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Otomen #10
オトメン(乙男) 10
オトメン撲滅計画を断行する春日の放った教師にして刺客・おーたんこと萌松音羽。飛鳥の本性を暴くため、持てるすべての女子スキルを解放し作戦を展開するおーたんの前に、最強オトメン飛鳥の命運は──!? 夢の特別トリビュート短編「ガラスの乙男」も収録、待望の第10巻!
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First published February 19, 2010
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Aya Kanno
64 books198 followersAya Kanno (菅野文; Kanno Aya) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist.
Former assistant of mangaka Masashi Asaki of Psychometrer Eiji fame, she made her debut in the January 2001 issue of Hakusensha's magazine "Hana to Yume" with Soul Rescue. Her works include Otomen.
Former assistant of mangaka Masashi Asaki of Psychometrer Eiji fame, she made her debut in the January 2001 issue of Hakusensha's magazine "Hana to Yume" with Soul Rescue. Her works include Otomen.
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September 5, 2018
🌸SYNOPSIS
We return in Volume 10 as the Anti-Otomen regime is in full swing, when one teacher fails, another one steps up with a potion that causes the males to be manly and the females to become girly. This is bad news for Ryo and Asuka, will they ever return to their usual selves? Will Asuka give up all things cute? Will Ryo forever work in a bakery?
That’s not all, the school trip takes them to a secluded area where they live out the samurai lifestyle but Asuka and his school friends aren’t the only one there, Hajime will be there with his school too. Will things end smoothly without the Otomen exposing themselves? Or will they be cut off from things they know? Only volume 10 can answer that or will it.
🌸OPINION
I kind of found this volume amusing, O-Tan seems to have failed her objective, the students live up to their schools ideal and seeing Ryo in a kimono makes this volume interesting. Otherwise it’s basically a filler within the Anti-Otomen arc of the story.
I do like the little story at the end where a maiden can still be touching and adorable no matter how they look. As Asuka proves when he is dressed as one of the beauty samurais. I enjoy the fact it’s to commemorate another series return to publication, it’s such a sweet gesture.
🌸PRO
The teachers are amusing
The questionable methods used to change people and as usual, fails
🌸CON
Feels like more fillers
🌸FINAL SAY
“We were able to return to normal because of Love…”
Love can be such a wonderful thing, since it makes the heart flutter and release positive feelings to make someone feel good. This manga does that sometimes but it’s because one loves the characters, it makes all those other emotions just as strong. I did enjoy this manga, but I feel like it’s dragging still. I feel like so much could be done but that won’t occur to the last few volumes.
We return in Volume 10 as the Anti-Otomen regime is in full swing, when one teacher fails, another one steps up with a potion that causes the males to be manly and the females to become girly. This is bad news for Ryo and Asuka, will they ever return to their usual selves? Will Asuka give up all things cute? Will Ryo forever work in a bakery?
That’s not all, the school trip takes them to a secluded area where they live out the samurai lifestyle but Asuka and his school friends aren’t the only one there, Hajime will be there with his school too. Will things end smoothly without the Otomen exposing themselves? Or will they be cut off from things they know? Only volume 10 can answer that or will it.
🌸OPINION
I kind of found this volume amusing, O-Tan seems to have failed her objective, the students live up to their schools ideal and seeing Ryo in a kimono makes this volume interesting. Otherwise it’s basically a filler within the Anti-Otomen arc of the story.
I do like the little story at the end where a maiden can still be touching and adorable no matter how they look. As Asuka proves when he is dressed as one of the beauty samurais. I enjoy the fact it’s to commemorate another series return to publication, it’s such a sweet gesture.
🌸PRO
The teachers are amusing
The questionable methods used to change people and as usual, fails
🌸CON
Feels like more fillers
🌸FINAL SAY
“We were able to return to normal because of Love…”
Love can be such a wonderful thing, since it makes the heart flutter and release positive feelings to make someone feel good. This manga does that sometimes but it’s because one loves the characters, it makes all those other emotions just as strong. I did enjoy this manga, but I feel like it’s dragging still. I feel like so much could be done but that won’t occur to the last few volumes.
