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What do i say about this series?? I don't know when was the last time i was so jacked up about some thing, It was a great to read something so intense, it was full of comedy, tragedy, romance, but i felt like it was rather slow in the middle. Romance part was ok from both. But i feel like they missed something to mention Anyway it was a tremendous story, I just remember the last time i was so jacked up something, it was after watching clannad ever after, but this one completely blew my mind, its was even better. It was fun reading it since the beginning and soon i got myself deep into the story that i couldn't think about anything else. There is so much drama in the story but i think its worth reading all the things in the page and sticking with it till the end. Specially i liked Well the art was OK, it was ok enough that i read the whole thing till the end of volume 12 and read every line in the page. For me this is a masterpiece.

That book has a lot of drama... To much at times, but i liked it anyway. The first thing I liked about it is the the fact, the couple actually acts like a couple. In most manga, the couple shows no affection whatsoever for each other and it's just as rare to see couples telling each other "I Love You!", but not the case here. They show affection like real couples with plenty of hugging, holding, touching and they use the "L" word almost every other page. This kind of stuff is common in American romance novel, but it's pretty rare in a shoujo book. Regardless, this is a romance comic that actually has plenty of romance.

SO-Na is a strong and independent woman unlike many shoujo leads. She's certainly not weak nor does she spend a lot of time sulking because she doubts the lead males feeling for her. She knew she was loved. Yeah, she was spoiled and a snob at 1st, but her character grew. She didn't allow herself to get bounced around like a pinball.

Another thing that was different about this series is that it didn't have a rushed ending where everything just fell together in the last chapter . Things were really brought to a conclusion right before the final volume. The final volume tied up just a few slightly loose ends and showed what was going on with everyone. So therefore we had a whole volume of closure and to see how things turn out. I think all series should end like this. It's hard when you invest so much time in getting to know a group of characters and it just abruptly ends.

There were times i had to walk away from this because the drama was a little much. But i have to say that this has had the most satisfying ending ever. I finished the series feeling really good. That rarely happens to me when i read this stuff. I admit that I read the scanlations, however,I turned around and ordered a few of the volumes just to keep as a memento.

I almost give this a 10, but the drama did get to be a little much, so i give it a nine and that's a high score for me.

... Last updated on March 24th, 2012, 4:34pm

... and I loved it! Just close your mind to the crazy plot and the psychotic violence/mindgames the parents' use to keep their children apart... seriously, what kind of parents would put their pride, revenge and hatred above the happiness of their children? Sometimes I wished the main couple just flicked them the proverbial finger and left the country.

Its all highly implausible and oh yeah you get a little shounen-ai (not that explicit) subplot thrown in to up the angst.

I disagree with others' comments about So-Na being the weaker one to walk out on their relationship on multiple occasions. This girl had to deal with post traumatic stress, depression, and her mother's death after kidnapping and implied sexual assault. I'm surprised she's not even more screwed up than she already is. I completely understood her reasons; fear that their relationship would fail and guilt over abandoning their families. Hae-Gi is your typical stoic romantic hero who's good at absolutely everything, dahling... smart, gorgeous, athletic and improbably faithful. Isn't that what we all want?

... Last updated on March 25th, 2011, 4:21pm

it started out really good until they got in the accident and So-Na had to save Hae-Gi by braking up... but after that it just got lame..

i also Hate So-Na for using Hwi-Rim to go to LA to meet Hae-Gi even after saying that she would only seem Hae-Gi from afar and would leave but Hwi-Rim was at fault for getting So-Na to close to Hae-Gi but then how she left Hwi-Rim i hated her for that.

Plus after there family let them be together all the soon So-Na changed i guess So-Na's the type that only knows how to treasure love when everyone is out to brake them up but once they are free to do anything and love each other her love wasn't so strong looking and didn't seem like there ever was a time where she struggled to fight for it.

another reason I hated So-Na was how she always so selfish it really annoyed me and poor Hae-Gi how much he loved her and wanted to marry her but So-Na only did things when she wanted something like the marriage she wanted to have kids and when she couldn't she would get depressed and cause Hae-Gi worry over her. But the last page was weird the ending how she couldn't have but the next pages showed a baby So-Na and Hae-Gi were holding.

wat a ending it was long and dragging not that grate. though i was happy for Hwi-Rim he found someone at the end.

I don't find this manwha so unrealistic and stupid like other people post... well It's a story about forbidden love so it has a lot of extreme situarions and drama, the characters are people of rich families ,mafia and people with old enmities looking for revenge... but they are able to forgive all when they finally notice that because of this old issues ,they are now losing their most important persons... I don't find it that crazy.
About the last volume.... well. I like it because , although It's no necesary in the story, It shows that even happy ending couples have to go on living and find a lot of problems afterwards... I don't think she is histerical, She is only a woman coping with her life problems. In life one person find problems and insecurities, feels sad angry happy fustrated... the stories in reality doesn't end witha kiss.

At first I was like WOW this is pretty intense and the drama never dropped...and i mean NEVER!! Soon it just became really depressing and their love became idiotic because



BUT OVERALL I must say I liked it but honestly the last volume, number 12, totally killed it for me. It felt so long drawn out and then they end it with a nice pretty bow....sorry it just didn't cut it for me : \

The beginning was not too bad but by the middle, it blew up into some lengthy saga that didn't have enough credibility. Also, while some of the individual scenes were indeed enjoyable, the rest of the plot really suffered as it became really repetitive.

And btw, what "slice of life"? This one felt more like another badly written action script. Seriously recommended only if you're looking for something to skim through.

The best manwah i've read! a lot like romeo and juliet but different in a way.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. also, the art gets better and BETTER. Their love is so pure and deep.. its so romantic & not ur average romance wer girl loves guy, guy loves girl yay boom happy ending. NO. this is different, it shows you that life isn't always about fun and games, especially when it comes to love..
BEST MANWAH I'VE EVER READ. NOOO ITS OOVVEERRR
Great ending! (:
Great art! (:
i do agree i found myself rolling my eyes sometimes too but still, it was very good.

_. funny cuz im usually VERY PICKY when it comes to manwah's but this one really hit the charts for me.._

... Last updated on October 4th, 2008, 1:43am

i agree with strawberrie 100x, which is why i gave a rating of nine. i found myself rolling my eyes a lot especially towwards the end, but the story was good overall and the characters were all well done. the art is superb, etc. definitely recommend this one.

It started off slowly but as soon as the angst kicked in, I was had to read all of it. The way the story unfolded was good, though it wasn't very convincing how they fell in love. The shounen-ai relationship between Ha-da and Ko-mo was more interesting and believable than So-na and Hae-gi. As the story progressed however, their love seemed more realistic.

The art is... okay. It threw me off at first, so I almost didn't want to read it.
It's not amazing, and you don't really fall head-over-heels with the male protagonist, but a good story nonetheless.

... Last updated on October 23rd, 2007, 12:17am