Title: ちびまる子ちゃん (Chibimaruko-chan) Vol. 2
Artist/Author: さくらももこ (Momoko Sakura)
Book Size/Pages: A-6, 248pp., w/o furigana
Volume: 2/9
Original Serialization: Monthly Ribon 3/88-3/89
First Printing: 10/22/03
Rating: 4/4

While I like fantasy and adventures stories, there's always room for some clever real-life humor. Like the previous volume, this volume took me a while to finish, but also had me cracking up for most of the time as there events that I could personally relate to growing up.

The print and paper quality is excellent, but on a few pages, it looks like the text and artwork aren't as sharp as the regular pages. Maybe it's a printing error or whatnot. It's noticeable, but doesn't inhibit my reading.

Bonus includes a postcard and a mini-comic in the back.

Some of the chapters I liked in this volume are where she goes to visit a grandmother with the sole intention of getting some money from her, but then getting lost on the way there. Her attempt to get pet birds and then having it fly away just as her friends are coming over to see them. And the time she received an award and during the presentation, had to go to the bathroom. She did the math of counting how many students would come after her and figured that she'd have to hold it for another 10 minutes. Punchline comes as she realized she brought her certificate into the bathroom with her.

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