Yuzu constantly blames herself for everything, and it stays that way until the very end of the work, it’s seen as cute and as a natural feature of her personality, while honestly it’s depressing. Yuzu is kind and understanding towards Tamahiko, but it’s her who has been sold like property, has had to travel to an unknown home, works there, and doesn’t have her own property or money. It may be fine in the beginning when Tamahiko has not yet healed and is not yet accustomed to caring, but later it doesn’t change, isn’t addressed, and it starts to grate. The manga never manages to empathize with her humanity fully. I think it hurt the ending a lot, there were whole chapters of empty fluff, while fates of major characters were moved to additional half chapters.īut the main issue of this work, if there is any, is that Yuzu is just too saintly, too sacrificial and accepting. It was totally a "flower garden" to ogle. At some points there were so much fanservice, so many people suddenly flocked to our main couple and made celebratory rounds, that my attention simply trailed off despite my best efforts. The problem is that the road to the cathartic aftermath in the second half is very rocky because of unneeded side characters, many of whom are also cute girls, and they all bathe together showing off their "goods". The elders will get their due, and what’s especially beautiful is that it’s not a matter of revenge, it’s a matter of leaving the evil behind to stew in its own vitriol without future, as it should, as it’s the best in this situation. You see, another big part of the plot is his messed up family, the way they have failed as people so much that many of Tamahiko’s siblings try to run away and find their happiness elsewhere. There are other strong moments, like the events of the great earthquake, both nerve wrecking and historically informative, and the ending when Tamahiko makes his big choice. But they bond very quickly and easily, and the manga decides to expand. For me these slow slice-of-life chapters when you see Yuzu open Tamahiko’s darkened heart to the natural beauty of the rural Japan to the people around him bit by bit are the best in the story. The initial chapters when they get acquaintanced and learn to appreciate each other, while living in an old home on a mountain together, are truly amazing.
Luckily for him, he receives a bride, Yuzu, as his last cut-off-forever gift, and she revives him through her kindness and cheerfulness. Betrayed and alone, he falls in a deep depressive state, sent off to rot away in a rural home far from the eyes of humans who "matter". Tamahiko, the protagonist, has grown in a loveless rich home, then gets discarded when he loses the mobility of his right arm. An arranged marriage goes right for once. It’s a healing story about healing, about finding your way and following the right values. Though I think there were things that looked a bit too modern-like, like, for example, an idol girl.
The great Kanto earthquake of 1923 plays a big part, leading to what's likely the best arc of this work.
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"Taisho" doesn’t stand in the title for no reason – you’ll see the way people lived then to a degree, there are optional pages full of explanatory data about the way people sew clothes, schooled, cooked, etc. Doki-doki moments abound as tiny Yuzu tiptoes around on her dot-like feet being the bestest girl of the best.Īnd it is historical. Everyone is cute, everything is round, so much moe, such pleasant art. You may want to cut other sweets when you read it, and be wary if you’re diabetic. (Don’t attack me, guys,īut, boy, is it sugary. I also don’t think it’s 10/10 evenly along its course. That’s the reason I am writing a contrarian review for it, because I didn’t know it when I started.
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There’s nothing wrong with it, if anything this manga is about a very good relationship, but the complete, total, endless kindness and devotion of the female lead, certain points of her personality, and harem-like bath scenes later in the series make the targeted audience of this manga a bit smaller than you'd expect initially. Taishou Otome Otogibanashi is more of a wholesome wish fulfillment for men than a wholesome series for all.