Gossip Girl: The Manga, Vol. 1: For Your Eyes Only

I bought this because I had just read the TRAVESTY that was  Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer  and I was depressed and missing the old Gossip Girl books.MAN OH MAN, do I NOT regret my decision.You will love this book if you can agree with any of the following statements:1.) You used to sit in the manga aisle at Border's and read the horrible/awesome romance mangas about quirky girls who have all the boys in love with them. (Peach...Ah! My Goddess!...etc etc)2.) You obsess over Blair Waldorf, think she is flawless, and have several Pinterest boards dedicated to her.3.) You defend the show, the books, and anything affiliated to GG to the death (well, besides that Psycho Killer mistake..), involving fighting on message boards about how Blair is amazeballs and should end up with Chuck/Dan/Nate.Basically, the premise of these books are that Blair is this amazing, hot goddess of a girl, and all the boys are in love with her. (Scratch that: all the UES is in love with her.) This is perturbing to Serena, who returns and is confused why no one loves her anymore. Enter lots of wacky manga humor, Dan as a stalkerish nerd, and lots of beautiful imagery and pretty outfits.Yes, the plot is butchered a little (a lot), but it's actually okay. I promise.

I bought this because I am a fan of the Gossip Girl TV Show on the CW. I don't know if its my inexperience with reading graphic novels but I had a very hard time following this story. It didn't really follow the show (which I wasn't exactly expecting it to, but thought it would be somewhat similar)I found the story to be boring and unrealistic. I really disliked the way the protrayed the characters in this story. I like how in the TV show the characters are dispicable people who do terrible things to one another, but you still feel sympathy for them and like them. I espically like Blair, but I felt like in this version of the story as in the original novel (the only one of the Gossip Girl Novels I read) Blair always get the raw end of the stick where as Serena who is just as bad as Blair if not worse doesn't ever get anything wrong or have anything blow up in her face.The drawings however were extremely beautiful and I loved the illustrations. It's really cool to "look" at and if your a fan of Gossip Girl I think you would definitly like this.

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I'm going to preface this review by saying that I've never read the Gossip Girl series or seen the TV show, so I went into this without any real knowledge of the series. I say that because part of my biggest problem with this was that at times I felt like I was missing out on a lot. (Which I was.)The whole reason I picked this manga up was that it was drawn by HyeKyung Baek, one of my favorite manhwa artists. He's got an amazing style that's not only beautiful to look at but also captures emotions wonderfully. Baek is pretty much the best artist that could have been chosen for this series since much of his work is both dramatic & comedic. As such, the artwork in this book is wonderful & something that I was easily eable to enjoy.However, the story is where I got a little lost. I do know the general idea of the Gossip Girl series but not any of the specifics, so at times I got a little confused as to the whys & wherefores. For the most part the manga is a standalone book where you could read it without having read the novel series, so Baek is also to be congratulated for that as well. (He did the adaptation as well, I believe.)Overall this is a pretty cute manhwa & I'm actually debating purchasing the next book in the series as well as the actual novel series. I'm not a huge fan of the "all mean girls being mean while doing rich things" genre, but I'll admit that it's fun to read every once in a while.

I choose my rated because it was that good. I never thought that it would be a good comic but it is.

I was very reluctant to read this because I figured it would massacre the characters of the TV show (as well as the books). It pretty much did, but the end result was still fun to read and look at. Blair and Vanessa are the main characters, and Serena is relegated to nothing more than scenery. Chuck and Dan are extreeeeme versions of their television selves, and Nate practically doesn't exist. Nonetheless, Blair is still a hilarious manga heroine who remains lovable while acting completely off her rocker, and Chuck makes a wonderful sidekick to her antics. Even the frienemyship that Vanessa and Blair strike up is enjoyable to watch unfold.The only story line that skeeved me out was Dan's little obsession with Blair, but I think most diehard Blair lovers will appreciate how desirable Blair is in this, haha.

Having no knowledge whatsoever of Gossip Girl, I bought this book because of the incredibly beautiful artwork. If you are familliar with this artist, Hye Kyung Baek, who also did a manwha called "Bring it On,"(also published by Yen Press), or if you like shoujo titles, you will enjoy Gossip Girl: for your eyes only. I am always open to trying new things, and I really enjoyed this story. The artwork is really great, and the story is fun and interesting. There is a lot of drama, comedy, romance, and hot looking dudes. It's not really deep, but it's a good fun read.

This is not a manga (japanese comic) but a manwha (korean comic read from left to right), the author is korean too.1st of all, I enjoyed reading this manwha. I like the comdey parts of it, which made me laugh. It was enjoyable, and a different view. However, the art is...more like Barbie looks, which is annoying. I wish it had more asian concept art looks then plastic drawings.

Credetemi, se amate Gossip Girl questo è un manga che fa per voi.

J'ai acheté ce produit en pensant que c'était un livre mais il s'agit en fait d'un manga, ce que je n'avais pas vu dans la description...