Rouge Noir

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I really liked this short one, it's fairly intense and rather mature so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone under 14 but it's a beautiful love story. It teaches you that you shouldn't be so rash and that before acting it's best to try and figure out what you're feeling so you don't do anything stupid. Some may wonder why she'd love the main guy because their relationship starts out extremely rocky because he commits a crime against her but if we never practiced forgiveness the world would probably be a lot crummier and that maybe another lesson from this story. It's written pretty well ... for its length, some back-story allows you to get a good grasp of what's happening later, you can relate to the characters at some point and you feel for them because there is some character depth. I was actually impressed that I walked away after the 8 chapters actually smiling because in many short ones, I find there's no depth and two seconds after the ending I forget I even read it. So I definitely say pick this one up for a quick read!

After reading Cappuccino, Rouge Noir was a manga talking about more serious problems than the first one. Or not?

In Rouge Noir I greatly enjoyed the way protagonist was talking about music. I don't remember how long ago I was reading a manga or book and noticed such a passion with which a protagonist was talking about music.
On the other hand, the story was weird somehow. A woman falls in love with a 14-year-old boy? Well, anything could happen, I guess, but love for life? After this 14-year-old rapes her?
Seriously, am I the only one who sees this as an unrealistic thing? It makes ... me confused whether I should take this manga seriously or just as a simple Saturday reading. Probably the second option as the plot seems to be undeveloped and the story itself appears quite often in josei mangas maybe as an opposition to usual shoujo stories where love is rather idealized. There is no particular idea which would inspire reader as well as there is no deeper meaning in the plot. Reading Rouge Noir was something similar to reading Twilight - unrealistic plot, but the story itself was quite fun to read. It didn't make me think deep which is kind of cool if you don't get into reading such stories in an overly vigorous way.

This manga was rather good until I understood that the protagonist is pathetically in love with her raper. Later on I decided that this manga is not worth taking seriously and is made to bring enjoyment and fun on lonely evenings. The ending proved my opinion. This reading must be taken with joy. Without any commitments. Just like jazz, huh.

The story and Enjoyment was fair

The Art was excellent

Characters are poor

1. One student was making Ayane misserable.
2. Kyo rape Ayane and then turns out she loves him?
3. Ayane's fiance was cheating on her
4. The headmaster was bribed by the Student's parents (WTF).
... 5. The headmaster was shipping Ayane to another school cause she was in a relationship with Kyo (did they mention he was 20 years old and is a Sensei?)
6. Kyo went to the university for Teacher or Mechanics? (Confusing part there)

Over all I give it 3
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