Kuragehime
Princess Jellyfish

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This story is hilarious and cute, while seemingly intense and terrifying too. I think it's unrealistic but still incredibly creative and tense at times. I really like all the characters and how deeply their character traits go. The fact that their dislikes stay as prominent as possible while still making way for development shows some realism in the fact that Not Everyone in a story like this ENJOYS banding together and working hard. Sometimes, manga sets a very unrealistic representation when it comes to the subject of powering through hardship and working hard to achieve a goal.

Super funny, romantic, cute, exciting and different from ... most romance manga you will ever read.

The only reason I won't rate this a 10/10 is because it does seem as though the manga starts to die off after an amazing high, and what I assume happened was that it became scheduled for cancellation and the ending plot had to be pushed up and rushed. However, I still got goosebumps reading those last few pages :)

Kuragehime is one of the most splendid manga I’ve read. Instead of a typical female protagonist, Kuragehime follows Tsukimi, a man-fearing otaku obsessed with jellyfish living in a girls dormitory with similarly antisocial otaku. Tsukimi’s life changes when she meets Kuranosuke (or Kurako) a cross-dressing rich boy who through a series of events ends up starting a fashion line with her and the rest of AMARS, the residents of the dorm.

Each chapter brought me joy and laughter, yet the plot was so fun and intriguing that I would always say to myself “just one more chapter!” (And then proceed to read five more!!!!!!!!)

This is a ... truly unusual manga and I really had no idea what was going to happen next in the best possible way. The characters are so loveable and the art is very pretty and unique, overall I would highly recommend!!

I saw the anime in 2011 on Noitamina, I remember that I looked forward to the animes from that block because they were always different from the standard that everyone saw. Kuragehime is no different, a romantic comedy between a jellyfish otaku and a young crossdresser boy.

The beginning of the manga is very interesting, as it is a moment full of surprises, such as the bond that emerges between Tsukimi and Kuranosuke, which ends up being a modern version of Cinderella or Ugly Betty, considering that Tsukimi is clumsy and Kuranosuke It's always stylish.

Then the romance turns into a love triangle, when they include ... Kuranosuke's brother in the story, although I don't really like it, because it makes the story confusing, I hate when they do that. So at a certain point, the story leaves the romance aside and becomes a manga about the world of fashion, entrepreneurship and the economic situation in Japan.
It was an interesting class, but it completely changed the manga.

And that part made me have a terrible hatred for the fujoshis in the Amamizukan dormitory, where Tsukimi lives. They are about to be evicted and are still lazy in fixing the problem. Mayaya is the worst of all.
Then the story ends in Singapore and it is one of the lowest points in history, too boring, made just to mess around. So much so that after the story returns to Japan, it is rushed and ends, smelling of cancellation or tiredness on the part of the author. I say this because while reading the end of the volume, she showed a oneshot of her next work after the final chapters.

In fact, speaking of which, it's the first time I've seen such a beautiful mangaka. Akiko higashimura is gorgeous.

Overall, the manga has a fascinating start, but declines a lot throughout the chapters. The ending was expected, but it was very rushed, which gives a feeling of incompleteness.

I started out giving it a 9, but I ended up with a 7.