Happy Hustle High, Vol. 5

H3スクール! [H3 School!] #5

by Rie Takada

What happens when the reigning tomboy of an all-girls high school finds out her school is about to be filled with boys!?Hanabi Ozora is a rambunctious 16-year-old tomboy who comes to the rescue of her less assertive friends-sometimes in exchange for food. So what does she do when, all of a sudden, her all-girls school is about to be integrated with an all-boys school?!She meets and falls in love-naturally--with one of the three most popular and handsome boys in the Student Council, Yasuaki Garaku! Unfortunately, Yasuaki doesn't care for girls...and when the girls' Student Council clashes head-on with the boys' Student Council, Hanabi steps in to become a member--hoping she'll change Yasuaki's mind!

Since Meibi High went co-ed, super-shy Yasuaki has steered clear of all females...except Hanabi. Then a strange thing happens. After Yasu and Hanabi finally, um, you know-his "girl allergy" magically disappears!

Now Yasu chats up any chick he sees, which brings out the green-eyed monster in his messy-haired girlfriend. Hanabi's jealousy reaches its peak during the student council's Alice in Wonderland festival. Will Hanabi and Yasuaki hook up again--or will she lose him through the looking glass?

Genres: Manga, Romance, Shojo, Manga Romance, Comics, Young Adult, Comedy

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Rie Takada ( 高田りえ) is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 1990 in the 17th issue of the manga anthology magazine Sho-Comi with the series SP girl. She still writes primarily for Sho-Comi, with her serialized works also published in collected volumes by Shogakukan, the company that publishes Sho-Comi.

Reviews

[carly · Rating 5 out of 5]

ah! i can not believe i finished my first manga series. it's been a wonderful ride and i'm so sad i finished this awesome series! i couldnt recommend it enough if you're first starting out with manga.

i loved the ending of it, it was definielty a perfect wrap up to the series. i will miss these crazy characters!

⭐️ 5/5 ⭐️

[Mickey · Rating 3 out of 5]

It just happened I guess? Like it just ended. I don’t really know what hanabi’s wish is unless I missed it. I feel like the series as a whole could have ended at maybe volume 3? I feel like 2 additional volumes are just not needed especially just for hanabi and Yasu to have sex. Some of the scenes were cute but maybe for like a volume not 2. Overall decent series 3.5/5

[Jasmine · Rating 2 out of 5]

I HATE THE ENDING..IT DOESNT TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENDS TO THE COUPLE OR ANYTHING ELES

[Lisa Price · Rating 2 out of 5]

This mangaka isn't great at endings. This whole volume was... weird.

[Hisgirl85 · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars. This last book is a bit less cohesive and felt more like short side stories, but the storyline did move forward and there was a connecting thread at the end with the festival.

[Maed Between the Pages · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review of the whole series.
3 stars.

I read these when I was in high school for the first time and I remember LOVNG it. I actually loved a lot of Rie Takada’s series.
I have a soft spot for rowdy female leads and this particular one was so fun. Hanabi and Yasu’s relationship was also so healthy and cute that I found myself smiling throughout the series when they would overcome a hurdle. The first two books are gold, however, the last two books are...odd. The character development just disappears and characters make some extremely weird decisions. Overall, it’s a cute slice-of-life fluffy Shojo romance and it will give you a couple smiles along the way :)

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun, short series with a number of laugh of loud moments. I would give it about 3.5 stars overall I think. Whilst it was fun it never grabbed me and Hanabi seemed to constantly change her mind about stuff for no reason.

[T.J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I was hating myself, but I'm okay now. I AM A GOOD PERSON!"

Rowdy Hanabi wrestles with her insecurities while Yasu deals with the drama of meeting Hanabi's dad. Will they get their happy ending? What do you think?

"You may do some messed up stuff, but life's been so cool since I met you."

[-moonprismpower- · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute ending.


Overall, I give this series a 3/5 stars. It’s entertaining, that’s for sure. It has exaggerated humor and the most random crazy things happen. Definitely don’t expect anything serious from this series. It’s shallow as a puddle but it’s fun. I wasn’t bored reading this.

[J-Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I remember reading this series when I was in middle school…. Reading it now, as an adult, the nostalgia is what made this more enjoyable than it is. I wanted to strangle poofy, and all the boys looked the same and had no personality.

[Brandy Ackerley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great ending yo a wonderful series!

[Dita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute ending but I wished there's more to it.
Love this cute couple, lots of romance than funny stuff here, so yeah still a cute read.

[Sophie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This volume is a bit of a mess - you really wouldn't know that this is the final volume of this series when reading it. This volume focuses of trivial storylines that would normally be filler segments, and doesn't add much to Hanabi and Yasu's relationship, other than that they finally had sex and told each other they loved each other. Whilst this is a progression for them, there is no gravitas to highten the moment, and we don't learn of any potential future plans for their relationship.

Ultimately, this was a disappointing ending to this series.

[Sunlover · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved every single one of them! her art is amazing! only problem is that its too short

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great series and I really enjoyed reading it.

[Fatima · Rating 5 out of 5]

Man... Just re-read this for the second time. But once i started I couldn't stop. I loved the whole series. And I wish that there could be more to the series.

[Malicha Inayatika · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Mercy [Bookworm | Engr] · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very fast read :D

[Em Mirra · Rating 3 out of 5]

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