Beauty Pop review

ikutokun906
Apr 02, 2021
There is only one reason I'm not giving this manga a 10-so hear me out.

The story revolves around Koshiba Kiri, a slightly aloof girl who comes off as being self-centered. However, she has an extraordinary knack for hairstyling. This isn't taken well by the resident 'genius' hairstyle Shougo Narumi, who vows to beat her along with the help of his club, The Scissors Project.

So yeah, your probably reading this thinking it's an average run-of-the-mill shoujo. Which, if I'm honest, I was expecting that myself. Trust me you couldn't be more wrong. It's almost like the characters have been reversed. Instead of the guy being the aloof, calm and contained lead you expect (very few shoujo male protagonists seem to be anything but) and the girl being a heart-rules-head, temperamental firecracker it's completely the opposite. Which I think hugely contributes to the manga being so fresh.

I think one thing that might put some people off reading it, is that Koshiba doesn't look like your run-of-the-mill shoujo heroine either. Granted some shoujos have a girl who is 'ugly' or 'shy' or 'not liking her looks', but they all have their TRANSFORMATION moments-where someone dresses them up or circumstances forces their hand and they have to change.
Warning: that doesn't happen here.
But I think that's a huge bonus to this story. It makes it more natural. Who here on MAL is ever going to go through a radical transformation which makes all the boys/girls fall madly in love with them? Most of this story revolves around how well Koshiba and Narumi change other girls, so why interfere with Koshiba-who is the complete genuine article?

I only had a few problems with the story. And they were mostly technical rather major plot holes, so nothing to put you off. I think the relationship between Koshiba and her mother didn't quite work for me, and the ending I found too abrupt.

Aside from that, this is a story that makes your heart race, you laugh out loud, and get behind the two main characters as they fight to the finish. I will definitely be watching this mangaka!
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Beauty Pop
Beauty Pop
Autor Arai, Kiyoko
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