Ranked #6158

Sugar Princess (Manga)

A short 2-volume manga by the same author of the well-known romance, Hana-Kimi.

The story revolves a girl, Maya, who has a growing talent - skating. She starts out at a public skating rink and does an advanced skating technique for the first time just from watching it on TV. Coincidentally, she is spotted by a guy who wants to pair her up with a more advanced skater, Shun. He is at first arrogant and cold about having to be her coach. The story progresses with her practicing, learning, and bonding with Shun. The plot is predictable, but you can't expect too much out of a 2 volume manga.

Art: appealing and flows with the story. I've always loved Hana-kimi art so I knew I wouldn't have a problem with this one.

Characters: again, a 2 volume manga doesn't have much room for character development, but there is some. Shun is like Sano from Hana-kimi, doesn't like to open up but in the end he does. His friend Oda reminds me of Nakatsu because of his carefree personality. The confident Maya reminds me of Mizuki. I don’t know if the author meant for this to happen but if you read this you'll see the connection.

Enjoyment: I really liked it. Although the characters were not as original, the concept was. There aren't many skating manga so I give props to Nakajo for doing this project. Also, I took lessons for 5 years so I was interested in how she was going to play this out. She really did her research, though.

Overall: your typical shoujo, worth a read.
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I only started reading this manga because of the author...i really liked hana-kimi and i hoped that this manga would be a funny and original one..but i was wrong. I do not understand this japanese manga cliche with very clumsy and average looking heroines..this was yet another manga with an average girl who is always saved by the good+looking, good at everything boy. the story was also a little far-fetched..i mean she could do a double axel jump when she had never skated before. There was very little character development as the manga itself was quite short. The only thing i enjoyed was the art..Shun being the spittin' image of Sano( Hana+Kimi)...
All in all it was a typical shoujo manga...it was not the worst..but it had potential to be so much better. read more