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Royal Seventeen
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 3
Chapters: 8
Status: Finished
Published: 2005 to ?
StatisticsScore: 7.551 (scored by 237 users)
Ranked: #13032
Popularity: #642
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SynopsisSince the day she was born, Rumina has had her life planned out for her. Since she's from a high-class family, she's expected to do everything perfectly and she gets no choice in anything; not her friend, make-up or even boyfriend! Fed up, Rumina runs away and goes to a fastfood joint. After she's ordered, she realizes that she hadn't brought her wallet. A handsome teen pays for her meal, but in exchange she has to go on a date with him. Insulted after he steals her first kiss, she returns home. There, she finds out that he's her new bodyguard! - Baka-Updates |
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both stories treat about teenage girls and their relationships with boys. although their plots are rather different, both of them are good reads and have similiar nice climax. the drawings are really nice (especially in Lovenista). I think that after reading a one of them, you'ii enjoy the other.
[ btw. I don't think that Nana and Lovenista are similiar at all! don't be tricked. ]
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They have some similarities, such as the female character meets with a stranger and then learns that isn't a stranger but someone who's gonna work for her. He's some kind of a bodyguard for her, but there's not that much of a danger to worry about. I liked it, the drawings are nice, and so is the story. If you enjoyed Royal 17, you might like this one as well.
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| Overall |
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| Story |
4 |
| Art |
7 |
| Character |
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| Enjoyment |
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Oct 2, 20088 of ? chapters read 1 of 4 people found this review helpful Royal 17 starts off as your quite generic shoujo type of story but as soon as the reader’s presented with a pair of naked boobs (with nipples, mind you!), we know there’s something off here. Most often it feels more like a persiflage of the genre by being just too silly to be taken serious. Actually, the humorous approach is quite helpful because the plot itself is rather forgettable.
To sum it up - rich girl who’s sick of the restrictions that come with her pr...ivileges meets poor boy who’s handsome & perfect at everything (with a somewhat forced dark past to insert at least a little random drama). They fall madly in love and end up running away from home just to return later for a happy ending.
Facts are, the main story is only 2 volumes long (the second half of both the 1st and 3rd volume are side stories with a similar premise) thus it avoids getting boring or simply too silly by ending early.
However, due to the lack of time (or space respecitively) the reader has to make do with a quite generic set of main characters and there’s no development either, but I guess that’s something to be expected of a short story.
Although the overall concept is nothing but shallow, the presentation is entertaining enough.
As aforementioned, the most striking difference is a simple formula: Hooray for boobies. Male lead Allen certainly doesn’t miss a chance to undress and fondle Rumina’s well-shaped titties (plus she doesn’t even resist!) and that’s probably the controversial part. It gets quite erotic at times but avoids drifting off into the hentai realm by leaving out the private parts. I’d definitely say it adds zest to the otherwise a little pale storyline.
The art achieves its goal by delivering pretty shoujo character design while backgrounds are as typical mostly non-existent.
This will not impress by any means, but it’s certainly enjoyable and will make you giggle as long as you don’t try to take anything too serious that’s done or said. And the guys might be left with half a boner.
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