Venus Capriccio

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For a guy who doesn't want to turn out like his dad, he is sure taking the same path. Musicians especially in the orchestra have the worst relationships. They have to tour around the world every once in a while and to concentrate and practice they need a place with no one around. The series was kinda straightforward romance drama and if it had stayed the same in the end then it would been far better. Nonetheless it was a good read for a Shoujo genre. The last few chapters were unrealistic in every possible way. Akira not only somewhat forgive him but even agreed ... to train from his dad, who by the way is a sc#m and abandoned his family. Akira's words didn't matched his actions. I still want to know what misunderstanding was that foreigner even trying to say?

This one missed on the execution I thought, the stand alone storyline could have been a ten. I didn’t really want to comment on this manga but there aren’t many reviews for it so I might as well.

The best way I could describe this is a long short story.

I kept reading chapter after chapter expecting a climax or a big “wow” moment, something, anything at all to pull me in… after a certain point you can tell this story is riding on its ending. And when I came to that point, the emotion didn’t seem conveyed to the level it should have been. It ... could have reached somewhere amazing but I didn’t feel totally there with it.

The characters start out cliché. Shoujo tends to go one way or another with their characters. This one went with a masculine heroine and feminine hero. Akira’s character development was great. It’s a general progression and he’s fueled by supporting characters. The story follows Takami more but I felt she got cut short. Her role was mostly to encourage Akira’s development.

There is a bit of romance between Akira and Takami but not enough that I would call this managa a romance. The plot shifts from a developing love between the main characters to more about Akira becoming a great pianist. At the beginning I was annoyed with the romance bit. Akira’s comes off as forceful [idk if this was a way of portraying his character maturing or just bad show from the author] it got better as it went on though.

There’s not really much bad about this manga it just didn’t do the job for me. I almost gave it an 8. Would I recommend it? Yes. Would I read it again? Nope.

Story: 9 [great]
Art: 8 [very good]
character: 8 [very good]
enjoyment: 6 [OK]
Overall: 7 [good]

Honestly, I'm being generous by giving this a 5. I don't get why so many people have rated this highly. I'm just going to list what's wrong with it.

- The female lead is completely obnoxious and extremely inconsiderate of the male's feelings. He confesses to her, yet she keeps going on about how she wishes he was her little brother. Actually, it seems like she has forgotten in subsequent chapters, since he has to tell her he likes her a second time and she's like, "OMG, I had no idea!"
- I see absolutely no reason he would even like her. She's nice to him. That's ... it. This is one of those manga where instead of seeing feelings develop we're just told that one party already likes the other, and then the unrequited love becomes requited because—GASP—they realize their love interest is a member of the opposite sex!
- The female lead is also extremely childish. I mean, I can be immature for my age, but this is just ridiculous.
- One time I got put under for surgery. During the period I was unconscious, I probably still had more personality than the male lead.
- The male lead is all, "Grr, you're at a guy's house, and you don't realize I like you, so Imma threaten to sexually assault you because testosterone." Then he blames her for it.
- She falls for him after he touches her. Because why not?
- The classic, "My heart is beating, and I'm nervous. What on earth could this mean?"
- Whenever they want the female lead to seem attractive to anyone other than the main character they just stick her in a dress because apparently femininity fixes everything.

I'll try forcing myself to finish reading this, but oh gods, it's just the same, painful thing over and over again. This manga is so overrated.