Peach Girl, Vol. 10

ピーチガール [Peach Girl] #10

by Miwa Ueda

The popular Peach Girl series continues in 100% Authentic Manga format! Momo has come to a turning point in her life and it doesn't involve Toji. Momo and her new boyfriend, Kiley, are living it up but Momo's sworn enemy plots to break up the happy couple. Momo is kidnapped and taken hostage by Kiley's groupies and discovers things about her new boyfriend that she never knew. However, this only strengthens her resolve to make their relationship work in spite of it all.

Genres: Manga, Romance, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Comics, Shojo, Comics Manga

192 pages, Unknown Binding

First published April 11, 2001

About the author

上田美和 in Japanese

Miwa Ueda become mangaka in 1985 with Momoiro Biyaku (Peach Colored Elixer). The pinnacle of her career was in 1999, when she won the award for best shōjo manga's publisher Kodansha with Peach Girl.

View the author's Japanese page here

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tokyo (presumably): world capital of horrible misunderstandings.

Momo continues to be a chump, this time with regards to Kairi's brother Ryo. You'd think, first of all, that after dealing with Sae, she'd recognize that people aren't always what they seem behind a sweet outer shell. Also, that maybe she ought to trust Kairi's (her boyfriend's) word about his own brother, rather than that brother's slick presentation of himself.

As usual, Momo being a chump is what keeps the story going. And as much as I grump about it, it's fun in a trashy way. And no one ever actually gets raped, though the threat of it looms constantly over our naive heroine.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Story: The perfect thing about this series is that it is a potential real life situation. There is bullying from the other people at school and misunderstandings set into a high school setting. This series is absolutely perfect for someone to read when they are that age and to realize that many people can make mistakes or take something the wrong way, especially in regards to relationships. There is a quite potent love triangle between Momo, a girl that gets bullied by others, Kairi (Kiley), a flirt of a guy, and Toji, a guy that is easily blindsided. It does not help anything that there is the slightly evil character of Sae that is always trying to get in Momo's way.

Drawing Style: One of my favorite things about the art style of Miwa UEDA is that she changes up the characters. Especially Momo, she always wears different clothing and has a different style of hair that is rarely seen in anime or manga.

Characters: The characters are highly in depth and developed throughout the series. They are all multi-dimensional with underlying reasons for how they come across and serious back stories that add to the series.

Overall: This is one of my favorite series by far, exceeding all of my previous expectations and blowing me away with the quality of production.

Note: This review was completed after reading volumes 1-18.

Read in:
2007

[Valentina Markasović · Rating 4 out of 5]

the drama

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

(stejná recenze u všech dílů)

Moc pěkná kresba, která se s každým volumkem zlepšovala. Jen se mi zdálo, že se někde v polovině změnily boty a trochu školní uniforma. Ale to je jen takový malý detail.

Zajímalo by mě, co měly naznačovat ty kresby na konci každé kapitoly. Momo na nich vypadala jako modelka, díky tomu vkusnému a draze vypadajícímu oblečení. Zprvu jsem si myslela, že to mají být nápovědy o tom, co se bude dít dál, ale vyšlo najevo, že s příběhem nijak nesouvisí. Což ze začátku vůbec nebylo jasná, takže mě to několik volumek hrozně mátlo.

Hlavní hrdinku Momo jsem ze začátku měla poměrně ráda, ale postupně se moje sympatie k ní pomalu mizely. Avšak mizely jen po krátkou dobu a můj vztah k ní byl stále mírně pozitivní. Obdivovala jsem ji za některá z jejich rozhodnutích a za to, jak zvládala nátlak od okolí. Někdy od čtvrtiny příběhu jsem ji najednou nechápala, dokonce jsem se nemohla dobrat k tomu, abych jí odpustila její činy, přestože tam byla zmínka o tom, že jí samotné přijde její chování divné.

Sae jsem nesnášela. Ze začátku to měla podle mě autorka v úmyslu, pak její chování začala omlouvat a my jsme jí měli odpustit. Pořád ale dělala špatné věci, díky kterým jsem ji nesnášela čím dál více. Úplně na konci se sice najednou chovala hrozně hezky, a dokonce pomáhala hlavní hrdince a ostatním. Dokonce i když udělala pár dobrých skutků, tak jsem jí nemohla odpustit, jelikož mi to nepřišlo uvěřitelné, aby se takhle zčistajasna změnila.

Příběh mě stále docela bavil i přesto, že tam byli krávoviny, které mě hrozně štvaly. A nepochopila jsem Momino přecházení od jednoho kluka ke druhému, protože to bylo kvůli prkotinám. Jako když se to stalo poprvé dalo se to poměrně dobře pochopit, ke všemu když to bylo i na delší dobu.

Žádnému z kluků jsem nefandila, neboť mi ani jeden nepřišel sympatický či aspoň dostačující. I když jsem asi měla radši Tojiho, jelikož to byla Momina první láska a zároveň mi to aspoň připadalo trochu opravdové.

Nečekala jsem, že tu budou i nějaké temné věci, které mě přinutí cítit znechucení nad lidstvem ( je ale fakt, že u mě to jde celkem snadno :D). Ale nevím, jestli je to plus či mínus, protože mi to nepřišlo moc uvěřitelné. Stejně jako to počáteční šikanování Momo. Ze začátku jak ji všichni nemají rádi, ale pak se najednou objeví holky, které řeknou, že za vše vždy může Sae, začnou se k ní všichni chovat hrozně mile a k Sae ošklivě. A to při tom od začátku věděli, kdo je k tomu podněcuje.

