Mademoiselle Butterfly

I read it because i was bored and looking for a good read, but his manga had me hooked from the first chapter. I don't usually read shoujo manga's with serious themes, but this one was an exception. It had just enough humor, but some parts were so sad they almost made me cry. It wasn't a typical cheesy shoujo manga, which was quite refreshing, and it had a unique story line. I gave this manga an overall score of 10. The story was interesting and emotional; it felt realistic. The art was great and I'm a fan of this mangaka. The characters were believable;they expressed different emotions throughout the story. I also liked that the heroine didn't annoy me with her airheadedness and crying, but actually had some depth to her. Overall, this was an outstanding manga that I think most people would enjoy.

No. If you like shoujo, and can read yet another manga that adheres to the general trend of: Girl falls in love with boy -> They get together -> Some hardship here -> Love prevails Then read this. Otherwise, I'd give this a pass. This is the first manga I've ever rated at a 1, and I'm utterly shocked at why this has an 8.17 (as of this review). It's unoriginal. The characters are bland and flat. The girl is dense, and does everything for the interest of her husband, to the point where he's constantly on her mind. The only redeeming feature was the art, butit isn't anything to write home about. If anything, the butterflies in this manga are well drawn, and so are the characters, well enough to at least convey what's happening, although some panels take some time to figure out. Anyways, back to the story. The story's shit. In fact, the author even stated at the end of the story that she just wanted to "add yet another conflict" to the relationship between the two main characters. She proceeds to pull an ending completely out of her ass (yes folks, it's a deus ex machina), making me drop the score of this manga from an already low 3/4 to a 1. Give this a pass, unless you are really bored, can't think of anything else, or are one of the people that actually enjoy reading a manga that follows the same old cliche, stale, reused formula you can find in countless others. And likely, these others will adapt said aforementioned formula than this one. It sucked.

~Story~ The story line was amazingly romantic and sad. The beggining was cute and romantic and then as you read the manga more the romance became heavy and it was a cute story much deeper than you would have thought from the desciption it goes like this. The girl is inlove with her child hood friend and he falls inlove with her later in through the series and he goes off to war while she begins raising the family he left behind and alot of sad parts in there. ~Characters~ Were amazing in everyway they were not unrealistic or stupid they grew alot through the seriesand they became very interesting and loyal but also very romantic. ~Enjoyment~ I enjoyed the series greatly because of the very realistic plot and scenes and also the sad romance that seemed like any war story i loved it greatly and would suggest it to anyone who enjoys manga even if this isent their kind of manga i still suggest it.