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Sakuran (2010)

by Moyoco Anno(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

2811603859 (ISBN13: 9782811603854)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Pika

review 1: I first picked this up because the cover caught my attention. the story was alright but the story seemed a little too voted everywhere to the point to where I got confused. the artist tends to suffer from same face syndrome so without the clothing it was hard to tell the characters apart. the ending is a little tragic but that's what makes me appreciate the movie better. This is the first time I can say the movie was better than the book because the movie at least put everything in order and gave is a heartwarming ending with better development.
review 2: Sakuran is a one-shot manga about a woman growing up in a teahouse (read: brothel) in Edo, Japan. It starts in "present" time, then from chapter 2 onward, recounts the life story of Kiyoha, the protagonist. ... moreShe was orphaned, presumably (the book doesn't get into it), at a young age and dumped at the brothel, where she was made to be a maid for one of the highest-ranking courtesans. Kiyoha hates it there and hates anyone telling her what to do, so she rebels, ending up getting in trouble constantly, punished with violence, and ostracized by her fellow housemates. As the story progresses, she is taught how to become a top courtesan herself, through smiling and using her wit to bring men to the house, even though she despises them. She falls in love with one man from the town, but it ends in heartbreak.I read it from cover to cover in less than an hour because quite honestly, it wasn't intriguing or pretty enough to take my time with. It definitely has echoes of "Memoirs of a Geisha," although it's been so long since I read that, I can't quite remember the story to make any direct correlations. It's very depressing and yet not that difficult to read because, well, seeing a bubble-eyed manga girl getting deflowered by an old man is just kind of silly to look at and really detracts from the horror of the story. Were this presented in a different format or even a different style of character drawing, it might have more of an impact. Really, I just wanted to keep reading to see if the story was original, if anything interesting happened, or if she finally managed to escape in the end...unfortunately, it was a big no on all accounts. less

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