More books from this author: Usamaru Furuya

Other books in this series. About Usamaru Furuya Furuya debuted as a manga artist in an avant-garde comics magazine called Garo in Since then, his manga have appeared in Young Sunday and other major weekly magazines.

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Our customer reviews Reason for Reading: The first book in the series intrigued me but at that time I didn't know this was only a trilogy. I was trying volume two to see if I would continue on with the series. Obviously since there is one book left, , I will finish the trilogy to see how it all ends. However, had this been a sampling of a larger, longer series I would not have continued on. Picasso's character has developed some. He is no longer whiny and childlike when called upon to help someone through his drawing.

He knows it is a necessary thing he must do, as he does not want to rot, but he considers it a nuisance in his life which he would just prefer everyone to leave him alone so he can draw. Now that he's helped several people in his class they are drawn to him and he actually has friends though he doesn't appreciate this at all until he gets invited to join a few of them to an amusement park and we see Picasso enjoy himself for the first time.

It gives you jsut the right amount of anxiousness about what is going to happen and when all these people surround picasso the more change there is in him because he made a friend. And all the people he help even thou they dont remeber want to be near him or jsut think hes intresting enought to follow him more then before.

The grapgisc in the book really make you Genkaku Picasso, Vol.


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The grapgisc in the book really make you understand te story ,his drawings are realistic and yet still cartoonish. I think the way the author makes people do this is great becasue it pull you in to the world without you knowing so it is around you. I'd still recommend it to people who like mystery and psychology becasue this does show they way people can think, and if you can determine why the picture picasso drew is as it is then you will know you are pretty good at profiling.

And the whole story is so mysterious so they reader will keep following untill it is finishe and still want more, till the next book. Nov 03, Patrick Nguyen rated it it was amazing. I think that this book can teach you guys a lesson. Its shows that bullying and harassing is a bad thing. He was drawing girly things and some of his classmates saw it and started to call him a girl. I think that's really mean. It was so cool when Picasso was drawing and all of a sudden he gets sucked into it. Its like a whole new world to him.

Its a world where he has to solve other peoples problems.

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This was a very interesting boo I think that this book can teach you guys a lesson. This was a very interesting book to me. Feb 05, Skjam! This series continues to have some very interesting "internal fantasy world" sequences, in the service of some fairly generic real-world teenaged angst. Of particular interest is the whole "Borise World" thing where it's so very very obvious that Borise is Disney, but just enough small details are changed to avoid lawsuits.

For more This series continues to have some very interesting "internal fantasy world" sequences, in the service of some fairly generic real-world teenaged angst. For more shounen manga reviews, see http: Jan 25, L. The pattern is still the same: Hikari sees "the darkness in people's hearts," draws it, and then tries to help them solve their problems, with the help of his ghost-friend, Chiaki.

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The students' difficulties get more interesting and complicated in this volume, mostly revolving around gender and sexuality which makes sense in a teen manga. Since this is only a 3-volume story, I will de Vol. Since this is only a 3-volume story, I will definitely finish it up. Aug 05, Amethyst rated it really liked it. The storyline is great and I love how there is only three books inatead of like the usual that generally comes when reading manga, and all the books are realitively big, but not like monsterous which is awesome!

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I just love the whole plot, but I feel so bad for Picasso since even though he helps people reluctantly no one knows it so they think he's juat this random creeper Mar 21, Snow rated it really liked it Shelves: A side-character is transgendered and the experience is handled respectfully, though things are resolved a bit easier than they would be in real life. But a little fantasy is never bad. Jul 03, Kimikimi rated it really liked it Shelves: I'm kind of loving the more realistic art of this, although for a realistic style the content itself is goofy and idealistic.

Picasso continues to be weird and alienating, but he's making more friends as he helps more people. Oct 16, Magenta Cooly rated it liked it Shelves: This one had a few good stories in. A FEW, mind you.

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Everything takes a weird turn in this one. Not with the main characters, but the people Picasso helps.


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  • Quite a lot of homosexuality being posted around in this one, and that includes the story with the cross-dressing boy too. Feb 07, 2bnallegory rated it really liked it Shelves: I really like the art and the stories were varied and tackled many different and hard issues. Nov 14, Casseroll rated it liked it. Mar 26, Jezebelle Creek rated it liked it Shelves: Better than vol 1. Sad that vol 3 is finale: So far, the storylines have focused primarily on classmates and probably that is all that needs to be done for now. So, it was quite interesting to see this featured in this latest volume and how it was handled.

    Nicola Mansfield Top Contributor: The first book in the series intrigued me but at that time I didn't know this was only a trilogy. I was trying volume two to see if I would continue on with the series. Obviously since there is one book left, , I will finish the trilogy to see how it all ends. However, had this been a sampling of a larger, longer series I would not have continued on.

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    Picasso's character has developed some. He is no longer whiny and childlike when called upon to help someone through his drawing. He knows it is a necessary thing he must do, as he does not want to rot, but he considers it a nuisance in his life which he would just prefer everyone to leave him alone so he can draw. Now that he's helped several people in his class they are drawn to him and he actually has friends though he doesn't appreciate this at all until he gets invited to join a few of them to an amusement park and we see Picasso enjoy himself for the first time.

    There is a very graphic image in the Bonus extra cartoons section at the back even though "censored" has been written over the part where you would see something. The first story deals with the competitive nature between two boys who've known each other since elementary and one now has a girlfriend who he tells every little detail about their relationship but won't introduce her to his friend.

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    The last story is about a girl whose life revolves around one certain dream coming true and when she hits disappointment her sense of worth is shattered. I'm glad the book ended with a good story. All the main characters are interesting, the stories I didn't like don't affect the overall dynamics of the main group and I am interested to see how the story wraps up. The promo at the back suggests Picasso will have to face some of his own demons.

    One thing that keeps this trilogy fresh, is the artwork which is amazing.


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    In this volume Picasso spends time sketching ants and human muscles with fine detail and of course his pictures he draws when he finds the darkness in someone's heart are incredibly detailed and beautiful. Though I do have to say, volume one's art impressed me more. I have a little trepidation as to what vol.

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