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| Pastel 1 (Pastel) | 
 enlarge | Author: Toshihiko Kobayashi
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 365300
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0345486277
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5952
EAN: 9780345486271
ASIN: 0345486277
Publication Date: December 27, 2005
Release Date: December 27, 2005
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Product Description
I LOVE YUU
Poor Mugi Tadano . . . The sixteen-year-old is heartbroken after his girlfriend moves away. To ease his troubled state, Mugi takes a summer job at his friend Kazuki?s beachside snack bar/hotel on a tropical island. It seems like the perfect plan?until Kazuki sets Mugi up on a date with Yuu, who?s supposed to be, well, a little less than perfect. When Yuu arrives, however, she?s not the monster that either of the boys had imagined. In fact, Yuu is about the cutest person that Mugi has ever seen. But after Mugi accidentally walks in on Yuu in the bath, the girl is steamed. When trying to apologize the next day, he discovers that Yuu has left the shores of paradise. Mugi vows to search high and low for the beautiful Yuu, but will he ever see her again?
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 Soothing, Fun, Awesome March 31, 2008
God damn I wish life was like this. You get so sucked into their lives, and their surroundings, that you just forget about your own. It's like the time I found World of Warcraft, just killed my social life :( Best light romance manga out there!
 The worst manga I've ever read. June 17, 2007
3 out of 14 found this review helpful
I would honestly say this is the worst manga I've read. There are absolutely impossible coincedences that never fail to happen over and over again that place the main characters in (literally) comprimising positions. Although this manga has a 16+ rating, being 16 myself I felt that it deserved mature because just about every single page the girl was bordering full nudity.
I'd also say that a low point is how all the women are portrayed as loose and always skimpily dressed. Showing my feminist side here, it could really be offending!
I would not recommend this manga to anyone, not only for the reasons listed above, but it's extremely predictable and the artwork isn't anything worth mentioning. If you want to read a good manga, I'd recommend Trinity Blood.
 Wonderful Art. March 16, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The romance is sweet, the story is nice but if you buy this it should be for the art. The female characters are lovingly drawn, and you'll never get tired of the beauty of this volume.
A sweet summer romance May 19, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This first volume of "Pastel" sets up the standard formula for a boy's romance manga. A high school boy, Mugi, is freshly heartbroken when his girlfriend moves away. Trying to get his mind off of her, he joins his roguish friend Kazuki working at a restaurant over the summer. One day, while taking empty bottles out to the back for recycling, he happens across a beautiful girl changing into her bikini. He is caught peeping. Hijinks ensue.
Rather than playing it for laughs, "Love Hina" -style, "Pastel" is incredibly sweet and all of the characters are honestly likable. Mugi is no tongue-tied loser, and the girl, Yu, is no brash-mouthed stereotype. More in the vein of "Ai yori Aoshi," these are two characters who you really want to see get together, in their own time. Yu's little sister Tsukasa adds spice to the mix, and looks to be even more fun as the series progresses.
If you like the genre, chances are you are going to like "Pastel." The character designs are great, especially Yu, and author Toshihiko Kobayashi makes sure you get to see her to full advantage, as Mugi seems to have a habit on walking in on her changing clothes and taking baths. The background scenery is lovely, and very authentic of a rural Japanese island lifestyle. There are a few surprises, which I will leave for you to discover. I know I will be picking up the next volume.
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