Alternative TitlesEnglish: The Gentleman's Alliance Cross Synonyms: The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross, Shinshi Doumei +, Umi no Sakyuugi Nocturne, The Globe of the Sea - Nocturne, Shoujo Eve Ringo Jikake no 24 Ji, Shojo Eve: Eve's Applework 24 Hours, Kusame and Komaki and the Key of Love, Umi no C Japanese: 紳士同盟†
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 11
Chapters: 59
Status: Finished
Published: Sep 2004 to Jun 3, 2008
StatisticsScore: 8.171 (scored by 6609 users)
Ranked: #5062
Popularity: #76
Members: 11,920
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SynopsisIn return for a business loan of 50 million yen, the prestigious Kamiya family gave their daughter Haine away to the Otomiya family. Haine, now an Otomiya, is appointed to the student council of the exclusive Imperial Academy, a private school for the aristocracy. Even though Haine is of proper lineage to be on the council, she finds herself struggling to find her place among the many secrets of its elite members, especially those of the president who holds her heart--Shizumasa Togu, aka "the Emperor." (Source: Viz)
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deathxempress
15 of 19 people found this review helpful
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59 of 59 chapters read
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7 |
| Story |
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Shinshi Doumei Cross or Gentlemen's Alliance Cross (I will be using SDC from now on) is another shoujo by Arina Tanemura, popular for her Full Moon wo Sagashite work.
Slight spoilers will follow.
STORY SECTION;
At first glance you think that this is another childish school shoujo manga but do not let the innocent artwork to fool you. We get to see delinquents around 9-12 years old beating each other; Children being sold to families due of debts (Like our heroine); And various 'forbidden love' themes.
And here we go.
1. Plot. The plot starts rather simple with a lot of potential but eventually the author is trying to complicate matters. Many events happen at once to the point of losing track. And it's not anything very confusing, it's just that the story-telling is not that good. At first, the story is comedic and we get to see the council members and various situations involving them. But later, it turns into an unbelievable melodrama that only centers on Haine and her family.
2. Setting. The school that the characters of the series attend is just a bad one. And I don't mean as in reputation but mainly how the hierarchy system works. The school has 3 type of badges; Gold, silver bronze. Those badges are based on the income of the students's parents and there is only gold badge that is hold by the school president. Therefore, imagine the students being like the ones from Ouran High School Host Club, snob kids that have silver badges and look down on the ones with the bronze ones. But they totally love the president Shizumasa. Pretty much, Shizumasa is like a god in this school.
3. The female protagonist, Haine. She used to be a delinquent at 8-9 years old or so, sort of odd. Back there she was saved by Shizumasa and thus she is so obsessed with him. But when she is asked why is she in love with him, she answer, "I don't know, never though of it." This is supposed to be a romantic shoujo, yet the heroine has no clue of why she is in love with him! At least she could have replied, "I am in love with him because he saved me and he changed my way of views" or something.
Despite that, Haine has a tragic background. Imagine being sold to another family, yet even in the new family there will be no right place for you. Haine is a character that is using a tough facade just to hide her fragile self. Who cares if she was using violence, she is just an emotional girl who thinks that if she become Shizumasa's girlfriend, everything will be perfect. And many times she acts like an idiot; Like Mayu Shinjo's heroines, Haine is trying to date the unreachable president.
4. The plot sometimes can be predictable but the plot twists are interesting to the point that some will surprise you. The story has some mystery, especially with Shizumasa's behavior and Haine's tragic past. It's a manga that will make you to continue reading just to find out the answers.
5. As I mentioned earlier, this is not a shoujo for younger ages, it contains a lot of mature themes. There are many forbidden love cases such as homosexuality and pedophilia. For example; Haine's best friend, Ushio, is a 15-year-old girl. Yet she is trying to seduce the school doctor who seems to be at late 20s-early 30s by having sex with him in order to get a seat on the student council. And it seems like it is not her first time seducing men like that. Also Ushio wants more from Haine; She is just obsessed with her and she is jealous that Haine wants Shizumasa and not her. And later, Ushio and the school doctor develop a romantic relationship that everyone find normal. And remember, we are talking about a 15-year-old-girl.
There are also yaoi elements and those are between some of the students council members. I suppose this will please a bit somer yaoi/yuri fans.
