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From etc: Ryo thinks she is a normal girl living a normal high school life in modern day Tokyo. But is she? On a school trip, a mysterious man attacks her and claims that he is Benkei, the legendary warrior monk who collected 999 of his opponents' swords in battle during the Heinan era. And he also claims that she is Ushiwakamura, the 1000th opponent, that according to folklore, beat Benkei and became his master. But...Ushiwakamura was a man! And Benkei and Ushiwakamura existed in 13th century feudal Japan!
What an extreme and unlikeable protagonist. Besides the fact that she is completely disassociated with her surroundings (ignoring the time travel bit) she is also very inconsistent and doesn't even take any interest in what is happening around her.
It's not even made clear why there are so many people following/supporting/falling in love with her: - She acts like a total brat - doesn't particularly care for anyone (except her love interests) - misleads allies and when someone goes to a length to protect her she rewards this by running to the enemy. - doesn't take a standpoint (read till end of v05, she plays the role of a fairly important person in a delicate political situation... something you can't just ignore). - she has no self worth - has no capital - should have been killed a lot of times due to the acts she pulled.
One thing that 'confused' me immensely is that at a few times she is a practically unbeatable swordsmen, but most of the time she goes all weak and acts like a total princess (which makes her all the more unlikable to me)...
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even after when she 'merged' her two personalities
Another decent premises utterly ruined by multiple superficial (but pushy and possessive) love interests.
Seriously, good romance?, good heroine? More like the opposite... At least the art is bearable (especially for ±15 year old manga).
The main character was tiresome, and Benkei equally so. Sadly, the only person I really liked was the rival love interest, Kurogane was it? Also, just as a heads up, this has a LOT of comedy, which undermines a lot of the drama, if you're into drama like I am.
I read this manga till volume 8 and I couldn't put up with this stupid little weak main character anymore!! I mean like it's she stupid? She doesn't even know what kinda situation she's in and all she's doing is chasing after a freaking guy! How lame is that? Does she even know her life is in danger and she still decides to cling onto this one guy! It totally can't be compared to all the historical romance mangas I have read since it's so so horrible! It can't even be compared to Ouke no Monshou, and that manga isn't all that good either and parts of it were cheesy too. But this manga right here totally pissed me off and it was a waste of time! I regret reading it. >_<
Talk about roaring rapids. The emotional roller coaster this manga puts off is a real wild ride. It was good from start to finish, though sad on so many levels.
Gotta love historical romances... I couldn't move myself away from it until I finished it, well what's translated that is. Then I became really curious and downloaded the raws, and now I'm totally confused. I don't wanna spoil anybody so I won't say anything outrageous, but the end seems sad? Well its a 10, from what I have read anyway
I just love this kind of tales, and Ueda sensei is just fitting for the task. A good romance tale with a good heroine set in feudal Japan....worth a try!
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