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すき。だからすき [Suki. Dakara Suki] #2
Suki: A like story, Vol. 02
Book-smart but street-hopeless, Hina is determined to get closer to her next door neighbor and teacher Aso-sensei. Unbeknownst to Hina, her crush is not the mild-mannered teacher he appears to be and is hiding a mysterious past. When strange things start happening to her, she runs to Aso-sensei for help but can he keep her out of danger…or is being with him the greatest danger of all?
192 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2001
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Clamp
754 books3,156 followersŌkawa Nanase 大川七瀬
[born: 2 May 1967; Ōsaka, bloodtype: A]
Mokona Apapa もこなあぱぱ
[born: 16 Jun 1968, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
Nekoi Mick 猫井みっく
[born: 21 Jan 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: O]
Igarashi Satsuki 五十嵐さつき
[born: 8 Feb 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.
In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.
In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.
[born: 2 May 1967; Ōsaka, bloodtype: A]
Mokona Apapa もこなあぱぱ
[born: 16 Jun 1968, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
Nekoi Mick 猫井みっく
[born: 21 Jan 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: O]
Igarashi Satsuki 五十嵐さつき
[born: 8 Feb 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.
In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.
In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.
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dnf_2008
November 10, 2015So let's review: the girl is supposedly brilliant and has been kidnapped and returned nine times, but still has no natural suspicion of strangers or self-preservation instinct? Please! And the best thing is for her to live on her own? Best for whom?!
Yeah, Sensei's a mystery, but I don't give a damn. Maybe he's a bastard, more likely he's a bodyguard, but I still don't give a damn.
No way do I want to read yet another unrealistic story of sweet innocent girl who refuses to learn from the hardships of life saving the hard-bitten man and bringing light and love and joy back into his life. NO.
Also, Touko: you're a bad friend.
Bad CLAMP, no biscuit.
Yeah, Sensei's a mystery, but I don't give a damn. Maybe he's a bastard, more likely he's a bodyguard, but I still don't give a damn.
No way do I want to read yet another unrealistic story of sweet innocent girl who refuses to learn from the hardships of life saving the hard-bitten man and bringing light and love and joy back into his life. NO.
Also, Touko: you're a bad friend.
Bad CLAMP, no biscuit.
February 5, 2019
I just finished the first volume and jumped quickly into the second. Ugh... I don't think the me now likes Suki, and I can see why my middle school self didn't like it, too. It's quite slow moving and the teacher along with his friends/acquaintances are creepy. Also, Hina's naivete, I know should come off as cute and endearing and should awake the mother bear in me, but I'm just so over and done with how extremely innocent she views the world and in the most dangerous way. I'm glad this series is short and that there's only one book left.
March 14, 2025
Not much improvement from volume 1, story begins to ramp up, main character still empty between the ears
December 10, 2012
suki continues to make no sense. so bad it's good.
November 8, 2025
Review for complete series
Hina doesn't know the meaning of the word mistrust. Being the daughter of a wealthy man, she has often found herself as a victim of kidnapping. Despite all, she doesn't feel the least bit suspicious when her new neighbour also turns out to be covering for her teacher and who always happens to be around.
While I generally love CLAMP, their works can either be brilliant or just average at best. At the very least, you know you'll be getting beautiful art. Suki: A Like Story is the unlucky exception in that it has a ridiculous plot paired with rather unappealing art. Would I not know already that it is a work by CLAMP, I would certainly have never guessed it to be one.
Although I really do not like the art, it's still the better part of the whole - that just shows how little I liked the story. Calling Hina naive is an understatement. She lives alone with her two stuffed teddybears who she not only talks to but also places at the door to greet her whenever she returns home. She has no understanding of what appropriate social behaviour is and thinks there's absolutely nothing bad in the world. Everything about her behaviour indicates a much younger mind than the teenager she is supposed to be. There was nothing about her character that I found appealing in the least.
While I don't believe that this was CLAMP's intention, her behaviour goes so far that I am almost tempted to believe that Hina is in some way mentally impaired. That in itself wouldn't be a problem but rather a nice inclusion of diversity. But I truly do not believe that CLAMP had this in mind when creating Hina and, if they did, it would make the whole story even more inappropriate.
Enter Asou - Hina's new neighbour and teacher. He's about as boring as they come, so he's not much of better a character than Hina herself. He is in his 30's and the love-interest. Now I have never had issues with age-gap stories provided they are done well. Suki: A Like Story did anything but well with it. While it's not unusual for a teenager to develop a crush on someone older, I find it very hard to see why Asou would return Hina's feelings. Not only is he about twice her age, but she also behaves like a little child - in terms of behaviour, he could be three times her age. There's just something very wrong about a man in his 30's accepting and returning feelings of a girl who is mentally so very far behind him.
