Full House Kiss · review
Warning: If you're looking for a shoujo manga that has anything with quality in it, do not read this manga. The reason I managed to finish this manga is because I kept on hoping this manga would actually become something worthwhile to look at. The set-up was good, but the execution was awful (story-wise). I liked how the heroine, Mugi, was investigating her sister's disappearance, and at times I even felt a thrill as she got clues and would run into trouble. However, any trouble that arose always ended fairly quick; it was anti-climatic and flat. You can even figure out why her sister disappeared within14 chapters of this; the mangaka really did a good job of making this manga a no-brainer and uninteresting. She would show characters, such as the vice-principle and French teacher do some odd acts to foreshadow I suppose, but by doing that she shows everything about how the story is supposed to unfold (unlike where it's supposed to be a teaser to keep you gripped, the opposite happened-- I was like "not surprised at all by this development." BORING). Instead of a show-not-tell story, it was a tell-and-show story. The supposed mystery wasn't a mystery. And if that wasn't enough, any clue that was ever found got repeated 5 times within the same chapter (okay, that's an exaggeration... 3 times), not sure why she would do that.
Anyway, I know this a shoujo manga, so it's known for it's romance. Yet, the mangaka even failed at that. I know this manga for being extremely dull. The link between Mugi and every single guy character who falls for her is weak; it's rushed, you don't feel a particular connection with any of the pairings. None of the other characters surrounding her make an impression either.
I'm glad I'm done with this manga, and I would never read another one of the author's works again. Like this one, the other story summaries seem bland and cliche. It's no surprise the author doesn't have another series going on longer than this one.