 | | ▪ | RELEASED BY: | | VIZ MEDIA | | | ▪ | AUTHOR / ART: | | YASUHIRO KANO | | | ▪ | FORMAT: | | JAPANESE / B&W | | | ▪ | PAGES: | | 192 | | | ▪ | RATING: | | OT | | | ▪ | RELEASE DATE: | | 01/29/2008 | | | ▪ | REVIEW DATE: | | 04/17/2008 | | | ▪ | REVIEWED BY: | | SCOTT CAMPBELL |
After he is disfigured in a school bus crash, teenage karate star Rando is saved by plastic surgery. Unfortunately, due to a horrible mix-up, he is given the face of Rina, the girl he has a crush on! Abandoned by his friends and parents, Rando is mistaken for Rina’s twin sister and adopted into her family. What’s a half-girl, half-crossdressing-guy to do? When he discovers a clue to the location of Rina's real twin sister, Rando goes on a road trip in search of the girl whose face he's wearing. But a guy in a short skirt can get in a lot of trouble traveling alone...and even more trouble when Rina comes along for the ride! Then, our hero stays at a hot spring with suspiciously sleazy proprietors…and a karate-kicking tomboy wants to get her hands on Rando's secret! Pretty Face is the manga where panty shots are the last thing you want… but you might very well still get. Again, it would be a total crime not to write the catch phrase on the back of the book, so here’s what Viz has to say about volume three of Pretty Face: “Honor made him a hero… destiny made him a drag queen!.” That hardly sums it up, but it’s funny of them to say so none the less! The odd situations are reaching ridiculous levels in this volume, but that’s exactly what we want to see. This series has always been very funny, and it’s great to see it continue to take it father and crazier within volume four. The art is still consistent, if not better. The pages are getting more involved and more detailed you’ll find – the artist must be getting more comfortable with creating the world and characters of Pretty Face because they’re just really shining in this volume. There’s a lot more to look at, so the experience of the book should last longer. Yasuhiro Kano (the very talented man behind this work and others) made his manga debut in 1992 with Black City, which won Weekly Shonen Jump's Hop Step Award for new artists. From 1993 to 2001, a novel series called MIDNIGHT MAGIC, written by Mugen and illustrated by Kano, was serialized in Japan's Jump Novel magazine. Kano also created a MIDNIGHT MAGIC manga based on the novel. Two collections of manga short stories by Kano have been released: BLACK CITY in 1996 and TOKYO ANTS in 2003. Kano's six-volume series PRETTY FACE appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2002 to 2003, and his newest series, M X 0, began running in WSJ in 2006. He’s quite a busy guy! Look out for Pretty Face volume five coming up soon - it should be fun!
IN SUMMARY:
Pretty Face is plenty of bang for your buck. This manga will not change your life, but it may make you fall out of your chair laughing. This series is quite a wild ride – recommended to anyone who enjoys crazy humour and awkward situations gone insane!
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