Manga Review: The Young Master's Revenge, Volume 4, by Meca Tanaka

Rating (Out of 5): ~3.5-4

Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)

Release Date: December 2018

Volumes: 4.

Spoilers?: No.

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Volume: 1. 3.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Love’s revenge can be sweet.

When Leo was a young boy, he had his pride torn to shreds by Tenma, a girl from a wealthy background who was always getting him into trouble. Now, years after his father’s successful clothing business has made him the heir to a fortune, he searches out Tenma to enact a dastardly plan—he’ll get his revenge by making her fall in love with him!

Leo has been trying to get the down-to-earth Tenma to fall in love with him, but she’s remained immune to his advances. The Rose King and President Tojo are meddling to stop Leo and Tenma from becoming a couple, and it’s up to Tenma to set things right.

Review:

The final volume of the series, meaning that Leo has to undo all of his messy revenge tactics in order to actually be with Tenma, since he's given her such a misguided impression of his intentions and feelings.

This couple is actually pretty cute. Tenma doesn't quite know how to deal with her feelings or what they mean, and Leo has to readjust his thought of his feelings, because he's so used to trying to be cruel instead of sweet. But when they finally figure it out, it's pretty dang cute.

This didn't feel rushed at all, and I even like the time skip at the end. It felt pretty fitting and really sweet. This was a really fun, sweet shojo series to read, and I'm really glad I followed it to the end.

Manga Review: The Young Master's Revenge, Volume 3, by Meca Tanaka

Rating (Out of 5): ~3.5

Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)

Release Date: September 2018

Volumes: 4.

Spoilers?: Light.

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Volume: 1. 2. 4.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Love’s revenge can be sweet.

When Leo was a young boy, he had his pride torn to shreds by Tenma, a girl from a wealthy background who was always getting him into trouble. Now, years after his father’s successful clothing business has made him the heir to a fortune, he searches out Tenma to enact a dastardly plan—he’ll get his revenge by making her fall in love with him!

Leo has been trying to get the down-to-earth Tenma to fall in love with him, but she’s remained immune to his advances. In his dreams, Leo meets a younger version of himself who guides him into his past to reveal his true feelings for Tenma. But even with the purest of motives, can Leo ever win her heart?

Review:

Leo has fully realized his feelings for Tenma, just as her family shows up to take her away. While she's mostly been oblivious to the romantic tension up till now, when she's forced away from Leo, she starts to realize her own feelings.

Aside from the romantic tension, though, Tenma gets to take a stand for her own life, decide what she wants to do with herself, and then she gets to try to make her own living. Live by herself, of her own choosing, and the hardships that come with it. Though, really, Leo has more issues with this than Tenma does.

This is a cute series. I like seeing Tenma become aware of herself, and then see her come into her own as she has to live on her own and work for what she wants. That's always a plot line I enjoy.

 A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!

Manga Review: The Young Master's Revenge, Volume 2, by Meca Tanaka

Rating (Out of 5): ~3.5

Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)

Release Date: June 2018

Volumes: 4.

Spoilers?: No.

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Volume: 1. 3.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Love’s revenge can be sweet.

When Leo was a young boy, he had his pride torn to shreds by Tenma, a girl from a wealthy background who was always getting him into trouble. Now, years after his father’s successful clothing business has made him the heir to a fortune, he searches out Tenma to enact a dastardly plan—he’ll get his revenge by making her fall in love with him!

Leo has been trying to get the down-to-earth Tenma to fall in love with him, but she remains immune to his advances. When they transfer from the ritzy Genbu Academy to Suzaku Public High School, Prince Barazono issues a challenge that forces Leo to confront his true feelings!

Review:

Tenma discovers that there are public schools, and that she doesn't have to work so hard to afford the private school she's been going to, and immediately transfers. She doesn't quite understand the difference at first, or the rivalry between the private and public schools, since they have to share some field land.

Tenma is rather oblivious to her surroundings, naive, and she doesn't value herself very much. This is something that Leo is trying to fix, to make her aware of, even if he supposedly wants to do the opposite. Of course, Leo ends up saving her a lot, but Tenma has this tenacity about her, this unabashed determination, that equals them out, I think. Though now Leo has a rival who is trying to make him understand/accept his own feelings.

This series is cheesy and cutesy, and it's fun to read.

 A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!

Manga Review: The Young Master's Revenge, Volume 1, by Meca Tanaka

Rating (Out of 5): ~3.5

Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)

Release Date: March 6, 2018

Volumes: 4.

Spoilers?: As much as the description.

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Volume: 2.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Love's revenge can be sweet.

When Leo was a young boy, he had his pride torn to shreds by Tenma, a girl from a wealthy background who was always getting him into trouble. Now, years after his father's successful clothing business has made him the heir to a fortune, he searches out Tenma to enact a dastardly plan--he'll get his revenge by making her fall in love with him!

Review:

Now that Leo has grown up and achieved success—through his parents' business—he moves back to Japan in order to enact his revenge on the girl that “tormented” him. Only, Tenma didn't really torment him—she dragged him into her crazy adventures, she was generally careless and often got them in trouble or into embarrassing situations, but she also thought she was his friend. Back then, she was the rich girl he was forced to befriend.

But now, she's poor and struggling to even find a place to stay, and has seemingly endless enthusiasm and naivety. So Leo takes her in, instead. Supposedly because he decides that he doesn't want anyone else using her or tormenting her, because she's going to fall in love with him and he's going to break her heart.

It's quite a weak plan, honestly, given how much he does to help Tenma instead. I do appreciate that, when Tenma realizes what's happening, she doesn't get upset, she only wants to work harder to be his friend. It's quite sweet, really.

The plot reminds me of Komomo Confisserie, a little bit, only the male protagonist here is much sweeter, and doesn't really bully the main girl at all. But in both series, it's still obvious he actually likes her.

This was a really fun first volume, and I liked the way things have developed and progressed already. Tenma is a lot of fun, and I really like her optimism and determination. I'm looking forward to reading more.

A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!