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The story is short, but it's really fun to read. It got me hooked during the time I was reading it.
Sei-Ahn was hired by a countess to serve as a maid after her family, which was already noble, was demoted. Thus, she is a girl that dreams of being able to marry a prince so that she can get out of her role as a maid. Years later, the girl finally meets her prince, or princes, an event that would also lead her to discover her true identity.
The first thing I thought when I started reading this manga was how the protagonist could ... easily be an antagonist in some reincarnation manhwa plot, like in The Remarried Empress. I was also very excited while reading it, but at the same time, quite frustrated in a way, I was about to go crazy every time some of her “suitors” had some bipolar behavior, where they went from treating her like a princess to treating her like shit, (I wish that when she became the heiress of the family she was a little more “badass”, but you can’t ask for much of that in 2006). In general, it’s very easy, but I think they should have made it more romance and less of that predictable harem, it’s okay to have a harem, you know, but I came for the romance.
Note: There are many things in the story that left me with a big question mark in my head too, like:
1. What does Sei-Ahn have to do with the throne if she’s not even the king’s daughter? Or is she?
2. I'm still not sure if Jun and the idiot rival girl are siblings or not, I hope not, because I was really scared when I saw that she might be interested in Jun.
3. For the love of God, someone tell me that I wasn't the only one who found it really weird for a guy (who is a womanizer) to always be in bed half-dressed with two kids, even though he has the best personality of the three, this kind of attitude makes me uncomfortable.

~Nine <3

For some reason, I was sure I would cry, but I didn't, but I still thought it was a wonderful movie. Its art is beautiful, its story is beautiful, and its message is beautiful. It was definitely an incredible experience.
The anime follows Tsuneo, a biology student who dreams of studying in Mexico. In order to earn money, he ends up working for an elderly woman, helping a girl in a wheelchair who calls herself Josee. As the story progresses, Tsuneo begins to understand Josee's troubled thoughts and, as a result, becomes more interested in her.
At first, I have to admit that I was irritated by ... Josee and her stubbornness, but after a while I felt ashamed of my selfishness. She was right when she said that "healthy people don't understand", because, even though we try to understand, we will never fully understand without being in that situation. When I finished watching the anime, I was desperate to understand more about the other versions of this same story, and, in my opinion, this is one of the best versions, and with a good ending lol. The art is also impeccable, unique and wonderful. I hope to see more works similar to these.
~Nine <3

I felt like I was reading a mix of “Brothers Conflict” and the Jonas Brothers.
The manga is about a girl named Matsuri who has just become the “sister” of triplets who are idols. Technically, they are not real siblings, but they consider themselves that way. The real problem begins when the brothers’ feelings for their new sister begin to blossom, while she feels in love with one of them, Azusa.
So, I found it fun at times, but it still has a pretty silly plot with this whole sibling thing, love triangle and idols, I don’t know how to explain it, but addressing these topics leaves ... me a bit dizzy with so many conflicts. Besides, I don’t really like harems, even though that’s not 100% the case with this manga. I confess that I didn’t really like the art at first, but I got used to it in the end (that doesn’t mean I liked it). Well anyway, I was hoping this manga would have had a conclusion, but considering it was published in 2014 and only has 10 chapters available that will not happen anytime soon.

~Nine <3

I'm glad I stuck with this anime because I ended up having a lot of fun.
Takeo is a boy who doesn't fit into the Japanese aesthetic standards. He's super tall and wide, and is admired by boys for his strength and rejected by girls, unlike his best friend, Suna, who is the handsome boy in his class. So, all the girls Takeo has feelings for have fallen for Suna, but this time it was different. After saving a really cute girl named Yamato from a stalker, Takeo gets a chance to find true love.
The anime in general is in that style of a light story ... without much conflict, where the plots are different in each episode. This style can work if done right, or it can go wrong and become uninteresting, and Ore Monogatari is both (much more interesting than uninteresting, anyway). Up until episode 12, the anime is nothing exciting, being a little funny every now and then, but nothing too special. However, after the amusement park episode, the anime becomes more fun and comical. I don't know why this happened, but I'm glad I didn't give up because it made me laugh a lot. The anime's jokes are incredible, especially the ones involving Takeo and Suna. My favorites are the one with the kiss with plastic wrap and Suna alone in the amusement park. The romance in the anime is also very fun, although I don't think it's what makes the anime shine, but it's still super cute.
Note: Yamato is living proof that girls can be cute and girly without having to be insufferable and whiny, which seems like a lot of anime/manga fail to understand. My favorite part about this character is that even though she's a super princess, that doesn't stop her from acting out in situations.

