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{{Short description|Manga series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Menkui!
| image = Menkui!.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption =First volume, English edition
| ja_kanji =
| ja_romaji =
| genre = [[Yaoi]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = [[Suzuki Tanaka]]
| publisher = [[Libre Publishing|Biblos]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher |NA= [[Blu Manga]]}}
| demographic =
| magazine = [[Magazine Be × Boy]]
| published =
| first = July 2000
| last = June 10, 2003
| volumes = 3
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''Menkui!'''''|メンクイ!||"Only Attracted to Good Looks"|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] written and illustrated by [[Suzuki Tanaka]]. It is licensed in North America by [[Blu Manga]], the yaoi imprint of [[Tokyopop]], which released the manga between May 2006 and January 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blumanga.com/series_detail.php?page=3&series=menkui |title=Menkui! Volume Summary |publisher=[[Blu Manga]] |accessdate=26 November 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026135839/http://blumanga.com/series_detail.php?page=3&series=menkui |archivedate=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Reception==
Julie Rosato, reviewing the first volume for Mania Entertainment, enjoyed the chemistry between the characters, enjoying the "sweet high school romance" between the pair. Rosato recommended the volume to teens or people new to the boys love genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/menkui-vol-01_article_82889.html|title=Menkui! Vol. #01|last=Rosato|first=Julie|date=7 June 2006|publisher=Mania Entertainment|accessdate=26 November 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101034919/http://www.mania.com/menkui-vol-01_article_82889.html|archivedate=1 January 2012}}</ref> A.E. Sparrow, writing for IGN, regarded the first volume of ''Menkui!'' as being "a pretty good primer on what this whole shonen-ai thing is all about".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.comics.ign.com/articles/709/709190p1.html|title=Menkui Vol. 1 Review|last=Sparrow|first=A.E.|date=18 May 2006|publisher=[[IGN]]|accessdate=26 November 2009}}</ref> Sandra Scholes, reviewing the first volume for Active Anime, enjoyed the artwork and felt the story was interesting, and explained some Japanese terms and generally had humour.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://activeanime.com/html/2009/01/16/menkui-vol-1/ |title=Menkui! Vol. 1 |last=Scholes |first=Sandra |date=16 January 2008 |work=Active Anime |accessdate=26 November 2009 }}<!-- http://www.activeanime.com/html/content/view/4439/71/ --></ref> Katherine Farmar, writing for Comics Village, describes the main story as being "mostly plotless and very low-key", and regarded Tanaka's art style to be the main draw for this "deeply sweet" story.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comicsvillage.com/review.aspx?reviewID=689 |title=Menkui! Volume 1 (Suzuki Tanaka) |last=Farmar |first=Katherine |work=Comics Village |date=12 August 2009 |accessdate=26 November 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121123233/http://comicsvillage.com/review.aspx?reviewID=689 |archivedate=21 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Casey Brienza, writing for Anime News Network, disliked the manga, saying it had "appalling stunted scope and pinched ambitions". Brienza felt that the main story employed several cliches, and then resorted to fantastic and science fiction elements to try to enliven the story. Brienza felt that the best point of the book was the "clean yet distinctively bold, confident style" of artwork which she regards as being reminiscent of [[shonen manga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/menkui/gn-1 |title=Menkui! GN 1-3 (Complete Series)|last=Brienza|first=Casey|date=12 April 2009|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdate=26 November 2009}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{ann|manga|6089}}

{{Magazine Be x Boy}}

[[Category:2000 manga]]
[[Category:Tokyopop titles]]
[[Category:Yaoi anime and manga]]