Othello

This is a quite interesting manga. The girl, Yaya, is a very nice girl. Clumsy, shy, naive and trusting. She gets made fun of a lot by the other girls.

Then there is a girl called Nana who is a no-holds-barred, stand-up fighter. She doesn't put up with anything from anyone. As the back cover says "Nana exposes yaya's ‘friends; as slimeballs, doles out punishment, and does it all with style."

What's the catch? The two girls are the same. Yaya has what could be termed a schizophrenic personality, although Yaya is unaware that she is that way. This leads to some very interesting things happening, especially when the girls are picking on Yaya and Nana suddenly appears to deal with them. Some of the things that happen are really funny, especially when Nana sinks a boat two of her "friends" are on (after they were being ultra-nasty to Yaya) and ends up riding a giant fish when she falls out of a tree.

Definitely worth getting.

Events in the second volume are even more interesting as it is obvious that Yaya's mental problem is getting considerably worse.


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