By Ema Toyama (TokyoPop)
ISBN: 978-1-59816-813-6
Young Mayu’s mother owns a café and she loves to help out there, taking great pride in her ability to make all the drinks just right. But after a particularly trying day at school making a fool of herself in front of a boy she’s trying to impress, she accidentally drinks a strange seven-coloured drink meant for somebody else.
That “someone†is Pucho, the magical fairy of beverages, and the foul-tasting drink was meant to transform her into an adult. Because Mayu has swallowed it she has been changed instead – but not in a good way. Now whatever she drinks, other than pure water, will transform her magically! Milk enlarges her, ordinary water makes her invisible and pork soup transforms her into a piglet!
And all this just when she so very desperately needs to look good – and normal! – for that handsome but distant boy Amamiya…
This is a charming and very engaging fantasy/comedy for younger readers, which has much to say about ambition, dreams and the inevitability of growing up. An above average tale that many older readers will also enjoy, this book is printed in the ‘read-from-back-to-front’ manga format.
© 2004 Ema Toyama. All Rights Reserved. English text © 2007 TokyoPop Inc.