Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Comic #1
Released: April 2006.
Today, I am going to review the first of a mini series of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi comic books. Let's see if they stack up the same way the main cartoon series did.
1. Puffy Magic Guitar.
Written by: Janet Harvey.
Illustrated by: Phil Moy.
Yumi arrives back on the tour bus with a new electric guitar. She is so thrilled with it, she plays it endlessly. Eventually, Ami gets fed up with the noise and once she says "I wish you'd be quiet!", Yumi ends up being quiet, meaning that the guitar is magic and grants 3 wishes. This also spells disaster since they have a gig that night. Kaz has a little fun with the guitar, wishing for a gigantic load of money, as Ami tries to tug it from him, ending up breaking the guitar. The gig does poorly later due to Yumi being as quiet as a mouse. Ami has an idea and she and Yumi put the guitar back together, wishing for everything to be back the way they were before Yumi went quiet.
I must say, this comic story was quiet hilarious! It also further proves how greedy Kaz is, wanting all the money in the world! This story also proves that you should be careful what you wish for because if you do wish for something and the wish comes true, it may not end up the way you expected it to happen. Oh well, Kaz did get his comeuppance in the end, losing all the money he wished for!
My rating: 10/10.
2. The Verse That Could Happen.
Written by: Sean Carolan and Jennifer Moore.
Illustrated by: Phil Moy.
Yumi is looking for Ami and eventually finds her, only to discover that she's writing a song and has found on the tip of her tongue, a rhyme for orange. Once Ami forgets it, Kaz and Yumi spend their time helping her find the rhyme. Eventually, Ami gets annoyed by a squeaky door hinge, only to figure out that that was a perfect rhyme for orange. However, once Ami gets to the word silver, she realised there was no rhyme for silver.
Well, this sure was a wacky misadventure, looking for a rhyme with orange. If you have an accent where R's are always pronounced, even at the end of words, then "Door hinge" does rhyme with "Orange", but in accents where R's aren't always pronounced, Door Hinge and Orange don't rhyme. I'm pretty sure Ami could've looked for other words that rhyme with orange. I can think of some: Hinge, Binge, Singe, Tinge, Storage, Forage, Porridge. And the ending is true! There is no rhyme for silver.....except maybe Quiksilver, or maybe Wilder. But still, crazy and funny.
My rating: 9.5/10.
3. Ready...Set...Go!
Written by: Sean Carolan and Jennifer Moore.
Illustrated by: Phil Moy.
After a failed gig, all thanks to the sticky taped old set on stage, Kaz has no choice but to buy a new set. With nobody agreeing on what the set should be of, (Ami wants unicorns, Yumi wants stonehenges, Kaz wants a disco ball) they choose all 3 of their decisions. Because of Kaz' disco ball, some of the audience goes blind and they all run out of the gig. Due to the failure of the gig, Ami, Yumi and Kaz decide to draw on T-shirts to sell.
This was yet another crazy misadventure. Boy was Kaz eager to spend some money in this! Unlike him. I'll bet this gig wouldn't failed if Kaz didn't interfere with his disco ball! Too bad he did. Kaz and his silly tricks. Would've been better if it was just Ami's decision, making Yumi further disapprove since Ami's the girly-girl and Yumi's the tomboy. I'd say not having Kaz' decisions, only Ami's and Yumi's.
My rating: 9/10.
Comic observations:
Ami's reference to the possibility of the magic guitar in Puffy Magic Guitar having 3 wishes references genies in Arabian folklore having the ability to grant 3 wishes. Remember, don't believe everything you read or watch, especially this comic.
Some of the audience going blind in Ready...Set...Go! is similar to The Simpsons episodes The Otto Show and Homer the Vigilante where in the former, one member of the fictional Spinal Tap gets blinded by a laser whereas in the latter, Jasper is hit by a laser, restoring his vision and later, hit by another laser, killing his vision again.
And at the end of The Verse That Could Happen and Ready...Steady...Go!, there's a chart that teaches readers how to speak some Japanese words and what those words mean in English.
Final thoughts:
This comic was a nice one overall! A nice start to this very short series of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi comic books. Showing Ami and Kaz messing around with a magic guitar, Ami looking for a perfect rhyme with "Orange", and then, Ami, Yumi and Kaz mess up a gig by not deciding what the final set of their gig should be.
Comic rating: 9.5/10.
HHPAY Comic stories so far:
1. Puffy Magic Guitar: 10/10.
1. Puffy Magic Guitar: 10/10.
2. The Verse That Could Happen: 9.5/10.
3. Ready...Set...Go!: 9/10.
Series so far: 9.5/10.
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