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Title: Kare Kano: His & Her Circumstances #1
Series: Kare Kano: His & Her Circumstances #1
Author: Masami Tsuda
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
Genre: Manga
Pages: 192
Format: Digital Edition
| Synopsis: |
Yukino Miyazawa is an average girl who works excessively hard to present a perfect social image. Her true identity is discovered by her rival, Soichiro Arima who blackmails her into helping him maintain his status as the perfect student. Their interactions cause Yukino to fall in love with Soichiro who likewise, discovers his true personality under his stoic facade. Soichiro begins to express angst in his new personality, believing he will become like his abusive parents. However, Yukino comforts him and Soichiro confesses his love to her in response.
There is a smaller second story about a young woman who hides because she is afraid and a young man who accidentally gets involved in her life. She begins to learn to not be afraid and he begins to learn to think about other people instead of just brushing them aside.
| My Thoughts: |
Given that this is my third time reading this you’d think I’d remember more beyond knowing it is a highschool drama. But nope, not a bleeding thing. So this was like reading it for the first time.
First off, I appear to have a soft spot for highschool drama, even while castigating it and rolling my eyes. Otherwise I can’t explain why I enjoyed this so much. Two 15 year olds filled with young pride and angst learning to navigate Life and thinking that nobody before them has ever encountered the same horrible problems that are currently destroying their lives. Hahahahahaa.
I am not expecting to be able to make it through the whole series even while I really enjoyed this volume. The second couple’s story I think sets the theme for the whole series. The two main characters and their issues and then side stories about ancillary characters.
Not a bad way to spend an hour or so.
★★★★☆
Bookstooge's Reviews on the Road 
Hahaha, I Hate almost anything sets at highschool, especially if it involves romances. Think I’ll give it a skip. Glad you had fun with it tho
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Isn’t it funny how our tastes differ so much? I can’t stand YA books but put it in a manga and I’m hooked! Once I’m done with this, whether through finishing it or dnf’ing it, my next manga foray will be W Juliet. Which once again, is a highschool romance drama. It just makes me laugh 😀
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I can imagine how the format might change how you like a book. I sometimes see Dave reading a manga I can’t imagine he would enjoy as a normal book. And nothing wrong with a good laugh 😊
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I think manga and the art somehow allows things to slide between my armor that a book filled with words would simply bounce off of.
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Weirdly makes sense, somehow
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I guess the lesson here is to learn what you like and go with it! Glad this one was enjoyable to re-read.
Side note, the Myth books arrived last week! Great holiday package to receive. Thanks again!
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Excellent, I am glad they arrived. With Christmas shipping I don’t count on anything this time of year.
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No kidding! Between the weather and the holiday there’s just no guarantee.
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Haha, I was gonna say, I didn’t think high school drama was your thing, but I guess there’s something to be said about the way manga handles it. Oh, and hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well!
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In books, highschool drama is something I’d drop in a heart beat. I really have NO idea why it works for me in manga. I’m thinking of taking a deeper look inside with bookstoogiovision when I read the 2nd volume.
And thank you. It wasn’t much of a thanksgiving due to Mrs B having to work, but we’d celebrated the weekend before with my bro and sisterinlaw, so we got our potatoes and stuffing fix 😀
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Lol, I do wonder if you enjoy it so much because you castigate it and indulge yourself with epic eyerolls, or maybe because there is a heart of romantic butter under that tough facade 😀 Either way, I’m happy for you! 😊
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I suspect a bit of both to be honest. We’ll see how long I can stand it though.
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Bruh. No one would’ve guessed that you would crack open a manga with such a story hahaha Glad it wasn’t trash in the end!
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Before I got married I loved this kind of relationship manga. Once I was married, my tolerance for it began dropping 😀
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