~Nine <3

This damn anime takes the weakest point, creates in us a feeling of comfort and then crushes it. I died crying from beginning to end, my God.
A man (or God?) threw a life into the world, a life that can turn into anything that makes her feel strong emotions, for a long time that life was just a stone until she became a wolf called Joan, and , after the wolf, became a boy who was named Fushi. This life, which is now called Fushi, continues the story meeting new people, learning things and fighting for the people he loves.
Certainly one of the best shounen ... anime I've ever seen, even though I haven't seen many. It's a very emotional anime where its clear objective is to break you with tears. There comes a point in the anime when you already know that someone is going to die at some point, but it is inevitable to become attached to the characters and, consequently, cry a lot every time one of them dies. It's also super addictive, which means I'm going to start watching the second season right away :).

~ Nine <3

Considering that I like the author of this manga, I feel frustrated.
It tells about a high school girl called Saya who, after being caught singing by a cute music producer (and breaking his glasses) is influenced to work as a singer part-time.
So, I recognized from the manga's art that it belongs to an author that I really like, I really like the mangas “Kedamono Kareshi” and “Yagami-kun wa, Kyou mo Ijiwaru”, so I had high expectations about it, however, my expectations disappeared. It's not a bad manga, but, perhaps because it's shorter, it always seems more fast-paced and impulsive. I'm going to contextualize situations in ... the manga that made me uncomfortable due to this constant speed. First, the second option of the love triangle changes out of nowhere, at one point we are introduced to her best friend, who appears to be the second option, and, halfway through the manga, he simply disappears, being replaced by that other boy (Hiragi?? ) and we never heard from this friend of Saya again. Secondly, in relation to that lack of communication between the two, where he starts to be rude to her in an attempt to push her away instead of just explaining the situation at once, if I went through a similar situation I would think he was bipolar, or something like that, at one moment he's being super rude and a very short time later he's clinging to her desperately, not to mention that he explained the whole situation without any problem, so what was the point of all that theater if he told her everything right after with the greater peace of mind? Third, I confess that the “plot twist” at the end, about him being in the band she liked, didn’t surprise me at all, in fact, the first thing that came to mind was “What the hell is he talking about?”, because I didn't even remember that this band had been mentioned at some point. Fourth, it is not a problem caused by the speed of the manga, but I will include it in this list anyway, which is in relation to the repercussions of the magazines due to him dating an underage girl, so, I understand that at that time had a different thought about dating between adults and teenagers, but even so, the fact that he said “We're not doing anything wrong” is kind of ironic, because if he hadn't been doing anything wrong it wouldn't have resonated with journalists, after all, apparently, even In 2009 it wasn't that cool to date a high school girl. In order not to end this text with a criticism just saying the negative points of this manga, I will say something that pleased me, I love when he calls her princess, ssimply the most beautiful nickname there is. At this point you did well, Takase.
Note: One more thing I was wondering while writing this is: Did he ever wear those damn glasses again? I didn't understand, were they just for decoration? Because he just never showed up wearing anything like that again.

~Nine <3

It would have everything to be one of my favorite works, but the episodes are very short.
Lulu (yes, I'll call her that) is a thief who stole an extremely powerful ring. After being betrayed by her co-worker and boyfriend, she threw herself into the sea, thus being teleported to another body and world, which It's a kind of Jin Dynasty with magic. In this new life she meets a prince named Liuyun, who will help Lulu deal with this new world.
So, this anime broke my expectations (in a good way), I had zero faith in a Chinese anime with such a crazy synopsis, but I ... was completely surprised. I admit that the episode schedule is extremely short, and this makes the story faster than usual, but despite this, it continues to have an incredible narrative and art. I didn't know I missed a brave protagonist and a more adult narrative until I tried this anime. You know, you don't find many shoujos with violence or semi-nudity scenes, these topics are reserved for men, and I don't say this as a crazy person obsessed with nudity and blood, but it's good to have a change, it's very satisfying to get out of the same old thing. , where the protagonists are always crying and the entire anime is super soft, I have nothing against crying girls and soft anime, but ALL SHOUJO IS LIKE THAT. Anyway, this anime showed me that you certainly can't judge a work by its synopsis or even nationality, I didn't believe that Chinese anime could be as good as Japanese classics, and I certainly regret that thought, because this anime brought creativity and a lot of courage to break out of the anime norm. Maybe his rating isn't 100% consistent with his quality, but, for me, a 9 is very consistent with the satisfaction I felt watching him.

