Pastel 1 - Softcover

Kobayashi, Toshihiko

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345486277 ISBN 13: 9780345486271

Publisher: Del Rey, 2005

Synopsis

I LOVE YUU

Poor Mugi Tadano . . . The sixteen-year-old is heartbroken after his girlfriend moves away. To ease his troubled state, Mugi takes a summer job at his friend Kazuki’s beachside snack bar/hotel on a tropical island. It seems like the perfect plan–until Kazuki sets Mugi up on a date with Yuu, who’s supposed to be, well, a little less than perfect. When Yuu arrives, however, she’s not the monster that either of the boys had imagined. In fact, Yuu is about the cutest person that Mugi has ever seen. But after Mugi accidentally walks in on Yuu in the bath, the girl is steamed. When trying to apologize the next day, he discovers that Yuu has left the shores of paradise. Mugi vows to search high and low for the beautiful Yuu, but will he ever see her again?

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From Publishers Weekly

Like most hormone-saturated boys his age, 16-year-old Mugi Tadano is obsessed with sex but timid about the prospect of actually "doing it." When he catches sight of lovely Yuu Tsukisaki changing into her bikini, he's both flustered and fascinated. He falls in puppy love/lust. Mugi's emotional turmoil intensifies when he goes home and discovers that Yuu and her smart-mouthed sister will be living there from now on. Then Mugi and Yuu are left alone in the house at night. Then they wind up sleeping in the same bed. Then she rolls over in her sleep and hugs him. And so on. Everything that happens is innocent but intensely titillating. As he gets to know her, Mugi's feelings for Yuu deepen; she really is a sweet person. At the same time, he's getting incredibly horny. He doesn't want to behave like the irresponsible people around him—but who wouldn't when Kobayashi presents constant crotch shots of Yuu. Kobayashi has pitched this manga perfectly at the adolescent inside most adults who are trying to juggle incompatible desires. There's no hint that Mugi's dilemma will be resolved any time soon, so readers can expect an endless series of titillating developments. (Jan.)
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From School Library Journal

Grade 10 Up–Mugi Tadano is a frustrated Japanese teen who has just gone through a painful breakup with his girlfriend. Seeking to distract him from his misery, his friend Kazuki finds him a summer job at a resort island near his hometown. The hard work isnt enough to keep them out of trouble, and right off the bat the boys are caught spying on a showering girl. Mugis luck seems to be changing when he is set up on a blind date with Yuu, another girl staying at the resort. He learns, however, that she is his fathers orphaned ward, and that he is also responsible for her care. Torn between lust and concern, Mugi embodies the extremes of teen angst. Readers will enjoy the sexual and emotional tension of the romance, while adults may be concerned with the great attention to detail the artist puts into accurately portraying the female form in various states of undress, from incredibly tight bikinis to partial nudes. The artwork is good, in the typical manga style, but highly suggestive.–Dawn Rutherford, King County Library System, Bellevue, WA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Del Rey
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0345486277
• ISBN 13: 9780345486271
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208