kei_k's manga / #Action(19)

late marking. read long time ago, not sure if I'll re-read anytime soon. [translations seem on indefinite hiatus]

So funny.. Though my heart ached towards the last part where Lee Jin let Mijoo go by herself, then being indifferent again when back to the 21st Century.

Gaon's evil but I liked his devotion for Yooi (except when he kissed Lida who disguised Yooi; even though he knew, he was desperate to kiss Yooi so he still kissed Lida)...

The art was superb. Both Hanzous were hot, and Sara was pretty. Part 1: Hanzou looked so hot strolling around the red light district, but I was kinda sad, too, 'coz he was such a flirt. When he saw Kaguya/Sara's scar, he thought the memory loss was also a plot against his master so he even reported her. It's good that he listened to her as he strangled her, though. He must've felt her sincerity so he finally believed her. It's good that after the ruckus, they didn't seem to be enemies after all. It was kinda sad, about the first love thing. You know, when Sara asked him why he liked her and he said she looked like his first love, which turned out to be her sister (who married Lord Nobuyasu, Hanzou's master). This first part was too short that I wanted more build up for their relationship. I mean, c'mon, he's a playboy. How can he change so easily? I wanted to see them interact more. Oh well, I guess that's expecting too much for less than a hundred pages volume. Part 2: Sara received a mission to marry Hatsutori Hanzou to investigate Iga's weaponry and steal the scroll of gunpowder's secret formula to prevent another war from breaking out (led by her brother). She immediately agrees, thinking it was the same Hanzou (her lover) she's gonna marry. While running onto the hanging bridge, excited to see Hanzou, it breaks and she's saved by a handsome shinobi who resembled her Hanzou, only to find out that he's actually the Hanzou-sama she's about to marry. She wanted to carry out the mission immediately at night before she marries him, but due to the unfamiliarity, they decided to do it after the wedding. Her Hanzou arrived to congratulate his relative, only to find out that the bride is actually his lover. She revealed her mission and asked him to believe in her, but of course, it was difficult for Hanzou too, especially when she sided with Hanzou-sama when Hanzou hit him with a stick. He left saying Hanzou-sama's a good person and she'll probably be more happy with him. As he's leaving, he notices an army approaching and goes back immediately. Meanwhile, Sara secretly acquired the secret scroll, but as Hanzou-sama's pursuing her for their wedding night, she resists until Rikimaru arrived and took her out. As they left, Hanzou-sama noticed the missing scroll and they were unable to escape successfully because of the trap laid out. Hanzou-sama was furious and decided that she can no longer live, but Hanzou arrived on time stopping him and informing them of the approaching army. At first, Hanzou-sama didn't believe them but an informant confirmed it. Sara said that they will be stopped if the secret scroll was delivered, so they took it again and Hanzou asked Hanzou-sama to believe in them. They were able to stop Sara's bro in time and the war was prevented in the meantime. Rikimaru, who was left, was released by Hanzou-sama and told him that he'd release him but they shouldn't come back to Iga anymore... It ends as Hanzou and Sara goes home to ask her father's approval for their relationship. Hanzou was very nervous and Sara kissed him to his surprise. Far away, her father, Oda Nobunaga, was watching it and said that his daughter was indeed wild for that act but he'll let her be for the time being. Anyway, I liked both volumes, but I wish there was more. Especially during the year they spent together after the last incident. Did Hanzou really stop his habits? I wanted to see him in his uniform more, too. Hehe.

Ahh, sooo cute! This manhwa's adorable because the MCs are both naive and slow. I also liked how Yoomin was really faithful to Hana, and Hana was understanding about Youngsun despite putting her up with a lot of bad things. About the issue of two-timing, if we look at it clearly, she didn't really two-time, since they broke up after she was kidnapped. Of course, she just assumed that they were still together and Yoomin was only acting up since she already figured him out mostly. But it's good that Yoomin was clear to himself that she's his subordinate at the moment and not his gf. Speaking of feelings, their love was mutual, so when she agreed to go out with Miyoo out of fear, it may be seen as two-timing, but not really. Well, at least she was aware of it. I'm glad she thought of Yoomin as her bf though, and didn't intentionally break up with him after seeing how he truly was when they're together. About the forced kiss which was caused by a drug Miyoo gave Hana, I would've liked to see more details. I wish Miyoo or Youngsun made it clear to both Hana and Yoomin about that incident. Luckily, since Yoomin thought they weren't even dating at that point, he didn't even had the right to get mad like that. Anyway, a guy like him is just too precious and adorable, but he could also be a pain in the a** since he tends to ignore things he didn't want to believe in. Oh, and I would've wanted Hana to realize the real meaning of Yoomin's "bullying" about her butt. Haha. Okay, for Youngsun, she's honestly scary in a way that she let Hana experience pain not just physically but emotionally and mentally as well. I think Hana was well aware of her evil antics but still went along with her because she liked having her with her. Anyway, I'd say Seo Yoomin has just become one of my fave HMR male characters. Okay, so he slapped her once, despite being uncontrollably wild and violent. That was after he witnessed the heartbreaking scene of seeing her kiss Miyoo and had himself get beaten to feel pain. He was too miserable that he just had to slap her to hurt himself more. He's too naive though, and he definitely has a prince syndrome. Well, it's good enough that he was not a playboy or flirt. That's just a big plus. haha.

ch 20 // skimmed the raws. as usual, abrupt ending. like, the problem isn't resolved until the last volume then it just suddenly ends as soon as they get back together. (Yeah, it's always like this. After the main couple gets together, they'll break up and won't make up until the last chapter and we'll only be given a few pages of lovey dovey after the conflict, when we should see more progress now that their issue's solved..) Also, as usual.. birth secrets and kidnapping the strong female lead and be rescued by male MC. XD [translations seem to be on indefinite hiatus]

Currently @ V5 (Ch 41-49) p 25