Name: Hadashi de Bara o Fume
Author & Artist: Ueda Rinko
Chapters: 57
Genres: Drama, Historical, Romance, Shoujo
Plot: From Viz:
Poor Sumi Kitamura… Her irresponsible older brother Eisuke keeps bringing home orphans for her to take care of even though they can barely afford their own basic needs! Just when Sumi's financial problems become dire, wealthy Soichiro Ashida enters her life with a bizarre proposition: he'll provide her with the money she so desperately needs if she agrees to marry him. But can Sumi fool high society into thinking she's a proper lady? Moreover, is it worth giving up everything for this sham of a marriage?
Review:
Remember how I took a trip to the manga shop and totally spazzed out? Well I saw this amoungst the many titles that were being translated and I had to stop myself from laughing. I don't know why anyone in their right mind would consider translating this. First of all the Jerk with a Heart of Gold trope only works if he's a adorable tsundere not some rich d-bag.
I read this awhile ago and gave up halfway because it was shoujo at it's best and when I say best I mean it's really bad. Everything you can hate about shoujo is in this story. Add a psychotic third wheel and you may just have the single best badly-executed manga ever.
What I mean is it's so stupid it's funny. Reading it the second time around to kill time and also with my expectations lowered gave me some enlightenment.
I don't recommend this unless you have absolutely nothing better to do.
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There's a really hilarious moment when the two dumb leads are making love and the crazy ass mofo third wheel pulls a "Here's Johnny" moment. Like he literally goes around the hotel with an ax and starts smashing up doors. I laughed for hours.
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ReplyDeleteShare your link, I'd like to get some shoujo recommendations when I have nothing better to do. And I'm just an amateur who has no life but thanks ^^
ReplyDeleteaw... I actually liked it. I mean, it's not the best and it has a lot of cliches, but really, it wasn't all THAT bad. The plot has necessary development and some parts weren't really predictable... and the dandere antagonist actually got on my nerves because he was crazy enough.
ReplyDeleteWell, I admit the storyline is typical and unrealistic like all the other shoujos, but I liked the historical setting and the cutesy moments.
(... or maybe I'm just not critical enough?)
Well I did find the story pretty entertaining and it has all the elements of a good soap opera. Though if we're basing it on actual substance, it seems pretty far-fetched in a lot of areas.
ReplyDeleteI do love a good historical setting but it's not a focal point in the manga, you could easily put this in a modern setting and it'd still work.
So in a nutshell:
Entertaining - Yes
Good Story - Is stretching it a bit.
But everyone is entitled to their own opinion. If you enjoy it, enjoy it.