High School Girls

(ComicsOne, 2004)
™ and © 2002 Towa Oshima
Right to left reading format; black and white.

Eriko, Yuma, Ayano and Kouda are the precocious girls of Yamasaki High. When Ayano gets her first boyfriend, the gang is forced to share their friend for the first time. Once the girls accept the fact that there’s no amount of annoying antics that are going to break up the blissful couple, the girls decide to turn the unfortunate event into a happy experiment. Eriko, Yuma, and Kouda are determined to know what it’s like to go all the way with a boy even if they can’t experience it themselves. Dealing with new friends and new rivalries means the school year is going to be interesting for girls of Yamasaki High.

— Jillian Burcar

From the Comics Buyer’s Guide:

High School Girls is a series full of real, identifiable characters. These are not interchangeable nobodies; each of the main characters—and most of the supporting cast—has a distinct personality.

Of course, being identifiable doesn’t automatically make them role models. There’s a reason their classmates call this clique “the moron group.” They can be vain, lazy, shallow, ill-informed, and generally clueless—but not to an exaggerated degree. Real people are also vain, lazy, shallow, ill-informed, and generally clueless. These are real character traits, and that’s what makes them identifiable.

In the current volume, the class takes a field trip. Need we say that wacky hijinks ensue?

The parental advisory recommends this comic for ages 18 and up, but that’s probably overly cautious. There is sex talk, but its point is to demonstrate how wildly misinformed the moron group is, especially compared to the more experienced girls. Again, just as in real life. This is not a bawdy manga by any definition. Parents should use their discretion rather than automatically vetoing based on the advisory.

— Jack Abramowitz

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#4

July, 2005
Cover Price: $9.95
1 copy available for $7.99

Towa Oshima