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Author Hijiri Ringo
Title Time Limit Nina
Number of volumes 7
Year(s) of publication 1988 - 91
Publisher Shogakukan
Size
cover The manga is actually a collection of short stories about Nina, collected into seven volumes with a few other short stories thrown in. It follows the same story line of girl sees boy, girl falls in love with boy, but boy does not realize girl exist until chapter five dosed with a heavy hand on humor. It's the graphic, like all of Hijiri sensei's work that makes her manga so entertaining.

Onoda Nina has a crush on the leader of the Super natural club Atsuhito Ogi. She joined the club in the hope that she will get to know him better, even though she does not have any interest on all matters of the super natural. As you probably guessed Nina posses this super power, the problem is she could not control them. A rather amusing example is when asked to prove her psychic ability, she begins to describe Ogi's underwear without knowing. This lack of control is made worse due to the fact that her power only works after she eats a large meal. (By large meaning at least 34 bowls of noodles not including snacks.) Nina is a large eater anyway, but because of her new found power she will have to eat slightly more. Feeding someone with this type of appetite will drain any family's finance, as a subplot you will see her family trying to hide their meal, since Nina will always eat everyone's portion. The rest of the manga deals with her attempt to control her power while trying to express her feelings to Ogi.

Verdict
I enjoyed the manga thoroughly, there isn't much to say regarding the plot of the story since it's so straightforward.

Characters
Btw you might want to look at the picture on the right of all the characters, try and figure out who's who.

Atsuhito Ogi
The object of both Nina and Ida's affection. Perhaps the only "normal" character in the whole manga, except maybe for his rather odd taste bud (raw pheasant, grasshopper fried in oil need I say more?). He's rather sweet as object of affection goes. He's interested in the super natural world, and is the leader of the Super Natural club. He believes very firmly that Nina's power when controlled properly will do well.

Okada Ida
Everything Nina is not , and probably a little extra beside (in the negative scale that is). Incredibly snobby, is attracted to Ogi, but Nina always seem to be in the scene.

Onoda Nina
Rephrasing Ida, "Nina is stupid, lazy, selfish and a glutton". The funny thing is it's all true (yes!), but on the other hand her fault makes very likeable.

Ray
Incredibly narcissistic, and believes that all women are attracted to him. Hates Ogi, because he's more popular with the girls, and because of a misunderstanding he believes that Nina is attracted to him.


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