Synopsis
Mars knows that nothing will stop him from tracking down his wife, Chantal, who'd betrayed him and sent him to prison for a crime he didn't commit. Chantal had died--or so everyone said--but Mars knew she'd merely transformed herself and reemerged into the spotlight as supermodel Mischief Jones.
Mars was a hard man, a bitter one, who'd survived by shutting off his emotions. But when he finally captured the woman he'd been hunting, the bewitching seductress with the luminous eyes denied everything. He was falling under her spell. Who was she really --an angel... or a cunningly brilliant counterfeit with an agenda of her own?
Based on Ann Major's novel, "Secret Child".
(Source: JShoujo Scans)
"Gold is better than Silver" the saying goes, well not in this case. I came across Gold because the art was done by Kazuko Fujita whose art I adore. So first off, when I started reading, I thought the drama meter is pretty much the same as in manga "Silver." Oh, boy was I wrong. Story 6/10 The story starts dramatic and interesting, grabs your attention on the first page. Later on, you are like, okay, this is way too dramatic even for a cliche manga. I don't even know where to start with the things... I was like: I just can't... So this is one of thesoap operas where you continue to read just because you... Ummm....Want to finish the manga, and despite everything hope that the heroine is not that dumb. Maybe, just maybe she will be smarter.
Characters: 5/10
Cliche over 9000. And I read over a thousand josei manga, just sayin' Heroine is stupid. What I hate the most is typical "Oh, she is good therefore we will make her the dumbest individual here." So tired of good=stupid shit. I will just mention plastic surgery, you will see.
The hero is no better. You think he should be the reasonable one in the relationship and be able to detect crap, because life slapped him sufficiently, but no, the villainess toys with him in the same way as she does with the heroine.
Which brings us to MISCHIEF. JUST HER NAME. My god.
Is there a word that exceeds the definition of a word cliche? If this was not a soap opera you would get rid of her the first chance you get. And the story would be better! BUT NO.
I won't go into details of how much I would slap her, but you know when the main charas are dumb as these, they kinda deserve it.
Rest of the characters .... (sound of crickets in the background)
Art 10/10
I adore Kazuko Fujita's art.
Enjoyment 7/10
Even though there are many things I didn't like, I also read this twice so yeah it pretty decent compared to the many of the josei ones I read. It did keep me glued but dragged waaaaaaaaaaay too much. (comparison: Goku vs Freeza, 5 minutes 'till Namek explodes. Also, Mischief is indestructible something like Broly.) And in the end I rolled my eyes heavily after talk no justu.
Overall 6/10
Quick and easy read, if you are a fan of josei genre, you can kill time with it.
