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I.N.V.U.
Manga Review
Sey is a 16-year-old whose social predilections are in question. It doesn't help matters when she wakes up one morning to find her mother moving to Italy. This thrusts the pretty schoolgirl into a tangle of plot convolutions and character inter-relationships of a kind usually found in a Shakespeare comedy (one that includes women dressed as men, by the way).
 All this and more can be found in Kim Kang Won's I.N.V.U. (Innocent Nice Vivid Unique), which is being reprinted in English by TokyoPop. This is a delightful romance manga that sports an easy going style to go with its willowy, attractive characters. Fans of the sub-genre will enjoy the slightly bittersweet tomfoolery of schoolgirls, teachers, modeling agents, and rollerbladers. The soap suds bubble with a hint of mystery in this well written, well paced comic.
Below: Artwork from I.N.V.U.
Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, November 2003
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