He Dedicated to Roses

Description

"If you were a girl, we would never have met."
"Well- to...to be honest with you- I AM a girl-"
Plain when she is a girl, but HOT when she is a guy.
Choi Ida wants no more then to relieve her stress and anger when she is off work as the alternative identity Yodah, due to the pressure of being Mimi's slave at both school and home.
One day in the park, free from Mimi, she meets Kang Naru, who kisses her as Ida, not as Yodah (her male self).
Despite thinking that Yodah is a guy, Naru falls in love with her.
But when Mimi finds out about Ida's secret identity, she threatens to tell Naru if Ida doesn't break up with the flower boy. What will she do when both of her lives are at risk?

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

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Associated Names

He's Dedicated to Roses

Hoa Hồng Tặng Anh

The Roses Offered to the Guy

他致力玫瑰

彼はばらに捧げられる

그놈에게 바치는 장미

Groups Scanlating

Ham-Ham Scans

HMR Scans

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c.3 by HMR Scans 16 years ago

v.1 c.2 by Ham-Ham Scans & HMR Scans 16 years ago

v.1 c.1 by Ham-Ham Scans 16 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

11 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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1 topics, 1 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.4 / 10.0 (600 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.35 / 10.0

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Last Updated

April 14th, 2018 5:18am PDT - 7 years ago

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Genre

Action Comedy Drama Gender Bender Romance School Life Shoujo
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Original Publisher

Samyang

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Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #1637

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3 Month Pos #3220

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6 Month Pos #5118

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Year Pos #6834

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On 370 wish lists

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when do each of them find out...

13 years ago

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Alright Story

by Marei_23
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

Ok...Where do I start? Lets, just say that this could have been a really great manga. Why do you ask? For one, the main female lead had a strong start. I loved that she lived a double life in order to escape her troubles at home. Many readers could related to her suffering in the first six volumes. This story could of had so much more depth if handled correctly. Sadly, it lacks much substance as the story series progresses.
Second Problem, the main male lead Naru is flat out ugly compared to some of the hotter looking guys in the story. Plus,his background can be described as way to typical of the suffering cliched prince tales you can find in any shoujo. He just a plain boring male lead.
Third Problem, the secondary characters were way and I mean way more interesting then the two leads. The secondary love rival Shinah is hotter and more mysterious then our main male lead. I found myself wanting to hear more about him and the mean girl Princess Mimi. Speaking of Princess Mimi she was great as a villain and so was her obsessed love interest gang leader what's his name. I would have loved to hear the back story of why the gang leader was so crazy 🙂
And finally, the fourth biggest problem of this story....It's lack of an any connection to the readers. I didn't feel emotionally attached to this series. Do to the fact the author failed to spend any time truly developing her characters. To bad, this series should have been great it had a strong start but finished in a twisted cliched mess.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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Simple horrible

by MissRaw
15 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

Horrible action scenes, cliche plot, unrealistic events, and unlikeable characters. You can only like this if you're a Shoujo freak, who don't care much for quality. It IS, however, a good pace manga. Not too slow, not too fast.

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Another Average Story with a Poor Ending...

by ffleur
15 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Ahn... I started reading He Dedicated to Roses because a friend strongly recommended it, saying it was awesome, that everybody was reading it and it was the #1 Series in MangaFox for the whole month of November/2009, beating Naruto, Bleach and Skip Beat all at once...

Well, I'm sorry for me being the one to say that, but this is just "Another Average Story with a Poor Ending"...
Seriously! I mean it... and I am mad right now, after reading it. I might as well right a review on it. This series was SOOO annoying! I have my points, which are:

The Characters don't mature at all! In the end, even when Choi Ida becomes her “true self” I just saw a change of haircut, she even became a crybaby – and don’t tell me that’s because now she’s a girl, or whatever. The character was still silly. Gang Naru is still handsome and stubborn, didn’t grow from being a spoiled boy. From beginning till the end, the characters were all shallow, the love between Naru and Ida might look cute, but if you watch it closely, it was sooo superficial, like all the romance scenes.
Also, the fight scenes are so poor! I was really expecting something grand for the last “battle” between the gangs, but… I was left behind with my expectations. And the romance scenes… ho-ho-ho! So poor. I couldn’t even get tears from my eyes when Naru is stabbed. I almost laughed there… what was that fight sequence anyway? From the Art itself, the guys were good looking and all… but we saw no emotion, no drama, no anxiety, no joy, no fear… everything is plain and shallow in the drawing. Call me harsh, I don’t care.
The story is repetitive, doesn’t evolve! It’s always about strong Master Yodah who kick arses, who walks with his friends beating down the bad guys; about “Mimi, The Princess” spoiled girl if good background who always get off the hook; and Gang Naru, the revolted rich boy who turn his back to his rich family and decide to live on his own. Woah! So original! All the clichés were mixed up together and ended up in a strange, tasteless, watermelon-peanut-cabbage salad. Seems like the manhwaka reads/watches a lot of Coffee Prince, Boys Over Flowers and MARS dramas…
The Only character that can be saved is Shinah, who is truly human and kept my attention till the end [I really wished that Gang Naru was dead for a few pages…] By the way, that could have made the story pretty interesting, though we don’t even have the chance to believe in his that, due to the lack of imagination of the manhwaka, who spoils the suspense since the beginning.

