Feb 21 2008
Manga Review: Modotte! Mamotte! Lollipop Vol. 5
So it
turns out that this manga will be 6 volumes - with the final volume being released on April 28th. The volume started out a bit cheesy but it was still pretty good. They went to the magic world to meet Zero’s family and his grandma who wanted him to get married and take over the house. Nina was all for it of course but Zero didn’t exactly want to hear the bells just yet. Nina also attempted to learn how to use magic but failed miserably. Also ever since THAT incident, I’m starting to see Ichi as a 3rd wheel. How sad. 
Most of the manga was pretty blah to me, at some points I had no idea what was going on and why they were doing it. It felt like another “page filler” in order to progress with the main purpose of this volume…which I have yet to figure out anyway. Oh well on to the scans.
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most recent Modotte volume. So now Nina Zero and Ichi (as well as the others) are in high school. The only exception is Rokka and Go. Go appears to have become Rokka’s guardian/babysistter and Rokka returned to her original form and goes to an elementary school next door. 
you missed the mushy moments between Zero and Nina, well I recommend you pick up the next to Modotte Mamotte Lollipop books because that’s pretty much all it is. It’s gotten to the point where they add some sort of storyline in order to ultimately conclude with Nino and Zero hugging and/or kissing. But you know what, a cheesy romantic shoujo manga is fine too. 
I wonder if there’s any Mamotte Lollipop fans that still read this blog. Anyway I was at Mitsuwa this weekend and I stopped by their bookstore to see if they had any manga. Sure enough I found volume 1 of the sequel to Mamotte Lollipop…of course when I purchased it, I thought it was volume 1 of the original manga which seems to be missing in action from all manga stores I’ve been to in New York. I read it anyway though, just because I saw the anime and the beginning of the manga did a quick review of what happened. I eventually would like to get the original series but for now I guess I’ll check out the sequel.
They did show a screenshot of the kiss but not what led up to it. After that though, Zero and Ichi went back to the magic world and Nina’s been emoing because Zero hasn’t been showing “love” for her. 
Soo the pearl like goes berserker and sucks out all the life energy out of everyone in school. At this point it also starts zapping the hell out of #’s 1-9. That magic wizard guy shows up and explains that because it lived inside of Nina for so long and was prematurely taken out it didn’t have time to evolve. Now it’s seeking energy to help it evolve and so it’s sucking energy out of everything it sees and if left it will suck energy out of the whole planet!! OH NOEZ!!!!! 
So that girl that fell on her ass gives Nina a potion that will extract the Crystal Pearl out of her. Nina refuses to drink it saying that there’s only 1 day left before the magic exam ends and she wants to be together with Zero and Ichi. Before she can argue about this any further, San and Forte grab it but they are followed by Rokka and Go and keep fighting over it. However, Ichi says that they don’t need the potion and they will protect Nina all the way until the clock strikes 12 on Christmas eve. 
Especially flashbacks that they show of a scene that happened like 5 minutes earlier. 
Yea so anyway Nina’s brain finally clicks that “Hey it’s Christmas soon and that means Zero and Ichi are leaving….IN A WEEK!” (you’re wrong cause actually there’s 2 weeks left of this series!!) Anyway Nina gets all emo and starts avoiding them saying she can be fine on their own. The two of them of course misunderstand thinking that she wants to avoid them once again because they are always with her. Also Nina can’t seem to “choose” between the two of them, although according to my lovely visitors she picks Zero at the end of the manga. 
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