May 9, 2011
Yes, it's more of the same. Love yourself, don't let anyone change you, enjoy what hobbies you want to enjoy, etc. But really, can anyone really hear enough of this, especially when they're a teen? In the words of the great RuPaul - "If you can't love yourself, how in the HELL are you gonna love someone else?" Can I get an amen, indeed.
January 18, 2016
Otomen is great again. We deal with two more teachers who are trying to reform all the students. Boys should be manly girls should be girly. It really is a great series for self esteem. The main characters always fight on to be their true selves
April 8, 2020
This review is part of a personal challenge to: 1) read more French books; 2) improve my French; 3) read all the French manga novels from my mom's manga collection. Seeing as I read this book in French, the rest of this review will be in French (duh).
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Cette critique fait partie d'un défi personnel: d’améliorer mon français!
Cette tome continue là où le volume 9 s'est arrêté. De plus, ce volume ressemble beaucoup au volume 9 et se concentre principalement sur le nouveau régime très strict mis en place à l'école d'Asuka - pour faire respecter les stéréotypes de genre en promouvant les hommes virils et les filles "girly-girls". Plus précisément, chaque chapitre présente un professeur fou - il y a Mademoiselle Moematsu qui veut transformer toutes les filles en "girly-girls" et de gagner le cœur d'Asuka; il y a aussi le professeur Kibino avec une invention folle qui lavera le cerveau des étudiants; et enfin, il y a Knight Mifune, le professeur d'histoire qui organise une sortie scolaire en montagne pour s'entraîner les étudiants à devenir des samourais et geishas!
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Note moyenne de la série: 4.1/5
Critiques pour le reste de la série:
Tome 1 | Tome 2 | Tome 3 | Tome 4 | Tome 5 | Tome 6 | Tome 7 | Tome 8 | Tome 9 | Tome 10 | Tome 11 | Tome 12 | Tome 13 | Tome 14 | Tome 15 | Tome 16 | Tome 17 | Tome 18
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Cette critique fait partie d'un défi personnel: d’améliorer mon français!
Cette tome continue là où le volume 9 s'est arrêté. De plus, ce volume ressemble beaucoup au volume 9 et se concentre principalement sur le nouveau régime très strict mis en place à l'école d'Asuka - pour faire respecter les stéréotypes de genre en promouvant les hommes virils et les filles "girly-girls". Plus précisément, chaque chapitre présente un professeur fou - il y a Mademoiselle Moematsu qui veut transformer toutes les filles en "girly-girls" et de gagner le cœur d'Asuka; il y a aussi le professeur Kibino avec une invention folle qui lavera le cerveau des étudiants; et enfin, il y a Knight Mifune, le professeur d'histoire qui organise une sortie scolaire en montagne pour s'entraîner les étudiants à devenir des samourais et geishas!
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Note moyenne de la série: 4.1/5
Critiques pour le reste de la série:
Tome 1 | Tome 2 | Tome 3 | Tome 4 | Tome 5 | Tome 6 | Tome 7 | Tome 8 | Tome 9 | Tome 10 | Tome 11 | Tome 12 | Tome 13 | Tome 14 | Tome 15 | Tome 16 | Tome 17 | Tome 18
April 21, 2023
A teacher at school causes trouble when he does something that causes all boys to be more manly and girls to be girly. What a swap for Asuka and Ryo! Nooo!! Their hope lies with one fellow student to save them all. A lot is at stake! Follow this with a trip to a Edo period camp where, once again, you must follow the lifestyle as deemed appropriate for your gender. Talk about lack of acceptance! A person should safely be allowed to like what they like! I feel so bad for these characters. Ryo seemed off. No personality shown through at all for the second half of this volume.
July 19, 2014
I did originally have this nice, thoughtful review written up. And then I lost it. *grr* Will try writing another when I have more time.
Just know that I liked everything in this except for Mr. Kibino's attempt to change everyone's personalities. It felt like Aya Kanno was reaching on that one. (I did like what it did to Juta's drawing style, though!)
Just know that I liked everything in this except for Mr. Kibino's attempt to change everyone's personalities. It felt like Aya Kanno was reaching on that one. (I did like what it did to Juta's drawing style, though!)
February 2, 2011
Suka cerita tambahannya, Garasu Otomen, parodi Garasu Kamen.
