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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
Cute but a little too naughty and pervy. The guy is a 24 year old star with some kind of butt fetish and she is an innocent high schooler who seems a little too young and inexperienced for him.
fast-paced
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
I want to like this more because there is potential here for a decent shojo, there are just a few problems.
The age difference: at best Hinana is 18 but given genre conventions, it is more likely she is 15 or 16. Kaede is 24. In a series were this works, like Takane and Hana, the mangaka shows how it is genuinely weird and creepy for the couple and goes out of its way to make sure the romance happens without manipulation and intimacy. The power dynamics of Hinana and Kaede is so skewed in favor of Kaede that it makes the romance uncomfortable unless you forget or ignore his age.
The butts disease: Kaede is an ass-man, which is generally not a problem, but he goes beyond an appreciation and into creepdom especially since we see him creeping on teen girls! Its played for comedy, especially when he unashamedly proclaims his delight in winning a squishy bummed action figure, but it is so uncomfortable to read.
The tonal dissonance: Kaede is written as a pervy prince. Its like if Tamaki from Ouran had a love child with Mineta from MHA - and it is just as awkward as that sounds. He has genuinely nice sweet moments of thoughtfulness smashed together with him lamenting that mannequin butts aren't squishy.
To conclude, there is just enough gross to make me uncomfortable but not hate it and there is just enough good to get me to read the other 2 volumes I checked out from the library but probably not more than that.
The age difference: at best Hinana is 18 but given genre conventions, it is more likely she is 15 or 16. Kaede is 24. In a series were this works, like Takane and Hana, the mangaka shows how it is genuinely weird and creepy for the couple and goes out of its way to make sure the romance happens without manipulation and intimacy. The power dynamics of Hinana and Kaede is so skewed in favor of Kaede that it makes the romance uncomfortable unless you forget or ignore his age.
The butts disease: Kaede is an ass-man, which is generally not a problem, but he goes beyond an appreciation and into creepdom especially since we see him creeping on teen girls! Its played for comedy, especially when he unashamedly proclaims his delight in winning a squishy bummed action figure, but it is so uncomfortable to read.
The tonal dissonance: Kaede is written as a pervy prince. Its like if Tamaki from Ouran had a love child with Mineta from MHA - and it is just as awkward as that sounds. He has genuinely nice sweet moments of thoughtfulness smashed together with him lamenting that mannequin butts aren't squishy.
To conclude, there is just enough gross to make me uncomfortable but not hate it and there is just enough good to get me to read the other 2 volumes I checked out from the library but probably not more than that.
Such a cute first volume! I'm excited to see where the story goes. I can't wait to eat volume two!
Un peu tannée des petites cocottes lycéennes naïves qui "appartiennent" à de beaux jeunes hommes qui se croient tout permis.
This has all the tropes I enjoy! The story is really good and the drawings are stunning. I have some issues with the love interest, but I hope i'm going to change idea with the next volumes
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
i honestly did not like the book or find any of the characters likable. I think it was supposed to be funny that the guy was perverted and liked butts but I honestly wasn’t a fan. I won’t be reading the rest