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High Score Girl #2
ハイスコアガール 2 [High Score Girl 2]
She came back again. Japan in 1994. It was the dawn of 3D fighting game.
173 pages, Paperback
First published June 25, 2012
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October 28, 2020
The video game references are just spot on and adds flavor to this second volume of a love story with Street Fighter 2 as its catalyst.
August 24, 2020
Kaum war Band 1 ausgelesen, konnte ich es kaum erwarten Band 2 in die Hände zu bekommen. Zwar fand ich etwas schade, das die Handlung im Vorgänger nicht ganz den Humor des Anime hatte, aber überzeugen konnte er mich am Ende dann trotzdem.
Da ich die 2 Staffeln des Anime bereits gesehen hatte, war ich von der Handlung in diesem Band natürlich nicht mehr so sehr überrascht. Doch das machte überhaupt nichts, da ich die Geschichte rund um Haruo, Akira und Koharu wirklich schätze. Ohne viel zu verraten, würde ich sagen, das viele Koharu und ihre Gefühle nachvollziehen können. Wie oft fragten wir uns schon, warum man jemanden mag, der einen nicht wirklich beachtet und mit dem man eigentlich nichts gemeinsam hat? Warum gibt es da trotzdem so eine Faszination? Zumindest Koharu findet hier ihre Lösung.
Da dies erst der 2. Band einer 10-bändigen Reihe war, blieb zum Ende hin natürlich wieder ein wenig die Handlung offen. Bis dahin durfte ich aber wieder den ganz besonderen Flair des Mangas spüren. Neben Schule und Beziehungen waren Haruo und seine Leidenschaft für Videospiele wieder das absolute Spitzenthema. Dabei ging es jedoch nicht einfach darum die Namen der Spiele zu nennen oder die damaligen Konsolen zu beschreiben, sondern darum, wie weit man sich eigentlich mit den Charakteren aus den Spielen verbinden fühlt. Klingt albern, aber manchmal hat man eben den Wunsch genau der Held zu sein, welchen man im Spiel spielt.
Der Zeichenstil hatte sich natürlich verändert, was auch gut war. Serie und Manga waren dabei fast wieder aufeinander legbar, da sie sehr viele Ähnlichkeiten aufwiesen. Ich mochte dies sehr, da der Stil etwas Süßes hat, aber gleichzeitig auch ernst sein kann. Dass diesmal der Zeichenstil und die Handlung besser aufeinander abgepasst waren, machte den Band lesenswerter und diesmal auch unterhaltsamer.
Dieser Band zeigte, das er mit dem Anime konkurrieren kann. Hatte ich beim Vorgänger noch Angst, dass der Manga etwas zurückhaltender sein würde, zeigte man diesmal das auch er einen tollen Mix aus interessanten Gamer-Wissen und Unterhaltung sein konnte. Bitte weiter so.
Da ich die 2 Staffeln des Anime bereits gesehen hatte, war ich von der Handlung in diesem Band natürlich nicht mehr so sehr überrascht. Doch das machte überhaupt nichts, da ich die Geschichte rund um Haruo, Akira und Koharu wirklich schätze. Ohne viel zu verraten, würde ich sagen, das viele Koharu und ihre Gefühle nachvollziehen können. Wie oft fragten wir uns schon, warum man jemanden mag, der einen nicht wirklich beachtet und mit dem man eigentlich nichts gemeinsam hat? Warum gibt es da trotzdem so eine Faszination? Zumindest Koharu findet hier ihre Lösung.
Da dies erst der 2. Band einer 10-bändigen Reihe war, blieb zum Ende hin natürlich wieder ein wenig die Handlung offen. Bis dahin durfte ich aber wieder den ganz besonderen Flair des Mangas spüren. Neben Schule und Beziehungen waren Haruo und seine Leidenschaft für Videospiele wieder das absolute Spitzenthema. Dabei ging es jedoch nicht einfach darum die Namen der Spiele zu nennen oder die damaligen Konsolen zu beschreiben, sondern darum, wie weit man sich eigentlich mit den Charakteren aus den Spielen verbinden fühlt. Klingt albern, aber manchmal hat man eben den Wunsch genau der Held zu sein, welchen man im Spiel spielt.
Der Zeichenstil hatte sich natürlich verändert, was auch gut war. Serie und Manga waren dabei fast wieder aufeinander legbar, da sie sehr viele Ähnlichkeiten aufwiesen. Ich mochte dies sehr, da der Stil etwas Süßes hat, aber gleichzeitig auch ernst sein kann. Dass diesmal der Zeichenstil und die Handlung besser aufeinander abgepasst waren, machte den Band lesenswerter und diesmal auch unterhaltsamer.
Dieser Band zeigte, das er mit dem Anime konkurrieren kann. Hatte ich beim Vorgänger noch Angst, dass der Manga etwas zurückhaltender sein würde, zeigte man diesmal das auch er einen tollen Mix aus interessanten Gamer-Wissen und Unterhaltung sein konnte. Bitte weiter so.
December 24, 2013
The series continues with the titular High Score Girl having gone away thanks to her father's terrible pachinko addiction. Haruo, the protagonist, has entered junior high where anyone caught going to the arcade is punished. Of course this doesn't bode well for Haruo who isn't a great student to begin with. A new girl enters his life and starts crushing on him, but then Ono Akira (the high score girl) returns and things start to seem more complicated between her and Haruo than just childhood friends.
