Alternative TitlesEnglish: Crossroad Synonyms: クロスロード Japanese: クロスロード
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 7
Chapters: 34
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 12, 2003 to Dec 16, 2005
StatisticsScore: 7.791 (scored by 922 users)
Ranked: #17882
Popularity: #1551
Members: 1,933
Favorites: 31 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisLess than siblings. More than friends.
When her grandmother passes away, high school student Kajitsu Toda suddenly finds two hot stepbrothers and an adorable little stepsister dropped in her lap! Kajitsu and her step-siblings have only one thing in common: they were all abandoned by their parents. Against the odds, they’ve pulled together to form a family without grown-ups. They don’t want charity, they don’t want pity—they just want their dignity!
Things are particularly tough for Kajitsu and her step-brother Natsu. As kids, they were as close as any true siblings. Now, reunited for the first time in seven years, they’ve grown as far apart as two people can be. Can they ever become friends again? And can two high school students living together, even as “siblings” ever escape scandal? (Source: Go! Comi) |
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Maroonathon
23 of 29 people found this review helpful
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34 of 34 chapters read
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
6 |
| Art |
7 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
The story of Crossroad isn't really original... The protagonist, female, 15 years old has to move in with her stepbrothers due to some circumstances and love develops between her and one of her brothers; some developments between her and her teacher are also involved.
However, overall I still give Crossroad a 9. Why?
This is why: Because, putting the story aside, what makes this manga so awesome are the characters. All of the characters are hilarious and make you feel good, in my opinion you cannot really dislike them.
The main characters family for example:
The brother in which she isn't interested is really... well... dumb and tries to behave like the dependable man of the house that he wants to be, yet keeps being pushed around by their little sister that only just entered elementary school that her mother, who only comes home once in a while (Once in two years...?) because she's always out to find true love with another man somewhere in the world, left with them as well.
Her schoollife isn't much less entertaining: Putting aside a guy who's being called feudal lord even though he can't afford paying the electricity bills chasing after her, and her second brother who all the teachers adore because he is a Tokyo-U candidate, there's her caligraphy teacher and her home economic teacher that constantly sexually harrass her. The conversations between this two are really awesome and are sure to make you laugh if you got a soft spot for... perverted jokes and suggestiveness.
The characters are really what makes the whole thing so enjoyable. I suggest to at least read the first volume (even though the two teachers only pop up beginning in the second volume) to get a good taste of the humor. However, if you are really interested in hardcore shoujo manga full of drama, I don't think this will be your taste. While I admit that there sure is some drama going on, it still differs from "real" shoujo manga because of the big load of humor mixed in.
Cheers. read more
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missind33
14 of 21 people found this review helpful
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34 of 34 chapters read
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| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
8 |
| Art |
10 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
Story: I guess the story plot wasn't too original. The heroine moving in with her two stepbrothers and a little stepsister (and oddly none are not bloodrelated.) I wish that was explained. And it is pretty certain living as nonrelated stepbrothers, something is going to happen. And oh yeah, something does happen. So basically the story is filled with plenty of love traingles, and bad pasts. Pretty cool, I only wish it was more original.
Art: Pretty good...No comment
Character: Man, I love strong heroines. Ones that are independent, strong-willed, caring, and yet have a complete insecure side. Character development was cool, I just could never remember everyone's names right, too confusing. The main heroine at times was incredibly stupid, and at times I couldn't stand her weakness. The oldest brother needed more attention...I still did not understand how everyone was related...
Enjoyment: I was not bored with this...pretty enjoyable. Good romance!
Overall: I loved the series, I skipped the last two volumes because it was too predictable...I wish the ending was better...but it was decent....Yeah...Awesome romance to read on a lonely Saturday night! read more
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Both are shoujo manga with a "thought". Slow progress, various kinds of relationships, great three-dimentional characters. All in all, both are great coming of age stories.
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Both teacher student relationship. Both have confused girl that cries pretty often but tries to act tough. Both have perverted teachers that are really attractive. Both have the perverted friend of the perverted teacher. And they both have the other boys that are also involved in the romantic drama and are usually interested in her. Therefore these mangas are really equivocal of each other. If you like one you WILL like the other.
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