Reviews | MangaBlog May 18, 2015
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No. 6 was originally a novel by Atsuko Asano. It was adapted into a manga by Hinoki Kino that ran in Aria magazine from 2011-2013. It was picked up by Kodansha USA in June 2013 and the last volume was published in October 2014.
I really hope No. 6 did well for Kodansha USA. It was a well-drawn title for ARIA. The artist Hinoki Kino now has her own series in ARIA called Setsuna Graffiti. It has two boy protagonists so I wouldn’t be surprised if it was also shounen-ai.(I haven’t read ARIA lately so I wouldn’t know.)
I’m so glad I picked this up. I would have missed a remarkable story otherwise. Now I need to go watch the anime!
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“Honestly, I was hesitant to read this because I wanted to avoid the shounen-ai in the story. ” This line came off as a little odd, do you mean that you don’t like BL or did you mean that you don’t like queer-baiting and wanted to avoid that kind of story? Or did I completely miss the mark here and really need an explanation?
[…] vol. 3 of Mushishi (Experiments in Manga) John Rose on vol. 1 of No. 6 (The Fandom Post) Laura on No. 6 (Heart of Manga) Jessica Uelmen on Ouran High School Host Club (The Mary Sue) Lori Henderson on […]