The art style becomes a little more uniform but maintains it's uniqueness, and the video game world Haruo inhabits begins to grow alingside his social spectrum. The story is building towards a more widely arcing story, as opposed to the more episodic feel of the first volume and the transition seems quite natural.
The art style becomes a little more uniform but maintains it's uniqueness, and the video game world Haruo inhabits begins to grow alingside his social spectrum. The story is building towards a more widely arcing story, as opposed to the more episodic feel of the first volume and the transition seems quite natural.
February 8, 2024
This is still the most bizarre romance I've ever read, especially since the love interests are apparently idiot savants at video games (Hidaka in particular). It's also still admittedly weird having such a popular girl (Oono) be ABSOLUTELY SILENT—how is she so achieving apparently without ever saying a word in her life? Or is it only around Yaguchi?
I don't like this volume as much as the first, probably because I don't like Hidaka as much; she runs very hot and cold in her attraction to Yaguchi and video games in general, while I prefer that people say what they mean. There are plenty of ways to say what you mean while still being completely misunderstood—that's practically the entire plot of The Saga of Tanya the Evil!
I don't know. Sometimes it feels like the romance is an excuse to write about video games, since a lot of the fun of a hobby is to share it with someone else, and who better to share with than a beginner or someone who doesn't get a lot of spare time?
Recommended for video game fans, particularly arcade game fans! (There are some nods to console gaming, too, though!)
I don't like this volume as much as the first, probably because I don't like Hidaka as much; she runs very hot and cold in her attraction to Yaguchi and video games in general, while I prefer that people say what they mean. There are plenty of ways to say what you mean while still being completely misunderstood—that's practically the entire plot of The Saga of Tanya the Evil!
I don't know. Sometimes it feels like the romance is an excuse to write about video games, since a lot of the fun of a hobby is to share it with someone else, and who better to share with than a beginner or someone who doesn't get a lot of spare time?
Recommended for video game fans, particularly arcade game fans! (There are some nods to console gaming, too, though!)
July 20, 2024
Like volume one, it wasn't my cup of tea. The story was original and fun, and I'd never read a manga series revolving around video games before, but I found there wasn't enough depth to the story. Haruo is pretty much one-track minded with video games/arcades, which is fine, but it would've been nice have more non-video games parts in the story and exploring the characters a bit more.
I understand the series is about video games, and it does include alot of it, but sometimes too much of something doesn't necessarily bring more to the story. One thing that may be a big reason why I wasn't really into the series is the main character's personality and attitude. The art style wasn't one I enjoyed as much, but it was still well done.
Overall, it's a good series and I'm happy to have given it a try! I still recommend it to anyone looking for something new to read, because you can't judge a series without giving it a try!
I understand the series is about video games, and it does include alot of it, but sometimes too much of something doesn't necessarily bring more to the story. One thing that may be a big reason why I wasn't really into the series is the main character's personality and attitude. The art style wasn't one I enjoyed as much, but it was still well done.
Overall, it's a good series and I'm happy to have given it a try! I still recommend it to anyone looking for something new to read, because you can't judge a series without giving it a try!
January 5, 2022
I love how we get to see the characters in Hi Score Girl grow up, just as we get to see the video game industry grow up. I think that's part of what makes this series so compelling -- for those who grew up in the late 1980s and the 1990s, it feels like reliving your childhood, especially if you were a geek like Yaguchi.
The theme of v.2 might be summed up as "absence makes the heart grow fonder." Akira is absent for most of this one, but her presence is felt very strongly as Haruo levels up his arcade skills in the hope he'll be able to face Akira again someday and prove himself her equal.
Classic coming-of-age romance, set in the heady days of the coin-op arcades and console wars of 1990s Japan. Sign me up!!
The theme of v.2 might be summed up as "absence makes the heart grow fonder." Akira is absent for most of this one, but her presence is felt very strongly as Haruo levels up his arcade skills in the hope he'll be able to face Akira again someday and prove himself her equal.
Classic coming-of-age romance, set in the heady days of the coin-op arcades and console wars of 1990s Japan. Sign me up!!
March 17, 2021
Previously Akira went overseas to United States in last volume; Haruo is still gaming visiting arcades despite his middle school instructors forbidden this activities. A new girl who's classmate of his entered the pictures that consider him as a delinquent and get swept into gaming world by being around him that developing her to have feeling for him. Akira returns that complicated Haruo further for missing their completive nature against each other that turned into something more than rivals.
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June 29, 2021I don’t know that I’ll continue. The artwork bugs me, and the story is so-so unless you love all the jargon and technical babble about old games. It was nostalgic but got old quickly, and I find the relationships here to be meh.
January 10, 2021
Time jump! Haruo is older but none the wiser when it comes to school or socialising. Gaming though, that’s another story.
It’s 1994 and street fighter is still the game to play, but without his rival Oono it just isn’t as fun. That is until he finds a new rival in Hidaka.
It’s hard not to just enjoy being around Haruo in his world bubble. He’s young, naive and completely absorbed in gaming that he misses the obvious in front of him.
I’d also like to shout out to his mother for being hilarious.
It’s 1994 and street fighter is still the game to play, but without his rival Oono it just isn’t as fun. That is until he finds a new rival in Hidaka.
It’s hard not to just enjoy being around Haruo in his world bubble. He’s young, naive and completely absorbed in gaming that he misses the obvious in front of him.
I’d also like to shout out to his mother for being hilarious.
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