Peach Girl Review

When I was younger, Peach Girl was a series I could read or watch over and over and never get tired of it. It is filled with so much drama and intensity that it never got old for me. It focuses on a girl named Momo Adachi, a high school tanned beauty, which due to her tanned skin she undoubtedly gets a horrible reputation in school and is constantly bullied for it. Unknowing to everybody around her, the tanned skin is actually due to the amount of time she spent on the swim team. The bullying causes her to have low-self esteem, especially after the boy she is in love with, Toji, admits he doesnt like tanned girls. Her only 'true' friend, Sae, turns out to be a backstabbing liar out to ruin Momo's relationship with Toji. As Momo struggles to gain confidence and deal with massive obstacles, she attracts the heart of the most popular boy in school, Kairi. But who will Momo choose?

The anime certainly brings the manga to life, so don't worry about missing out on anything. The only problem is that they managed to squeeze 18 volumes of work into 25 episodes, so expect it to be extremely fast-paced. Occasionally the characters can be a little frustrating with Momo's emotional outburts, Toji's denseness, and Sae's witch like characteristics, but luckily we have the fun Kairi to even things out. I guess when I was younger all I was really interested in was the immense drama and girly moments, but even looking back now it was still an overall pretty good anime. If you like your shoujo love-triangles, Peach Girl is one of the top choices!

Genre: drama, romance, comedy

Episodes: 25

Manga Volumes: 18

What is your favourite shoujo love-triangle manga?