Anime - Hanasakeru Seishounen

 

Synopsis

A very powerful industrialist directs his daughter to pick a husband from three candidates he has chosen for her. They are to come into her life, and their uniqueness would cause her to recognize them immediately. All three of the candidates are outstanding. Well, it’s actually four...

The story evolves along the lines of a power political mystery involving a small middle eastern country

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My Thoughts

At first I really liked this anime, its not my usual drawing style but I got used to it and came to really like it.
It gets very deep and becomes more about the story than just the romance. The story is very political and they all become involved in fighting for the best outcome for a country. This is a positive and a negative, I enjoyed the story and parts surprised me but it also got kind of boring to the point I stopped watching it for awhile.
The romance I really liked as she got to know the characters, you get to find out so much about them and how they all mesh together I thought was clever.
It was enjoyable but long winded, and I wasn't satisfied with the ending I just wanted a little more on the romance side.
All the characters had a deep back story and just has a lot of personality to them, which is what kept me interested.
I would recommend giving this a go, it might not be one you sit through all in one go, but its different from what I've seen and in that respects its an interesting one.

I would give it
2.5/5

Kotoura-san - Anime Review

A school love comedy. Kotoura Haruka is a 15-year-old girl who can read people's minds. She has been suffering from troubles caused by her mind-reading ability, and her parents got divorced as a result. She moves to a new high school but tries to keep away from her classmates. Manabe Yoshihisa, one of her classmates, accepts and appreciates her ability and she begins to interact with her friends with his help.

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I loved the take on the whole mind reading thing, I haven't come across this way of doing it before. Kotoura-San is born with this power and to her its just a normal thing that people do, she doesn't understand why people say one thing and think something else. She also can't understand why people get angry if she points out what there really thinking.

 

For example there is a part where her dad says he's got a business meeting, and she points out that he's not really going to a meeting but seeing a woman in a hotel....she just doesn't know these things aren't meant to be said.

 

Due to this people hate her even her own mother (who is a total cow) hates her, her parents disown her and her grandpa takes her in...he is a mega pervert, in a light hearted way? its really weird but this is meant to be funny ( I cant get my head around this humor) 

 

She ends up in another new school but one boy Manabe goes out of his way to make her feel welcome and new friendships form.

 

I loved this story but while it was awesome, it just could of been more..I think it was the ending that let it down. I liked the whole mystery part and found it really interesting and the comedy was great. The beginning was so intense it would of been hard to keep it at that level. Overall its defiantly worth you time but goes downhill towards the end.

 

I was just itching for more

 

 

 

 

Both the comedy and drama is done so well in the anime.

 

 



Accidentally on Purpose by L.D. Davis - Book Review

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Emmy thinks her boss Kyle Sterling of Sterling Corporations is a dick.
So, she sleeps with him.

Emmy tries to put the mistake behind her, but then finds herself snowed in with Kyle. As the snow builds, so does the heat in the house between the two. The problem is that Kyle has a steady girlfriend that he is unwilling to break up with. Emmy cuts Kyle off and starts dating Luke. Even as their relationship takes off, Emmy is finding Kyle hard to shake. He is blatant in his feelings and desires for Emmy, putting her in an awkward situation. She tries hard to resist Kyle, but deep down inside Emmy's motives are shady. When Emmy succumbs to her hidden feelings for Kyle without setting Luke free, devastating consequences ensue.

In addition to her two men, Emmy daydreams about doing violent things to her loud mouthed, opinionated mother.

With drama, romance, some humor, and plenty of alcohol, follow Emmy as she deals with the consequences of "accidentally on purpose" falling for two men at once.

I thought this might be another one of those books that I just end up hating, but for some reason I can't help but read...you know the ones two people fall in love instantly and all they do is fall out and have sex in a totally unhealthy relationship.

But I was totally wrong, this book has real issues and consequences for actions. The characters had a lot more to them than just an obsession over one person, and I found parts totally unexpected.
You do get the convenient everyone has money so that's never a real problem, and the girl it totally hot but doesn't realise (although I didn't find this as annoying as normal)
I liked the main character and how witty she was and her interactions with other characters, and I like the journey she goes on and how she grows as a character.
This isn't the happy romance, it deals with some serious issues and isn't a light hearted read. The plot was well thought out and the ending really came together.
It was extremely hard to put down I needed to know what was going to happen, the story always seemed to give more information to move things along without getting stale.

This was a story with some sex in it, not loads of sex with a half arsed story. I think this is the one the book I've been looking for.

4.5/5

Its taken me awhile to write a review as I started a book but I'm not really getting into...I'm not one to give up but I was getting into a slump so I've decided from now on just to move it along.

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