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Author Kurita Riku ‚­‚肽—¤
Title Puchin Hi! School
Number of volumes 4
Year(s) of publication 1991-
Publisher Kodansha
Size Shinsho [11.5x17 cm, ¥390($5.70 US, $7.50 Aus.)]
Rough outline of the plot
Kurihara Kanako had just enrolled to Amanogawa High School whens she was immediately asked to join the prestigious (roughly translated) "cheering club" to the to the shock of many people. The highly elitist club was run by Shino and his vice captain Kazuomi Karachiki. Both were considered quite a catch in their school. Later on (hey I only have 2MB :)). Kanako discovered that the only reason she was asked to join the club was because the captain was allergic to all females, except for his mother and for some strange reason Kanako...He agreed to invite her to join the club, because Kazuomi convinced him that this might be the only way to cure his bizzare alergic reaction. Incidentally the allergic occurs when he is touched or sees an interesting/erotic sight. He will faint if you flash a playboy magazine, and his nose bled if a girl touched him. There were some very funny scene in the whole manga. I could go on for ages, but it's difficult to explain unless I scan the whole manga :(.

Kanoko eventually discovered that the reason Shino was allergic to women was because of his grandmother. Apparently his grandmother was quite a sadist, she used to lock him up and set the dog on him when he misbehave, all this when he was only 4 years old. The reason why he wasn't allergic to Kanoko was because he used to have a doll, (his mother's last gift before she died, and shortly before he was given to the care of his grandmother) which happened to look like Kanoko. In the end the two of them get together, after Kazuomi and Shino fought. Kazuomi accused Shino for being a cold, heartless person. Shino became pissed off and at the end of the fight he said somethign like "how would you feel if you can't even touch the person you love". Kanoko heard this and she was touched and zooms to the happy scene.

Charachters

shino

Shino

kanoko

Kanoko

kazuomi

Kazuomi

Verdict
This is one of the better manga, in this type of genre. The drawings are finely drawn and the humour is hilarious. One of the funniest sub plot was how the principal of the school failed to elope 50 years ago, because she thought she though was supposed to wait near the bridge. While her lover waited underneath the bridge. It's a send up on all those rendevous meeting where the girls was ditched and become permanently scarred and bitter for life.


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