6. The ending is just so bad that will make you to facepalm.
CHARACTERS SECTION;
The characters are well developed and the main focus are Haine and Shizumasa. There is a lot of interaction between them but it will get you a few volumes to memorize everyone, since the story-telling isn't that great.
But most of the characters are characters that you cannot relate to. For example, some actions by them will make you wonder saying, "Is that possible?"
Arina Tanemura has added every-type of characters; A pedophile, a gay, a cross-dresser, a lesbian, everything. Surely someone will satisfy you.
ARTWORK SECTION;
As usual, Arina Tanemura features big-eyed characters. Her artistic style has become rather repetitive since all of her characters from previous works look alike. But still, her artwork for shoujo standards is great.
SDC is a decent read if you can endure the extreme melodrama much later. And also if you do not mind those mature themes. read more
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FreedomWingz
59 of 81 people found this review helpful
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47 of 59 chapters read
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10 |
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10 |
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10 |
| Character |
9 |
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I loved this series~!
Story:
I thought the story was fairly original. It captured my attention because it was realistic. I could actually see how most of things would work in real life. The plot-line was intruiging and it wasn't really predictable. Some parts of it we're kind of cliché and predictable but most of it wasn't.
Art:
I love all of Arina Tanemura's art. Her art 's really detailed. You could see how all the folds in the clothes are realistic and I love the way she draws her eyes. The clothes are very pretty too!
Character:
The characters were interesting. Although it was kind of wierd with Maora and him playing as a girl... The character's personalities were all different which made it interesting. A lot of them seemed to have split personalities too..
Enjoyment:
Shinshi Doumei Cross is definitely enjoyable. It was a bit of a cliffy at the end of every chapter which made you want to read more about. Sometimes due to not so great art, you'd want to quit reading but definitely not for this manga. The art's great and the story line is a real attention grabber.
Overall:
Overal, I thought it was pretty good. The ending was a bit wierd and a bit of a "typical Arina Tanemura ending". It was slightly predictable at the end (although Haine's statement wasn't...) It left you wanting more. You wanted to find out what happened AFTER it ended.
I think this is Arina Tanemura's best work so far! read more
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Same author, romance story line, great series!
-Both by Arina Tanemura
-Comedy
-Romance
-Very enjoyable
-Page turner
The best and most mature works of Arina Tanemura.
Expect the usual gorgeous and shiny art, love triangles, tsundere guys, sexy kisses, and the drama-romance-comedy mix.
Full Moon is overall better than SDC for its plot and realism, but both manga are truly enjoyable and good, have a nice cast of characters, and have some really touching chapters/scenes.
Written by the same manga-ka, Shinshi Doumei Cross embodies the artwork that drew me in to Full Moon wo Sagashite from the very beginning. Both storylines have the same underlying theme and include similarities between character personalities. Lots of cuteness, random angry boys, and plenty of crossdressing make this series a must-read.
It's the same mangaka, a simply brilliant plotline and characters everyone can love. Great for both guys and gals; something I can recommend to everyone. A cute romance with its fair share of trouble too ^^
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I always felt the main character (Haine) was like Tohru, optimistic, clumsy, lovable, loyal. She always appeared happy and warm to her friends but she was facing an internal conflict. With her opitimism she cheers the Student Council. She also was an average student, but worked hard at after school jobs, dense. In the story she helps a boy who also faces family problems (no spoilers) and she turned his unhappy, dark ways, and made him see the light and he protected her. In my opinion he wasn't really a part of the family, like Kyo who was not a part of the Soma family (forgive me if I spell this wrong) because he was born the year of the Cat. Both men in my opinon have a temper, but lighten up after they meet that girl. Both the characters have family problems due to the family and the family system they are involved in.
I read this and I thought "This is a lot like Fruits Basket!"
The plots are definately different, but the main characters' personalities almost mirror each other.
Kyou/Takanari look like they hate the main character, Tohru/Haine, but later on, they come to love her. They are also both characters that try to act cool. Tohru and Haine are very clumsy, kind characters, that can make friends with a lot of people.
I also think they look a lot like each other. :P
Most of the characters reminds me of the ones in Fruits Basket! [not only in exact looks, but somewhat character as well]
Kyo and the main guy from Shinshi Doumei Cross
Tohru and the main girl
Shigure and the rich father
Tohru's friend with wavelength powers and the main girl's best friend
Trust me, both stories are good and if you read both you would see the similarities as well :D
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