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Amazon.com: Othello 7 (Othello (Del Rey)): Books: Satomi IkezawaWell, that's over. The basic plot of Othello is that wimpy Yaya becomes headstrong bringer of justice Nana when under stress. The only thing that is the same about Yaya and Nana (besides that they share the same body) is that they both want to be singers. Satomi Ikezawa does comedy well, so in the beginning of the series when the personality change was played up for laughs the series was pretty good. But as the series wound to a close and Ikezawa tried to insert drama and pathos the unrealistic nature of the story made the series fall flat.
Haven't they ever thought of consulting a health professional?"
In the last volume of Othello Yaya finally found out about the existence of Nana. She was so shocked that she retreated completely giving up control of her body to the Nana personality. Love interest Moriyama for some reason wants the whiny and helpless Yaya back instead of sassy and strong Nana. Also, they decide to keep it to themselves instead of, you know, talking to a doctor.
In this volume Shohei, former lead singer of Yaya's favorite band Juliet, turns up again with an offer to produce Nana. He wants to record an album with her and have her perform in the "Rock Japan" concert. Nana jumps at the opportunity, but has trouble writing her own lyrics for the song Shohei wrote. She finds the lyrics Yaya wrote for the song and tries to pass them off for her own. But since she doesn't understand the feelings behind them can't perform it properly.
Moriyama immediately recognizes the song as Yaya's and helps Nana bring out Yaya to perform it. Through the power of music Yaya and Nana start to reconcile their two personalities and decide to work together to perform. But now that Yaya is stronger Nana can't just take over like she did before, she has to wait until Nana is asleep. Things come to a head when Shohei's ex-bandmate sabotages Nana/Yaya's chance to perform in the concert.
Nana goes on rampage, but Yaya interferes when she tries to administer justice. Together they manage to get the chance to perform and even get the ability to switch back and forth at will. They go on to perform kick ass despite a bout of nervousness on Yaya's part.
The story is okay, if you don't take it to seriously. There are plot holes by the megaton, and I feel like they shouldn't have tried to make it a serious story at all. Ikezawa's art is sketchy and undefined. Besides the typical manga standard of "no background is a good background," the characters themselves are rarely drawn in detail. They have next to no shading and the inking has no difference in line weight. This makes the characters look very flat. Ikezawa is fond of drawing the mouths exaggerated to express the characters emotions. It's kind of ham-handed but it gets the point across. It works better in the comedy portions.
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