Maya, Ayumi, hati-hati, ada calon ketiga Bidadari Merah!
Maya, Ayumi, hati-hati, ada calon ketiga Bidadari Merah!
August 19, 2015
All I have to say about this is that the new teachers at Ginyuri High are crazy but so much so that it makes the story quite interesting.
August 9, 2017
Okay, this got kind of ridiculous. :D
June 12, 2017
Today's post is on Otomen volume 10 by Aya Kanno. It is the ninth in her Otomen series. It is 208 pages long and is publishes by Shojo Beat. As this is the tenth volume in this series, you need to have read the first nine volumes to understand the story. The cover is grey with Juta looking at the reader with Love Chick in the background. The intended reader is someone who likes shojo manga, humor, and love stories. There is no foul language, no sex, and very mild violence in this manga. The story is told from third person close of the main character with moments of the other characters added in for plot development. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- A potion at school causes all the guys to act manly and all the girls to act feminine! Suddenly, Asuka loses interest in all the girly hobbies he loves, and Ryo is working at a bakery? can anything break the spell they're under and turn them back to normal?
Review- We finish the story with the female teacher who wants to make Asuka and Ryo break up because Asuka is Asuka and not a jerk who treats his girlfriend badly. She discovers Asuka's otomen nature but because Asuka helped her overcome her self-acceptance issue she is going to keep it a secret. So continuing with make people be gender types plot in this volume we have a mad scientist who wants to be seen as a genius. So he makes a potion and tricks everyone with hypnosis. But because only the person can change themselves of course it does not stay. The last story is everyone cosplaying as feudal Japan. I am really enjoying this story arc because of the emphasis on self-acceptance. More romance and cuteness Ahead!
I give this volume a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.
From the back of the book- A potion at school causes all the guys to act manly and all the girls to act feminine! Suddenly, Asuka loses interest in all the girly hobbies he loves, and Ryo is working at a bakery? can anything break the spell they're under and turn them back to normal?
Review- We finish the story with the female teacher who wants to make Asuka and Ryo break up because Asuka is Asuka and not a jerk who treats his girlfriend badly. She discovers Asuka's otomen nature but because Asuka helped her overcome her self-acceptance issue she is going to keep it a secret. So continuing with make people be gender types plot in this volume we have a mad scientist who wants to be seen as a genius. So he makes a potion and tricks everyone with hypnosis. But because only the person can change themselves of course it does not stay. The last story is everyone cosplaying as feudal Japan. I am really enjoying this story arc because of the emphasis on self-acceptance. More romance and cuteness Ahead!
I give this volume a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.
August 28, 2019
I quite like this one so I am going to actually write a review for this one.
The "be the stereotype of your gender" campaign at the school is still in full affect. But slowly, it's the students that are converting the new teachers over to their way of thinking by merely attempting to be themselves under the oppressive regime. Despite hypnosis, pheromones, and a trip to a camp recreating Edo period Japan they are committed to persevering at being themselves, showing that they can be a boy or girl and still enjoy things typically not associated with their gender.
Fun note: There is a short clip in the back with a gender reversal scenario between the whole main cast of characters. I really like it because it really turns your notions around and makes you think.
The "be the stereotype of your gender" campaign at the school is still in full affect. But slowly, it's the students that are converting the new teachers over to their way of thinking by merely attempting to be themselves under the oppressive regime. Despite hypnosis, pheromones, and a trip to a camp recreating Edo period Japan they are committed to persevering at being themselves, showing that they can be a boy or girl and still enjoy things typically not associated with their gender.
Fun note: There is a short clip in the back with a gender reversal scenario between the whole main cast of characters. I really like it because it really turns your notions around and makes you think.
June 20, 2024
Nearly everyone in Asuka’s school gets hypnotised into behaving like the ideal of their gender role. Asuka and his friends manage to reverse it by finding the teacher that did it.
In the second part,Asuka and his friends go to the mountains in order to get in touch with their inner samurai and geisha. There is a tournament between Asuka and Tonomine,which Asuka wins,but later on discovers that they’re trapped because the road is blocked.
In the second part,Asuka and his friends go to the mountains in order to get in touch with their inner samurai and geisha. There is a tournament between Asuka and Tonomine,which Asuka wins,but later on discovers that they’re trapped because the road is blocked.
