Shinshoku Kiss Vol. 1 #1

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• 6.0

  IGN - A. E. Sparrow

  Oct 30, 2007

  Shinshoku Kiss threw me a couple times, as I wasn't sure what I was reading. Was it a manga version of the cult-film Secretary with Fool as a poor man's James Spader? Was it a potential love story (it really didn't help when the author states "If I was really good at drawing children, I would've made Kotoko a 12-year old girl.") Or is it simply a story about a girl who loves dolls enough to put up with the weirdness surrounding her in order to improve her craft down the road? For now, I'm willing to accept that much and leave it there. Fans of doll culture (and there's a huge culture surrounding dolls in Japan) will definitely enjoy aspects of this book. Read Full Review