Beauty Pop, Vol. 2

By Kiyoko Arai

Book Overview

Beauty at any cost - extreme manga make-over

Although a truly gifted hairstylist, Kiri Koshiba has no interest in using her talent to pursue fame and fortune, unlike the three popular boys in the "Scissors Project" at school. Determined to become the best makeover team in Japan, they give showy makeovers to handpicked girls. As much as Kiri tries to shy away from the Scissors Project spotlight, she finds herself responding to beauty's call...

Kiri's identity as the mysterious "X" who does makeovers behind the scenes is now public knowledge as she competes against hairstylist Narumi. In their one-on-one Scissors Project challenge the hairstylist who loses will receive a haircut by the winner--and must endure whatever that haircut might be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421505762
• ISBN13: 9781421505763
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Loved the bonus story

This manga gets better every time I read it. This one focuses on Shogo and Kiri working around each other. Shogo Narumi can't stand how nonchalant Kiri is. Their back and forth is just hilarious to read. And I love the bonus story in this one on how Kazuhiko, Shogo, and Kei became friends.

Beauty Pop

The reviews for this manga are actually rather misleading. They make Iori out to be a sly and underhanded being. Simply put, Iori is an idiot. Half of what he says is in English and he was always proposing to Kiri's mother. Don't think that he is going to be a cool, coniving character. This fact doesn't take away from the book at all, though. I love Beauty Pop. This was the first manga series that I have ever bought (not read, bought).

So continues the hilarious rivalry

Kiri and Naru-Naru's contest ends with Kiri performing another superb transformation the girl everyone considered hopeless. A new character shows up, from Kiri's past, Iori, who has vowed to make Kiri love him. He appears to be an aromatheraphy/fragrance expert who looks poised to become another member of the Scissors Project. Kiri's mother Emily also returns from Hollywood. It seems she is a famous make-up artist. She returns because Iori implied that her daughter is being bullied. The volume ends with both Kiri and Naru-Naru performing a makeover on the school nurse and a teacher who are getting married. Again this was another hilarious, engaging volume from Kiyoko Arai. Definitely answered some of my questions from Volume 1, but like any good serial replaced them with new mysteries to solve.