Hana to Harinezumi
Alt Names: | 花とハリネズミ 花与猬 Flower and Hedgehog |
Author: | Yamada |
Artist: | Yamada |
Genres: | Comedy Romance School Life Shounen |
Type: | Manga (Japanese) |
Status: | Ongoing |
Description: | Tsukasa is the student council president, and he's very attractive. However, while girls love his looks, he's really unsociable. Lately, he's been showing up at school with wounds on his face. One day, Asada Hana, who has a big crush on Tsukasa, decides to follow him. She learns that he is secretly trying to befriend a stray dog he found, and it bites him a lot. Will this shared secret help Hana get closer to her crush? |
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If it's true that the only other work this artist ever did was a bleack yaoi doujin then that lone should tell the reader everything he has to know and it makes me wonder who would try to label this as shounen.
A short check brought up that it's published by Square Enix who a long time ago has forsaken it's former audience and is happily publishing Shoujo, Shounen and even stuff aimed at Fuyoshi in an attempt to maximize profit. Who would've thought?
Hmmm, how to put this? While I agree the men in shoujo are often somewhat stylized, that doesn't mean they aren't well done. They are successfully doing what they're intended to do, which may not be the same as what you'd prefer them to be doing. Still, there's a reason I said "bishies" rather than "male characters".
Thing is, this particular male lead keeps being referred to as extremely, perhaps incredibly, handsome. But frankly, his looks have little impact. When a shoujo mangaka claims someone is incredibly handsome, they do what you should do in that situation: Go a bit over the top, make the person a bit unearthly, a true bishounen. They'd do what this artist would/could not, because "nobody draws the bishies like shoujo mangaka." I suppose the artist could go a different direction, make him incredibly rugged-looking or something, but that wasn't done either--this guy ain't no Viggo Mortensen. Rather, he's someone heading towards a bishounen look who doesn't really cut it.
And really, I'm evaluating the guy characters from a female perspective. My personal feelings about male looks aren't really the issue--I don't swing that way anyhow.
( http://vatoto.com/read/_/118459/hana-to-harinezumi_ch3_by_seinagi/20 )
i like how males are drawn in shoujo better, they are more moe -.-. in shounen they are more manly, this is true. but then we can easily switch this around and say females are increadibly sexualized and cutified in shounen -.-. ah how the human eye loves eye candy
WHUT?
@ Purple Library Guy
lol is that supposed to be a sarcastic comment? "nobody draws the bishies like shoujo mangaka"? Give me a break, it's a known fact that most male mangaka draw better looking men who, well, actually look, and behave like men compared to their female counterpart.
Fixed?