Boku wa Sakana

Description

From Psycho Pandas:
A short 16-page oneshot about the relationship between two high school boys who are incapable of admitting their feelings to each other and the girl who perpetuates their anxiety.

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

Bir Balığım Ben

Boku wa Sakana.

I am a Fish

I'm a Fish

Я рыба

僕は鱗。

나는 물고기 비늘

Groups Scanlating

Dangerous Pleasure

Psycho Pandas

Latest Release(s)

c.Oneshot by Psycho Pandas 16 years ago

c.Oneshot by Dangerous Pleasure 16 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

Oneshot (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 7.6 / 10.0 (339 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.49 / 10.0

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Last Updated

November 25th, 2024 8:42am PST - 11 months ago

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Genre

Drama Romance Shounen Ai Slice of Life
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Author(s)

YUMEKA Sumomo

Artist(s)

YUMEKA Sumomo

Year

2005

Original Publisher

Taiyo Tosho

Serialized In (magazine)

Craft (Taiyo Tosho)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #752

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Monthly Pos #1691

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3 Month Pos #3795

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6 Month Pos #5418

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Year Pos #7577

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On 123 wish lists

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exceeding expectation

by Trifoilum
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

I have to state this from the beginning; I abhor manga based on miscommunication. REALLY REALLY SO. Moreso if there's a third party involved. Now this manga contains both and I can accept it; nay, like it.

As the reviewer below said, this is not a plot point driven into two destined pairing; instead, it's a character-driven story, telling about cowardice, about insecurity, about longing.

The girl does not have a lot of effect, if any; in fact, she's maybe the toppings. She -IS- the standard yaoi female; obnoxious, manipulative, seemingly hell-bent on driving the two boys apart. But then, it doesn't really matter. In fact, it's far better this way (and beats the purpose, much to speak) than to have a, say, loving, caring, cute boyfriend instead. That, and she'll probably come out as the winner here.

It's very, very bleak even with (or maybe moreso) Yumeka Sumomo's generally soft melancholic art. You can't help but feel like there's no hope for them, the situation will play thousand and thousand of times, and there's no helping them.

In that sense, the only thing needed here is a sequel when they do beat their own insecurities. Alas, I can only hope.

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Melancholy

by brid
16 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

When I read the description above, I thought, "great, yet another yaoi manga where a girl gets scapegoated into being the villain just because she's female." You know the kind of thing I'm talking about, where women are made to look bad just because they're women--as stereotypically flighty, whiny, and ill-mannered as possible, all just to make the reader think, "well of course that hot guy would want another man, women are terrible!" I hate that sort of thing with the passion of a thousand burning suns as it's so distastefully sexist.

But then I saw who the mangaka was, and decided to give it a chance. Actually, it was much better than I thought it would be as the real problem between the two boys in the story wasn't at all the girl--in fact, it didn't even matter she was a girl, in that scenario, it could've just as easily been another boy. Rather, the real problem here is with the boys themselves, both of whom have created the situation entirely themselves. Things could be so much different if either guy were to try and do something about it, and yet they don't. I, personally, enjoy these sorts of character-driven stories much, much more than mangas with highly contrived plots--the afore-mentioned interferring third party who keeps two people apart entirely through no fault of their own. In this case, even if the girl were gone, the problem would still be there, which I can really appreciate. A very short story (16 pages), but one which has an emotional impact. Very nice.

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Let me be your fish...

by NightSwan
16 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Sad, quite sad.
It was nice for a short oneshot.
Has clear motives shown for deeds.
A small piece of someone's longing, I'd call it...

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