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Emma, Vol. 07 (2002)

by Kaoru Mori(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1401217370 (ISBN13: 9781401217372)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

CMX

series

Emma

review 1: I have been waiting a month to read this book, after I finished the last one, so I'm very glad to get my hands on it today. This is probably one of the best ones yet, as so much story happens here (figures that it would in the last volume of the actual Emma story). In this volume, Emma arrives in America and is unceremoniously thrown off the ship. Meanwhile William and Hakim hurry to the States to rescue her and bring her back to England. Emma asks Mrs Meredith to help her act like a lady, and Emma ends up staying at William's mother's house. William finds out that the Viscount Campbell was behind Emma's deportation and dashes over to his mother's house to tell Emma that he will protect her and asks her to marry him in the future. The Campbells cut off all ties with the Jo... morenes', which leads to society shunning them. The Viscount blames Eleanor for the engagement trouble and sends her to Brighton. I felt kinda sad for Eleanor who seemed to be getting the rotten end of the stick in that situation as it totally wasn't her fault. William's mother and Mrs Meredith have fun dressing up Emma for a ball. Recommended for ages 16+ due to the three pages of nudity in the middle of the book, 5 stars.
review 2: Beautifully done, classy, sweet, dramatic, every thing you need in a turn-of-the-century British romance is here! This story would do Jane Austen proud, all forbidden love, semantic misunderstandings, social scandal, angst and happy endings! You really can't help but fall in love Emma and William. As a random side note, it was interesting to watch this story unfold, realizing that it's a Japanese take on British culture of a century ago; it was very well written, I realized, when one of the characters, who was being gossiped about, sneezed in a different frame, and, rather than saying 'God bless you,' as was a more likely response, someone said she was catching a cold - it was the only time I really saw Japanese cultural quirks sneak into the British setting, and it made me realize how accurate the rest of the story was by comparison. The artwork was also very lovely, and the way the scenes were drawn, the perspectives, the close-ups and such, were often simple, but done in such a way as to heighten the mood, expertly complimenting and enhancing the telling of the story. There were whole blocks of books, that had no words at all, but simply told the story with pictures, and in a way this was more expressive than any dialogue could have been. The romantic scenes between Emma and William were especially well done, they were extremely innocent exchanges, but the way they were drawn made innocent kisses seem passionate or even erotic. I REALLY love this manga, fans of romance or shojo should definitely read, and fans of Austen or Bronte would also probably really enjoy these books. less

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