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Description
From Esthétique:

Ding Jiayu dreams of being a photographer. Her idol is none other than Yung Jo. When Yung Jo’s photography company holds an audition to find a new photographer, Jiayu decides to take a chance. The thing is, Yung Jo’s company doesn’t hire women, so Jiayu has no choice but to dress up as man and enter. Yung Jo takes great interest in Jiayu's talent and makes her his apprentice. It may seem like a dream to work with your idol, but for Jiayu, it's nothing of the sort. She takes a beating from Yung Jo everyday, and since all the crew members think she is a guy…

Type
Manhua

Related Series
Steel Rose (Sequel)

Associated Names
恋影天使
연영천사
Ingénuo
Ingenuo
Naive (RYAN)
Thiên Thần Bé Bỏng

Groups Scanlating
Ambrosia
Eden
Esthétique
Esthetique
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Latest Release(s)
v.15 c.80 (end) by KatScans (817d ago)
v.15 c.79 by KatScans (836d ago)
v.15 c.78 by KatScans (879d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
15 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

User Reviews
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Forum
1 topics, 2 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (377 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.19 / 10.0
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Last Updated
September 30th 2012, 5:20pm PST

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Genre
Comedy  Drama  Gender Bender  Romance  Shoujo  Slice of Life 
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Author(s)
RYAN

Artist(s)
RYAN

Year
1998

Original Publisher
Tong Li

Serialized In (magazine)
N/A

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #698 increased(+258)
Monthly Pos #1295 increased(+207)
3 Month Pos #1717 decreased(-23)
6 Month Pos #1729 increased(+118)

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On 550 wish lists
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 Cute   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by lyrabela
March 11th, 2011, 3:49pm
I liked the manga...though it was very slow at times, and got a little repetitive. I actually skipped a couple of chapters and even pages within chapters and still understood what was going on. Truthfully some of the characters that appeared were unneeded and some loose ends remainded but overall this was a nice manga. I liked the ending too. I felt bad of aiwen, but I am supportive of the main couple even if both of them have a few missing screws.
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I do think most of their problems would have been resolved if he said 'I love you' while she was awake, but never the less he did say it I guess.

I do have to say I love both the mother and father of Jiyau. They crack me up! I died laughing at some parts.
The art is okay, its not the best art I have ever seen but the character's personalities made up for it. So not to many complaints here... biggrin
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 interesting at first   
Rating: N/A
by phanzanu
July 4th, 2010, 2:31am
But you see, at volume one, you immediately get dragged into the story without much preamble at all. Then there's this suckiness at continuity. Like, things just suddenly happen without any reason at all and without much introduction. All that's left is something like "this is what happened. you just have to accept it and read it." Yung Jo has too much mood swings that it doesn't even make sense. Jiayin is too idiotic at times (even though I really admire her for her passion), like she just has to do it just for the sake of making something happen.

The characters (old and new ones) just come and go as they please. The scenery/location just changes *poof* and you're left with this "what?" feeling.

So basically, the storytelling sucks, and the characters just get dragged around making stupid choices just to get it going.

When I started reading this, I had so-so expectations. When I read a few volumes, those expectations dropped a bit and I was just expecting a light, interesting read. After around 10 volumes, I couldn't take it anymore. As much as I'm interested in what's gonna happen, the manhua's not making it easy for me to read through it to satisfy said interest.

Summary: I don't recommend wasting your bandwidth, disk space, and time just to read this. Go find something else. Something better.
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 Great until the end   
Rating: N/A
by enaikelt
May 2nd, 2010, 10:11pm
I was thoroughly enjoying this story until around volume 12 or 13. I'm not sure how can Yung Jo claim to love Jiayu while simultaneously being such a total jerk. In addition, for being such a playboy, he's really awful at handling women. The chemistry between them was incredible before, but now it's really sort of deteriorated into romantic-tension-squabbles-without-romance. I'm kinda disappointed. sad

That said, the art was pretty, the research good, and it held my attention for a whole day, which is pretty awesome. So I gave it an 8. =D
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 Must Read!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by driko
March 4th, 2010, 11:52am
OMG! I can't believe how good this manhua was! It's definitely a must read! Oh, and I'm pretty sure Skip Beat! characters were inspired by this!!! It's like watching Ren as the male lead!
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 ... loving it!   
Rating: N/A
by hum87
April 2nd, 2009, 5:54am
I just recently found this and I'm loving it!!! Its slightly original yet it also incorporates various themes from different shoujos eg Skip Beat! and The One. Its realistic and the romance isn't too mushy.. it's just right!!!
The artwork - meh I've seen better but its the story that's keeping me captivated =].
Anyone looking for something good to read I highly recommend this!
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 wowie   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Jenny
January 27th, 2009, 1:51pm
First I was hesitant to start reading this series, seeing the comments on it and all, but I did eventually and my reaction was like WOW! I mean seriously, the plot is awesome, you just can feel the mangaka knows his/her stuff. I even learned a few photography techniques from it XD !!!
The art isn’t bad at all, and you can clearly see how its gets even better.
The characters are interesting and funny, but also have their woes. They're so, well, not boring! The balance is just great! And right now I am really in major suspense about what will happen next, I am in matter of fact so excited that I started reading it all over again!
I think it’s a plot that'll keep surprising the reader. So I definitely recommend it to everyone!
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 Ambrosia Scans, Eden, Esthetique, Thank YOU!!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Zjazz
January 7th, 2009, 5:11am
Just recently, I had read it out of mere curiosity, without usual expectation.
Wow, it captured my whole heart & soul like thunderous lightning~!
I reaaally FALL HEAD OVER HEELS with both the amazing characters: Yung Jo & Ding Jiayu. They were beautifully created with individual strengths & weaknesses in such marvelous realism that'd draw us closer with empathy. After all, we could identify personally with human flaws & the extraordinary spirit of determination.

