Bunny Drop, Vol. 8 (Bunny Drop, 8) Paperback – April 23, 2013

I was first introduced to Bunny Drop (Usagi Drop on various Scanlation sites) via its anime. Anyone who loves the manga will find much to like about the anime. It stays pretty close to the first four volumes of the series. As other reviewers have noted, volume 8 centers on Rin Kaga, a 16 year old high school student, and Daikichi Kawachi, her 40 year old guardian. Listed as "josei" style manga, it is written with young women as its target audience. Since I'm not even close to the intended audience, I would argue that this manga has wider appeal. Briefly, volumes 1-4 focus on how Rin and Daikichi become a family; she was the six year old "love child" of his grandfather when they meet, and how Daikichi learns the joy and stress of being a parent. All 8 volumes are a pleasure to read, especially for anyone who is a parent. Yumi Unita has the characters evolve and develop and I began to care what happens to both Rin and Daikichi. With volume 5, we get a 10 year leap in time. Whereas the first four volumes tended to be about Daikichi and his thoughts on family and fatherhood, volumes 5 and up are more about Rin and her trials and tribulations as a teenager. Some reviewers dislike the disconnect between the first part of this series and the later part, but I think that both work well and there are references in the later volumes to events in the earlier ones. In volume 7, Rin finally meets her biological mother, Masako. While it was strained, Rin was happy to final meet her. The series also has a lot of humor and tender moments. In volume 8, the emotional moments far outnumber humorous ones. For example, at one point, Rin returns to visit Masako after the birth of Masako's daughter. Rin is thrilled to have a sister. During the visit, Rin overhears Masako singing a song as the baby goes to sleep. Rin recalls Masako singing the same song to her and at that moment begins to see Masako as her "mother." It is a very moving scene and again shows me how good a writer Unita is. In closing, if you want to read the best in manga and think that it is important to support good manga artists, then I highly recommend that you buy this series. I'm looking forward to buying volume 9, which resolves some of the plot lines. There is also a volume ten, which deals with some of the events during the 10 year gap between volumes 4 and 5 and tells us what happens to some of the main characters later on. I really hope that Yen Press publishes all ten volumes. For now, I'll end by saying that this is a fantastic series and I highly recommend it.

Readers who have made it this far in the series know full well where the story is going, so to avoid spoilers I won't go into detail there. Either you like it or you don't, and personally I wish the series had ended rather than timeskipped.That said, Yumi Unita knows how to write teens. With everything going on in their lives, Rin, Kouki and Reina react exactly as teenagers would in the situations they've found themselves in. Daikichi, too, is well-written and just as sweet as ever.If you've read this far, there's no reason to stop now. The quality is what we've come to expect, and is the main redeeming factor in this title.

This is a series I'm currently into, and I'm glad I found it! I love the story, the artwork, and how it all unfolds. I love to read manga, and this series' style was unusual to the genre, which is why I was drawn to it. I'm glad I got it!

I loved the story from the start. The writer did a great job developing the plot and the images were fantastic.

They are good books and they came in good condition.

great series

Awsome

**WARNING - The book description above contains MAJOR SPOILERS. Try to avoid reading it if at all possible. Strangely it does not match the back cover text, which does not have the spoilers.**While a slice of life manga, Bunny Drop has been following it's central characters for seven proceeding volumes and is heading towards it's conclusion in volume 9. This volume also has significant plot developments. It really isn't a good place to start reading.** Note: There will be no spoilers for volume 8 in this review, but I will be discussing the structure of the series as a whole in general terms as well as my thoughts on the authors choices (in vague language without plot details).**Bunny Drop volumes 1-4 were the story of thirty year old bachelor Daikichi and his choice to adopt a six year old relation (Rin) that no one else would help. It explored the everyday difficulties of being a parent an was quite excellent. Volume 5 saw a ten year jump ahead to Rin's high school years. The story put more focus on the characters social lives, rather than the family dynamics from the first half. I still found it enjoyable, but not as quite as good.While there isn't another time skip, Volume 8 moves the story in a somewhat different direction again. It's built well, is totally consistent with previous volumes and is true to the characters... and is very much something many people aren't going to be happy or comfortable with. This is NOT where you would have guessed the series would go when you started volume 1, nor even when volume 5 shook things up. It's not particularly where I want things to go.But this isn't my story, this is Yumi Unita's. And this volume really is exceptional in the way the story unfolds, from writing to artistic touches to characterization, etc. It's a great installment in the series even if it's not what I expected or hoped for.So if you can't check your preconceived notions at the front page, this really probably isn't worth reading nor the series continuing with. If you're ok with going where Unita wants to take you, this is a highly recommended piece of writing and art. Just again, be forewarned...

You've now been warned. This story starts really cute but in the the she marries the guy that raised her. It's a sudden and disturbing twist around book 8/9. So disappointing because it starts so cute.

Nun ist es also soweit, Rins leibliche Mutter Masako bekommt ihr zweites Kind. Während Rin sich schnell mit der Situation -und Masakos noch immer namenlosen Mann- anfreundet und ihr gute Seiten abgewinnt, ist Daikichi alles andere als begeistert. Aber auch an einer anderen Front bewegt sich etwas. Koukis Mutter heiratet zum zweiten Mal. was Kouki ziemlich aus der Bahn wirft - hauptsächlich, weil nicht Daikichi der Auserwählte ist. Dies zwingt auch Rin zum Nachdenken, die ausserdem zum ersten Mal Annäherungsversuche von einem Mitschüler bekommt. Die Ergebnisse dieses Nachdenkens sind überraschend, nicht nur für Rin.Yumi Umita bringt die Geschichte jetzt mit nur noch wenig Nebenhandlungen voran. Dies ist vermutlich dem Aufbau geschuldet, da zu Anfang von Band 8 der ganze Ausgang noch völlig offen, die Länge aber von Anfang an konzeptionell auf 10 Bände ausgelegt war. Konsequenterweise geht es jetzt nicht mehr gemächlich, sondern Schlag auf Schlag zur Sache. Mir gefällt das, denn langsam will ich auch wissen, wie es ausgeht - daher wieder volle Punktzahl von mir.