Obálky se mi nelíbí. Musím ale přiznat, že některé trochu dobře vypadají. Stále nechápu, proč tam Momo vypadá jako modelka. Myslím kvůli tomu oblečení a pózám.

Hodnotím 62% Jazyk: Aj

[Chelsea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Momo is done with Kiley after thinking she heard him agree to meet her up in a hotel. Of course, our Peach Girl soon discovers it was a misunderstanding. Misako is just trying to get back together with Kiley's brother Ryo; our featured couple makes up. However, Ryo isn't done with Momo yet. He feeds her a story of Kiley misunderstanding him when they were younger and how he's trying to patch things up and move on. Momo falls for it. At a party, Sae sneaks in and tries to snatch Ryo up for herself (where the heck is Toji?!?) but Ryo too is a fox and knows Sae's game. After once again pitting Momo and Kiley against each other, and Momo ditching Kiley...again, Ryo locks Momo in an auditorium and gifts his signature cross necklace to her. The volume ends with Ryo holding Momo down.
Back to this crazy roller coaster! I really didn't understand why Momo after everything Kiley has done for her, would side with Ryo, a complete stranger. I'm also not digging this obsesion with Momo's virginity and because she's been with Kiley for 2 months the "clear course" is to give it up. Not a solid message for the recommended 13+ crowd.

[Bee (BacchusVines) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Trigger warning for sexual assault

Momo can be such an idiot sometimes. She won't believe Kiley about his brother, but Kiley believed her with Sae. I know these are teenagers and yet I wanna shake them. Still routing for them though.

This volume contains a sexual assault scene at the end, so please be careful if that kind of writing triggers you. There is also a lot of emotional manipulation in these volumes, so please be careful.

[♡Kayla♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.5*

Okay I feel a little bad about putting Kairi down in the last volume, but he was being a little shit to Momo, so I feel mostly justified. However, he can't compare to Ryo, who is awful, and seems to basically be a male version of Sae! Speaking of that she-devil, if she's so bored with Toji, why doesn't she just break up with him, give him the negatives and move on? Maybe Toji and Momo won't get back together, but at least he'll be free.

[Mar · Rating 3 out of 5]

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY ATTEMPTED RAPE SCENES OMG. DID KILEY GET THIS FROM HIS BROTHER?? WHY WAS MOMO ACTING LIKE TOJI THIS ENTIRE VOLUME. OMFG HIS BROTHER SEEMED SO NICE TOO! IS THIS SOME KIND OF HAREM CULT?????

[Noel نوال · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm so happy Kiley's character is getting more fleshed out in the series. I ship Momo and Kiley so much.

[H.K. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

Kileys brother is such a snake. It’s so frustrating that Momo can’t see he’s just like Sae! Get it together girl!

[Antonia · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5

[MargReadsManga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh man! The drama. Kiley’s brother, the school nurse and Kiley’s tutor oh my!! I must keep reading!

[Belle Ancunin · Rating 4 out of 5]

What the heeeeeellll

[𝑆𝑐𝑎𝑟 · Rating 2 out of 5]

¿Quiere un adulto responsable ayudar al pobre Toji? Ya que Misao no hace nada 🙄

[Noelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kiley is doing exactly what Toji did—not believe Momo. Sae and Ryo are manipulative and it’s frustrating how they continue to get away with it.

[Cassandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

So much dub con stuff. Very dramatic.

[Kimi Meredith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Momo has the patience of a saint

[Ali Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why are there always so many sexual harassment plots in this series.

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to put this down four separate times. This is giving me heart palpitations! Where did Momo's braincells go???😭

[Jillian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Somehow I keep running into stories with two brothers in love with the same girl

[C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brotherrrrrr

[Jess (•˕ •マ.ᐟ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cette série c'est vraiment que du drama c'est presque plus crédible à ce niveau 😹. Mais je reste quand même bien dedans. Je vais donc lire la suite de ce pas.

[Ángela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ya tenía suficiente con una Sae...¡No necesitaba otra en versión masculina!

[Mimi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now there's 3 manipulators instead of just one... it's getting complicated. Besides, I could kick Momo for not believing Kiley. He stood by her since day one...

[Darian · Rating 5 out of 5]

In peach girl book 2 Momo meets kileys brother Ryo. He begins to change her world woth his masterminding tricks. He makes her think that Kiley is in love with her and will never do nothing to her, but Ryo tells Kiley something else calling Momo a hoe, and how she is not the one for him. Kiley does not believe him but starts thinking twice about it. Everytime Momo sees Kiley he tells her don't believe him he is lying and Momo still listens too him until the day he trys to rape her. Find out more by reading book two of Peach Girl Change of Heart.

[Tanzania Fleming · Rating 5 out of 5]

overall i really think this book was exciting, at first i thought i woud never read it but i picked it up and decided it was one of the best books i have ever read i would love to have this collection in my house in my book collection

[Nikki Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute story with cute art. It was a bit too teenage-drama-ish for me, but still an amusing read.

[Susan707]

this book is about a girl that don't like her skin color and is afraid that the boy she likes don't like her back.,

[Diane ϟ [ Lestrange ] · Rating 2 out of 5]

A boy like "Sae"? jeez! getting a bit of exaggeration aren't we?

[Petra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kiley <3