If you like a stories with a bit more depth to them try Diamond Life.
Do not judge this by it's title, this is not some cutesy romance about a girl falling for a rich guy like you would think from the title.
It's a story about overcoming the little impossible things in life, like poverty, debt, and sickness. You might even learn some sound business principles from it.
The heroine of this story Kanae is a very poor girl saddled with a father who wracks up debts, she had to quit school to
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 Alternative TitlesJapanese: ダイヤモンド・ライフ More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 3
Chapters: 14
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 26, 2007 to Oct 5, 2012
Demographic:
Josei
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Petit Comic Authors:
Fujiwara, Akira (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #42052 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #8417
Members: 2,176
Favorites: 13 | Reviews
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Jul 11, 2014
*This is my first review, I'm sorry I had to put some spoilers. And I also apologize for the possible linguistic mistakes I may have written*
At first sight, this josei manga seems quite ordinary : a love story between a rich, handsome young employer and a poor female employee. But it quickly shows another aspect: finances and how to build wealth in Japan. ~SPOILER~ The other, rather dark, very interesting topic it deals with is HIV. I really love how the mangaka highlights the side effects of the antiviral drugs and the hardship one has to go through when infected by this virus. Yet, there's one major negative ... 
Jul 31, 2022
This manga seems so unassuming with its rich boy/poor girl premise however, it turns out to be so much more than a cliché as the plot takes a turn into unexplored territory at the halfway mark. The story delves into something that's still taboo even in modern times. It's very refreshing especially for the genre. I think that's all I can say without spoiling anything. The romance between the two leads, Kanae and Haruki, is quite rushed. There's one particular gesture towards the end, that's supposed to come off as sweet but it really shouldn't...
The art is not very good as the manga is more ... |
