Seinen Nononono by OKAMOTO Lynn

[R4n]

Oh... the "Lynn" part is really misleading hahah ^___^;;

 

[Drmke]

Chapter 63 was interesting.

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the whole "will everyone find out she's a girl" thing was nicely resolved, and we got the next challenge set up. She has to beat the Emperor....not an easy task but I don't really see it as being quite as difficult for her as the characters think it is. But I could be wrong..*shrugs*

 

[Riku]

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It was only matter of time when we are handling ski jumping but, yay, the first finnish character appeared. It's not like I really know japanese, but how you make "stupid" of Paananen? And Paananen sound bit weird to my ear, though it's completly plausible finnish surname. And I wonder if Okamoto just choose the nationality by random, or was he aware that there quite a few acknowledged finnish sport doctors.

Other aspects of the chapter were interesting too. Set up against the Emperor. I think every bet that Kishitani would be the drop out and future support character, but Emperor seems to fall to that role. I mean, Nono just can't lose, can she?

 

[cookie_on_fire]

For your question, Paananen sounds exactly the same as a phrase in Japanese that means "stupid". Although I have a feeling Paananen isn't quite how you're supposed to spell it...But it's not like I know any Finnish

 

[igotthegoods]

Just read chapters 64 and 65 today and I must say... I'm so glad to get back to the humor! Those flashback chapters were just way too sad. Good, but depressing. I needed some humor after that.

Anyway, the scene where Kishitani was "checking to make sure Nono's injuries were healed" was hilarious! And the Emperor's new hairstyle? Who knew he could look so bishie?!

 

[R4n]

I want to see the Emperor's face when he finds out that he kicked his love. He's so gullible like 90% people in nononono

 

[Drmke]

So of course, when I was wanting the Emperor to lose the author goes and makes me care more for the Emperors future Of course, that does make it more fun when they actually do go head-to-head (though, like everyone else, I really just can't imagine a situation where Nono could lose this early).

And regarding the Emperor's new hair style.... I was like "ooo new character". Though personally, I prefer the afro. Every sports series needs a guy with an afro, it just fits.

 

[R4n]

Oh gee, the Emperor kinda upsets me. Why can't he distinguish Nono and Noriko-chan?! I wonder how he would feel once he knows that he had been using violence agaisnt his beloved 'Noriko-chan" >_>

Nononono is an interesting manga. But i am upset with the number of perverts around Nono. *sigh*
Especially after reading the latest english scan. I wish the author would portray Nono as something more than an object of lust for the males around her. Poor Nono... :\

 

[Katsuri]

Nononono is an interesting manga. But i am upset with the number of perverts around Nono. *sigh*
Especially after reading the latest english scan. I wish the author would portray Nono as something more than an object of lust for the males around her. Poor Nono... :\

And the females too, apparently. xD

It was funny how

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Emperor's sister got bewitched by her 'bishounen' attack

 

[igotthegoods]

Yup, perviness must run in the family.

And it does seem like Nono has to constantly thwart the sexual advances of both males and females. She must be too hot for her own good. Too bad the guy she wants doesn't make a move. :/

 

[c_k]

I really loved the ending to chapter 68 where at the end of the chapter in regards to the Emperor's promise to Noriko

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to not hit anyone - and how she makes a promise to let him touch her anywhere. I loved how they made you think that he's gonna be pervy like usual, but he instead kisses her on the cheek, which was pretty sweet. Then like usual, Nono kicks him. She's such a tsundere. I bet that if he touched her in *that* spot, she still would've kicked him. Either way - lose-lose for the Emperor. XD And yet, I love watching him get hit. :3

However, in chapter 69, it looks like the Emperor acts like an ass in front of the guys. He seems like the type who'd exaggerate and give all the details if he ever slept with someone. I can't wait to see what happens next since...

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the coach comes back and finds out Nono is a girl?! I predict he's going to spread the news that she's a girl and people will say he's drunk and whatnot and not believe him.

Anyway, Nono is great and people who haven't read it should try it out, especially for those who are turned off b/c of the gender bender aspect~

 

[Drmke]

Ew dead thread.

So I FINALLY caught up through chapter 77. Nono proves how beastly she is by destroying to competition, but I'm almost worried about how well the Emperor is going to do. You would think Nono has to win since she's the main character but who knows, the author could go in a different direction

But boy does the author know how to make you hate a character. The coach that is planning on blackmailing her is just a despicable, disgusting person in every way! I hope his plan goes astray and he gets in some major trouble.

 

[R4n]

dead thread is dead T__T

I read the latest scanlated Nononono and skimmed the raws. I love the character development, especially Nono's flashback. So now we all know why Nono is very determined to win a gold medal. It is for her father and brother.
However, the event in the competition give Nono another aspect of the motivation. She realized that she truly love ski jumping and want to win a gold medal not out of revenge or obligation, but because she really LOVES it and want to do her best. I think that is really brilliant and i love Nono more and more.

But what i really HATE about this manga is how Nono is treated as 'fanservice object'. EVERYBODY in this manga is lusting on Nono and misery seems to befall her over and over again. I dislike it when fanservice is redundant, and Nononono is full of it.
Because i really like Nono as a character, it really make me angry when other characters treat her as sex object. Grrr... but i still like this manga because of things like i mentioned in the first paragraph. But yeah, the fanservice does bother me a lot.

 

[Drmke]

Nearly all manga contain fanservice to some degree. In Nono, it's more used as a source of comedy meant to lighten the mood up.

 

[R4n]

If you read the raws, not anymore.

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she is molested and almost got raped by the coach. EEEEW! >:/

 

[Drmke]

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Rape is no longer fanservice. That is more the drama portion of the manga. Fanservice is like when they walk in on her in the shower.

 

[cookie_on_fire]

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Yeah, not that much fanservice for the sake of it anymore if I remember correctly. It'll be just mainly drama from now on.

 

[cookie_on_fire]

It ends? Woah, guess I haven't been keeping up with it.
Although I did purchase the newest(?) issue of Young Jump, so I can somehow see it ending...

 

[WickedNeko]

Yeah... it seems like the editors at the magazine canceled the series. Which is too bad, since it leaves couple of mysteries unanswered... like why was the dead body found at the site of fire (where Nono's brother committed suicide) the body of a girl instead of a boy?

On a side note, women's ski jumping seems to be headed to become an Olympic event in 2014 (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/sports/olympics/26olympics.html), so it would have been pretty interesting to see Nono's reaction to that decision.

 

[cookie_on_fire]

Why? D:
It's better than a lot of the crap series I see on Young Jump...

Yeah, the pacing of the story has been pretty slow, so ending like that so suddenly would be hard to explain everything.