Giving away a score to an anime seems a little bit pointless to me as a number really can't display how I fell about this (or any) manga, so don't be too uppity about me giving this a perfect 10. Now that being said, I do believe that this manga deserves a 10 and here's why. It isn't exactly a great story, nor is int particularly thrilling, intuectual, or gripping, in fact it isn't really even that original. No what Pretty Face is, is the perfection of the Gender Bender sub genre, and that is why it deserves a 10, as it gets a perfect score for the event it entered in.

Now the gender bender itself is a rather weird concept (even as far as anime/manga is concerned). I mean seriously, its a bit creepy that this portion of entertainment has an entire genre devoted to cross dressing / transforming into the opposite sex. That being said, it really does make for some good comedy. There is a plethora of awkward situations available, and any competent mangaka can easily get a tonne of laughs from a rather mediocre story. So I guess that's what helped make this genre so popular, because awkward boy/girl situations make for the funny times.

Well I'm 2 paragraphs in and I haven't even really said anything about pretty face, so I guess I should start the actual review. As you are aware, Pretty face has our protagonist disguised as the twin sister of the love of his life (through a series of unfortunate events), and has to play the part of sister in order to help her along through life. The plot is, well interesting and told very well, but isn't going to wow the populous. But at the same time, I doubt you went into this manga expecting to be wowed by a deep and involving plot. There is a lot of filler, and the ending is (slight spoiler alert) very unfufilling, but it holds together well and is enjoyable to read. The art is on par with just about every other big shonen jump manga out there, but doesn't add or subtract anything from the overall enjoyment.

The characterization is what you really go into this manga for (well no, you go for the humor really, but characterization is important for that). Our protagonist, Randou, is a boy now trapped in a girls body after an unfortunate accident. The whole body change part is rather forced, and you won't ever believe that it could possibly happen, but the author really does a good job of helping the reader to sympathize with Randou. You really do feel that he is a good guy deep down, who's just trying to help his crush Rina (kinda like a Japanese version of Mrs. Doubtfire). The rest of the cast is a colourful bunch that all have their distinct moments and personalities. There is a great deal of growth for each character, and you feel that good ol' warm fuzzy feeling deep inside yourself every time one of them overcomes the challenge they were undertaking.

Overall, Pretty Face really does do the gender bender exactly how it was meant to be. A lot of awkward but funny humor, while never over stepping the boundary tooo far (though it gets close at times...), with a cast of likable and most importantly, relatable characters. Randou really makes you think "Gee, if I ever get stuck in the body of a member of the opposite sex, I hope I could act as well as he did." Really, if your into this sorta thing, and don't go into it expecting anything other than humor and a story that ever so slightly draws at your heart strings, then you'll probably love Pretty Face, as it truly is great at what its supposed to do.