W Juliet

daylessdreamer86 Feb 23, 2015

10

W Juliet is one of the best manga’s I have ever read! If you are a lover of the arts, film. theatre or music; you will love this. This story is about a tomboy, Ito who always gets cast as male leads at her high school’s plays (like their production of Romeo and Juliet); and this mysteriously charming new “girl” Makoto who comes and gets the role of Juliet. These girls become fast friends, until it is discovered that Makoto is actually a guy.  Makoto has to convince his father that he is a good actor by pretending to be girl in his last two years of high school. So Ito and Makoto spend time working on their acting skills and hiding his secret in the process. Pros: The passion and love that Ito and Makoto share about acting and why they love performing The love story Character development of all characters Funny as hell comic situations Feminist elements that’s not overbearing Homoerotic tendences  Deep character backgrounds Relatable to performing arts people whose parents don’t understand Defeating the odds (You want the characters to win sooo bad!) Cons: There hasn’t been anime for it 

aikoalima Aug 29, 2010

10

overall this is a great read. if you like well developed characters and relationships that have a basis in something more complex and tender then you will like this. it revolves around two characters. Haruka and ito, two high school students who want nothing more than to be actors. but ito is a girl who is tall and wears men like clothes and harika is a boy who must pretend to be a girl...seems silly but he is doing it to prove to his overbearing father that he can make something of himself as an actor. ito and haruka, at first seem like an odd match but as the manga continues they open up to one another and find the safety with eachother to they couldnt find alone. Ito has been dealing with the loss of her mother and therefor has overcompensated for her overprotective brothers by acting tough and wearing mens clothing since her mother's death. with eachother they both begin to overcome their situations, achieve their dreams and become the people they are capable of being. i love watching haruka become more of a man for her and watching ito become more of a woman for him.its a fun read with martial arts and a couple supernatural stories every so often to round out their belief in love. the romance it top notch and always getting better with nice couples finding eachother in the minor characters as well.