This deep and heartfelt/light and emotional series really took my breath away. It was like a penalty game- jumping up two steps but then going back 1. Even if that made it go a little slow, it didn't change the fact that this could relate to real girls in real life who think of each other as more than "just friends or sisters". I still thought about this manga a LONG time after I finished it; it made my heart really stir. For all fans of yuri and girls' love/shoujo ai manga and anime: read it if you didn't yet. Also, I would recommend Girl Friends if you LOVE LOVE LOVE Strawberry Panic!
Girl Friends: The Complete Collection 1
By Milk Morinaga
For fans of Strawberry Panic comes a new tale of forbidden love in 496 pages
When it comes to grades, bookish high school student Mariko Kumakura is at the top of her class. Socially, however, she is shy and lonely, typically eating lunch by herself. Enter the charismatic and beautiful Akko Oohashi, whose goal is to befriend Mariko and burst her out of her introverted shell.
In the process of transforming Plain Jane Mariko into one of the cutest, most popular girls in school, deep feelings begin to emerge that suggest something deeper than friendship. Will these feelings destroy the budding relationship between Mariko and Akko, or will it turn into something else?
Publisher: Seven Seas
ISBN-13: 9781935934899
ISBN-10: 1935934899
Published on 10/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 496