Honey Hunt, Vol. 2

by Miki Aihara

Overview

Find the courage to become a star!

Life's not easy when you're living in the shadow of your famous parents. Can shy Yura, the daughter of an award-winning composer and a world-renowned actress, find the courage to step out on her own now that her super-celebrity parents are getting divorced?

It's only the first day of Yura's acting career and things are already getting out of hand. Someone has ruined her costume and there isn't enough time to find a replacement. With the director ready to roll on a promotional photo shoot without her, Yura better think fast if she wants to keep her job from going down the tubes. Can she find a solution to her wardrobe malfunction in time to get in front of the camera?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421525471
Publisher:	VIZ Media LLC
Publication date:	07/07/2009
Series:	Honey Hunt Series , #2
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	252,816
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

Miki Aihara was born in Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan and currently lives in Tokyo. She made her debut in 1991 with Lip Conscious!, published in Bessatsu Shã´jo Comic. Her immensely popular manga Hot Gimmick is published in English by VIZ Media. Aihara moves houses frequently and loves to go to movies and shop for clothes. One of her hobbies is keeping tropical fish.

Editorial Reviews

When her absent father, an award-winning composer, and her cruel mother, a beautiful actress, announced their impending divorce, shy 17-year-old Yura surprised everyone by telling the media that her parents could go to hell. But when even that fails to dent her much-admired mother's reputation, Yura decides to beat her mother at her own game and pursues an acting career. She is helped by two estranged twin brothers: kind songwriter Q-ta, whom she falls for, and blunt pop idol Haruka, who falls for her. Faced with multiple betrayals, catty costars, and her own confusion and uncertainty, Yura develops the resourcefulness and strength to keep her resolve. VERDICT There are some plot issues: it makes no sense, for example, that though Yura wants to keep her parentage a secret while beginning a career, she doesn't change her look or even her name. Regardless, the series' soap-opera drama—given edge by mean behavior, the amorality of show business, and Yura's questionable choices—is, like Aihara's earlier Hot Gimmick, addicting. So far, only one sexual situation (involving adults) justifies the "older teen" rating.—S.R.

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