Naka ist ein wirklich süßes Teenager-Model, aber sie kann einfach nicht lächeln, sondern nur eine Grimasse ziehen, vor der sich alle erschrecken. Kein leichtes Schicksal. Deshalb will sie bei ihrem großen Vorbild und Model Umi auch das Lächeln lernen – aber dieser stellt sich als ein Er heraus, was die Situation bestimmt nicht einfacher macht …
Nosatsu Junkie was one of the first manga I read in its entirety back when I was in high school. Because of this, I knew that I’d be going into this read with fond memories attached to the story.
Even with that, I genuinely enjoyed rereading this manga. While I’ve never been a model myself – nor do I ever expect to be – I found it interesting to read about young models learning to balance their careers with their schooling.
This is a fun read, though I don’t know how realistic it is. I highly doubt that many people would succeed at or even try to keep the secret that Umi does in the real world. Also, in this day and age, I doubt that it’s something that many people would need to do. The world is more accepting of things now than they were even 10 years ago. Without going into spoilers, I think it’s possible for someone to model the way Umi does in this story without having to keep the same kind of secret.
Sad to have to read the scanlations of the rest of this series, but since Tokyopop put this title on hiatus a couple years back and has since gone out of business entirely in the States, guess I don't have a choice if I want to find out what happens next!