In of spite her age Keiko Suenobu is a veteran and decorated comic
artist. Accepted around the globe for her thrilling and often
tragic tales of modern day high school girl troubles, Suenobu is
considered to be one of the most challenging comic artists in the
business. Born in 1979 in the southern Japan town of North Kyushu,
this shojo (girls) comicker is a graduate of the prestigious
University of Tsukuba (a university known for it's ties to the
sciences and economics). Suenobu graduated with a degree in Arts
with a focus on Mass Media.
In 2006, Suenobu won the Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shojo for
her work on the series LIFE.
"I can’t remember the last time I was this freaked out by a
manga... Remember the hubbub over the 2002 non-fiction
book, Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughters Survive
Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of
Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman? Parents had quite the
shocking wake-up call about what their little girls could really be
like among their so-called friends. Limit strips away all
that made-up glamour and privilege, and throws the girls into a
brutal 21st-century Lord of the
Flies-survival-of-the-most-desperate-setting. Thus the nightmare
begins... I’m still shaking (and with that cliffhanger-ending, can
hardly wait to see what happens next)." - The Smithsonian
Institute's Book Dragon
"Suenobo manages to write a scary thriller that’s sophisticated and
suspenseful enough to sustain an adult’s interest; the story’s
occasional Grand Guignol touches add a welcome dash of camp,
preventing the story from sinking under the weight of its Very
Important Message. I can’t imagine what will happen in volume two,
but I’m looking forward to reading it… with the lights on.
Recommended." - Manga Critic
"I realize that even acknowledging the fact that Keiko
Suenobu's Limit isn't your average shoujo story can alter
expectations, but that needs to be said right up front. While many
conventions are adhered to, going into this manga blind is best, so
if you can go ahead and accept that Limit comes highly
recommended, do yourself a favor and pick up the first volume with
a clean slate. Don't even read the synopsis on the back and your
experience might just end up mirroring my own." - Otaku USA
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