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For today’s Top 5 Tuesday, we’re supposed to choose our favorite summer reads. I know that summer is usually the season of light and fluffy books, but I’m going to change it up a bit and recommend light and fluffy manga that you can probably binge during the summer. Sailor Moon won’t be on this list again, I promise! But you should totally check it out anyway. ^^
1. Nodame Cantabile by Tomoko Ninomiya
In this manga, Chiaki is an uptight musician who dreams of becoming a conductor and Noda aka “Nodame” is an oddball who is pretty much useless in every situation but has the natural ability to play classical piano pieces in a “more pleasing” way. When I first discovered Nodame Cantabile, I was obsessed for at least a month. I read the whole series in a couple of days, found out it was an anime and watched every season, then found out it had a live action and watched all those episodes, too. I enjoyed how it shows that, yes, working hard may get you what you want, but being yourself will also help you get places, too.
2. Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura
In Princess Jellyfish, Tsukimi is a nerdy girl obsessed with jellyfish and lives in a place where girls like herself can be themselves. She and her room mates are intimidated by fashionable people, especially fashionable men. But when Tsukimi notices two jellyfish that can’t survive together in the same tank in a pet shop, a fashionable cross dresser saves the day! This was so adorable I even made myself my own Clara the Spotted Jellyfish!
3. Dramacon by Svetlana Chmakova
Summer is con season, and if you’re into cosplay and artist alleys, I think this is the perfect read. It’s all about what goes on behind the scenes in conventions. This manga specifically centers around anime conventions, but I imagine you get some of the same experiences in other conventions, too. I first read this after participating in an artist alley when I was 19 and felt like this was the perfect read to end my first convention experience.
4. Kimi ni Todoke by Karuho Shiina
This is about a shy girl named Sawako who wants to make friends but is incredibly shy. That and people are intimidated by her because she looks like the girl from The Ring. Somehow, she befriends Kazehaya, the most popular guy in school, and together they work on building her self confidence. It’s basically another cute shojou manga, but Sawako is super charming and I love a love interest who is actually a pretty nice guy.
5. Kamisama Kiss by Julietta Suzuki
In Kamisama Kiss, homeless Nanami Momozomo saves a man from a dog. He then offers to let her live at his home and she accepts his offer. Turns out, the man is the deity of the shrine, and by accepting his offer, Nanami unknowingly agreed to take over his duties as the local deity. It’s a fantastical shojou manga with the hate to love trope. All I need in a cute, fluffy read!
Have you read any of these? Did you enjoy it? Got any summer recommendations for me? I’d love to hear from you!
Cya! ^^
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