Hina's naivité is so extreme that it feels like stupidity - she's practically a danger to herself. All other characters have close to no personality or purpose beyond worrying about her - everyone just keeps going on about how kind and innocent she is. The whole kidnapping business gets wrapped up in a rather unconvincing fashion and I feel like I'm just missing the point of this entire series. Unless it really did just come down to this odd romance that has no chemistry and is just inappropriate.
August 1, 2018
I seem to have hit a long string of CLAMP manga where the plot has to be dragged kicking and screaming to its conclusion (Clover being the other one), taking precious pages to bore the readers with walls of tiny text that any sane person would skip over.
At this point I choose to believe that Hina is insane. Nine kidnapping attempts would make any normal person paranoid, and at this point Hina should be an expert in picking up on signs that someone is after her (her teddy bears are knocked over, shoe prints in her garden, etc.). But no, she trusts everyone she meets implicitly. I have no idea why she is allowed to take care of herself at this point when she should have a parental figure around to tell her she's being an idiot.
Touko remains my favorite character as the resident voice of reason, but that's not high praise, because she doesn't do anything. She doesn't explain to Hina why it's wrong to like her teacher that way or why she suspects him, she just lets it slide.
The plot in this volume is a joke. You could take out half of the scenes, and you would miss nothing. In fact, you could just toss the book out the window and do something more productive with your time, like stare at a wall for an hour.
At this point I choose to believe that Hina is insane. Nine kidnapping attempts would make any normal person paranoid, and at this point Hina should be an expert in picking up on signs that someone is after her (her teddy bears are knocked over, shoe prints in her garden, etc.). But no, she trusts everyone she meets implicitly. I have no idea why she is allowed to take care of herself at this point when she should have a parental figure around to tell her she's being an idiot.
Touko remains my favorite character as the resident voice of reason, but that's not high praise, because she doesn't do anything. She doesn't explain to Hina why it's wrong to like her teacher that way or why she suspects him, she just lets it slide.
The plot in this volume is a joke. You could take out half of the scenes, and you would miss nothing. In fact, you could just toss the book out the window and do something more productive with your time, like stare at a wall for an hour.
November 21, 2016
I really like this a lot more than Wish and Tokyo Babylon, two other works by CLAMP I've recently read.
Yes, it's a bit creepy that the underage heroine's in love with her 32-year-old male substitute teacher, but fans of CLAMP seemed to eat that shit up in Tokyo Babylon (in which the male leads are 16 and 25), so I don't see what the fuss is all about with this one.
Anyway. As always I don't much care for deredere characters, though I don't mind the protagonist here; probably because as far as overly optimistic CLAMP protagonists go, Hina isn't the worst. Also, I appreciate the male lead, Asou-sensei, who's very similar to but more interesting than Wish's vehicle-for-affection: both of them had interesting pasts, but Sensei is actively trying to hide something while Shuichiro didn't really care one way or the other.
This series is only three volumes long, so I'll stick with it.
Yes, it's a bit creepy that the underage heroine's in love with her 32-year-old male substitute teacher, but fans of CLAMP seemed to eat that shit up in Tokyo Babylon (in which the male leads are 16 and 25), so I don't see what the fuss is all about with this one.
Anyway. As always I don't much care for deredere characters, though I don't mind the protagonist here; probably because as far as overly optimistic CLAMP protagonists go, Hina isn't the worst. Also, I appreciate the male lead, Asou-sensei, who's very similar to but more interesting than Wish's vehicle-for-affection: both of them had interesting pasts, but Sensei is actively trying to hide something while Shuichiro didn't really care one way or the other.
This series is only three volumes long, so I'll stick with it.
January 7, 2021
Four stars because I like the art in this manga.
The story continues on, with the student falling in "like" with the teacher. I say "like" because there is really no spark of romance there. It's like a child finding an adult whose care she likes. She thinks of him as a perfect companion rather than a lover. There's more characters here and more questions so it's rather exciting to see things unfold.
The story continues on, with the student falling in "like" with the teacher. I say "like" because there is really no spark of romance there. It's like a child finding an adult whose care she likes. She thinks of him as a perfect companion rather than a lover. There's more characters here and more questions so it's rather exciting to see things unfold.
October 6, 2024
Un gran giro en la historia.
Con muchos elementos que resuenan a otras historias (más a Koi y Watashi no Suki na Hito), o las de policías como Combination. Y con una historia que ya medio me imagino cómo acabará.
La parte de los cuentos de los ositos están geniales y tiernas. Me encantó también
Con muchos elementos que resuenan a otras historias (más a Koi y Watashi no Suki na Hito), o las de policías como Combination. Y con una historia que ya medio me imagino cómo acabará.
La parte de los cuentos de los ositos están geniales y tiernas. Me encantó también
October 31, 2021
Sudah sembilan kali kejadian dan Hinata masih bersikap begitu? LOL
Kisah ini sederhana dan datar. Meski ada bumbu2 beruapa misteri dan kejanggalan khas CLAMP, namun semua tetap tak menjadikan serial ini menonjol
Kisah ini sederhana dan datar. Meski ada bumbu2 beruapa misteri dan kejanggalan khas CLAMP, namun semua tetap tak menjadikan serial ini menonjol
January 5, 2020
Volume di passaggio in cui si chiariscono alcune cose.
