Shounen Shinkaron is a very cute manga by Toshigi Kusanagi-sensei. It was published in Crimson Comics, and has only one single and unique volume. Don�t worry, it has a sequel, Shounen Shinkaron Plus, which has 4 volumes for now. By the way, Shounen Shinkaron means �The Theory of Boys Evolution�.

It�s the story of Sana, 14, a boy who tries to find his place in his father�s shadow. Because Sana�s father, 29 years old Naoki, is also known as Asou Mizuki, a top idol who is supposed to be 16, Sana has to hide his identity. The task is hard since Sana is his father�s perfect portrait, and people tend to think Sana = Mizuki, to the point that when his father can�t go to a show he�s been invited to, Sana often plays his role. Moreover, Naoki has quite a tough character when he�s not Mizuki. Sana has to cope with this situation. Even though he doesn�t show anything, Naoki loves his son and tries to help him, in his own way.

Before I could buy the manga, I had bought Kusanagi-sensei�s artbook, Credo. And before I bought Credo, I had seen a few pictures on the net, particularly the front cover: it was love at first sight. I love Kusanagi Toshiki�s art, I had to buy the artbook, I had to buy the manga. I don�t regret my 35 Euros spent in these 2 items, and I don�t think I ever will. I expected something quite different in the story though, since I had collected very few information about Shounen Shinkaron, I thought Naoki would be the hero, and seeing all the pictures in Credo, I expected Sana to be about 3�

Characters

	Sana is a 14 years old Senior High school boy, quite normal a teen, if his 29 years old father wasn�t pretending to be a 16 yo idol, and if he didn�t look like his father�s twin. Poor Sana begins the story with psychological troubles: he hates his face, because of its similarity with his father�s. People tend to mix Sana with his famous father. It would be rather easy to explain his school mates that he�s not an idol, had he not to keep his existence secret. Why? Because since his father is pretending to be 16, how could he have a 14yo son? Sana isn�t supposed to exist, and a very few people know his existence.
	Sana�s father is the famous idol Asou Mizuki, whose real name is Fujisaki Naoki. Naoki became father at 15, and Sana doesn�t know his mother nor his fater�s story. Mizuki �is� a cute young idol who smiles a lot, with a quiet personality. But Naoki is completely different: he smokes and drinks a lot, he shouts, he hits people etc� He would rather look like Umeda Hokuto in Hanazakari no Kimitachi e. Poor Sana ^^; But don't think that naoki is evil, he hides his true feelings most of the time and he's a little awkward, that's all.
	Sugino (alias Sugi) is Naoki�s manager (or should I say Mizuki�s?). He has also been his friend since school and is always here to help him or Sana. Seems he even took care of Sana very often (because of Naoki�s hard temper, his lazyness, and even because of his work). Sugino is of the cheerful type, though not overly genki. He�s a funny character. ^.^

When you�re used to Hana to Yume manga, where every kanji has its hiragana written, you�ll find it harder to understand Shounen Shinkaron, where hiragana are not used often. It�s also harder to find words in the dictionary� The manga isn�t very difficult to understand though.