Bara no Tame ni

Description

Yuri Makurano is an unattractive girl who learns her mother is a famous actress named Shoko Hanai following her grandmother's death. Yuri begins to live with her mother's family which consists of three children named Sumire, Aoi, and Fuyo Hanayashiki. Yuri is treated as a maid at the household, eventually bonding with the family and builds up unrequited feelings for Sumire. Later, she comes to learn the only blood relation she has to the family is Aoi, her half brother.

Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo in 1994.

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

Bara no Tameni

For The Rose

For the Sake of the Rose

Hoa Hồng Tóc Ngắn

Роза

من أجل الورد

蔷薇之恋

薔薇のために

薔薇之戀

장미를 위하여

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c.1 by rpapo 6 years ago

v.16 c.64 (end) by rpapo 6 years ago

v.16 c.63 by rpapo 6 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

16 Volumes (Complete)
9 Volumes (Bunkoban, Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at

Ends at

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Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (377 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.15 / 10.0

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Comedy Drama Josei Romance Slice of Life
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Shogakukan (1992, 2000)

Serialized In (magazine)

Petit Comic (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #534

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Monthly Pos #1704

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3 Month Pos #3118

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6 Month Pos #4089

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Year Pos #4810

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Finished it in one sitting

by YukikoKudo
12 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

My view towards this manga is bittersweet. While I found it entertaining, it had a lot of cliche shoujo elements that annoyed me.

The whole, "brother turns into lover"; "ugly girl who everyone grows to like and turns out to be very pretty". There were a few original elements that I enjoyed.

The mother being the promiscuous one. Usually it's the father with the 10 billion wives.

The sister character. She was really enjoyable, and it was easy to empathize with her.

I found the main character sorta annoying, and didn't really like Sumire either... I really like Aoi (though it's probably because his beauty is just striking... His look reminded me a lot of Frankenstein from Noblesse because of the hairstyle).
Overall, I guess I enjoyed it since I finished it in one sitting and it did tug on my heart strings, but I never like leaving manga unfinished unless it's terrible. The art was nice on the eyes once you got used to the early 90's style.
It's a nice manga for those who like shoujo, but not amongst my favourites.

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Unique character

by RoMaNcE_OtAkU_JNZ
13 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

This manga is probably the first decent shoujo/josei manga with a fat main character. In all other mangas, the main character is either really pretty but a tsundere or the main character is not confident. It is hard to make a plot with a fat main character without just making it insulting. This manga can be unrealistic at times, but some people can relate to it.

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Really fantastic

by Togainfx
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This series is so much better than a lot of shoujo series I see now (I not saying ALL, there are plenty of great ones). Maybe because it's a decade old? I don't know. But it has a lot more depth and a more interesting storyline than a lot of shoujo manga. And frankly, I think the art is fantastic ( I find the simplicity and similarity of a lot of shoujo art nowadays somewhat annoying). Anyway, this story really hooks you in with the enticing plotline and fantastic characters. It might seem like 16 volumes is a lot, but each chapter is stuffed with awesomeness and emotion! Anyway, I absolutely love this manga (and wish there were more english releases of it!) and I recommend it to anyone looking for good shoujo.

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CONTINUE PLZ!!

by jvlichelle
17 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

IT IS A MUST READ!!! although the art isn't great, EVERYTHING ELSE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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>_>

by Attlas
18 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I'm officially addicted!!

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nostalgic

by Miachann
4 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I remember we have this manga back then, but i simply forgot all the plot since its been 2 decades and now i reread this again.. and i cry.. i love this stories, i cry.. its heart touching.. i cry the most when Makurano dies- bruh shoko u are- i speechless i love it tho.. i feel the most bad for Aoi bruh at least give him someone ;((

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In my life, I 've re-read this series 7 times

by yntn0706
5 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

It's that good

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One Of The Few Mangas I Enjoyed Reading

by KaraRee
7 years ago

Rating: 8.9 / 10.0

I loved it so much. I never thought that I would enjoy something with incest as well as I enjoyed this. I honestly didn't think the older brother was a great choice for her to end up with(even though they weren't really related.) It seemed like it was all forced or something like it was expected of her to fall for him. I wished Aoi wasn't really her brother, it would have worked out better that way.
Apart from all that, I really loved the character development, it felt like I was really growing with all the characters which was beautiful.

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Good with a serious flaw

by flowinmyboat
12 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

It's pretty interesting, I wouldn't say it's deep but it did get confusing as the story went on (in terms of relations). It has a huge shoujo cliche (it may have started it) of "we-thought-we-were-related-and-love-each-other-but-guess-what?-we're-not!!" The only really creepy part of this manga was her younger brother, which is why I'm leaning onto the negative side of this. The fact that he does the stuff he does even after knowing Yuri and Sumire are his siblings makes him really freaky to me. Also the whole "imitate my brother's dead fiancee's haircut" was just the crazy cherry on top.

As a character, Yuri actually isn't that bad. A little over-dramatic, sure, but it's shoujo. She's also pre-occupied with her self-image, but again, considering the circumstances, I would probably be self-conscious, too, if people told me everyday I was fat and ugly. You can see she brushes it off as the series goes on and doesn't let "you're fat" comments get to her anymore. The older sister is also a character I really enjoy: she cool, tough, and she doesn't mercilessly pick on Yuri, but rather helps her. Sumire is really a tragically cute character overall. Also, his over-concerned ways are really humorous!

However, the younger brother's incestuous feelings really, really ruins my experience with this manga.

(* Someone was wondering why this is josei but won as shoujo award is because they have overlapping demographics. I also would classify this as shoujo because even though Petit Comic is a "josei" magazine, the manga they serialize are more or less shoujo with more adult-themes not suited for the entire range meant for shoujo, which is thirteen to eighteen-ish)

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resembles Hana Yori Dango

by tekiteki
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

Main character resembles Tsukushi from Hana Yori Dango (isn't she??!!? ^^), I like that hardworking, sensitive but rational type of character. And I'm glad to see that she is not that naive and reacts rather realistic (I would react probably the same way ^^). I also like that mangaka makes accent on the fact that it's good to be honest (though i have to say that "everything is good in moderation", and you can't be honest all the time if you want to communicate normally with people ^^) .
Even if there are some things that disturb me, the story is still catching and is promising some good shoujo ^~

P.S. though later it becomes a little bit boring.. I thing i'll drop it for the time being

... Last updated 12 years ago

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