Kimi no Sei

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Bullying, romance and change of hearts - the story had potential but didn't develop really strong I am not sure if it was because they only had a few chapters that the story turned to be in a rush. It didn't even include what happned to Rino and the guy who looks like Takaya in the end. It would have been nice if they allotted a chapter or two just so they can add a resolution to that conflict. Presenting multiple conflicts in a story is not good if you don't plan to make the manga lengthy enough to resolve those conflicts. The art was ... good but I think it was more of the average. I think this manga may be good for killing time. If you'd want a manga with the same theme as this, it might be better to read 'The Silent Voice'. Speaking of which, I think I'll be rereading that so I can just make a review here. Tut :)

Some may have gone through the experience of bullying, whether it was direct or indirect. What if the person who bullied you fell in love with you? Would you be able to forgive and love in return? Kimi no Sei is a shoujo manga that tries to build a romantic relationship between the bullier and the bullied, though it fails to present it in a believable way.

The story of Kimi no Sei centers around Takaya, the bullier, and Yurina, the bullied. These two encounter later on a mixer. Takaya immediately falls in love with Yurina, promting her to date him; however he doesn't recognize ... her as the girl he tormented in his childhood. She eventually accepts the date, but with the intention to make him suffer.

The premise is interesting, but as the reader may be thinking, how will it be possible to make a working romantic relationship between these two? Throughout the story the reader can observe how their relationship grows, however it leaves the reader thinking whether the behaviour and reactions of the protagonists are believable or not. The final plot twist of the story really felt far-fetched and unrealistic, which I personally found to be the part where all credibility of the story left. Nevertheless it was still intriguing to see how the story progressed.

The cast of characters is limited in Kimi no Sei, having as main protagonists Takaya and Yurina, and a few friends of these. The bullying in the childhood was mainly caused by Takaya, who did it in order to blend into the society, while Yurina was faced with the inability to trust the other gender. The secondary characters have almost no significant interaction with the protagonists, besides to create jealousy in the main characters.

The art of Kimi no Sei is well done. The characters design is what the reader is accustomed to see in a shoujo manga. Backgrounds are drawn when necessary, leading overall to an enjoyable read.

Kimi no Sei had an interesting idea, though it failed to transmit it in a believable way. The lack of character depth of both the main and secondary characters, with the unrealistic story progress was the biggest drawback of the manga. Nevertheless, if you can ignore this, Kimi no Sei is certainly worth a try, as it was enjoyable to see how the author developed the romantic relationship.

Thank you for reading.

Geeze, Kimi no Sei is such a bizarre rollercoaster. It starts off normal enough, with the premise that Takaya used to bully Yukina in grade school, which for her was horribly traumatic, but he barely remembers it. In college, they're reunited, and not really remembering her, Takaya is instantly attracted to Yukina. Yukina does remember, and decides to get revenge. At first this manga seemed like it was going to be a realistic exploration of this type of problematic premise, so if that bothers you, then obviously don't read it. One thing I liked about it is that rather being nicey nice, the author wrote ... that Yukina was going to get revenge, which is an unusual direction, and also makes it more bearable to read about her hanging out with her former bully than if she was just continuously getting victimized. But then, the manga takes a bizarre turn into left field, changing genres entirely into an extremely out of place thriller. Throw in a couple of characters whose motivations are entirely unclear, and crappy writing that accidentally made her teacher into a MAJOR creep, when I don't think that was the author's intent at all, seeing as Yurina didn't really seem to question it. It's pretty impressive they managed to accomplish all this wrong in just nine chapters. The one redeeming feature is the art, which is pretty good for a shoujo.