Magic Touch, Vol. 2

親指からロマンス [Oyayubi kara Romance] #2

by Izumi Tsubaki

R to L (Japanese Style)

The star of her high school's Massage Research Society club, Chiaki Togu is otherwise a normal, quiet girl until she falls in love at first sight with a gorgeous back--a back that happens to belong to Yosuke, the hottest guy at her school! Unfortunately, Chiaki's attraction to Yosuke is thwarted by her own insecurity and the scheming of other girls--especially her twin sister Saya!

Chiaki and Yosuke are just beginning to heat up as a couple. But what will happen when Yosuke starts to feel jealous of Chiaki's handsome massage mentor... or when Chiaki is abducted during a Massage Club trip? One thing's for sure: this relationship is in for a rubdown that's anything but smooth!

Genres: Manga, Graphic Novels, Shojo, Indonesian Literature, Comics

216 pages, Paperback

First published May 19, 2004

About the author

See also: 椿いづみ (Japanese name)


She is a Japanese manga artist known for creating The Magic Touch and Oresama Teacher which have both been serialized on the Hana to Yume magazine.
Tsubaki began drawing manga in her first year of high school. She was soon selected to be in the top 10 of Hana to Yume Mangaka Course, and subsequently won the Big Challenge contest.

Reviews

[joie de livre · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 stars for the cool art style. Cute but no.

[Reader17 Der · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute Series. In this volume Chiaki meets her brothers mentor Ohnuki he makes me laugh the way he treats Chiaki and her brother. I like the relationship between Yosuke and Chiaki in this volume they are both making new steps in becoming a couple. Chiaki makes me smile with how shy and uncomfortable she feels around Yosuke sometimes. But when it comes to his back she just wants to give him a massage.

[Emiri Tachibana · Rating 3 out of 5]

This manga's kinda weird, but inventive and funny.

[✮Octjillery✮ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume was, overall, more engaging and focused than the first one. The Massage Club attends their training camp with Togu-bro's mentor, Ohnuki. There were a lot of funny moments in this part of the volume, and it also served as a vehicle for Chiaki and Yosuke to deal with their insecurities when it comes to each other.

The next big chunk of the volume deals with Chiaki and Yosuke wanting to be around each other all the time, but Chiaki always wants to massage him, and Yosuke has a weird sleepiness in autumn so she can't? It was delivered really weirdly because it was almost like Yosuke was avoiding the massages because it turned him on and he wouldn't tell her so, but it was just that it made him fall asleep? I dunno, this whole section was just kind of disjointed.

The tail end of the volume sees the Massage Club receiving their invite to the secret massage tournament, and gearing up for that.

[Rahmah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ga ngerti sama jalan pikiran kembarannya Chiaki ^( '-' )^

[Zoe Crombie · Rating 3 out of 5]

more brain smoothening

[-moonprismpower- · Rating 4 out of 5]

God, Ohnuki is extra af but I love it LOL.
Chiaki and Yosuke are too cute together!!!! Their little date was perfect! And why oh why is Sayaka so mean to Chiaki????

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed watching how the different characters developed.

[Miss Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

i really enjoy tsubaki's penchant for writing SUPER!enthusiastic heroines and people who melt in the presence of cute. 3 stars

[scarlettraces · Rating 3 out of 5]

(3.5)

[nidah05 (SleepDreamWrite) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good volume.

[CJ - It's only a Paper Moon · Rating 4 out of 5]

2.7