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Nov 22, 2014 to May 24, 2017
9.1/10
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90%
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It's not really easy to find a decent shoujo manga to read that fits to our tastes, whether for male or female readers. Sometimes we just read the manga when the manga is quite popular and we've heard the good reviews about it. If you're lucky enough, you'll find a hidden gem like "Ohayou, Ibarahime" or "Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty". When you first time see the manga cover, you might think it's an average shoujo manga but ... it's not like your regular shoujo manga with a far-fetched and overly lovey-dovey story. We need something different sometimes. A sorrowful story with a realistic storytelling andof course a good romance approach. What's on your mind when you heard "Sleeping Beauty"? Probably a story about the princess who fell into a deep sleep for a long time being kissed by the handsome prince in order to woke her up. But ... this is not your regular "Sleeping Beauty" story. Let your wildest imagination fly to the sky. The story follows Misato Tetsu, a highschooler who works at the mansion as a part-timer, and Karasawa Shizu, a mysterious girl who lives in the lodge on the other side of the mansion. Tetsu is our main hero in this story. With his calm and caring nature, who doesnât like him? Heâs warm and friendly person. Sometimes he can be silly when facing something outside his predictions, but heâs also a responsible person. He always does his job well. He's one of the best boyfriend material. How about main heroine? Is she a typical spoiled princess? I donât think so. Sheâs a gloomy girl and never leave her room in the lodge, because she is said to have a âpersonality disorderâ so sheâs told not to leave her room. Does she have a âpersonality disorderâ? Or, is there any secret behind the vicissitude that befell her? Their story begins with an unexpected meeting. Tetsu lost his stuff so he searched around the mansion. Finally, he went to the lodge where the girl lived. When he got there, all he found was a normal girl whoâs cleaning the room. Thereâs nothing unusual about it. After talking for a while, he asked Shizu out to see the shooting star. They came out through the wall with stairs so that they were not known by others. After they arrive at the open field, Shizu is amazed to see shooting stars and start crying in happiness. After that, Tetsu conveyed his feelings to Shizu. However, Shizu didnât give an answer and told Tetsu to say the same thing when he came to her lodge. When he came there he found Shizu lying on the bench. She got up and said âWho are you?â to Tetsu. What happened with her? I think itâs pretty hard to tell whatâs going on in this manga without give some spoilers, especially the thing I described below. Iâll try to make the spoiler as small as possible. [MINOR SPOILER] Shizu is possessed by four spirits. They change roles at certain times in Shizuâs body. Sometimes her personality is like an adult man, sometimes childish like a young boy, sometimes like a popular girl, and sometimes she acted calmly like an old man. Thatâs why her personality changed all the time. The previous servants of the mansion canât deal with it. Only Tetsu can handle it. Even though he afraid to face things he usually fears, he tries his best to make Shizu can live normally and showing feelings that have long been lost from her. [END OF SPOILER] The main focus of this story is how to cast the spirits out from Shizuâs body. Not by exorcism, but by understanding the feelings of the spirits so that they can rest peacefully and leave her body without hatred. The romance is not the main aspect of the story, but the romance is a way to understand how to treat Shizu with her âdisorderâ and make her live the life without a bad outlook. I feel like I read a mature (Seinen/Josei) manga with Shoujo touch. Thereâre so many scenes with deep meanings in this manga. We can see the character development clearly in this manga. The main or side characters have their respective developments. Shizu, who previously feel inferior to her personality, slowly change thanks to Tetsu who is always by her side to accompany and find solutions to the problems faced by her. Whereas Tetsu, who previously has a trauma for terrifying things, getting used to supernatural phenomenon caused by the spirits who possessed Shizu. Theyâre both stronger than before. Every characters in this manga are likeable and have their own charms for the readers because of well-written back stories and good characterizations. When it comes to the art, thereâs nothing to complain about. Itâs really good and well-drawn. Character expressions are drawn clearly and not overdramatized. I love how the creator draw blushing characters. Itâs really cute. Smiles, tears, and sadness of the characters are depicted in a pleasant way. Just perfect. The comedic art is hilarious. Every time I read it, I always feel happy. I never felt bored when reading it. The cover is one of the aspects whether the book is interesting to read or not so the cover becomes a crucial thing to think about. As the author stated on volume 6, there are different themes in every volume covers based on the flower