Happy Hustle High: Volume 1

by Rie Takada

Book Overview

What happens when an all-girls' high school reigning tomboy finds out her school is about to be filled with boys? Hanabi Oozora is a rambunctious 16-year-old tomboy who comes to the rescue of her less... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591169127
• ISBN13: 9781591169123
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Happy hustle high volume 4

This is an way fun read. The characters are interesting and very funny. It is your typical shoji manga and very enjoyable!

Terrific Finish

In this final volume of Happy Hustle High, we get to see the relationship grow between Hanabi and Yasu grow. After meeting her father, Yasu decides its time to bring Hanabi to his apartment, where they make love together in his apartment. Afterwards Hanabi begins to feel uneasy as Yasu realizes he can touch girls and talk to them without seeing them as 'chicks (baby chicks)'. Soon he begins to leave Hanabi on her own at times to chat it up with the girls and Hanabi becomes jealous. The ending will make you smile. This was a really great read, and good wrap up to the series. I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good story.

Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow. . .

Note: I will clue you in to something that I found out the hard way: H3 is only 5 volumes. THAT'S IT, End of the line; Do not pass GO, do not collect $200. Also, Children beware, this is not for kids. Well, it's not too bad, but some jokes will go right over the head of someone under 15. On to my review: This is one of my favorite series. The characters have interesting personalities that keep you guessing because everyone has a back story, they are as developed as 5 volumes will let them be, which is adequate. I was rooting for Hanabi the whole time, because she was so funny. In fact the whole series is a great comedy, people have said it before, this is not the most believable series, but it is the most fun I've had in ages. It's a great read while I am desperately waiting for the new Boys over Flowers volume to come out. The artwork is adorable and full of emotion, complete with great backgrounds of the ocean. I've stopped giving out spoilers in my reviews, so all I will say is that this is, to me, the epitome of the shoujo genre, it's got romance, teenage angst, school problems, parental problems, love triangles and bishonen (beautiful men). I have so many questions because the end kind of leaves you hanging, but all in all lovely. I would recommend this series for anyone who is just getting into Shoujo. Everyone recommends classics like Mars, Sailor Moon and Fruits Basket etc but while those are all great series, they are admittedly long-winded (With the exception of Mars which ends in 15 volumes). The Verdict: If you have been searching for a cute love story with a happy ending this 5 volume series is shoujo at it's finest. Highly Recommended. A-

Volume 1 is a great start

Unlike some reviews on this page the following one is for the first volume: In Happy Hustle High (originally published as H3 School), Hanabi Ozora is a 16 yr old tomboy whose all-girl school is being intergrated with Meibi High (an all boy school). Hyper and cute, Hanabi is excited to have the boys around and on the first day meets the cute student council vice president, Yasuaki Garaku, who seems to want nothing to do with her or any girl. To help her shy and lovestruck friends, Hanabi agrees to fill in as a student council rep. Her first task? Make dating 'legal' again within the school. This means she'll have to get approval from Yasuaki. I don't want to give too much away and ruin the fun of reading this manga (since that all it really is: fun), but you'll see Hanabi finding herself being in 'like' with both Yasuaki as well as his 'rival' Tokihisa Aido. Personally, I really like this manga so far. Rie Takada has a nice clean style with good looking guys and cute girls. The story is nothing we haven't seen before, but I thought everything just really seemed to work. Yes Hanabi is lucky finding herself in the midst of a budding love triangle with the school's best looking guys, but she's such a likeable character it didn't annoy me, I was instead cheering her on. If your looking for a cute, funny, and pretty short (I think it's only 5 vol.) series that is perfect for the manga reader who is looking for something a bit more mature, then I highly recommend Happy Hustle High.

Have read all 4 volumes..Love it!

I agree like some shoujo titles this one is deifnately for the older teens versus the young ones who some jokes might not click with them. I LOVED this graphic novel and the characters in my opinion do seem cliche at first, BUT the difference is Yosuke's fear of girls...thats just real cool to see, especialy when his got the relationship with the ultra-hyper Tomboy Hinabi! Its a 5 star series so far in my opinion! Sorry for the miss-spelling of their names but dont have the book on me to check them.