Alternative TitlesSynonyms: I'm no Venus, Blanc Marie, Biyaku, Aphrodesiac, Kobi Kusuri Japanese: ヴィーナスにあらず
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 7
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 8, 2009 to Dec 8, 2009
StatisticsScore: 7.581 (scored by 1203 users)
Ranked: #29242
Popularity: #1027
Members: 2,031
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SynopsisMiyoshi Yoshiko is working her way as a model by doing various modeling gigs for her agency. After one of those gigs causes her to lose her job as a model, she now faces a desperate situation of being broke and unemployed. Things start to look up when she gets offered another modeling job, but this time it’s modeling for Chuujou Tarou, the lecherous sculptor who got her fired in the first place! How will Yoshiko handle working for a perverted employer who can’t keep his hands off her–not because he’s attracted to her, but because he likes her bone structure?! (Source: Aerandria Scans)
Note:
Volume 1 of this series includes the one-shot "Blanc Marie" originally published in Petit-Comic in April 2009. Blanc Marie is about a girl who gets left at the altar by her fiance, but still ends up marrying him b/c his younger brother acts as his substitute.
Volume 2 of this series includes the one-shot "Biyaku" (Aphrodisiac / sometimes incorrectly written as Kobi Kusuri) originally published in Ane-Kei in May 2010.
Biyaku is about a girl who tries to set up her best friend from pharmacy school with beautiful girls as a way of showing her appreciation for the countless times he forced her to keep working on her thesis to graduate, even though at the time, she just wanted to quit everything after a horrible break-up. |
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ashnite22
17 of 27 people found this review helpful
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7 chapters
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8 |
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6 |
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8 |
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9 |
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9 |
This manga is really cute. Im not sure if its finished or not but i've read up until chapter 4. Its really funny and the main guy is a really funny character. the camraderie between the two characters is really well written and the art is well drawn too esp the chibi characters:) The protagonist is pretty funny herself and even though she lacks confidence in herself at times she's still very solid. She doesn't weep every five minutes and she doesn't smile all the time either.
The development of the characters and their interactions with eachother are just so fun and the scanlator even made a spoof chapter of using the real pages of chapter 3(?) which is also pretty funny. I actually read that one before the actual chapter and both had me crackin up.
other than that its light, it's funny and quite enjoyable. I would say check it out:) read more
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Maz-Maz
13 of 27 people found this review helpful
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7 of 7 chapters read
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3 |
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3 |
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5 |
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5 |
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The first thing that came to mind when I picked Venus ni Arazu to read was: 'only two volumes?'
To clarify myself, I had a deep dislike (hatred is too strong a word) for one-shots or volume long stories because I thought they got nowhere.
But I went 'what the Hell' and started reading it; I was surprised to actually find that there was an original, well thought out twist and (YES!!) suspense.
Who am I kidding?
*Lifts eyebrow*
It was a sad little tale about a girl with an in-the-mud self-esteem, who likes being doted on while being naked. Dude, I'm not even kidding when I say, that's sad.
The art was mediocre, mainstream style. No details, no shading, there's not much else to say but that it gets sugary (lovey-dovey disgusting style) often but worry not! It last ONLY for a COUPLE of captions (plural) so that your eyes may or may not (if you're lucky) look similar to rotten raw eggs.
I don't know what possessed me to even THINK that this story was average, and I deplore reading this story because it'll start to, slowly but surely, kill brain cells fast enough to make you fail in life by saying that the story was 'okay'. And even that's too much. read more
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Young women work as models for eccentric (and hot) young male artists. The guys take an artistic interest in the girls' bodies, but of course it can be interpreted as more. Despite frequent nude modeling in Torikagosou, it is less adult-themed than Venus ni Arazu.
Girl working as a model for the young artist
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The One and Venus ni Arazu both revolve around a model and her troubles. The One is much longer but while I was reading Venus ni Arazu The One kept coming to mind because they are kind of alike. If you liked one you will surely, like the other
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