Manga Review: Little House with an Orange Roof by Noriyuki Yamahana

Title: Little House with an Orange Roof

Original Title: Orange Yane No Chiisana Ie

Author: Noriyuki Yamahana

Artist: Noriyuki Yamahana

Year of Release: 2005

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Josei, Romance, Seinen, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Smut

Status: Completed

Chapters (Translated in English): 64

Volumes & Chapters:

8 Volumes in Total

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Mini Manga Review: Give me Your Love by Kazumi Ooya

Title: Give me Your Love

Original Title: Ai wo Choudai!

Author: Kazumi Ooya

Artist: Kazumi Ooya

Year of Release: 2006 - 2009

Genres: Comedy, Harem, Josei, Romance, 

Status: Completed

Chapters (Translated in English): 16 

Volumes & Chapters:

4 Volumes in Total

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Summary

Marumie is a nickname for Mie Maruyama who transferred from her local media announcer job to variety entertainment business. Her dream is to become an actress, but right now she's in the midst of comedy job. The real reason for her transfer was to meet her one-sided love for the super popular comedian Kanadagawa-san...!?

My Thoughts

Review covers 16 chapters 

A very weird but funny romantic story that would have gotten full 4 leaves on the blog if not for it’s unfinished ending. When I first finished it I kind of liked the ending, however, the more time passed I hated for not giving us the straight answer whether those two would stay together forever. The whole “I like the way we are now” from the heroine made me snap.

The story is extremely fun, and if we don’t forget the idiot that is our heroine’s love interest, his controversial actions drew me mad, but I had dun too. I mean who wouldn’t? he says he hates her and the kisses her. It’s fun reading about it, but if you think about it, I wouldn’t have chosen him, the president was so much better.

Are you ready to read yet another story about showbiz? Don’t worry it’s small and cute in some ways! Get to know all the great characters and have fun with Marumie on her venture to get the heart of the man she loves!

Enjoy it to its fullest and don’t forget to share your thoughts below! Stay tuned for more reviews as well as promos. Don’t miss your next favourite book or manga! Happy reading!

XOXO

Katie

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Manga Review: First Girl by Chiho Saitou

Title: First Girl

Original Title: First Girl

Author: Chiho Saitou

Artist: Chiho Saitou

Year of Release: 2002-2003

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Historical, Josei, Mature, Romance, Shoujo, Smut, Tragedy

Status: Completed

Chapters (Translated in English): 18

Volumes & Chapters:

5 Volumes in Total 

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Summary

A Japanese girl is sold off to a South American business tycoon who takes her away to this foreign land. Here, he seduces her and the two slowly fall into a love trap. But while this occurs, another force interrupts the two's love-web. A revolution and rebellion sparks, separating the two

My Thoughts

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Review covers 18 chapters 

Okay, this was pretty good, but before I start exploring let me tell this title even ended up on my list of to-read books. It was right after I finished re-reading Soul to Seoul. This title was on the “you might also like this” list. I got interested because I thought I have pretty much read all available smut romance manga. Apparently I still have a long way to go. Because there was something wrong with my iPad connection to Wi-Fi, whatever I could read at that time was happiness. Don’t worry, it’s fixed (hopefully) apparently my iPad don’t like my abs challenge apps.

Okay, enough with my nonsense, let me get back to the actual story. It was not all  that unique, it followed the “smut protocol” all the way, but nevertheless I had fun reading it, and trust me I finished it in less than 2 hours. The story has action, romance, some smut and tons of tango. I’m in love with Latin dances, though I have yet to learn tango, I have always been attracted to it. But right now, you can call me a salsa person. Okay, enough with my dance take, let’s once again get back to the story. The protagonist is Miu a 17-year-old Japanese girl who was sold by her own mother to Leon Rosas, from a shadow family in the country of Tornado. (don’t ask me here, just accept such country in south America, I do hope it was over there). First Miu is against this whole arrangement., but soon she falls in love with Leon and after the crisis strikes the Rosas household our love birds even marry each other and that’s where the real story and the struggle for them starts.

Tornado is in turmoil, there is revolution, but it only brings despair and Leon and Miu have separated because of it and now Miu is looking for Leon to re-establish their family. There are a lot of barriers on their journey to start their own family and free Tornado from the Tyranny of the army. There are going to be a lot of moments when you’ll think that it’s futile end our heroes will never be together, but will it really? That’s for you to find out, and I hope you’ll enjoy this story. Don’t mind the art, it’s pretty much what was in trend in the 2000s. enjoy it to its fullest and don’t forget to share your thoughts below! Stay tuned for more reviews as well as promos. Don’t miss your next favourite book or manga! Happy reading!

XOXO

Katie

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Manga Review: The Wizard's Cat by Yui Kikuta

Title: The Wizard's Cat 

Original Title: Mahoutsukai no Neko

Author: Yui Kikuta

Artist: Yui Kikuta

Year of Release: Nov 28, 2009 - Feb 28, 2013

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Josei, Supernatural

Status: Completed

Chapters (Translated in English): 33

Volumes & Chapters:

5 Volumes in Total

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Summary

Rio is a 14 year old boy with no particular special traits, except his burning love for books. He’s awkward and considered odd at best by his peers. Rio also has a twin brother, Mao. Although they look alike, they couldn’t be more different. Mao is good at everything, popular, and has future plans to have a big, happy family. Despite their differences, the brothers are close.
One day, when Rio attempts to retrieve a cat that wandered into the street, he is hit by a car right in front of his brother’s eyes. Everything fades to black. In the darkness, a voice offers a choice: to live or to die. Fading rapidly, Rio gives the obvious answer: to live! Turns out this was quite the loaded proposition.
Rio awakens in a world filled with foreigners and strange animals he’s never seen before. That’s not the only odd thing–Rio now has the form of a black cat! He quickly learns cats are revered in this world because of their special role as familiars of wizards.

My Thoughts

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Review covers 33 chapters 

Have you been missing my collection of weird mangas? I sure hope you have, as I have really interesting story for you! Are you ready for alternative worlds, magic, some romance (that’s actually under question), some awesome reincarnations and tons of plain weirdness. You are? Are you sure you are reading this review and not just scrolling through it? But nevertheless I’ll continues with my random ramblings.

To say the truth I was planning to write the review as soon as I finished this story, but as always staff happened, and finally after 2 months I’m here trying to remember what I wanted to say. It’s not all that easy, trust me. I have another pile of reviews-to-be waiting for me. But let’s remember what I remember. Did I just write that? God, I really need that 24 hour sleep asap! Well, this title appeared on y to-read list quite a long time ago, but as at that time it was still ongoing I wanted to wait until it was finished. As always I forgot about it, and one day by pure chance saw that it was marred as “completed”. Joy!

The story started quite well, and everything made sense, or at least at majority made sense to me. Our hero dies and turns up in a world where there is magic. He becomes a wizard’s cat and specifically the King’s cat, how did Rio become a cat? Well, he kind of made a contract with the king. But our lovely bookworm’s adventure is just beginning, as there will be a lot to uncover about his and his twin brother’s past life. And don’t forget there’s always danger lurking where magic is involved!

The story has exceptional humour, but don’t make it seem that’s what the whole story is about. The are many dark issues probed and at the very end you can’t not shed a tear or two! Enjoy it to its fullest and don’t forget to share your thoughts below! Sty tuned for more reviews as well as promos. Don’t miss your next favourite book or manga! Happy reading!

XOXO

Katie

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