Sunshine Sketch, Volume 2

By Ume Aoki

Daily life at the Hidamari Apartments goes on as the girls continuetheir art studies. Trips to the zoo, onsen excursions, and schoolprojects fill their days as yuno, Miya, Sae, and Hiro's friendshipsdeepen. Take another peek into the lives of these memorable artstudents in the second installment of Sunshine Sketch

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759529027
• ISBN13: 9780759529021
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Yen Press
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

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The heartening tale of four art students who live, learn, and (albeit subtly) love whilst sharing an apartment complex continues in this, the second volume of Hidamari Sketch... Sunshine Sketch. Yuno continues to become accustomed to living on her own while starting to branch out and show her talents in suprising ways. I particularly love her sleep deprived entry that Miya-chan submits for her. Speaking of Miyako, she seems a bit more settled in this volume. I could be imagining things as she's still a bit wild here and there, but something about this volume feels like she more centered. Hiro and Sae get plenty of screen time, though most of the points focused on them are directed mainly at Hiro's weight obsession and Sae's implied yuri-esque feelings towards Hiro. Of course, a volume couldn't pass by without several gags on Yuno and Miyako's immature, cosplay fantatic homeroom teacher! Enough synopsis! For those just joining the series, if you're familiar with other 4-koma strips that have made it stateside, famous examples being the ever popular Azumanga Daioh and the endearingly cute Yotsuba & (both by the same author), then you know the timing beats and pacing of the style. If you're not familiar with 4-koma (or yonkoma), just think of them as vertical comic strips rather similar to western serial comics. The art is the standard goodness we've come to expect, with a few brief shoutouts here and there (such as the aforementioned Yuno art piece) to take in and, since 4-komas are all about running gags, there're never any issues concerning pacing and flow. I must admit that I've fallen in love with the 4-komas that Yen Press has taken to putting out recently. Sunshine Sketch, S.S.Astro, and Suzunari are all lovely little slice-of-lifes that please my sensabilities no end... and I highly recommend them to anyone looking for feel good comedy.