Bunny Drop, Vol. 10 (Bunny Drop, 10)

I have almost run out of superlatives to describe how much I like this manga. It has characters that you come to really care about and story arcs that are both funny and show Yumi Unita's skill at capturing the joys and sorrows of parenting and the trials of being a teenager. Every volume has been a wonderful read. In Volume 9, we see Rin and Daikchi come to terms about their romantic feelings for each other and embark on a new adventure as a couple. Volume 10 is advertised as a trip down memory lane, which is true, and it fills in some gaps for the 10 year time leap between Volumes 4 and 5, and gives us a sense of what happens to everyone about 6 months after the end of Volume 9. It also contains an interview with Unita on the origins of Bunny Drop and how she developed the main characters, along with a discussion of the anime and live action movie based on the series. It's a real treat for Bunny Drop fans.As for the stories themselves, the first three take place before the time leap, when Rin and Kouki were around 6 years old. One tells how Kouki really came to have a scar on his forehead. Another has Daikchi, Rin, Kouki, and Nitani, Nitani, Kouki's mother, going to the aquarium. They really look like a family and, knowing that Nitani marries someone else 10 years later, makes the chapter very poignant. Chapter 4 is about how Masako, Rin's birthmother, meets her future husband and father of her second child. In Chapter 5, we discover how Kouki came to be the boyfriend of Akari, an event that broke Rin's heart. The final chapter gives us a glimpse of "where they are now." Kouki is home from college and Daikchi and Rin are married. The last page of the book shows the happy couple walking down the street together. The only thing that would have made a more perfect ending to the story would have been, as they fade down the street, Rin saying, "Daikchi, I'm pregnant." For me, this series is about as close to perfection as it gets in manga land. Three cheers for Yumi Unita.

I read this based on the recommendation of a friend who had not read the manga, but had watched the anime. When I asked him about his thoughts on how the series ended he was floored. I wasn't, and I am one of those people who didn't freak out over how the series twisted and turned toward its ending. I actually found it quite poetic. As long as a reader has an open mind and realizes that there are all sorts of people in the world, then this is a really cute series that shows the growth of two, lost people who found one another.

I liked the first three or four series of Bunny Drop - it's cute. As the characters get older and the series progresses it gets a bit weirder. Wondering if the author looked further into the development of the character' future? Like having a family or the reaction of the other family members? If the series goes past this 10th one, I would read it to see where this ends up.

This is a real interesting slice of life manga. It has some odd themes in it but a very good story so i would recommend it.

Need more Bunny Drop? This volume includes the origin of the mangaka and her assistant, and it's a delight to read.

I Love This Manga but I wish it would have could continued.

great series

great story

Ich war ja vorher etwas skeptisch, wofür dieser Band noch gut sein soll, nachdem die Geschichte selbst doch mit Band 9 im Prinzip abgeschlossen war. Aber mit dieser Kurzgeschichtensammlung (um es mal so zu nennen) wird die ganze Sache sozusagen richtig 'rund gemacht'.Wer schon immer mal wissen wollte......was gute von bösen Insekten unterscheidet;...wie Kouki zu seiner Narbe kam;...wie sich Masaka und ihr zweiter Mann kennenlernten;...wie das Eheleben von Daikichi und Rin aussieht...sollte sich den letzten Band auch noch zu Gemüte führen. Zwar sind sie nicht unbedingt integraler Bestandteil der Geschichte, aber dennoch interessante Füller für die Lücken, welche durch die diversen Zeitsprünge entstanden sind. Mir haben sie jedenfalls gefallen, diese "wie kam es eigentlich, dass..."-Geschichten.Als kleine Dreingabe gibt es auch noch den Abdruck eines Interviews mit Yumi Unita, die von der Umsetzung des Mangas in einen Anime berichtet. Die Umsetzung in den auch noch existierenden Realfilm kommt leider nur als Randnotiz vor.