Reviews for Doubt!!, Volume 1

The average rating for Doubt!!, Volume 1 based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-07-22 00:00:00 Alice Mcatee Doubt!! is now the second Shoujo manga I have read and although the genre seems to be a garbage dump for trashy chick-lit, it is actually quite a lot of fun. Gone are my days of reading intricate sci-fi plots that make me question myself and all of existence. Now I spent my days reading Shoujo manga, where the protagonists only real dilemma is which one-dimensional prince she finds more dreamy. Really, I should set fire to this book and throw it out of the window, but instead I turn another page, then another. And that is the magic of Shoujo; that no matter how bad and trashy it becomes, you just cant help yourself. From what I have seen so far, this manga doesn't seem to differ too much from the other title I read in the genre. The female protagonist seems interesting enough, but I'm not too keen on her male counterparts. They are so vacant and clichéd that is is just sickening. I struggle to imagine why any female reader would get doe-eyed over these characterless pretty boys. But maybe that is just me, I am a heterosexual male after all. What did surprise me about this series however, is it's adult nature. Don't get me wrong, this manga is in no way explicit, but it does deal with matures themes and I find that quite refreshing. I thought all anime and manga pretended that students don't have sex, but this one paints a far more realistic depiction of teenage life. V-cards, condoms, they all get a mention, and for that, I have to tip my hat to this manga. Kudos, Kaneyoshi Izumi, Kudos! 4/5

Review # 2 was written on 2013-07-17 00:00:00 Brian Brandon Ai Maekawa is tired of being plain and unpopular, and spends the entire summer between Jr. & Sr. high improving her outer appearance. At a new school, and with a completely new look she is instantly beautiful and popular and best friends with the two best boys in school. Although, as a former "jimi" she is still learning the "ropes" of what it means to be popular - resulting in a number of misguided incidents. This isn't my favourite series as it progresses, but I love how Kaneyoshi has written a complicated female lead having both the plain and the popular in her. She becomes an intense and unstable personality which I find both charming and entertaining.