-Aw, there’s that problem too… The manhwaka doesn’t knows how to tell the story. Not only speeds up in important parts, also ruins the mood in others with the lack of information or bad timing. Sometimes the story goes so fast we can’t even sense the motion in that moment. And some parts, some stories, some details that should’ve been explored, well… they’re superficially explained.

In the end, this is another repetitive story with shallow lead characters full of old clichés. I can say it was entertaining 70% of the time… and for that, I’ll give this series an 7.6: 4 points for the story, 1 point for the handsome Gang Naru, 5 points for Shinah’s existence and -2.4 for the annoying Choi Idiot-Ida.

** SHINAH, LET ME BE YOUR SLAVE!!! **

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8.5

by iitzHans
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

It was pretty good. The mangaka (or manhwaka, for those who are picky) makes the two boys in love with Ida very loveable.
Shinah- the book smart guy who uses his connections and brains to figure out the situation.
Naru- the fighter, secretly rich, brash, bad boy.
I preferred Shinah. I have a weakness for bishies with glasses.
I gave it an 8.5 due to the fact that seeing the cover of the manhwa gave away who was going to end up with who. Man, manhwas always DO that.

Decent read. If you are a female, check of for the eyecandy. Didn't feel as cliched as most manhwas, which is definately a plus.

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First manga (manhwa) I've read in a while...

by Dubby
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

OH BOY, this series killed me. I haven't sat down to read manga in a longggg time (hello 2008). But I decided to check out a few gender benders, and this is where I was lead to...

I liked Gang Naru, even if lots of people didn't (I like black hair, sue me). Shinah seemed too stereotypical for me (and I kept confusing his name with the other dude... Junah or whatever). ALSO at first I was confused about Junah and that other guy (the one who was all for Mimi), since they look SO similar... but whatever. : D

GO NARU. ;D

Damn I just marathoned 11 volumes in one sitting...

NEXT SERIES: Catch up with Boarding House of Hunks. I SEE IT'S BEEN MASSIVELY UPDATED SINCE LAST TIME I CHECKED (Volume 2) : ) HAPPY LEECHER IS HAPPY.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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ugh

by [deleted member]
15 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

the ending made me want to kill myself. seriously. the beginning was so good, goddammit! hwang mi ri why do you always ruind the ending? coughhot blooded womancough
seriously you can enjoys her works if you read only the first few chapters. thats what i am going to do from now on.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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Typical Hwang Mi Ri

by ejami005
15 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

If you like reading Hwang Mi Ri you might like this. But the main strong girl chara doesn't stay strong is my main complaint. The ending is so lame it makes you wish you wouldn't have bothered at all.

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Excellent start, terrible ending.

by mikiwoo
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

I was hooked throughout. LIKE REALLY HOOKED. I laughed, I cried, I gasped...
That is until the last volume, her strong character became wimpy for Gang Naru. Quite frankly, I think she should've paired up with Shinah, that guy was in love with her from the start and loved her regardless of her double life. Gang Naru on the other hand only fell for her because she looked like his little brother... isn't that a bit sad?

And the ending could've been better. I'm sad but oh well, it kept me entertained for most of the while.

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Hmm...

by XKamariaX
15 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

For the first eight volumes or so, I LOVED this. The main characters were strong and the story was interesting. However, the more it progressed the more it became a typical shoujo. Choi Ida lost her strong personality, and turned into a typical heroine. It started to turn around again in volume ten, but the ending was so gay and cliched that it ruined that bit of effort. All in all I definitely recommend this, but it won't take you long to predict the ending.

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hmm....

by smiling-face
15 years ago

Rating: 7.7 / 10.0

I so LOVED this.
Yes loved, cause when I read more I couldn't love it anymore.
It became so boring.
I thought it would be good because so many people read it. But I was wrong!
I thought I might like this one like Hot blooded woman, but no this ain't something for me -,-
now I only want to read it just to finish this mahnwa.

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