Rating (Out of 5): ~3-3.5
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Release Date: January 2014
Volumes: 12
Spoilers?: No.
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Goodreads Synopsis:
Tsubasa thinks that her
pretty and popular twin sister, Arisa, has the perfect life. Everyone at
school loves Arisa—unlike the hot-tempered Tsubasa, whose nickname is
“the Demon Princess.” But when Arisa attempts suicide, Tsubasa learns
that her seemingly perfect sister has been keeping some dark secrets.
Now Tsubasa is going undercover at school—disguised as Arisa—in search
of the truth. But will Arisa’s secrets shatter Tsubasa’s life, too?
Review:
I took a very long
break from this series, but I have finally finished it. I really, really
enjoyed Ando’s Kitchen Princess
series, and really wanted to like this one, but it was just… a bit overdone and
dramatic.
Don’t get me wrong,
I didn’t dislike this series. I enjoyed most of the characters, and the art is
really pretty. I would have enjoyed a bit more romance for Tsubasa, but overall
I really appreciated the sister aspect. That’s something that I think was
really well done, and I liked that it was given the main focus. Overall, this
story was about the two sisters, and how Tsubasa was there for her twin at all
times, even when Arisa didn’t deserve it. The ending for them as sisters, too,
worked, and made me happy for them.
The idea behind the
King plot line I liked, and the reasons we were given for Arisa starting it,
also worked. There was some depth given, or at least attempted. It was mostly the
Midori part that didn’t work for me.
Midori went through
some bad things, and that’s why he is the way he is—those things make sense to
me. But how overdone his emotions for it all were, and then the way that it all
turned around in the end to make him seem like a victim, just didn’t work for
me. Having him be the victim in a moment of horror twisted around, just seemed
like a cheap ploy to have people not hate him.
Arisa’s feelings
for him didn’t work for me. The fact that no one actually ended up hurt in the
end, didn’t work for me. In the end, the only parts I liked were the sisters
relationship, and Tsubasa and her friends (from her original school). The rest
of it was just cheesy and unrealistic.
Overall, I’m a little disappointed with this
series. I wanted more from it. But, still, I look forward to reading her next
series to be released.
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