Title: Ritan (Return)
Author: MIURA, Noriko
My Evaluation: B (Very Good)
This is basically a comedy about a dead boy whose body was hit by a truck but whose soul took over a body of a girl in a temporary coma. As you may know, this kind of situation is not unusual in manga, but as you may also know, starting from the same situation, there are many variations for the development of the story. Return’s Miura has a very good sense about it: she makes you aware of “the loveliness of the life” after lots of laughter.
The work includes some moderate sexual expressions.
Story:
One day Kai, a highschool boy, rode tandem on the motor cylcle with Tatsuki, his best friend, and met a severe acciedent. When he got aware in hospital, he was in the body of a stranger, Marika, a girl at the same age. After rushing into his own funeral at home and seeing his body in the coffin that was desparingly damaged, Kai reluctantly transferred to his old shool as a new girl student where he met Tatsuki again who survived the accident.
At first, Tatsuki felt as if the god had listened to his plea to revive Kai, but soon he noticed it would be almost impossible to keep the same friendship as before with a girl of such an attractive appearance. To make the story more complicated, there would be one day when Marika’s soul should return and Kai’s disappear eternally. Kai and Tatsuki were bewildered about how to do their relationship…
Data: Scanlation seems available here.