meanings, especially roses. We already know that roses are symbol of love and passion. Thereâre specific meanings of roses based on the colors. Iâll try to explain the correlations between them. â Volume 1 is symbolized with red roses that represent everlasting passion. The love story between Tetsu and Chizu starts here. â Volume 2 is symbolized with yellow roses. The flower expressing friendship and great pleasure. This volume reveals the relationship between the main characters and those around them. Thereâre some heartwarming scenes here. â Volume 3 is symbolized with white roses that represent modesty and purity. Tetsu starts to be honest with his feelings about anything, not just about his love for Shizu. In the other hand, Shizu is like an innocent child who is always curious. Her eyes opened by Tetsu to see the world she never known before. â Volume 4 is symbolized with purple roses that represent allure and love at first sight. The seeds of love slowly grow into trees. Their feelings go deeper in each otherâs heart. â Volume 5 is symbolized with blue roses that represent the desire for the unattainable and zinnia, the flower of longing. Youâll find many emotional scenes and youâll experience of losing someone after you finished reading this volume. â Thereâs no explanation about volume 6, but we can see Tetsu and Shizu in happiness and embracing with a bouquet of flowers in the middle. We can find out just by looking it. They live happily ever after ⊠Sounds like your regular Sleeping Beauty, huh? But the story is far beyond it in my opinion. The creator of this manga, Morino Megumi, has manifested the meaning of flowers on her manga well. When some of mangakas donât think about the philosophies behind the covers and draw them just for aesthetic purposes, Morino-sensei think about it deeply. I think itâs a good thing the mangaka has. Overall, I will recommend this manga to shoujo manga fans and casual manga readers, or people who never got into shoujo manga. You can feel delighted, depressed, and empty at the same time because of emotional scenes there. The story can drag us in depth. You won't regret anything. I like how the mangaka involves side characters not only to connect stories, but as characters that are on par with the main characters. The conclusion of the story is also satisfying â a closed ending that doesnât need a sequel. With a good storytelling, I hope the mangaka doesnât stop to make a good manga for the reader. Iâd like to follow the other works of the mangaka. Iâm open with opinions and suggestions. 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Timid but hard-working high school student Tetsu Misato takes up a job at his father's housekeeping agency, where he finds himself working at the mansion on the hill he always saw as a child. Deep in the back of the mansion lies a garden and a lone building, where the mysterious daughter of the house, Shizu Karasawa, lives in isolation. While cleaning near the building, Tetsu chances upon the enigmatic girl, and when he returns the next day, they quickly get to know each other. Shizu reveals to him that she is confined to the building due to an unknown illness afflicting her, and that she has had no human interaction for years. As they continue to meet, Tetsu's feelings toward Shizu developâbut when he realizes how he truly feels, he is faced with the true nature of her illness. Ohayou, Ibarahime follows Tetsu as he searches for the real Shizu underneath her supernatural conditionâboth for her sake and the sake of his own feelings. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
I already wrote a review on this on Google Play books, but let me just write another one for the manga that is seated #1 on my list. Reading the chapters was one hell of a rollercoaster. I was swooning, then I was frustrated. I was laughing. I was reflecting. Then I was swooning again. It's not that surprising anymore that my tears were spilling. If a manga made me show this much emotion, then it's definitely a masterpiece. It's honestly incredible and quite unique. I thought it was just gonna be your typical high school love story, ya know? The usual clichĂ©s the shoujo genre would have.I expected nothing else. So I was thinking of dropping it, but it turned out to have a twist, and that's what left me wanting to read more. Personally, this manga hit so many marks on me. Especially near the 'kokoro'. The family arguments were heartbreaking. But in the end, a family will always find a way to stay family. Don't underestimate that bond! The romance was sweet; not too rushed or overly cheesy, neither was it too slow or minimal. For Tetsu and Shizu, they ran at their own pace, and definitely had a handful of support from their families. That supernatural twist is probably one of the major points in the manga. Though it's not anything huge like 7 feet three-headed demons, I think with this, it keeps the story balanced. Also, the art is neat and charming! I really adore Morino-sensei's style. This is one of the few mangas I'd consider recommending to others â however, I don't think many people know about 'Ohayou, Ibarahime', so now that I've found it, it's kinda like I want it to stay a hidden gem. 'Ohayou, Ibarahime' was hard to put down. I've become so attached to this manga, and I'm sure I still will be in the future.
