Jazz Tangoby AKISATO Wakuni
ISBN4-09-172123-0 Reviewed by Evol Siren What would you do if you met a stranger who looked exactly like you? For Uba Kazuomi, the experience is a complete shock. One day after swimming practice, Kazuomi, the school's champion swimmer, discovers his locker defaced - someone printed the word "SIDA" (pronounced 'shida') on it. Thinking it means the word 'sida' as in 'to die', Kazoumi cleverly incorporates the word into a poem: "Dying sakura blowing in the wind, and I break off..." He then leaves instructions for the unknown culprit to finish the rest of the poem. All throughout the rest of the day he's repeatedly mistaken for someone else. First, he comes home to his mother accusing him of being seen in public holding hands with a man. Next, a much older woman he's sitting next to on the bus puts her hand on his knee and remarks that he must've gotten his hair cut (Kazuomi's hair has always been short). As he gets up to leave, she mysteriously blurts out, "Jazz Tango!" Then, at the beach he encounters an older man who calls him "Sanoumaru" and punches him in the face.
So what does Kazuomi do with his twin? And what does "Jazz Tango" mean? Furthermore, what's with the "SIDA" thing anyway? Find out the answers to these questions and more by reading Jazz Tango! This Akisato Wakuni creation alternates between utterly wacky and totally serious, but either way, it's a unique story with one heck of a plot twist at the end. ^_^
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During the train ride home, he tries to figure out what could possibly be going on and comes up with the idea that there must be some guy walking around who looks exactly like him (naaah, it couldn't be that! ^_^). While he's in deep thought, he notices a young man sitting directly in front of him wearing a girl's school uniform. It turns out to be his doppleganger, the long-haired Sanoumaru! Kazuomi is utterly speechless, and while he's standing there with his mouth gaping open, Sanoumaru suddenly recites, "Dying sakura blowing in the wind, and I break off a young branch to bind your wrists with." And then he leans over, grabs Kazuomi's wrists and kisses him right on the mouth...