ランダム・ウォーク 3 [Random Walk 3]

ランダム・ウォーク [Random Walk] #3

by Wataru Yoshizumi

Yuka is a freshman in high school, living in the apartment next door to her mystery writer father and his new wife. The one thing she learned from her father was to "fall in love as many times as you can, and become an attractive woman." Now that she is in high school, Yuka is determined to meet her one true love. Will the day finally come when she will meet her destined one?

Genres: Manga, Comics, Romance, Shojo, Manga Romance, Comics Manga, Japan

186 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

About the author

Wataru Yoshizumi (吉住渉) is a Japanese mangaka. She was born as Mari Nakai (中井 真里, Nakai Mari) on June 18, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated with a degree in economics from Hitotsubashi University.

Yoshizumi started her career as a mangaka while working as an office lady. Her debut manga was a yomikiri (short story) called "Radical Romance" that was published in 1984, in the summer issue of Ribon Original. She is known as a social mangaka, and is a good friend of fellow mangakas Naoko Takeuchi, Ai Yazawa, Miho Obana, and Megumi Mizusawa.

Yoshizumi currently (as of 2007) has her works published in both Ribon and Chorus.

Reviews

[Monica · Rating 2 out of 5]

El último volumen amplia el abanico de historias amorosas; abarcando a las amigas de Yuka. Aquí se dan flashbacks narrativos, para encauzar en el desarrollo el retorno de la protagonista con su primer amor. Igualmente, ella sigue con sus problemas en todos sus idilios (y siempre por la misma causa).
Este es un número muchos más coral, que intenta resultar más lógico y costumbrista, pero en el que continúa habiendo esos chicos (en el presente, su primer novio) que le rompen el corazón con razones injustificadas (aquí le dicen que su otra novia ha dejado de comer, al volver él con Yuka), y muy bochornosas. Para más inri, el manga da un vuelco repentino, y el hermanastro de Yuka le confiesa su amor secreto.
En fin, todo es bastante rocambolesco y atropellado, ilógica la manera en las que actúan ellos y ellas, Yuka especialmente, ya que va ‘enganchada’ de los pantalones de uno a otro, hasta cuando la dejan (y creedme, odio comentarlo así, como mujer de pleno derecho, pero es que no hay otra de explicarlo).
Al final le dejo el dos de puntuación, por ‘coherencia’ general. No es un manga que aporte algo, y más pensando que es infantil. Para nada recomendable.

[Melody · Rating 1 out of 5]

Okay, I liked the first 2 volumes. But this one is pretty weird.

[Bibliothecat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review for the complete series



After her boyfriend betrayed her, Yuka intends to follow her father's advice of falling in love many times. She is now on the lookout to find that someone who she can truly love and who will love her as much in return.

Random Walk is, based on what I had always heard about it, better than I had expected. And yet it always manages to disappoint me. Most people seem to feel the problem lies with Yuka's too many boyfriends - I feel more as though the problem is the length of the series.

Yes, Yuka does go through a number of boyfriends; but they don't seem unnaturally many - just think about what some people in real life get through! In any case, this series is a short one with only three volumes - which means there is fairly little space to develop characters and relationships. And given this length, it truly does appear as though Yuka goes from one guy to the next and without the reader being able to get invested.

And it's such a shame! I quite like Yuka - she is energetic, friendly and forgiving. I love how she is able to seek out her family and friends to ask them for advice rather than just keep things to herself. I also think the author provided a good chemistry among Yuka's friends: she has the shy and sensible Katsura, the irrational but loyal Toko and her good male friend Hiro. I always thought that Wataru Yoshizumi is very good at creating friendships among her characters - and these ones were so different and yet so good for each other. It's just such a waste that nothing more came of it!

We get to see glimpses of her friends' past and interests but never enough for them to really develop. The same thing happens throughout the story with Yuka and her love interests. If this series was at least twice as long as it was, I think it could have turned into a pretty nice story that's both heart-wrenching and heart-warming!

[Enrique Borrella · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

Read it full. This is a story about Yuka, who, as the name implies, randomly romances the first guy she sees. The characters were not deep nor charismatic but I wasn't expecting anything great in a short series either. On the other hand it was very fast paced so it was entertaining. In the end she decides to end up with HER BROTHER, which is crazy but then I realized this is the same author as Mermelade Boy so... no surprises here.

[Anita Gomgal · Rating 5 out of 5]

hace mucho tiempo que la leí... quizás debería releerla pero la historia es buena, diferente a otras de wataru pero como siempre con su historia de amor

[Novella Dwisri · Rating 3 out of 5]

klise tapi happy