The story concentrates on the Furou siblings – brother Daisuke and sister Kyouko. They refuse to leave each other’s side. Since kindergarden till high school they were always together. Before, as children, they were considered cute. Now they are plain weird in the eyes of their classmates as well as parents.
What is one of the worst things that can happen to bride on her wedding day? Saying to bride to carry on with ceremony alone so that her “dear” unfaithful husband can be as irresponsible as ever. (they have already signed the marriage certification). What prevented her from divorcing him that very same day was her brother-in-law Soujirou acting as stand-in vowing:
I vow a thousand, a million times…. never to let you leave my side.
“A lone gatekeeper stands watch outside of the Lost Castle. All who enter the castle he never sees again but he cannot warn them for he is cursed. Then one day a beautiful girl wants to enter! What will the gatekeeper do? What is the secret of the castle?”
“Even in a world full of noise, if you listen carefully, you´ll be able to hear your favorite music.”
(page 49, translated by Crimson Flower)
Remi lives with her older brother and distant relative Sora since childhood. Sora used to be unfriendly rebellious child who appeared to have an issue with trust.
I have been a faithful reader of manga for years. As an immmature brat and novice in vast world of manga I started reading shoujo and I still stick to it till now. Though, to be honest, I occasionally betray this genre and wander in shounen or josei grounds hunting for something new, different, unique. As an impatient reader I hate long, draggy, seemingly never-ending series and rarely stick to it. But, of course, there are some exceptions. For this reason alone I LOVE oneshots or short series. But there is also another reason. Sometimes manga simply doesn’t need extension and serialization can unnecessary cause dropping of quality in plot, slow pace or bombing of clichés. So it’s not surprising my first review will be about 62-pages long oneshot.
Protagonists of this story are two ten years old boys, Nico and Jean. Both of them are orphans who grew up together in church.
This story is a mixture of romance and fantasy. And combined with right topic, what was left was a fairytale. And I absolutely loved it.
At the start we are introduced to scowling princess Mary. She is only 13 years old girl but she is already throwing around remarks that would shame critical mother-in-law (ok, maybe I’m exagerating… a lot). She has everyday foul mood that concerns her father – king and 7(!) brothers as well as servants. Though she is adorable by appearance, her behaviour is very much not so. But what caused Mary to be like this? Is that just her born trait honed by doting family? Nope. Princess is only sleep deprived. Every night she is hunted by nightmares.