author: Uzu
name: Wayne
average rating: 2.07
book published: 2012
rating: 2
read at: 2015/11/16
date added: 2015/11/16
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Shibainuko-san' by uzu is a series of 4-strip comics in a manga fashion. The joke runs pretty thin pretty fast.
Chako Ishibashi is an ordinary 8th grader who meets a new student in her class named Shibainuko. Shibainuko is a large dog in a girl's school uniform. The rest of the comic is basically Chako not figuring out that there is a dog going her school. That gag gets put on repeat endlessly until it wears really very thin. There are gags about paw prints, and snuggling with Shiba (mofumofu is the word I learned for snuggling). There are word plays for names for dogs, or the sound a dog makes when barking. Shiba makes lots of friends in school and would seem to be a fun, loyal friend, but the fact that no one around her knows that she is a dog was just not that funny to me after a while.
The art is pretty cute, and I liked that there were explanations of some of the cultural things and wordplay that didn't translate so well into English. The premise is pretty thin and wears on and on. This might actually work for younger children, but it's really hard to say.
I received a review copy of this manga from Takeshobo and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this manga.
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