VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia
MANGAKA: Bisco Hatori
TRANSLATION/ENGLISH ADAPTATION: John Werry
LETTERS: Sabrina Heep
EDITOR: Pancha Diaz
ISBN: 978-1-9747-9768-3; paperback (August 2019); Rated “T” for “Teen”
200pp, B&W, $9.99 U.S., $12.99 CAN, £6.99 UK
Urakata!! is a shojo manga (comics for teen girls) from creator Bisco Hatori (Ouran High School Host Club). Urakata began publication in 2014 in the Japanese shojo manga magazine, LaLa. In 2016, VIZ Media began publishing an English-language edition of Urakata!! as a series of graphic novels under the title, Behind the Scenes!!
Behind the Scenes!! focuses on 18-year-old, Ranmaru Kurisu, who blames himself for everything. As an outcast from a village of fisherman, Ranmaru is not crazy about people and is not crazy about being around them. He is now a first year student as Shichikoku University (“Shichi U”), and while he initially planned on trying to find a group into which he could fit, he is back to being his old isolated self. Then, fate brings him into contact with “The Art Squad.”
As Behind the Scenes!!, Vol. 7 (Chapters 34 to 38 to Last Scene) opens, the members of the Art Squad prepare for change. It is the final year for their chief, Ryuji Goda, who has decided to embark on directing a film. Meanwhile, Tomu Tenba worries that he has no talent. Ruka Enjoji decides to leave the squad because of family troubles at home. Soh Kobora goes on her first date. Izumi worries about his amnesia, and Maase may give up her love zombies. So is it up to Ranmaru Kurisu, the newest member of the Art Squad, to save the spirit of the squad.
[This volume includes bonus text and art and a glossary.]
The Behind the Scenes!! manga is all about making costumes, make-up, and special effects for film and theatrical productions and also for festivals and events. Clearly, creator Bisco Hatori has done her research well.
Behind the Scenes!! Graphic Novel Volume 7 is the series' final volume. I think that there is a lot left to say, so this volume seems like a hurry to an ending. However, Hatori does not wrap things up in a neat bow – quite the contrary. Readers will find that there is a world of possibilities for her characters, as their lives will go on Behind the Scenes!! This is not the best volume of the series, but readers will like this final volume's hope for the future ending.
B+
7 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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