Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Volumes: 2
Spoilers?: No.
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Volume: 2.
Goodreads Synopsis:
Strange accidents always
seem to happen around Hako Natsuno--so much so that
she's been dubbed "The Queen of Bad Luck."
It's hardly surprising then that a naked alien prince falls
from the sky to tell her that out of all the girls in the universe,
he's come to Earth to mate with her. Does this mean
Hako's luck has changed, or--?
Review:
I knew I was going
to love it, just by the cover and a brief glimpse of the description. And I was
right.
This. Was.
Adorable.
Io literally crash
lands on Earth from another planet, goes directly to Hako, and claims that
she’s his soulmate, and they must mate. Hako, who has all her life had
perpetually bad luck, doesn’t know how to take this.
Io is adorable;
very happy go lucky, eager to make Hako fall in love with him, when he realizes
that’s how things work on Earth. Hako is trying very hard not to fall for it,
because everyone who gets close to her gets hurt, because of her bad luck.
This volume is very
happy go lucky, very fluffy, but there’s also a few hints of something darker
in Io, which gets shown later in the volume, and there's actual depth to Hako's feelings. Quite a bit was revealed in this
volume, which I was surprised by. But none of it was rushed; it flowed
perfectly, and the characters are all very easy to like. The way that the two
fall for each other, all the cute moments between them, are very well done, and
add up to a nice flow for their feelings.
The art is also
very pretty, and now I’m hoping to find more of her English-released series.
I am really excited
for the second, and final, volume. I know I’ll just eat it up.
I did want to
mention a comparison/recommendation. Beast Master. (Maybe also Flower in a Storm?)
It has a similar new-to-the-world element, and is just as cute as this one.
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