Wallflower.” In it, Nakahara finds her way through three different stories, two of which don’t do much to develop her character and the third of which does an outstanding job of doing so. In the first, she attempts to get closer to her aunt, who expresses a willingness to be a traditional Japanese housewife, but whose actions show that that’s just talk. And in the last, she attempts to sway back one of the guys in the house who says he’s been hanging out at a Western-themed restaurant. It’s interesting to follow Nakahara’s reasons for bringing him back to her house, but they are reasons that are easily guessed. But the middle story is fun and provides for a great number of creative sequences. In it, Nakahara travels with her aunt to another country and receives a present before returning to Japan. It’s that present — and how Nakahara responds to it — that provides for the fun times. The art doesn’t step away from previous volumes. While it’s frustrating to continue to see Nakahara portrayed as a simplistic caricature, it provides an interesting contrast in the art when she is portrayed in realistic beauty. “The Wallflower” is a series of stories about Sunako Nakahara and does well combining and mixing plot and art. Although the plot in some of the stories in this volume were a bit under-whelming, the middle story more than made up for it with its showing of creativity. Comment on this review of The Wallflower v13 on the Manga Life Forums. |
6 October 2009
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