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花のみやこで
5
1
Finished
Sep 29, 2012 to Jan 31, 2013
8.0/10
Average Review Score
80%
Recommend It
5
Reviews Worldwide
Story: I went in expecting something sweet. I came out getting so much more. The first story, Hana no Miyako de, made me tear up, and broke my heart. I wont say anymore - just that it's bittersweet and if you want a fluffy, happy ending, back your way out of this manga. Otherwise, hold tight and enjoy! As for the second story, Hana no Migoro ni, has that fluffy, happy ending. While there are rough spots in their relationship (and a cross-dressing instance), it all turns out well. Art: Beautiful. I have a soft sport for this artist. If you ever read Seven Days, it'sthe same artist. Except you get to see her draw some sexy stuff in this manga. Characters: I'll just do an overall statement. I liked them. Most of them were well thought out, though a couple of minor characters were a bit 2D in the second story. Enjoyment: I was ~feeling~ so much the first time, I couldn't write a coherent review until after I've read a couple of more times. Definitely a 10/10. The first story rips your heart apart in a way that you don't mind, and the second story sews a bit of it back together. Overall: You should definitely read both! They're not that long and worth your time. However, if you can't take sad, bittersweet endings, skip the first story and just read the second.
Hana no Miyako de Motoharu Tsujimura and Akira Hazumi belong to different social classes, but despite that, they have been friends since childhood. A rift grows between them when Motoharu confesses his love to Akira and is rejected, yet even this is not enough to completely drive them apart. When Akira, who is greatly interested in botany, chooses a certain university at which to study agriculture, Motoharu follows him to the same school and department. One afternoon, Akira asks to walk home together with Motoharu, like they used to do—only this time, Akira intends to discuss something important that will impact both their futures. Hana no Migoro ni Youichi Arikawa and Shouta Misaki came to know each other when they both served as assistants to Professor Tsujimura in his agricultural laboratory. The two of them fell in love, and now they live together in the old house that Misaki inherited from his late grandfather Akira. Having grown older and graduated from university, Arikawa and Misaki experience new strains on their relationship, different from the ones they are used to. Outside the walls of their home, they are regarded as friends and roommates. Arikawa's mother wants the two to visit during a holiday weekend, but though Arikawa proposes to tell her that he and Misaki are going out, the latter prefers to keep the truth silent. Unexpectedly, Arikawa's older sister returns home on the same weekend. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
I like melancholy, and this manga has a very melancholic mood. The story is simple, nothing particularly special about it...The interesting thing about this manga lies more in the "atmosphere"... in the mood it generates. I think it transcends the yaoi genre... this particular manga would work even without the one sex scene it has... there is more to it than that. Yaoi characters, as a rule, tend to be very stereotyped... and I don´t think that´s the case here. It is yaoi because it has an explicit sex scene, but the general feeling you get from the manga as a whole is closer to shounen-ai,because of the development of the characters, and the bond between them. I think you can enjoy this manga regardless of whether you like the genre or not.
This manga is a prequel of Hana nomi zo Shiru, but it can be read as a standalone story and works very well on its own. The story is simple yet powerful, it works around the conflict in a straightforward manner that feels refreshing. The characters are well written and real. There's not much room for character development on such a short manga, but they still stand out as unique. As for the art, it's simply beautiful, as it's usually the case with this artist. Fro those who are bothered by graphic sex scenes, there is one in this manga, but it fits into the plot(so it's not gratuitious porn) and it's pretty light. All in all, a lovely, bittersweet story. If you want a proper happy ending, this might not be the right manga for you, but I personally found the ending to be really satisfying.
The story shows a poor common theme about love, it is not very satisfed because it didn't have much struggle nor desire, the love was there but deeply. A proper love story have to show a little bit more passionate, crazy, adventures, dramtic but not just simple. The problem might be that there was no intense in it, the character show us not the desire of deep love. Something that I love is when the lovers meet and how they develop such fellings but the realization wasn't it. Personally, I did not dislike it but I did not like it either way, the feeling is in themiddle because the story needed somehing more special or unique of other storires.
Fresh off reading the parent story, Only the flower knows, I got into this thinking it would be just your average sequel/prequel and I was, in fact, wrong. “Hana no miyako de” 9/10 I loved it. I’m the biggest sucker for melancholic, retrospective plots, and this three-chapter long story delivered and delivered well. I enjoyed this so much more than the parent story. The pace is actually really good, given the length of the work, and in a few pages you get to see the characters development and struggles as they grow to accept themselves and the future that lies ahead for them. The way the characters meetis more realistic and although still cliché-y, it is well presented and thought out. The segue into the main story is honestly just perfect and I would definitely, 100% recommend this. “Hana no migoro ni” 7/10 It serves as closure to the main story and, however briefly, it does a good job of touching on issues like acceptance. I don’t have much to say as nothing extremely remarkable happens, but it did give me a sense of completion to the story, which isn’t something to take for granted.