Otomen, Vol. 6

By Aya Kanno

This New York Times manga best seller series features handsome, manly men who have cute, girly hobbies

Asuka Masamune is a guy who loves girly things--sewing, knitting, making cute stuffed animals and reading shojo comics. But in a world where boys are expected to act manly, Asuka must hide his beloved hobbies and play the part of a masculine jock instead. Can Asuka ever show his true self to anyone, much less to Ryo Miyakozuka, the girl that he's falling for?

Asuka's prot g Yamato has fallen in love with a girl and needs help winning her over. He pleads with Asuka to go on a practice date with him--and play the role of the girl Practice makes perfect, but will that be the case for Yamato?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421529300
• ISBN13: 9781421529301
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Augh, such a cliffhanger!

I just got my copy of Otomen vol. 6 and blazed through it (laughing) in about 20 minutes. I'll go back and read it again later, but the cliffhanger of "the guy we thought was Asuka's dad" from vol. 5 was sort of brushed off fairly quickly, as was the Beauty Samurai theme. Then we had everyone's favorite girly-man Yamato coming to Asuka for date advice, for a surprising love interest. In this volume we get a lot of Kitora (flower guy) and not much Juta, but that's OK because the overall volume is great. Towards the end it seemed we have the appearance of a new otomen, one who likes girly music...but this book ended on a big cliffhanger...so I'm going to preorder volume 7 right when I finish writing this review. More Otomen! Please!