When I first started reading it, I didn't expect this plot. If you want a new idea for a story, I highly recommend it. I loved the art, It's really well drawn. But most of all, all the characters in this manga developed really well. starting with the main FC, she war really isolated, living alone, rejected by her own mother & father (maybe a spoiler: they feared her). When the main MC got into the picture, her entire life changed, also his, despite his first reaction when he saw "her special condition" Overall, I really enjoyed it, I laughed, I cried, I was frightened and Iwas very happy at the end. I hope you can enjoy it as well.
I canât be the only one who although not liking the shoujo genre in general, still checks the high rating one from time to time to if there maybe are at least some who are good â only to be disappointed most of the time. Thankfully, this wasnât the case with Ohayou, Ibarahime. This is one of the few shoujo manga that I dare to say most people will enjoy reading, irrelevant to their demographic or genre preferences. This claim is of course not uncommon with better rated shoujo manga in general, but usually claimed by shoujo fans â I would hope that in thiscase my point of view from the other side would be more reliable of a claim. Ohayou, Ibarahime manages to write outside the usual clichĂ©s â sure, the idea of multiple personalities in one body isnât a new idea (though not that common either), but this time the characters are have more depth then just being a love interest, and each of the characters and the personalities does catch your attention â going more in depth about them would be considered spoilers though, so Iâll abstain from that. Iâll just say that the characters arenât just walking tropes and feel considerably more human than what is the shoujo standard of character writing. Plainly said it isnât cringe. The art for this one is really great and again steps outside from what you would expect from shoujo - no overdone sparkles spam and frills and all that bullshit, you get a clean, nice looking art. If you told me this was published in a shounen magazine, I wouldnât really have a problem believing you. Overall, if youâre looking for a shoujo manga that is actually good or if you want something to recommend to someone to prove that not all shoujo manga are subpar, this might be the title to go with.
If you enjoy romance manga, but are a little tired by the typical ones with common reused plotlines and character types, then this might be the one you might be looking for. Boy meets girl - brings her out of a lonely place and helps her discover herself. It isn't that uncommon of a plot, but the supernatural factor in this story really ties in and helps the story reach better heights. It's not a typical high school story with general teenage worries, but people who find themselves involved in a truly complicated situation and have to struggle to find out how they want to dealwith it. If you're looking for a lighthearted romance, with exciting moments like kabedons and lovey grand confessions and displays of love - I'm sorry to say you won't find it here. (However, you may try out the author's other manga, Hananoi-kun, as that is the lighthearted one). However, that doesn't mean that the romance is lacking in this manga. But instead of the usual shoujo-ish progression of love, this manga truly gives us good relationship progression - not so much focusing on exciting stomach fluttery moments, but instead showing how people can come to care for each other deeply over time. This applies to non romance aspects as well, and I must say the relationship between all the important characters are central to the plot of the manga and makes it a true joy to read. The characters are all memorable and important to the plot, and you won't see a love rival or two thrown in as plot devices just to get things moving. The characters are flawed and not just pure sunshine or one-dimensional characters, and it's easy to feel for them and root for their happiness. It feels like a well written and thought out story, where all the main plot points start building up early and resolve nicely by the end, giving a nice resolution and satisfying ending. The character relationships are really amazing and the ability of this manga to make one care for the characters and feel their bond in a realistic way makes it worth reading.
