Manga Review - Six Half

Manga Review by Erika

I will introduce Six Half written by Rikako Iketani. This manga was serialized in Cookie (by Shueisha) from the December issue in 2009 to the November issue in January. There is a total of 11 volumes. I read her manga for the first time.

Story
The main character is Shiori Kikukawa, who is a sixteen-year old high school student in grade 2. She is called "Shi-chan" by her family. Her family is only 2 people, Akio and Maho. Akio is a twenty-one year old university student in grade 2 and he is called "A-chan" by his family. Maho is a twelve-year old junior high school student in grade 1 and she is called "Ma-chan" by her family. Their parents are gone because their mother ran away and their father died from a disease.

One day, Shiori is in a traffic accident and then she suffers from amnesia. After she leaves the hospital, she goes home with A-chan. There is a strained relationship. When she goes to her school, she is hated by her friends and classmates. Apparently, she was a show-off girl with loud, extreme fashion before she lost her memory. She doesn't know why she is hated by Ma-chan and the high school students. She doesn't even know who she is. She has nothing. But she knows only one thing, that she is another person now.

She lost her memory so she starts a new life. She falls in love. But she has fallen in love with her brother, A-chan! It is a love that should not come true absolutely. She begins to do modelling work in order to forget about A-chan. She avoids breaking the relationship of her "family" while killing her feeling. While she is in conflict, the relationship with her family and what went on in the past becomes clear.

What will become of her love? Will her memory come back? I cried at the end. I hope you read this manga.