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Shioko Mizuki

Autor(a) de Crossroad, Volume 1

15 Works 537 Membros 2 Críticas 1 Favorited

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Obras por Shioko Mizuki

Crossroad, Volume 1 (2005) 85 exemplares
Crossroad, Volume 2 (2006) 72 exemplares
Crossroad, Volume 3 (2006) 65 exemplares
Crossroad, Volume 4 (2006) 58 exemplares
Crossroad, Volume 5 (2006) 54 exemplares
Crossroad, Volume 6 (2007) 49 exemplares
Crossroad, Volume 7 (2007) 44 exemplares
Cy-Believers, Volume 1 (2006) 34 exemplares
Cy-Believers, Volume 2 (2008) 20 exemplares
Three in Love, Volume 1 (2000) 17 exemplares
Cy-Believers, Volume 3 (2008) 15 exemplares
Cy-Believers, Volume 4 (2008) 14 exemplares
Three in Love, Volume 2 (2008) 8 exemplares
Crossroad - Tome 1 (2008) 1 exemplar
Pregnant by the Maverick Millionaire (2021) — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar

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Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
Japan

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The story revolves around Kajitsu, a girl who never experienced a proper family. Because of her deadbeat father abandoning her, her mother changed husbands. Besides Kajitsu, her stepbrothers Taro and Natsu, whom she hasn't seen in seven years, are also refugees from negligent parents. When death in the family brings the siblings together, Kajitsu struggles to find her place in the family. She must rely on her strength and resilience to rebuild her family bonds and ultimately find belonging.

My feelings about this manga are mixed. It could be because of the absurdity of the situation. I'm conflicted about supporting Natsu and Kajitsu's relationship since they're not blood relatives. The parents take some highly questionable actions in the manga - it does not relate Kajitsu to Rinko; when her father got another girlfriend, he left Kajitsu with Rinko (a random woman). How did Rinko get custody of boys unrelated to her? This raises questions about the legality of the situation. It also needs to be clarified if Natsu and Kajitsu's relationship is legitimate.

The situation is even more confusing when Natsu's younger sister, Satsuki, comes into play. The situation presented Satsuki as Natsu's sister despite the absence of a blood relation to Kajitsu. There are inquiries regarding why Satsuki is now part of the family and her connection with her three siblings.

Many unanswered questions. Satsuki's arrival raises many questions and mysteries that need to be solved. It also raises questions about Natsu's past and her family dynamics. With Satsuki's arrival, Natsu's story becomes even more unpredictable, leaving us curious and intrigued.

Let's see what the next volume is. It should come with even more exciting features. I'm looking forward to seeing what new surprises are in store. Let's wait and see!

You can see all my reviews here
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mysticalmanuscripts | Oct 25, 2023 |
Rui has used the excuse of going to the same boarding school as her parental arranged fiancée, only to find said fiancée to be obsessive and controlling. Determined to take advantage of her one and only chance to live away from her home, she decides to try and avoid Natori Nijo (fiancée) and enjoy it while she can. One way she has found to do this is to join the Public Relations Club. However, things don't turn out the way she intended and she is immediately downgraded to the basement Believers Club, which has some unusual participants including three apathetic girls and two mysterious ex-computer club boys. The good news is that her new fellow groupies are determined to help her stay out of the clutches of her fiancée; the bad news is that he just won't give up.

I wasn't entirely sure if this would be a theme that I would like, but since I was taking it out from the library I figured no harm, no foul. The only problem with this theory is the fact that I did, in fact, really enjoy the manga and only the first volume is available, meaning that if I want more of the story (which I do) I have to buy them *sigh*. The characters in this all seemed multi-dimensional and it was, to me, a very unique take on the "boarding school" storyline. Even Rui's dictator fiancée took on a more human aspect near the end of the story, for a few moments anyway. I'm also quite curious to see how the manga-ka works more robots into the storyline, it seems to be something she's determined to do.

The artwork is very easy to look at, the characters all have their own appearances (which is a huge plus in my book) and Rio looks quite similar to Fai from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles which, along with his slightly dysfunctional personality, immediately endears me to him.
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Jenson_AKA_DL | Aug 22, 2009 |

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Obras
15
Membros
537
Popularidade
#46,380
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
2
ISBN
21
Línguas
2
Marcado como favorito
1

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