First Impression: Mysterious Girlfriend X (謎の彼女X Nazo no Kanojo X)

12 epsisodes | 2012 | PG-13

Hello! As I have said before, I absolutely love the Mysterious Girlfriend X manga. Today, I finally got around to checking out the first episode of the anime adaptation of it, so I will talk about that  a little bit.



(Sorry - I couldn't find it translated!)

The first thing I noticed that I loved, is that they kept all of the drawings and the colors the same. The original author, Riichi Ueshiba, drew in a very unique and retro way, with lots of marker lines and round shapes. I loved that because it was so different, and so I am really glad they kept it that way.

In fact, as far as I can tell (and remember) they have followed the manga almost exactly so far. It is really neat to see these characters come to life. But maybe not so neat to hear all that drool squishing around... I have to keep turning off my speakers whenever she gathers drool because it just grosses me out so much.

One thing I have to say though is that the voice actor who plays Urabe doesn't really fit the character well. I mean, her voice fits I suppose, but she uses too much expression in my opinion. When I was reading the manga, Uraba always gave me the impression of a nonchalant, expressionless, monotone girl - not in a bad way, that was just how she was - but in the anime, she sounds so happy and nice and excited! Definitely not what I was expecting.

Anyways, I am off to watch the second episode now and I am definitely excited to see if they stick to the manga in the future.

One again, many thanks!
Otaku R

News!

MYSTERIOUS GIRLFRIEND X IS BECOMING AN ANIME!!!
(Naze no Kanojo X)

I don't know why this didn't hit me when I was reading the manga and they announced it...but I was just on Anime News Network's website and I saw that it is going to start airing on April 8th in Japan. I am so excited! For some reason, I just love this manga. It's so weirdly amazing.

Anyways, I will eagerly be awaiting the fansubs until it officially comes to America (if I have any subbers reading...hi. I will be your best friend if you sub this. :))

Your Fanatic...
Otaku R!

For more info, you can visit the official Japanese website here...

Or if you prefer to speak English (tsk tsk what kind of a fan are you?) this is ANN's info...

Wonderful Discoveries!

Hello there! I just stumbled across an awesome manga series yesterday and I just had to post about it!

It is called Mysterious Girlfriend X (or 謎の彼女X in Japanese). It has the strangest plot: Akira Tsubaki (17) and Mikoto Urabe (17) are joined together by a "bond of drool". What??? This happens because one day, Tsubaki tastes Urabe's drool after she has fallen asleep at school. He then develops a terrible cold that wont go away. Urabe shows up at his house and makes him taste her drool. He is automatically cured. Now, every day they must meet so that Tsubaki can have some of this drool, in order to not be sick. He starts liking her and asks her to be his girlfriend. 


Sounds like the weirdest and stupidest thing ever, right? Well, this manga is definitely unique. The art is very different (especially in the very beginning). Everything looks hand drawn and even the style is unique. I've never seen any art like it before. 


Anyways, I am not going to go into it too much because I don't want to ruin it for anyone, but if someone is looking for a fresh series to read, please check it out! I love it! I can't wait for the anime of it to come out in April! Ahhhh!!


You can find the scanlation here.


Please check it out and tell me what you think! I don't think everyone will like it as much as I did, but I certainly was glad I found it. 


Sincerely dedicated, 
Otaku R


(And okay, I will admit. It is a slightly ecchi manga. But innocently so! 7 volumes in and they haven't even kissed yet! Trust me, it's not that bad.)