May 11, 2021
So hilarious!
March 3, 2023
The chef at the bakery!!!!! Love!!!
August 17, 2012
Matters have gone from bad to worse. One of the suspect teachers hired by Kasuga is the oh-so-sweet Otowa Moematsu (otherwise known as O-Tan). On the surface, she seems the least troublesome of the Ginyuri substitute teachers. But this kitten has claws…and deep, deep psychological scars that lead her to push her crazed feminizing on her poor students.
Not content with riding herd over the girl students who are baffled by her agenda, she has made herself team manager for the kendo team, throwing all the boys into a tizzy over her, a dangerous state of affairs she does nothing to discourage. But while she poses a threat to the emotional well-being of her students, others of the sinister quartet are making their own diabolical plans…
This volume can’t quite settle on its tone, veering between cuteness and mild consternation. While it remains consistent with its original message of being true to yourself, the subtext speaks of adults (i.e., society at large) who want to change their children into more acceptable types. Conformity is an ingrained part of Japanese society; they didn’t allow outsiders into their country until the mid-nineteenth century and any Japanese citizen who had been abroad was subject to suspicion and hostility when they tried to return. Seen in that context, Kasuga and Kiyomi’s rabid desires to see Japanese youth return to the old ways make sense.
While these youngsters are too formal and polite to their elders to stage outright rebellion, individually and as a group, they quietly foil the attempts of these noxious outsiders to change who they are. Since it turns out that these troublesome adults are themselves immature beings longing for acceptance, defying them seems almost too easy. Therefore, the reiterated messages of love and acceptance become rather burdensome, the victories without real weight.
Still, the battle isn’t over yet and the result of these attacks has been to bind the otomen and Ryo even closer together. So perhaps what this volume lacked in dramatic weight, it gained in deepening the relationships of its core group.
Not content with riding herd over the girl students who are baffled by her agenda, she has made herself team manager for the kendo team, throwing all the boys into a tizzy over her, a dangerous state of affairs she does nothing to discourage. But while she poses a threat to the emotional well-being of her students, others of the sinister quartet are making their own diabolical plans…
This volume can’t quite settle on its tone, veering between cuteness and mild consternation. While it remains consistent with its original message of being true to yourself, the subtext speaks of adults (i.e., society at large) who want to change their children into more acceptable types. Conformity is an ingrained part of Japanese society; they didn’t allow outsiders into their country until the mid-nineteenth century and any Japanese citizen who had been abroad was subject to suspicion and hostility when they tried to return. Seen in that context, Kasuga and Kiyomi’s rabid desires to see Japanese youth return to the old ways make sense.
While these youngsters are too formal and polite to their elders to stage outright rebellion, individually and as a group, they quietly foil the attempts of these noxious outsiders to change who they are. Since it turns out that these troublesome adults are themselves immature beings longing for acceptance, defying them seems almost too easy. Therefore, the reiterated messages of love and acceptance become rather burdensome, the victories without real weight.
Still, the battle isn’t over yet and the result of these attacks has been to bind the otomen and Ryo even closer together. So perhaps what this volume lacked in dramatic weight, it gained in deepening the relationships of its core group.
May 31, 2011
Oh bless you manga, you of neverending laughs and non-existant disappointments! You are my sunshine in a cloudwashed world indeed!
I think i'll start putting reviews for mangas i've been reading (and re-reading, and re-re-re-re-re-reading) as well. :D To jack up my books count...and hopefully find more likeminded people! :D
Most memorable moments:
Juta: Whoa! Hey, why did i cut my hair?! Long hair is crucial to a womanizer's image!
Poor "random bystander fate" of Yamato.
Kitora's eyes in the onsen.
Asuka in the onsen.
Juta in the onsen.
Tonomine in the onsen, and his bare back. *oogly eyes*
Asuka in samurai gear.
Juta, Kitora in samurai g--- YOU GET THE IDEA!!
Asuka's ponytail in samurai gear looks like a bunny tail! AWWWWWW!!!!
p.s I actually really like Juta's new shorter hair. And then in samurai gear it's tied up which looks awesome as well...maybe his normal hair was too in between to look good?