Tipo chi è che disegna la storia parallela.
E sì, era proprio chi pensavo che fosse 😅
Tipo chi è che disegna la storia parallela.
E sì, era proprio chi pensavo che fosse 😅
December 26, 2023
still not sure…
I still don’t know what’s going on and if I’m happy about it… it’s all just frustrating if I’m being honest
I still don’t know what’s going on and if I’m happy about it… it’s all just frustrating if I’m being honest
August 16, 2024
I am beyond frustrated lol. How does the dad think "my daughter got kidnaped 9 times, let's let her live alone so i dont have to be mad anymore? This makes absolutely 0 sense
May 12, 2023
It somehow gets worse. Everything. The story, the translation, everything.
The teacher turns out to be some secret agent or something and he has literal cameras in her house and alarms and fancies himself a sort of bodyguard. This volume revolves around everyone around Hina, including the teacher himself, trying to convince her that he's a bad person who's into children, but alas, she's far too trusting and airheaded.
If you've read Chobits, you'll love this — the porn writer friend of sensei's also writes children's picture books rendering the main characters as bears and simplifying their problems, and these move the plot along. Yup.
As for the actual text, there we're glaring issues in this volume. While sound effects have been simply ignored since the very beginning, offering consistency if nothing else, on the last chapter included in this volume, characters names just change. Just like that. One of the characters from the book within the book goes from "Big bear with the glasses" to "kuma-san," with No explanation of what kuma means. Wouldn't it have been more logical to just call this guy Mr Bear from the beginning ???? Another instance is when they say "gochisousama" instead of ??? "thanks for the meal"??? why wouldn't you not translate this? It makes no fucking sense whatsoever. Most importantly, sensei, one of the main characters in this, goes from Asou to Aso. Baffling. Typical TokyoPop nonsense that the Viz digital edition doesn't touch. The lettering is consistent at least - that terrible TokyoPop lettering.
The teacher turns out to be some secret agent or something and he has literal cameras in her house and alarms and fancies himself a sort of bodyguard. This volume revolves around everyone around Hina, including the teacher himself, trying to convince her that he's a bad person who's into children, but alas, she's far too trusting and airheaded.
If you've read Chobits, you'll love this — the porn writer friend of sensei's also writes children's picture books rendering the main characters as bears and simplifying their problems, and these move the plot along. Yup.
As for the actual text, there we're glaring issues in this volume. While sound effects have been simply ignored since the very beginning, offering consistency if nothing else, on the last chapter included in this volume, characters names just change. Just like that. One of the characters from the book within the book goes from "Big bear with the glasses" to "kuma-san," with No explanation of what kuma means. Wouldn't it have been more logical to just call this guy Mr Bear from the beginning ???? Another instance is when they say "gochisousama" instead of ??? "thanks for the meal"??? why wouldn't you not translate this? It makes no fucking sense whatsoever. Most importantly, sensei, one of the main characters in this, goes from Asou to Aso. Baffling. Typical TokyoPop nonsense that the Viz digital edition doesn't touch. The lettering is consistent at least - that terrible TokyoPop lettering.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 3, 2016
Marginally better than the last volume, or at least a little less creepy. Thank God one of her friends seems to be worried about this weird, verging on criminal, relationship.
Hina confesses her love, despite us discovering that she has been kidnapped NINE TIMES! Seriously?! This girl is just ridiculous... and why did her Dad think the answer was for her to live alone?! Ridiculous. It's also evident that there is potentially someone after Hina - is Asou protecting her or dangerous? My guess is that he's some bodyguard or something, and we're meant to embrace their illegal love at the end... euurgh.
Hina confesses her love, despite us discovering that she has been kidnapped NINE TIMES! Seriously?! This girl is just ridiculous... and why did her Dad think the answer was for her to live alone?! Ridiculous. It's also evident that there is potentially someone after Hina - is Asou protecting her or dangerous? My guess is that he's some bodyguard or something, and we're meant to embrace their illegal love at the end... euurgh.
January 9, 2008
this is a gr8t book!
CuTe
CuTe
March 23, 2009
Like the stories about bears.
May 9, 2013
If you are looking for a fast paced easy read this is for you. The whole series is super cute and fun.
March 4, 2016
por favor que alguien me explique!!
December 9, 2015
So awesome
I love love love both books in this series so far and can't wait to get the third one. Hina is so adorable and sweet and I love sensei too!!
I love love love both books in this series so far and can't wait to get the third one. Hina is so adorable and sweet and I love sensei too!!
March 17, 2016
Is the monitors for good or bad intention? Uwaah... it’s ending in the next volume. I want it longer *sniff*
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