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This review is of the first volume of Mizutama Panic. light novel series.

Japanese title: みずたまぱにっく。 This is MIZUTAMASHIRO!!
English title: Mizutama Panic. This is MIZUTAMASHIRO!!

Author: Hasegawa Keisuke
Illustrator: Nanakusa
Available volumes: 2 volumes (ongoing)

Publisher: MediaWorks
Label: Dengeki Bunko

Mizuta Mashiro, a 13 year old, is always wearing a towel around his head and clothed with a sweatsuit. He was hired as a helper in the girls' dormitory.

The dormitory has four beautiful girls living in it; Atomi Shinobu(above Mashiro's room), Narumi Chihiro, Fujima Hinata and Suzuhashi Meguru.

Shinobu, Chihiro, Hinata and Meguru are a heartthrob quartet in St. Angelica female junior high school, of which Mashiro is also a student.

Everyone wants to become acquainted with them, but nobody knows their true identity... except the dorm mother Asamiko.

Shinobu is a long browny blond-haired girl who is curious about the new "member" of the dorm.

Chihiro is a short-haired, strong-minded girl who has a less welcoming behavior towards Mashiro.

Hinata is a mild, meek green-haired girl and tends to sleep right away even if she is standing.

Meguru is a black haired girl that's often accompanied by a rabbit-like animal (she's related to Asamiko).

After the self introduction, Asamiko forced Mashiro to change clothes into a frilly maid dress. Shinobu, Chihiro, Hinata and Meguru were all shocked and upset by this scene. "He" is very cute in a maid dress! And that is because, in reality, Mashiro is a girl.

But why are they so shocked and upset?
Their unexpected secret will be revealed at the midpoint of this volume.

To emphasize this unlikely surprise in the plot, the story is only narrated from Mashiro's point of view, but after the secret is revealed, the story is narrated only from a first-person point of view, which is a bit monotonous. Anyway, I think it's a minor defect.

Reviewed by: wakataka423

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The Japanese publisher Asahi Sonorama announced back in June that it will be dissolved at the end of September. Asahi Shimbun will be continuing the publication of 3 of Asahi Sonorama's manga magazines, and it will also take over the publication of Asahi Sonorama's novels, novels that were previously published by Asahi Sonorama under these labels: Sonorama Bunko and Sonorama Novels.

On October, Asahi Sonorama's light novel label Sonorama Bunko will be succeeded by a new label from Asahi Shimbun, the label is titled: Asahi Bunko Sonorama Selection (朝日文庫ソノラマ・セレクション). while Asahi Sonorama's Sonorama Novels label will be continued as it is by Asahi Shimbun.

Source: Sonorama Bunko Monthly Hotline