I think i'll start putting reviews for mangas i've been reading (and re-reading, and re-re-re-re-re-reading) as well. :D To jack up my books count...and hopefully find more likeminded people! :D
Most memorable moments:
Juta: Whoa! Hey, why did i cut my hair?! Long hair is crucial to a womanizer's image!
Poor "random bystander fate" of Yamato.
Kitora's eyes in the onsen.
Asuka in the onsen.
Juta in the onsen.
Tonomine in the onsen, and his bare back. *oogly eyes*
Asuka in samurai gear.
Juta, Kitora in samurai g--- YOU GET THE IDEA!!
Asuka's ponytail in samurai gear looks like a bunny tail! AWWWWWW!!!!
p.s I actually really like Juta's new shorter hair. And then in samurai gear it's tied up which looks awesome as well...maybe his normal hair was too in between to look good?
October 27, 2011
This manga is serialized in the Hana to Yume magazine. It's a shoujo manga, and it is about a boy, Asuka Masamune, who has a girlish heart(but isn't gay), and likes to sew, cook, etc., however, he hides all this, because he is the captain of the kendo team. And then he meets Ryo, a girl who is the exact opposite of him, she's pretty but isn't feminine at all.
Asuka's cousin, Kasuga has come to Ginyuri High to change the students' personality, and with him, he has brought teachers, who've had traumatic experiences to change the students.
I started this book because I like the humour and the chibi in the book. I finished this book, because it's very easy, and fast to read.
I would recommend this book to Aloka, because Aloka is always looking for good manga to read, and she is always complaining about how I never give her good advice on manga to her.
Asuka's cousin, Kasuga has come to Ginyuri High to change the students' personality, and with him, he has brought teachers, who've had traumatic experiences to change the students.
I started this book because I like the humour and the chibi in the book. I finished this book, because it's very easy, and fast to read.
I would recommend this book to Aloka, because Aloka is always looking for good manga to read, and she is always complaining about how I never give her good advice on manga to her.
March 16, 2013
Definitely my favorite volume. This one was even more hilarious than usual, although I think I may have missed the one before it. I liked the introduction of Ginyuri and her struggle. She shows an alternate version of how Ryo might have turned out, much as Tonomine shows another version of Asuka. Best quote... Asuka-"Parfaits are lovely, aren't they? They look cute and make your heart flutter".
June 4, 2011
Not the best in the series, but still fun. Looking forward to the plot-line introduced at the end of the book, continuing the Ginyuri school's goal of turning boys into manly men and girls into girly-girls. Looks like it shall be fun. :)
April 19, 2012
Sigh. I don't like this anti-otomen storyline. But I still like the book. I've gotten attached enough to the characters that I'll tough it out, but I'm really hoping it'll get resolved soon. Very soon.
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July 2, 2012"I don't need to drink tea. I was able to enjoy the radiant beauty of a sunflower, so I'm satisfied."
So, Ryo would be able to cook delicious bento. I mean, she's better at fighting bears, but it's good to know that she really isn't as hopeless as she was portrayed in earlier volumes.
So, Ryo would be able to cook delicious bento. I mean, she's better at fighting bears, but it's good to know that she really isn't as hopeless as she was portrayed in earlier volumes.
July 14, 2014
This is one of the manga series I'm liking more and more. The art is just drawn really well, especially the facial expressions and backgrounds, etc. The cover is adorable. This whole series is just adorable.
May 16, 2016
i loved this plot more than the last volume! this is more funny too! i loved asuka's attempts to get ryo back! they actually look like a couple here. the things that asuka says! plus, i just love the whole thing.
January 28, 2012
This volume was filled with interesting story lines and great character developments that helped readers better understand some of the new characters.
December 24, 2013
Typical school retreat.
Eh.
3/5
Eh.
3/5
June 27, 2020
The teachers are converting one by one to the side of the otomen, so much for school reform.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 21, 2011
Good, as usual, but not spectacular.
April 28, 2017
Und hier haben wir es so, dass die "bösen" Lehrer versuchen die Schüler zu ändern oder auseinander zu bringen, aber das gelingt ihnen nicht, sie werden sogar bekehrt, wenn man es so sagen darf.
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