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パリピ孔明 [Paripi Kōmei] #4
派對咖孔明 4
諸葛孔明轉生來到現代的澀谷，擔任一心想當歌手的月見英子的軍師，盡全力在構思對策！而英子在製作原創曲的過程中陷入了瓶頸。此時，她透過跟志趣相投的「七海」舉辦一場街頭演唱，終於查覺到「唱歌真正的意義」。不過，她從七海口中得知彼此將是「10萬個讚企劃」的競爭對手……。這對知音將要何去何從？
159 pages, Paperback
First published January 13, 2021
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September 13, 2021
Kongming has won Eiko her new song, but with mere days to go before the deadline for getting 100,000 likes and a spot in Summer Sonia, can Kongming pull it off? Especially in the face of Eiko’s friend and rival, Nanami, whose band, Azalea, is poised to stage a massive event in Shibuya…
This might be the most quintessential volume of Ya Boy Kongming that ever exists. It distills everything this series does down to the most perfect expression of its feel-good message. This book has stakes and goals and big scuffles and still manages to keep a smile on your face the whole time - it’s very impressive.
Eiko’s natural talent and genuinely sweet personality is buoyed by Kongming’s sneaky stratagems, which play out over a large chunk of this volume. She’s not just out to win, she’s out to save Nanami from being the joyless husk of a musician she’s become. It makes her that much stronger a heroine than if she just wanted to succeed as a musician.
Everybody is so inherently nice that even using war strategies to pull off the win is much less cold than you’d expect. Kongming is out to make the world a better place and he won’t bring others low to raise Eiko up. The way this plays out is a step beyond what the manga technically requires and it’s the kind of gesture that adds just that little bit extra oomph (even if it is too late to achieve what the band was after).
Don’t get me wrong, the book is a ton of fun and watching Eiko and company roll up to do battle is a treat - the pose game is on point like never before. Azalea’s costumes are probably the worst thing in the whole book - Nanami’s is revealing to the point of gravity defying - but they still know how to throw down as well.
It’s a simple story of one singer whose manager cares about her, versus another who only cares about the product, but mixed in with the flashbacks to Azalea as they once were and Kongming’s trickery and it really becomes something vibrant. There’s even an unexpected redemption arc for somebody who I didn’t think would get one.
The whole thing is bundled up with some genuine wit and charm - the bonus chapter of Kongming house hunting is wrapped up pretty much the only way it could have ended. There’s a great moment where Eiko’s song rips apart time and space, plus the ridiculous challenge and set-up that closes out the volume (though Eiko should know better than to doubt Kongming doing anything by now).
Beyond Azalea’s woeful costuming, I think my biggest complaint is the thankless task of translating the rap sections, which, hey, at least they rhyme, but it is nigh impossible to figure out a proper flow to them, which kills my enjoyment of that aspect of the story a little. It’s not a deal breaker and I genuinely think it’s down to only being able to tweak the translation so much.
5 stars for being one of my favourite manga at the top of its game. This storyline took what the story was already doing and elevated it with near-perfect execution. Another fantastic volume of a series that has stayed fresher way longer than its gimmicky presence would have suggested.
This might be the most quintessential volume of Ya Boy Kongming that ever exists. It distills everything this series does down to the most perfect expression of its feel-good message. This book has stakes and goals and big scuffles and still manages to keep a smile on your face the whole time - it’s very impressive.
Eiko’s natural talent and genuinely sweet personality is buoyed by Kongming’s sneaky stratagems, which play out over a large chunk of this volume. She’s not just out to win, she’s out to save Nanami from being the joyless husk of a musician she’s become. It makes her that much stronger a heroine than if she just wanted to succeed as a musician.
Everybody is so inherently nice that even using war strategies to pull off the win is much less cold than you’d expect. Kongming is out to make the world a better place and he won’t bring others low to raise Eiko up. The way this plays out is a step beyond what the manga technically requires and it’s the kind of gesture that adds just that little bit extra oomph (even if it is too late to achieve what the band was after).
Don’t get me wrong, the book is a ton of fun and watching Eiko and company roll up to do battle is a treat - the pose game is on point like never before. Azalea’s costumes are probably the worst thing in the whole book - Nanami’s is revealing to the point of gravity defying - but they still know how to throw down as well.
It’s a simple story of one singer whose manager cares about her, versus another who only cares about the product, but mixed in with the flashbacks to Azalea as they once were and Kongming’s trickery and it really becomes something vibrant. There’s even an unexpected redemption arc for somebody who I didn’t think would get one.
The whole thing is bundled up with some genuine wit and charm - the bonus chapter of Kongming house hunting is wrapped up pretty much the only way it could have ended. There’s a great moment where Eiko’s song rips apart time and space, plus the ridiculous challenge and set-up that closes out the volume (though Eiko should know better than to doubt Kongming doing anything by now).
Beyond Azalea’s woeful costuming, I think my biggest complaint is the thankless task of translating the rap sections, which, hey, at least they rhyme, but it is nigh impossible to figure out a proper flow to them, which kills my enjoyment of that aspect of the story a little. It’s not a deal breaker and I genuinely think it’s down to only being able to tweak the translation so much.
5 stars for being one of my favourite manga at the top of its game. This storyline took what the story was already doing and elevated it with near-perfect execution. Another fantastic volume of a series that has stayed fresher way longer than its gimmicky presence would have suggested.
June 21, 2022
Nanami vs Eiko, with the cool background of 109 in Shibuya <3
Next, Kongming as a DJ 🤣🤣
Next, Kongming as a DJ 🤣🤣
May 22, 2023
Please see the review of the first in series.
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