~Nine <3

There's not much to say about this manga, it's the same thing as always, a collection of short stories.
The main story is about a girl who had immense difficulty being herself in front of other people, but even so she manages to end up becoming friends with her teacher, this friendship ends up becoming something more after the 3 chapters.
So, I find it very strange how in a set of three stories, where one is the “main” and the other two are one-shots, I always end up liking one of the one-shots more. Well, to be honest, this first story didn't really displease me, it, ... logically, seems a bit loose because it's very short, however, in relation to its synopsis itself, it's not that bad. I would definitely read a longer manga about this story, the teacher doesn't follow that classic stereotype of an older, intelligent and formal man, he's just a boy, just like her, and maybe that's why the age gap didn't bother me so much in this story, but I will always find these romances between teachers and students a bit bizarre.
Extra 1: A girl meets the boy to whom she had declared herself through a letter, a letter responsible for her shameful and public rejection by that same boy. He, even though 2 years have passed, continues to mock her for this letter, repeating passages and passages to irritate her. What she didn't realize was that what this boy wanted was her attention and not really making her miserable.
In my opinion, this is the best story in this collection, I love an "enemies to lovers ", maybe because I'm a bit masochistic, but I can't help but find this story good and wish there was a longer version.
Extra 2: She saw him as her younger brother, so she never considered the possibility of them both having something more, but things change when his attitudes towards her start to become more intense, making their friendship become something more deep and intense.
Honestly, this is the story I liked least of them all, precisely because of the age difference between them, I don't mind couples where the woman is older than the man, but she is in high school and he is in elementary school ( I'm not sure if the ages themselves are clarified) causes me tremendous discomfort, and this would be the only one of these stories that I wouldn't read a longer version of.

Simply the best manga I've ever read.
Takuma is a boy who was born with a cardiovascular disease, his life expectancy is less than 20 years. Since he was a child, he has had a close relationship with his cardiologist's daughter, Mayu, whom he promised to marry when he turned 20 years old. However, as time passes, Takuma becomes increasingly confused about whether he should fulfill his promise knowing about his fate.
Let me warn you that it is a very dramatic manga, especially because it deals with issues related to life and death, but, in fact, it could be much more dramatic than it actually is. ... Despite its sad theme, the narrative's humor is very good, I had a lot of fun even though it's a story from almost 20 years ago. An observation that needs to be made in relation to this manga is precisely because it deals with problematic themes in a non-ideal way, I chose to ignore moments like these, after all, as it was written years ago in Japan it is not to be expected a ultra-awareness of problematic topics. Changing the subject, I really liked the characters, without exception, they all have an incredible presence and the absence of any of them is missed. Regarding the ending, well, it broke me in half, I'm torn apart, if the objective of this story was to make me die from crying, they managed it very well, and it wasn't just at the end, I found myself crying many times, especially in Kou's part. I just wish Mayu and Takuma could have a movie romance like they always dreamed of, but we all know that's not a realistic reality. For at least a week I found myself thinking randomly during the day about this manga, its characters, its ending, etc. I was definitely marked by it, and I'm sad that I hadn't read it sooner.
Note: I wrote this while I was almost asleep, sorry if it doesn't make sense.

Nine <3

It's a good anime to pass the time, although I believe I would have liked it more in the past.
We follow the school life of a girl named Sawako, often confused with Sadako (Samara's character in The Ring in Japan) due to her frightening appearance. She, who has always been excluded at school, has the aspiration of getting friends, and, in fact, this occurs. The narrative continues to demonstrate the evolution of relationships between Sawako and her new best friends, Yano and Chizu, as well as a romantic development with the most popular boy in her class, Kazehaya.
For me, this anime is fun to watch, ... but, perhaps because I've already lost the rhythm of watching long, drawn-out animes, I found it quite drawn out, for those who don't see this as a problem, it's ok, but it ended up bothering me. If we analyze it, in 25 episodes there are at most two major climaxes, that of the rumors and Kurumi, and they drag on for about 6 episodes each, it's quite exhausting, to be honest. Also taking advantage of the fact that I brought up the subject of Kurumi here, the conflict in this narrative made me realize something, I'm no longer into that style of protagonist, I know there's a headcanon (I didn't go back to find out if it was confirmed) that she would have autism, but if it's really just a headcanon, I don't see that as a valid answer to her attitudes, it's fun for a moment, but in the episodes involving Kurumi I found it agonizing, danm, she doesn't need to be the reincarnation of the Saint Maria at all times, it's okay to think of a person as a simple son of a bitch, especially because that's what Kurumi is,and I say this without completely caring about the suffering she says she went through, after all she is still a scumbag. It's a bit hypocritical to hate this style of crying baby protagonist when one of my favorite animes is Fruits Basket, where we have Tohru, maybe it's because I watched it at different times of my life, or maybe Tohru really is a better character than Sawako. Anyway, I really liked the other two female characters, Yano and Chizu, I like how incredible they both are and, even so, that doesn't mean they're perfect or reincarnated saints.
Note: One thing that really interested me at the beginning was how Sawako's appearance reminded me of Sunako from “Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge” when she wasn't in chibi form, I actually miss that anime.
Note2: I know this doesn't introduce much into this review, but I watched the 1st episode of the second season and I'm very frustrated, one of the qualities I had in mind about Sawako was that she wasn't the type of protagonist who runs away from situations for a silly reason (coming from someone who already spread lies about her to the whole school), but it seems I was wrong.

~Nine <3