I thank you, Pirol & MissRaw for your passionate & genuine sincerity of writing your review. I truly feel sheer delightful & HAPPY to know that there too are a plenty of loving fans who do cherish this GREAT manhua: Ingenuo. *Many tight hugs for you two*
Oh, one special BIG BEAR HUG for you, MissRaw! Well, it's because I'd found yuri21's review HIGHLY UNPLEASANT.

As well, I'm genuinely appreciative of several reviewers who put in something a little positive & balanced even if it's not their very best favorite one. Thank you.
A BIG THANK YOU!! to other reviewers who ardently love it like I do, too. =)

yuri21,
Sorry, I don't understand your LONG review. At least, what I can easily deduce from that so far is that it sounds pretentious like as if you're trying to be sharply intellectual, showing that you do know almost all of something in between. To the naked eyes, you're subtly bluffing.
Also, on the contrary of your assumption about your review being truly objective, I could obviously see it sorely lacking in analysis' clarity in a million of miles.
Objectively, it'd not sell like HOT cakes in some journal magazines, failing the test of human heart. No, I'm not saying that objective critique is wrong.

Ambrosia Scans, Eden, Esthetique,
I thank YOU from the bottom of my heart to give us all this sparklingly-beautiful love story.
Esthetique,
For the first time, I'm quite a bit strongly anxious to see how the reunion of Jo & Jiayu would look like when they finally met in New York City.
Sure, I shall be patient, waiting graciously for the next vol.11 to upload at Mangatraders.
My encouragement for ya: Do your absolute best! =)

... Last updated on January 7th, 2009, 6:31pm
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 LOVE   
Rating: N/A
by LP chan
January 5th, 2009, 2:37pm
i love this manga and wait for it's releases !!! come one u guys meet already i wanna see the moment they see each other soon! thanks everyone who worked on this manga! much luv and good luck biggrin
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 I like it   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by MissRaw
December 31st, 2008, 11:40pm
People are so ignorant to say that this is bad art. In fact, I find that stupid. The art is far from bad, and although I've seen better, this is very nice, and even I would like to draw the way the mangaka artist does.

This story is just perfect. It's balanced enough so that we don't find it too dramatic, or too boring. Not only that, the characters are likable. I find that the heroine is a normal girl. I don't like the word "typical shoujo heroine" or "a strong unique heroine" even though, I myself, had used it in the past. This heroine is just a normal girl with her own personalities and ways of dealing with things.

In response to yuri21, and her long comment (I only read one sentence): not all people are strong. Nobody will cater to each and everyone's likes and dislikes so that you can like the heroine. Just because she's not "strong enough" doesn't make her bad. In fact, I like heroines that can relate to each and everyone of us. "Strong heroine" doesn't relate to everyone. I always consider myself strong, but other people may lack that asset.

... Last updated on December 31st, 2008, 11:49pm
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 Kinda okay...   
Rating: N/A
by VampireBanana
May 26th, 2008, 6:25am
First of all, I think the art isn't that bad, when compared to a lot of shounen/seinen/shoujo/josei/BL I've read: there're series with worse art. Though the art itself could never compare to the stuff in say... Bokko or 7 seeds or Demon Sacred, Son of the dawn, or many other series I've looked at. So, the art is... just fairly acceptable for a shoujo series.

The plot is pretty much standard-fare shoujo: read standard romance with possible rivals turning up in parts of the series, and in terms of complexity, I'd place it at somewhere between simple to slightly complicated. Though, the photography aspect certainly makes it a bit more interesting, I think there're likely at least a few other series which've possibly portrayed this aspect far better(Komatta and possibly a few non-BL series I haven't read).

Some of the characters are the standard-fare noisy/upbeat characters you'd find in Chinese dramas + literature, so they're not very interesting for me but they might be a refreshing departure for others tired of typical "japanese shoujo characters", though I think that Super Girl or Cinema Empire had far more interesting and varied strong heroines and female/male characters. Btw, I thought most of the male characters were quite bland since they seemed to be based mostly on stereotypes and ugh, they might have been "bishies" or "biseinen", they didn't have any enduring characteristics that made them worthy to read about.

Talking about jokes: the jokes between the characters and that the characters themselves make/say are a mixture of interesting and entertaining as well as "seen it, read it a million times" so that's a mixed bag. Some of them were really funny while others were a little boring or even annoying.

So far, I haven't fallen in love with any aspect of it and am still on volume 2 so I can't say whether I'd recommend it to anyone or not. I'll probably update with more thoughts on this.

(Update: Just read up to vol 4 and I'm stopping at this point since the drama and plot aren't interesting enough to sustain my attention. However, for you fans who're seriously into shoujo, I guess it's probably decent enough to keep you entertained for a while.)

... Last updated on May 26th, 2008, 11:07am
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