Little Cry Baby Explained

Ja Kanji:泣き虫なリトル
Ja Romaji:Nakimushi na Little
Genre:Yaoi
Type:manga
Author:Keiko Kinoshita
Publisher:Taiyo Tosho
Published:February 2, 2004

is a Japanese manga anthology written and illustrated by Keiko Kinoshita. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga on 27 June 2007.[1]

Reception

Leroy Douresseaux, writing for Comic Book Bin, described the manga as "non-graphic", noting the stories were tied together by featuring boys and young men who "cry at the simplest things". He preferred the short story "Raika".[2] Patricia Beard, writing for Mania Entertainment, found the "whispy, linear style" of Kinoshita's artwork made her feel as if she was witnessing the emotions changing, not just as still pictures on a page, and enjoyed the writing of the short stories.[3] Katherine Farmar, writing for Comics Village, found the BL stories in the anthology had a "very effective atmosphere of wistful yearning", but found "Raika" "creepy". Farmar also noted the "sketchiness" of the artwork, feeling this lent the characters an air of being "as reluctant to stake out a permanent place on the page as to make a definite declaration of love."[4]

References

  1. Web site: Juné Manga - Little Cry Baby . 2009-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090531162707/http://www.junemanga.com/books/361/ . 2009-05-31 . dead .
  2. Web site: Keiko Kinoshita's Little Cry Baby (Boys' Love).
  3. Web site: Little Crybaby Vol. #01 - Mania.com . 2009-12-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090601223614/http://www.mania.com/mangareviews/little-crybaby-vol01_article_83198.html . 2009-06-01 .
  4. Web site: Comics Village - Little Cry Baby . www.comicsvillage.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090409033738/http://www.comicsvillage.com/review.aspx?reviewID=599 . 2009-04-09.