Happy (late) Thanks Giving!

This blog was written by: Chibi-chan


Hey everyone! Thanks giving was yesterday the other day and my other half explained to me what the holiday was all about. Apparently on this day the people of the states give thanks to everything good in their lives? Thankful for a harvest and other things too. There's a canadian thanks giving but i don't have any canadian friends (yet) so.... I think most people in the UK give thanks on Christmas, a sort of "all in one good bundle" of the year. Also apparently it's pretty big, and some people see it as a bigger family thing than Christmas. The thing about Christmas being a thankful time means you want to be with your family because you're thankful for them right? So that moves on and goes with this Thanks Giving thing yeah? I can  understand that.


Well I am thankful for my family, my friends, and most of the people of the world, because without you guys, I would be very lonely and sad! I'm super thankful to all the mangakas, comic artist/authors for writing stuff I can read. I'm thankful for Mills and Boons and charity shops that sell Mills and Boons cheaply for supplying me with trashy romance novels (they're one of my more guilty addictions). I also thank all the animals that have died to feed me meaty goodness. Finally thank you to my boyfriend who doesn't mind the fact I'm against PDA and like to pretend he doesn't exist a lot of the time. Ahaha, don't worry I lie, he's probably made up! (Just ask my friends...) But who needs love when you're an Otaku?! 

No. On a serious note. I'm going to do a review for Kimi wa Pet by Yayoi Ogawa. In english it's called "Tramps like us" and it's been translated into several languages (I know this because I wanted a copy in spanish...>.<)


Ok so the genre is Josei which means for older women, but don't be put off by the word "tramp" and the front covers of any of the volumes like I was when I was younger and more naive of the world. I guess it's probably a good thing I put off reading it for a while...


Sumire Iwaya the main character and our unconventional heroine is a smart and successful career woman who has just broken up with her boyfriend of 5 years because he cheated on her due to feeling inferior. Her co-workers although admire her keep a distance and she has quite a cold reputation. On her way home she stumbles into Takeshi Gouda who is sleeping a cardboard box. Long story short she takes him home, makes him her pet and calls him Momo after her childhood pet dog. So accommodation + food in exchange for unconditional love and loyalty? This doesn't sound like it's gonna work! Well Momo let's her vent out her stress and depression from work by being a pet (there's nothing sexual in their relationship, it's a sweeter story than that)

Well Sumire get's together with her college crush who has the three highs! He's the "perfect" boyfriend..! But she can't seem to send Momo away and the fun ensues as she tries desperately to make sure everything in her life works out...? 


I have laughed, cried and gotten pretty flustered over this manga. It's a rather original story concept, and has a feel-good style mostly. I love the art, and it's one of the biggest "Josei" factor. Sometimes I get bored of the overly screen-tone ways of shoujo, but Yayoi Ogawa's simplistic line suits the speed of the story. 


I would definitely recommend this to anyone who's a little more mature than a 10 year old girl, wants to read a good romance that isn't completely soppy and has a bit of realism (despite the whole human-pet thing) and basically thinks manga is just a bunch of girls with huge eyes. Although the girls do have rather large eyes. It's good...that's all that matters!


Next review will be "My girlfriend is an Otaku!" (I think that's what it's called) because it gives hope to all otakus that there is love out there. 


That or maybe I'll get a cardboard box and hope someone wants a pet in exchange for food?