Saturday, December 13, 2014
Otaku Friday: Stepping On Roses
Story And Art: Rinko Ueda
Page Count: 200
Reads: (R to L)
Rating: *****
What's It Bout??!
Volume One: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?Volume Two:Sumi becomes torn when Soichiro's childhood friend Nozomu expresses romantic interest in her. While she is drawn to Nozomu, she is also committed to Soichiro as his wife. As Sumi fights off her feelings for Nozomu, how far will Nozomu go to win Sumi's love?Volume Three:Sumi begins to regret running away with Nozomu and wonders if she loves him after all. Nozomu's love for her, however, is bordering on becoming an unhealthy obsession. When things heat up and Sumi's life is in danger, will Soichiro come to her rescue?Review That Manga!!
Sumi Kitamura is a dirt poor girl that lives in a shack with her gambling orphan bringing brother(like him having a gambling problem wasn't hard enough they can't even pay rent and here comes Esuke which is in fact a total bag of dookie who could really care less about his younger sister). One day one of the orphans get sick, and frightened Sumi runs in order to get the child to the doctor, where no one helps her except for a young blond man, which happens to be the 2nd lead, and the man Sumi falls in love with. One day while loan sharks come to ask for her brother and the landlord threatens to throw Sumi, her brother and the orphans (which Sumi love as her own) out, comes the saviour of the story which just happens to be Ashida a rich billionaire and our lead guy. He offers to pay her brothers debt and the landlord if she marries him, but as a contract marriage. He tells her that he will never love her, and that she shall never grow feeling for him, in a desperate state Sumi agrees and goes of leaving her brother, and children to learn how to become a proper lady. (All takes place in volume one) When Sumi starts feeling desperate for a way out she soon meets Ashida's best friend who just happens to be Nozomu, and the man who helped her when she was in her hardest time, Nozumo starts showing Romantic interest for her and they plan to run away together, but at the last minute Sumi wants to return to Ashida, when she realizes that shes really in love with him, but Nozomu refuses to let her go and ties her down against her will, soon after a horrible accident starts where a candle falls and engulfs the building leaving Sumi trapped this is when Ashida comes to the rescue and saves her. (All Takes place in volume two) the third volume focus mostly on the growing relationship of Sumi and Ashida. Okay as you can tell from my banner (currently Ashida and Sumi) I'm in love with this manga it takes place in a different century and its just great. Rinko Ueda art is really amazing, and I love the growing relationship between Ashida and Sumi. This story is also about him trying to take over the family business which required him to have a wife at a certain age those the contract marriage with Sumi but he really is very messed up he had a hard childhood which she helps him overcome and is very childlike at times if you love a romance with a realistic feel for it which sometimes you just feel like escaping but realize that everything you really want you have but can be hard to get. I don't recommend this for everyone because it is a bittersweet love story, and won't do for people that usually go for the magical child like feel of shoujo or the comedy but its a wonderful story that im sure anyone would fall in love. Well that's all for this weeks otaku friday see you next week!!-Lissathebookworm
