Video Girl Ai, Vol. 6

by Masakazu Katsura

High-school student Yota Moteuchi is so unpopular that his classmates have given him the nickname "Dateless." So it's no surprise when the love of his life, Moemi, is not interested in Yota but instead is in love with Yota's best friend, Takashi. Yota turns to a video rental shop for comfort, but little did he suspect that the shop was magical and that the cute girl on his rented tape would pop out of the television and try to fix his ruined love...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591166071
• ISBN13: 9781591166078
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

BROKEN HEART PALS

It doesn't look like things are gonna work out between Yota and Noboku but Yota isn't allowed to feel sorry for himself for long as he runs into a strange girl named Natsumi on the subway who's also nursing a broken heart and has come to town to make contact with her estranged boyfriend. Did I mention the fact that she's broke and carrying all her earthly possessions on her back? After she saves Yota from being beaten to a pulp by some street thugs it's kinda hard to refuse to let her stay at his house with him and Ai. Meanwhile videogirl Mai continues to wait for the oppurtune moment to erase Ai. The great thing about the Video Girl Ai series is that all of the chracters are emotionally honest. They might be screwed up in the head and not know where their feelings lie or who they really love, but at least they don't lie about it. They tell and act on what they're feeling at the moment. There are some bad spots of writing in this volume, especially when Yota KNOWS Ai's life is in danger but he forestalls helping her in order to talk things over with Noboku. Katsura's artwork makes up for some of the absurd moments with some of the most delicate and detailed art in the manga business and he's also no slouch in the action department either. I would also recommend the Ah My Goddess tv anime series on dvd.

Made me cry. GREAT BOOK!

I live for this book and now its all over. If you think I'm a perv for reading this book, well that your fault for not realizing how wonderful this manga is. GO buy the whole seriers. You won't go wrong.

I'M MAI, THE VIDEO ERASER

The fifth volume of Video Girl Ai starts of with a cautionary tale as Ai's creator makes her witness the birth of "Mai", a non-defective version of Ai who will do his bidding and not fall in love with the person she's supposed to help. But in a sadistic moment of experimentation, he gives Mai to someone unpure of heart, Naoto, who supposedly is in love with Nobuko. Besides bringing happiness to her master, Mai has another mission....to kill Ai! As Noboku and Yota continue to drift apart, Ai's memories begin to return and along with them, her love for Yota. But with Mai roaming around, will they have time to renew their relationship? When Yota isn't busy stringing along 3 girls at a time, he can be quite likeable. At times though, his failure to commit to any of the girls in his life make him very annoying. Ai's creator is especially intriguing because we still haven't really got an explanation of who he is or what his purpose in creating video girls really is. Masakazu Katsura's art is beautiful and realistic and painstakingly drawn. His fondness for accentuating adolescent angst can get tiring sometimes but when you have 14 volumes you can drag things out as much as you want, for good or bad. The lack of Yota's decisiveness does create an element of suspense though for future volumes. A good read. I would also recommend the anime series Ah My Goddess.