Ranked #383

Hirunaka no Ryuusei (Manga)

So, while I was searching for Shoujo manga I hadn't read yet, which is hard to find, I came across this manga. I wasn't really expecting much, by the time I read the manga there were only just 3 chapters released. But now, having 13 chapters I completely changed my opinion of this manga.
It's awesome!

-Story-8
Ok, so well, this is not like the most original story ever written, but for a shoujo manga it's not too cliche. The story follows a young girl who lives in the countryside of Japan. While she enjoys food that comes from Tokyo she never imagined she ends up living in Tokyo, because of her parents going overseas. While she is lost in the middle of the unfamiliar city a weird looking guy helps her to find her way to her uncle's house, where she will be living. This weird guy turns out to be a little annoying and lousy, and he comes by her uncle's place a lot, as a regular customer. But make it turns out that he is her teacher! And on top of that, he's really popular among the students!
She is trying to make friends, which isn't going too well since she seems like she if from another era, he is the one helping her. He turned out not to be so weird after all.

I like the story development, it's not too predictable, and it absolutely has the comedy it should have.

-Art-10
The art is, in one word: AWESOME.
I rarely see good art in manga, so if I come across manga like these it makes me happy.
Like I said, the art is great. It's clean, modern, not too sparkling and weird like some shoujo art is, and it's... just great. It gives off a familiar vibe like Ao Haru Ride's art. Maybe even better.
Yes, the art is definitely a good point here.

-Character-9
Now the first thing I really liked is the heroine. Just seriously, how rare is it to find the heroine not to be a girl which finds out she likes the protagonist in just one or two chapters and then confesses to him immediately the next chapter. Then it turns out the boys she confesses to doesn't like her, but, she doesn't give up and keeps persuading her feelings for him and then the boy has no other choice than to like her because if not it won't be a happy ending like in all shoujo. THIS GIRL IS NOT LIKE THAT. Thank the Lord! She's actually one of the few female types I like, cute, natural, a little dense and naive, and most of all, developing her feelings of love in a normal way, like a normal person does.
She tries to make friends in a enjoyable way, she's a little bold and most of all a cool person without crying all the freaking time or screaming for attention.

Enough about her, what about the rest? Well, the rest is pretty good too. The protagonist, which is the teacher is cool. I personally love teacher-student relationship manga, so I just love him already.
He's not our cliche tsundere demon-like teacher with glasses and black her. Instead, he's a little clumsy and most of all just funny and nice, while being good looking too.
While for the male friend of our heroine, he's cute. His reactions with girls (blushing if anyone touches him) is way too funny, and not something we see too often. He's a little cold, but hey, that's what makes him adorable.
While I'm a little more negative of the female friend of our heroine. While she is a bitch she gets better after a while, but I just think it's a little stereo typed. So many manga have the "bad bitch" in there, and I never really liked them. But maybe that's just me. If you like the "bad bitch" you will like her too.

-Enjoyment& overall- 9
I enjoyed this a lot. It's a refreshing new manga, and I can't wait to see the romantic development between the teacher and the heroine. I just absolutely love teacher-student relationships. Read it, and enjoy the refreshment of a fun heroine, who isn't too cliche, and her new-made friends in the city of Tokyo. read more

Uhhh...where the hell do I start. This is a manga about a country hick girl, Suzume Yasano, who comes to the city, armed with her beautiful and expressionless face, after her parents make her go live with her uncle after they leave the country. (wow that sentence was long jesus christ) She meets some weirdo at the train station who turns out to be her uncle's friend and her homeroom teacher, Shishio Satsuki. and yeah, he's hot and young. so an obvious love interest. her other love interest is Mamura Daiki, who on first impressions looks like he just hates everything but after Suzume accidently touches him he freaks out and we realize that he's just a virgin. He's another cute boy, and so another love interest. although suzume's not that interested.

The drawing of this manga is very beautiful and I enjoyed looking at it and the characters manage to all look unique and me rarely getting confused. Mamura and Shishio's hair is almost identical, though.

I actually really enjoyed this manga [SPOILER] until i figured out that Suzume goes and falls in love with her teacher. My enjoyment in watching a romance involving a 15 year old girl and a 24 year old man is nonexistent, and made me really uncomfortable. i stuck through most of it because I thought that Mamura would have a chance, even though in my heart I knew he didn't goddamit. [END SPOILER]

I think anyone can honestly enjoy this manga. It's a typical shoujo and all the characters are pretty typical (except for Mamura cause I dont really remember ever there being a guy who didn't like being touched) so its just the same-old, same-old. BUT I REALLY LIKE THAT SATSUKI LIKES SEA CREATURES. I mean that's freaking amazing. read more