Kare Kano (20) 
asked by geo on November 2, 2006 5:31 AM
Now that Reiji has revealed his true colors, Soichiro must stop him from tearing the family apart. Can Soichiro save his mother and learn the full story of his parents' past, or will he be doomed to continue their legacy of madness? More is at stake than he ever knew...and Yukino has an announcement that will change his life forever.
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In this penultimate volume of the series, the long story of Soichiro's parents concludes. Then, a chapter is dedicated to Soichiro's adopted mother. Finally, Yukino reveals her pregnancy to her mother, Soichiro, her father (with the rest of her family), and Soichiro's adopted parents.
For the past few volumes, I felt that Tsuda-sensei had lost her way as she got bogged down in Soichiro's backstory. As a result, we lost touch with the main characters. However, she manages to bring Yukino and Soichiro back into the story as she wound down the story of Soichiro's real parents.
Chapter 96 shifted to Soichiro's mother. Since it was only one chapter, it didn't get bogged down and was interesting in that we get to see how she and Soichiro's adopted father met.
Chapter 97 returns the story to Yukino and Soichiro as the focus and this is where it became really enjoyable again for me. I liked how the pregnancy issue was dealt with -- a nice mix of humor and seriousness.
A word on the TokyoPop translation. With this volume, TP returns to the use of honorifics for the translation, which in this readers mind makes the reading of the manga more enjoyable by keeping more of the Japanese flavor. It is unfortunate to me that the majority of the series had the honorifics stripped and ignored, but I'll take it here.
Bottom line: Tsuda-sensei is wrapping up the series and finally returning the focus to Yukino and Soichiro. As such, this volume is an improvement over the previous few volumes.
For the past few volumes, I felt that Tsuda-sensei had lost her way as she got bogged down in Soichiro's backstory. As a result, we lost touch with the main characters. However, she manages to bring Yukino and Soichiro back into the story as she wound down the story of Soichiro's real parents.
Chapter 96 shifted to Soichiro's mother. Since it was only one chapter, it didn't get bogged down and was interesting in that we get to see how she and Soichiro's adopted father met.
Chapter 97 returns the story to Yukino and Soichiro as the focus and this is where it became really enjoyable again for me. I liked how the pregnancy issue was dealt with -- a nice mix of humor and seriousness.
A word on the TokyoPop translation. With this volume, TP returns to the use of honorifics for the translation, which in this readers mind makes the reading of the manga more enjoyable by keeping more of the Japanese flavor. It is unfortunate to me that the majority of the series had the honorifics stripped and ignored, but I'll take it here.
Bottom line: Tsuda-sensei is wrapping up the series and finally returning the focus to Yukino and Soichiro. As such, this volume is an improvement over the previous few volumes.
reviewed by madfool on November 22, 2006 3:19 AM