Promise Cinderella

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So that's how it is: I am a 26 year old female otaku and this manga really hits the spot. Of course i am a fan of shoujo manga. However, i am quite tired of reading stories of 15 year old high school girls. Promise cinderella is different. The female protagonist is 27, the male is 17. They both have their emotional problems and i really like how everythink is wrapped up in a nice new josei series about either growing up, or ongoing changes in adulthood.

I just realised that i am supposed to write a longer review here, otherwise i can't submit it ... XD
Since i really don't wanna spoiler you in any possible way, I just give my recommendations:
I recommend this manga to shoujo/josei lovers (either men or women) aged from 16 to older
Of course, sometimes you find a few clichés, but it still a very loveable series. I really like the looks of the male <3 protagonist and i really like how the female protagonist is a very strong character.

Gave it 9/10.
Really love it!

It's been a while since I binged a manga in less than a day, and Promise Cinderella is now one of my favourites. The storyline grabbed me in from the first chapter, and I adore reading age gap manga, especially when the female lead is older.

Hayame Katsuragi, our female lead, is quite a bold type of character; she is a 27-year-old housewife living a happy life, but things turn kind of bad for her and she ends up being divorced and homeless. Living in a park, she is spotted by Issei, our male lead, who is 17 years old, whom she had once encountered on ... a train bullying his classmate. Issei is a spoiled rich boy, but somethings happens and he decides to take Hayame into his home; well, from the start, I loved the plot, and I love both Hayame and Issei, they both have harsh backstories.

I really enjoyed this series; the character development was excellent, and I adored all of the supporting characters. And Hayame suffered a lot, but in the end she found her happiness.

And, I absolutely loved the art, and Hayame is soooo cute.

Overall, the story was wonderful; I absolutely loved it. However, there are a few things I'd like to point out: there was a lot of unnecessary drama, and it occasionally felt unreal because so many evil characters appeared. Additionally, the ending was perhaps a bit rushed.

Thats why I’m giving it a 9/10.

Anyways, The way the relationship develops, with the two continuing to deny their feelings up until they can no longer hide them, was charming. The final chapter also had a satisfying ending.

Although there is some intense drama in this series, I still recommend it.

Promise Cinderella is an age gap romantic comedy where the female is 10 years older. I love age gaps although I prefer males being older so I was a bit skeptical about this one regarding romance but this was fantastic. It didn’t even feel like there was a 10 year age gap and like you won’t feel even a bit uncomfortable with whatever is going on. The art is so clean and nice, plus the male lead doesn’t look like some wimpy kid in front of the fl, he has well defined built and features; so I guess that’s why I didn’t get a sense ... of awkwardness while reading this manga.

Cons:
Personally I felt the first half was fantastic (approx 60 chapters) and once the issue was resolved a new arc started, which was okayish…I wasn’t as excited regarding the events that I was in the first half….although it wasn’t bad so that’s why it’s still an 8 for me. Like new unrelated characters appear, random but not so random events happen and the saddest part was the rushed ending….imagine they’re giving such an important backstory just one chapter before the finale….I didn’t get why the rush since it was a long running series, but well thankfully it was over when I read it so I don’t mind as much.

However I’ll still recommend this as a one time read for sure because it was pretty good overall.

Promise Cinderella handles a sus age gap with grace. The couple have a ten year age difference, but they don’t really act on their feelings until the ML, Issei, turns 18. The manga is very aware of the problems of the age gap making it not feel uncomfortable, if you're worried about that. That being said it is a slow burn romance and you might feel frustrated how they are beating around the bush but in this context it works so well!

The first few chapters might feel a bit rough to get through, since Issei is a MAJOR arsehole in the beginning. If you manage ... to pull through this phase, you’ll be rewarded, trust me! Issei is such a cute tsundere!

Promise Cinderella seems to also make all the other male characters, and maybe even the female characters out right dislikable at first, but slowly you get to love them too! The three other guys that try their game on our main character, Hayame, all were introduced in the most outright harassive and/or annoying ways. At first I was sure I would hate each of them but they reaaally grew on me. Koya especially. He was introduced to us by basically just groping Hayame with the excuse of helping her dress up in a kimono properly - something I figured as a simple unjustifiable and unforgivable deed - however in the end he is such a sweet and wholesome character.

By the time they introduced the giga snob Tenma I was sure that there would be no way that he could remedy his character from what sort of a total ass hat he was in the beginning. Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that each character in Promise Cinderella changes by reflecting on their actions.

The heroine, Hayame, though, oh boy does she beat up all the boys so much and it’s so funny! Gotta love chad female leads in shoujo/josei! I wish I could shoulder throw ikemen just like her…


There is also a neat mystery storyline going on, but really, the character drama and watching the characters grow and build each other up is where the real focus of the manga is. (And Hayame beating up misbehaving guys)

And finally, the art style alone ought to be worth it for you to give it a shot. Oh and if you like Promise Cindererella, check out the author’s other piece, Hotaru no Yomeiri! Instead of tsundere, that one has a yandere guy.. :))