''Minima!'' is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by Machiko Sakurai. It was cancelled in February 2008.

Manga

The manga was licensed for an English-language release in North America by

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. As of February 2009,

had released 4 '' bound volumes'' of the manga.

Volume list

Reception

Mania.com's Nadia Oxford and

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's Deb Aoki comments on the manga's realistic portrayal of a high school girl who is a victim of bullying. Pop Culture Shock's Katherine Dacey criticises the manga artist's artwork saying that Sakurai "has a limited repertoire of character designs, and a tendency to draw vaguely alien faces with bulging eyes and foreheads." Casey Brienza at

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commends the manga's ability to seamlessly "shift from human-sized perspectives to toy-sized ones and back again".

References

External links

Official Betsufure ''Minima!'' website
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