***SPOILERS AHEAD!***
Released in 2009 a few months after the end of the series, the Candy Boy manga is a spin-off re-telling of the series. While the manga follows pretty closely to the plot and feel of the anime, several additions add to the overall story of the manga and really help to expand on the Candy Boy series.
Kanade and Yukino Sakurai make a return as the main characters and are just as adorable as ever! Kana however has been made to appear a bit more perverted in the manga than in the anime, especially when it comes to her fantasies about Yuki! :D Yuri is just as adorably ditzy and free spirited and gluttonous as in the series! XD Sakuya still stalks Kana and trades Yuki sweets for pics of her! Shizuku has gotten a bit of an overhaul for the manga. While she still struggles with having to be far from her beloved older sisters she is much more peppy and active than in the anime. She also tends to be more brutal towards Sakuya, as well as being far more supportive of her older sisters! The manga does introduce one new major character to the mix. Yuriko Takanashi(AKA Yuripe) is a new character, Kana's best friend and classmate. She pretty much knows how much Kana "loves" Yuki and is a very good comical counter to some of Kana's habits and perverted thoughts, often doing her best to get Kana to behave herself! :P She also tends to help keep Sakuya at bay whenever Kana and Yuki need some much needed alone time! Several minor characters also add a little depth and drama to the twin's lives, such as Kana's art instructor, and the female clerk at a jewelry store. The slightly larger cast helps to make the Candy Boy manga a much deeper work than the anime!
Oh Kana, your perversion knows no bounds XD
Yuripe is a fun and hilarious addition to the cast :)
Certain events and portions of the twin's back story are also given greater emphasis in the manga. We see how Kana and Yuki began there habit of always sleeping together as well as to how they both ended up going to school in Tokyo. Kana struggling with her school work, as well as Yuki getting a job is also given more oomph, adding depth, and some needed conflict to the story. One of the better but slightly obscured moments in the anime comes out much better here in the manga as well! XD
There financial troubles is given an adorable spin :)
MUCH better than the far-off shot in the anime! XD *nosebleed
The Candy Boy manga is a wonderful retelling of the already great anime, and adds just enough to make it feel new and interesting from the original story! Good comedy, cute art, good conflict, new characters and much more exposition on the girls and events from the anime help make the Candy Boy manga a must read for fans of the anime and yuri in general! :D
Candy Bo(manga) score: 9/10
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