Rate this book

Flower In A Storm (2010)

by Shigeyoshi Takagi(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1421532425 (ISBN13: 9781421532424)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

VIZ Media LLC

series

Flower in a Storm

review 1: Reads R to L (Japanese Style). Love is like a storm. Final Volume Ran's romantic overtures are starting to work on Riko--but the ordinary life she's yearned for is not in the picture. A hotel heiress claiming to be Ran's fiancee is just the beginning of another dangerous storm of trouble...This manga was amazing, touched my heart. I'm so jealous of Riko she has an amazing out of this world guy-even if its not real.a woman could dream right? The ending kind of confused me, but after some researching and putting the pieces together-I believe the ending was pretty cute. kokonoe rinko was picked from Ran's parents to be Ran's candidate fiance. She is greedy for Ran's money so she'll go as far as to take Ran's document and copy his signature for the marriage document. No worrie... mores though, Riko saves the day and rips the document. Riko goes to a party with Ran, and realizes that they come from two different worlds. She finds out his Christmas present to her is a ring, she accepts the ring. Her present she got for him was stepped on and broke, but she ended up putting it on Ran's Christmas tree.Riko is seen as a burden to Ran's status, so that's a huge pressure on her, and Ran knows that one day he will have to let Riko go since he doesn't want her to burden everyone's thoughts and pressures.Ran sacrifices himself up to the assasins, and Ra's father doesn't care about Ran enough to try to save him. Its up to Riko and the bodyguards to save Ran.In the endRiko lets go of his hand cause she can't support 2 people, and She thinks he's dead but the next day he shows up, and they get married.
review 2: This short series had a lot going for it: a stylish and gallant hero, a strong and no-nonsense heroine, and some of the prettiest art that I've seen in years. It's just too bad that the story was too disjointed for me to give it anything beyond a two-star rating.I think it had a lot to do with the publication schedule for this particular series: LaLa DX is only published every other month, unlike its sister magazines which are published every month or even twice per month. The pacing and the continuous reintroduction of its central characters were affected by this. I never felt emotionally connected to either Ran or Riko; sure, if they were involved in an action scene, it looked amazing, but when they got to scenes that were supposed to have more gravitas, I wasn't interested. Riko didn't seem interested either. All throughout the first volume and partway through the second, it was all that she could do to avoid Ran. Then, either the author realized that she was supposed to end her series so that's why we have a 180-degree change of heart. I, as the reader, am now supposed to believe that she is so attracted to Ran that she can't even enjoy a party without having him by her side the whole time? This behavior, from a girl who would jump off windows to escape him?If you're the type who can turn your brain off for a couple of volumes, then maybe you'll be able to enjoy this series more than I did. less

Download links for: Flower in a Storm

Advertising