But, when Cello learns some big news it disrupts her focus on school. Guell have admitted their feelings for one another, there's seemingly no movement on the romance front. It's the end of the school year (and this series) and Cello must pass her final exams, or she'll be a third-year freshman! While Cello and Dr.
and is rewarded with a happy life.Īll-in-all a delightful and refreshing story that is worth reading.and then reading over again.The story: The island of Opal is home to tropical birds and magical craftsmen - dubbed palettes - who can manipulate colors. This is a relatively angst free adventure about a girl who is a free spirited screw up - but she tries her best. Sometimes as an adult I get tired of emotionally angsty romance between pre-teens. I think this is mainly due to the fact that the main character falls in love with a "somewhat" adult. Of the handful of Kusakawa's stories I've read, I like this one the best. It adds that bit of needed warmth and humour. Guell's bird Olga acts like a hauty girlfriend, and Cello's bird Yoyo acts like her father. The characterization of the birds adds element that would have otherwise been lacking from a strictly plot-based story such as this. They know who they are, they just need to play out the situations they are given as best as they can.
But in Kusakawa's worlds her characters are already finished "baking" they're fully formed. I'm usually a big advocate for heavy character-development stories. The romance element, and character development take a back-seat to the fun and adventurous stories. They always feel a bit like folk or fairy tales. A slightly fantastic story with magical elements in a world that is easy to imagine, but hard to believe in. This story too, is very much something she would write. Her art is easily distinguishable among the noise of shoujo manga. The art is typical of Nari Kusakawa work, somewhat simple with rigid pen/ink drawn lines and obnoxiously large eyes. Guell" who can remove any spilled colour from his students. She is a frequent visitor and "friend" of the school doctor "Dr.
She has been paired with the bird "Yoyo", but is unfortunately a bit of a screw-up and can't seem to master the 12 secret colours. Cello, by sheer luck, has been given a chance to become a palette and is currently enrolled in the training school. Each palette is paired with a bird which are seen as the treasures of the Island. Opal is known for its palettes, or people who have the magical ability to extract colour from objects and use the colour to paint other objects: like brocade, and precious jewels. This is a shoujo story about Cello who lives on the tropical Island of Opal.
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