I should be asleep! But I'm not! Because I thought that I'd just read a very little bit of this manga before going to sleep, and BAM! I read the WHOLE THING AND WANTED MORE!!!

...And, and then, and then I got so excited I accidentally posted this comment before finishing it! I'm not posting while exactly coherent, but I laughed, I cried, it was better than Neko-tachi! Sorry for the perhaps obscure reference, but it's true. I give it a 9 only because it was too short and a little little little bit awkward in a few places, but aren't we all? The awkward part, not the short part.

I'm going to sleep now with happy dreams about amnesia. Which I won't remember, of course.

... Last updated on April 22nd, 2011, 2:15am

coming from junjou romantica, which annoyed me a lot, this is a breath of fresh air. hilarious take on the original. and the art is beautiful (mmh-mmmh, heian period). i am happy now; this is the mangaka whom i fell in love with when reading hybrid child.

but shounen-ai, no, i don't think so. the bit that might seem that way is only played for its humour value, and sorry, that doesn't count. calling this shounen ai would be like calling hanakimi shounen-ai just because it has a guy who openly professes his love for his male senpai (who isn't the least bit interested, ever).

... Last updated on March 31st, 2011, 5:11pm

Once upon a time there was a legend about a beautiful princess. Then, a crazy mangaka called Nakamura Shungiku decided to make her own whacky hilarious version. Enjoy.

... Last updated on October 19th, 2009, 3:28pm

Once upon a time, I can't read any of Nakamura-sensei's manga because her art style is just too chaotic for my taste. That is, until I read Mangetsu Monogatari. I should've known the humor will get to me. It's SO FREAKIN' FUNNY! This is not sensei's best, but it could be her funniest!

When you read something with the author's name "Shungiku Nakamura" on it, you automatically expect some BL elements - this was not really the case for this oneshot. There were some hinted elements like a blush, but that's it.
Nonetheless, it was a short but funny read, the characters were written well (especially the MC Takaaki, damn I wish he'd have worn his hair open more often...), but it kinda felt like there was planned a lot more (and I'd have read all of it). Overall, it's a short story collection around Takaaki and his weird quirks, his sidekick Kaguya became pretty irrelevant after chapter 2.
I am kinda surprised about the drawing part since it's one of Nakamura's earlier stories and she tended to have heavy problems with proportions when she started (monster hands and snake necks) - this story is drawn flawless, characters and backgrounds are perfect and screen tones are professionally used. If it wasn't for her recognisable style, I'd say it was drawn by another person.

@OmNom

This manga was quite entertaining overall; I love the humour and especially the cute and funny chibi drawings. Only one gripe about the second chapter: I don't know if I missed some pages somewhere but its conclusion feels like a total puzzle to me.

It was really odd and I never got my confusion explained, which really put a dent on my enjoyment of the rest of the manga even though I can see that it's a lot of fun.

What SO SHORT
I LOVE IT
BUT WHY IS IT SO INCREDIBLY SHORT.
It hardly counts as finished!
SO CONFUSED

But definitely recommended

what more can you ask for? hillarious ppl, drama, humour, and the slight hint of love (?)... I LOOVEEE IT!!!

I think this manga hands down beats all of the mangaka's other works, especially Junjou Romantica. The story is hilarious and innovative, more so if you know the tale it was based on (Taketori Monogatari). There are not many mangaka who are able to do a spin on classic Japanese literature without falling way short of the original, but Nakamura Shungiku did very well with this manga.

What the...AHAHAHAHA! The humour in this story is great!

... Last updated on March 4th, 2007, 10:38am