It's been a while and I blame it on the fact that I haven't bothered with trying to go on the laptop of wondering what to type, so I'm here today to try and do a post about my initial feelings about a series I recent got.
It's called Crown of Love and by the same creator as Loveless, Yun Kouga and it was licensed and distributed by Viz Media and their shojo branch.
Wiki synopsis:
After a chance encounter, Hisayoshi "Kumi" Tajima falls madly in love with teen idol Rima Fujio. Bewitched by her beauty, he only wants to get closer to her. As a fan, he lives in a separate world. But if he becomes a fellow idol, maybe things will be different. Thus inspired, he strives to achieve his goal.
So far, I've only read the first volume and I'm very meh about it.
The main character is a young man of talent, who gets beaten up by his father when he chose a life as an idol over what his father wants (yes, said father beats his wife too). Falls in love at first site, which, I don't know, I get but find that so boring these days cause he barely knows the lass. I mean, the lass is now better, she longs for someone she really can't have, her mother is legit have some problems and leaches off her daughter and possibly the manager. There is a lot to unpack and this is the first volume.
The main character is a young man of talent, who gets beaten up by his father when he chose a life as an idol over what his father wants (yes, said father beats his wife too). Falls in love at first site, which, I don't know, I get but find that so boring these days cause he barely knows the lass. I mean, the lass is now better, she longs for someone she really can't have, her mother is legit have some problems and leaches off her daughter and possibly the manager. There is a lot to unpack and this is the first volume.
The art I can't dis since it's an older manga series from 1998, so the quality would seem a bit different compared to other mangas I read, especially ones that have come out in the last five years. For a shojo, it's very blocky and hard lining while there is detail, there is also very little. Despite the fact it got an English release in 2010, which was one interesting time for the manga industry.
Storywise? nothing is grabbing me, I really don't want to continue and I have no motivation from the series itself. Like, I don't care if the guy hooks up with the idol or the school friend or whatever. I mean, there is nothing for me to inspire me to continue but that's just me.
I will confess I got the series second-hand, so I don't feel like I wasted too much on it but I was hoping for more from it. Hopefully it will win me over in the end and so I can write up a new post possibly about it but until then, time to attempt to read it.
So far it's a 2.5 stars from me.
Until next time, read all the things~!
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