SMY's manga / #school life(54)

Girl in the Birdcage

Complete | Koer | 2000 released

Lee Chung-Eun is one of the talented, genius, and the chosen one at the renounce and famous Yun-Gwang Art School. Being the chosen one comes with a priviledge and special treatment from the school, which makes lots of people jealous and hate Chung-Eun. The incident 2 years ago, after being bullied then ran away and passed out on the street, Chung-Eun was saved by some girl. The thought of that savior, unknown girl who seems to glow brightly, keeps her calm and warm and she is able to cope with being bullying in school. She wants to someday repay this savior if they ever met. Eventhough her best friend, Sunhwa, is always there to protect the shy and awkward Chung-Eun, she keeps reminesce of her savior. Near the end of the 8 Hours Final Exam, her painting project was vandalized and all her art materials were destroyed. But with the thought of her savior, she mustered up the courage and was able to do new paint and finished it within 40 minutes. By chance, she met her savior in the same school and learnt of her identity as Hong Yumi, a popular girl and an 11th Grader just like her. They soon start talking and getting to know each other. Although Yumi appears to be very kind and gentle to Chung-Eun, she resents Chung-Eun for being the genius and the chosen one by the school who got special treatments. Yumi longs to be able to get into the special G/T Program just like Chung-Eun. Yumi sees Chung-Eun as a way to reach that goal. Will Yumi use her charming personality and manipulate Chung-Eun to do her bidding at all cost? Will Yumi ever come to like Chung-Eun for who she is? Love this twisted psychological plotline that keeps you hooked. Looking forward to the next installment. Cute drawing/artwork. Thanks.

Seasons In Bloom

Complete | An-la , Go-ri | 2000 released

Psychological drama with lots of love and hatred between two girls from 2 different social class families. Lots of mind games from both girls just so they can have what they want. Will their relationship leads to a double suicides or is this just a cover up by the school of a more sinister murder and suicide??? Very interesting storyline. Very nice historical backdrop. Cute artwork/drawing. Thank you.

Memory Box

Complete | Aki Kuon | 2000 released

Six years after Ai-chan left for Tokyo, an old school friend (Kanda-cha) met her once again. They parted after Junior High during which time Kanda-chan took a role of a pretend boyfriend of Ai-chan during the summer. Now that they meet again, they will rekindle the moment where they realize that the one special star is within their reach and has been there all along. They will find the one true love. Very sweet storyline and adorable drawing/artwork. Thank you.

Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san

Ongoing | Amatou | 2000 released

Super duper cute characters. A story of Amano Akari, a high school girl, who went on a search of "The House of Dolls" from a story that was told to her by her classmate. While she was lost in a forest, she met a "living doll", Sophie Twilight, who happens to be a 600+ years old vampire that long ago had traveled from Europe and settled in Japan. Akari, who is crazy with doll collecting, fells deeply in love with Sophie who has a fair porcelin skin with silver hair and a youthful appearance of a doll. Akari decides to move in with Sophie, with approval of her parents. Sophie who like her simple, quiet, and solitude life, hesitantly agreed to let Akari move in. Sometime, Akari brings her friends for a visit and that makes the mansion livelier. Their daily lives have turned upside down...but it is now filled with so much new experiences that Sophie could never have imagined. Their cute and sometime odd daily interactions are so much fun. With Sophie's vampire friend, Ellie, just showed up one day, there are lots more happening at Sophie's mansion. Really love the anime version of this story. Would love to see more of the future anime series. Thank you for a fun, wonderful, and colorful story. Loving it so much. :)