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Well here I am for my second review. Please direct all shotgun slugs to the person standing just to my left, thank you.

I first heard about this manga a rather long time ago. Back before it was out in an english format there was a dude associated with the Megatokyo webcomic translating it to a script form. So about a week ago I saw it on the shelf at my "local" Chapters (I forget what the us equivalent is) and I picked up a volume... That said, the actual review!

Story: The whole base concept here is that a very violent, egotistical, balls to the wall ... prick guy (Rando) with a god complex gets involved in a bus accident and has his face burned beyond all recognition. He wakes up from a coma two years later and finds that a plastic surgeon fixed his face using a picture he'd had in his wallet, of the girl he liked (Rina). He then runs into said girl and well, starts posing as her long lost twin sister (Yuna)... partially because someone else was also burnt beyond recognition and got tagged as his real self... and deceased. There's a main story through the whole thing about searching for the real sister and that one I did like. It also does a few side stories and some of them are a bit over used while others had a nice twist put onto them. (ie the 'winning a trip to a hot spring' that every other anime/manga does)

Art: I liked the art in this. It's consistent, at least it's consistent at what it's doing. :p I don't really know what else I can say... aside from maybe most of the emotions in this make use of the 'chibi' style... I'm not sure if that's the proper name. I'll also point out that while there's no real nudity there are a few instances of boobs. The covers are also very nicely drawn but may lead one to believe it's a pretty shoujo type manga... which it isn't.

Character: I rated this a seven for one reason only. There's a story arc where Rando\Yuna visits another town and there's a set of characters there who're exactly the same as the ones from wherever it is the story usually takes place. Exactly the same right down to names... While I know it's supposed to be a funny gimmick thing it struck me as 'oh so you couldn't come up with three random people'.

Enjoyment: Well, if you like a good comedy with a touch of violence and more than a little bit of fanservice you'll probably like this.

Overall: I really have no idea... As the numbers suggest I really liked it, the storyline was good, nothing epic but it did a few things different... and took a few over used story gimmicks and gave them a bit of a twist. The art was nice, characters were good and had some progression...

Complex:

My only real complaint doesn't pertain to the manga itself. But to whoever did quality control on the scanslation. The text can be downright annoying on occasion because no-one seemed to think sentences like "What's a rude guy!" didn't look a little odd. Anyway, onto the actual review.

Story: At it's core it's basic shoujo manga fare. But there's enough comedy thrown in to keep things shaken up and doing what they're supposed to. There's a few surprises and of course you're going to want to punch most of the main male characters for being epic retards. But it kept me reading to the end, ... and I'm not 'supposed' to like this stuff. :p I'll even fess up and admit I cried during a couple parts... but don't go calling me a girly-man... they were manly tears of...uhm...GAR and vinegar or something. <_<

Art: It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. I didn't much care for 'pretty Rin' or most of the other pretty people but that's really personal taste there and has nothing to do with the art. I will say it gave off a real Ouran vibe when it was being serious. Just art wise that's what I was reminded of. Rin looks a lot like Haruhi did with the long hair.

Character: Well I almost covered that in the art section. I liked the characters from a design standpoint though (even the one's I disliked, yes I liked them because I disliked their personalities.). To take it away from an art standpoint. Each characters got their own attitude and everything like good characters should. Rin on the other hand is cute. She's cute when she's dressed like a guy, she's cute when she's acting normal. She's even cute when she's in pretty mode even if Normal Rin is better than Pretty Rin (IMO). That is somewhat un-nerving though since she's supposed to be fourteen through most of this. -_-;; Of course the intended demographic (as a majority) wouldn't have that problem... unless they fancied Tora... and then they'd have the same problem...

The other two scoring categories can't really be reviewed since Overall isn't really a category and Enjoyment is entirely subject to opinion. So I guess that means this is over.