While Shinshoku Kiss’s artwork is clean and attractive, the writing failed to draw me in.
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What They Say
Aspiring teen dollmaker Kashiwagi Kotoko runs into her favorite doll designer, Fool. He curses her with a shinshoku kiss. Now Kashiwagi has to make dolls for her or else Fool will turn her into an old lady!
The Review
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Once again proving that manga artists can make almost any unassuming activity into a life-or-death situation, Shinshoku Kiss drops high-school student Kotoko Kashiwagi headfirst into the surprisingly cutthroat world of doll-making. Kotoko’s entry in a doll-making competition attracts the attention of a world-famous doll maker (and Kotoko’s personal idol) who goes only by the moniker of “Fool”. This attention turns out to be a double-edged sword when Fool (real name: Yuta Kujyo) abducts Kotoko, places a curse on her, lets her suffer a day at school, and the