Current mood:	intrigued
Entry tags:	hot gimmick, manga

Hot Gimmick (vols 1 & 2) - Miki Aihara
A friend recommended this manga to me, so I bought the first volume and was disappointed by it. The male characters didn't seem to have any depth, and Hatsumi irritated me by not standing up for herself. I didn't want to spend any money on the second volume, but when I saw it on BookMooch I thought I might as well give it a chance, seeing as it's a pretty popular series.

I'm really glad I did, because I enjoyed the second volume a whole lot more! The male characters suddenly gained a lot more depth and now I can't work out who's good and who's evil, and who I want Hatsumi to end up with. I now hate the one I thought I liked, am warming towards the one I thought I hated, and the guy I never really paid much attention to the in the first volume has now become the one I am most intrigued by.

I can't wait to get hold of the third volume!