Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)
Release Date: March 2019
Volumes: 7.
Spoilers?: No.
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Goodreads Synopsis:
Ranmaru spends his whole life not fitting in, until the oddballs of the Art Squad adopt him as one of their own.
Ranmaru Kurisu comes from a family of hardy, rough-and-tumble fisherfolk and he sticks out at home like a delicate, artistic sore thumb. It’s given him a raging inferiority complex and a permanently pessimistic outlook. Now that he’s in college, he’s hoping to find a sense of belonging. But after a whole life of being left out, does he even know how to fit in?!
It’s winter break, and the Art Squad is helping a local children’s center put on a holiday puppet show! No classes means the squad can spend loads of time preparing, but all that togetherness is torture for poor heartsore Ranmaru. But just when he thinks he’s accepted that Ruka only has eyes for Goda, he finds out she’s agreed to an arranged marriage after college!
Ranmaru Kurisu comes from a family of hardy, rough-and-tumble fisherfolk and he sticks out at home like a delicate, artistic sore thumb. It’s given him a raging inferiority complex and a permanently pessimistic outlook. Now that he’s in college, he’s hoping to find a sense of belonging. But after a whole life of being left out, does he even know how to fit in?!
It’s winter break, and the Art Squad is helping a local children’s center put on a holiday puppet show! No classes means the squad can spend loads of time preparing, but all that togetherness is torture for poor heartsore Ranmaru. But just when he thinks he’s accepted that Ruka only has eyes for Goda, he finds out she’s agreed to an arranged marriage after college!
Review:
Ranmaru and Soh are both working hard to better themselves and for
their crushes.
Poor Soh is after a guy who doesn't really intend to have a
relationship, who's rather unattainable.
Ranmaru likes Ruka, but he believes that she likes Goda. Discovering
that she's agreed to an arranged marriage after college gives him new
determination, though. It's an interesting theme in both
relationships, really. Ruka and Izumi have both resigned themselves
to their fates. They've decided to stop fighting it, and take what
little they can have for themselves. Ruka fought for school, and
she's made herself accept whatever her family wants for her after
that.
The real surprise in this volume, though, comes when Ranmaru
discovers Goda's secret. It spurs a whole new side of Ranmaru, who
starts persisting and even annoying Goda till he wears him down. And it's a surprisingly touching reason, too, what Goda did that had an impact on so many, and his reaction to it.
For
a final plot line to the series, I really appreciate this being it.
I'm really excited to see how it all wraps up, and am wondering how
it's going to happen for them all.
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