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A New York Times’ bestseller with a romantic storyline that is unique, funny and touching.

After orphan Teru Kurebayashi loses her beloved older brother, she finds solace in the messages she exchanges with DAISY, an enigmatic figure who can only be reached through the cell phone her brother left her. Meanwhile, mysterious Tasuku Kurosaki always seems to be around whenever Teru needs help… Could DAISY be a lot closer than Teru thinks?

Kurosaki decides that he needs to tell Teru the truth, but little does he know that an unsettling fellow called Akira has other ideas. What is Akira scheming, and how will his actions irrevocably affect Teru's relationship with Kurosaki?

192 pages, Paperback

First published July 26, 2010

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Kyousuke Motomi

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Kyousuke Motomi (最富キョウスケ Motomi Kyōsuke) is a Japanese mangaka whose stories have frequently been published in the monthly Betsucomi magazine. She is most currently working on Dengeki Daisy.

She uses a male pseudonym and draws herself as a man, but she's actually female."If my stories can touch you, make you laugh, forget unhappy things, or even give you that 'good job' feeling, then I'll be super, super happy!" - Kyousuke Motomi

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Profile Image for Kathi.
753 reviews20 followers
May 6, 2020
Das ist der 7. Band der "Dengeki Daisy" Manga Reihe von Kyosuke Motomi. Insgesamt gibt es 16 Bände, die man auf jeden Fall in der richtigen Reihenfolge lesen sollte, da die Geschichten aufeinander aufbauen.

Um was geht es in dieser Manga Reihe?
Teru hat ihren Bruder verloren. Bevor er starb, gab er ihr ein Handy, durch das sie Kontakt zu einer unbekannten Person mit dem Decknamen Daisy aufnehmen kann, die sie fortan beschützen soll. Teru versucht, etwas über Daisys Identität herauszufinden und erlebt dabei einige Abenteuer. Was da alles so passiert, könnt ihr dann ja selbst herausfinden.

Dieser Teil ist meiner Meinung nach besonders aufwühlend und bewegend. Außerdem endet er mit einem ziemlichen Cliffhanger. Ich liebe die Charaktere einfach! Da will ich gar nicht lange um den heißen Brei herumreden. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass mich diese Reihe je enttäuschen könnte! Teru und Kurosaki sind einfach unheimlich sympathische Manga Protagonisten. Der Zeichenstil ist gewohnt gut, etwas verspielt aber auch sehr schön.

Ich lese nicht viele Mangas, diese Reihe hier kann ich aber uneingeschränkt empfehlen! Es gibt daher natürlich wie immer 5 Sterne :) Teru ist so herrlich verpeilt und Kurosaki für einen Shōj-Mangahelden schon sehr speziell, da er ein etwas düsterer Charakter ist. Für Romantik Fans auf jeden Fall ein Muss!
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Author 17 books22 followers
December 26, 2011
WARNING: there will be some spoilers in this review. Hopefully, not many.

That okay? Awesome. Let's begin.

If you aren't familiar with the story, I highly recommend starting with volume one because this is one series where each chapter (with one exception) is important to the plot. I'm writing the rest of this review as if you have read the previous volumes.

Overall, this volume is about realizing that things aren't always going to work out the way you hoped. That precious moments in life can be shattered easily. In spite of that, it's an inspiring volume.

The first chapter has a great little story about the many ways others view Kurosaki. In it, we see a touching defense of the bleached-blond hero through Teru's actions and we also have a wonderful moment where Kurosaki gives in (a little) to his growing feelings for Teru. This has been happening more and more often as the series progresses and I like the slower pace when it comes to their relationship. The only thing that made me raise an eyebrow is that Kurosaki let a teacher in on his secret identity. This teacher had been trying to convince Teru she was hanging around a good-for-nothing hoodlum and, by revealing who he is, it freaked the teacher out a little. However, this is a bad security breach for the plot which has stressed that Daisy's identity remain on a need to know basis. In my opinion, the incident with the teacher wasn't worth the possible consequences. That said, maybe this will set up for something later in the story. Kyousuke Motomi has a tendency in this series to throw in what seem like tangential storylines or gags that tie in later.

My favorite chapter is the next one: What Was Taken From Me. In this chapter, Teru really begins to change from a more romantic/innocent view of relationships to one that's still based on friendship but also includes the physical. The artwork surrounding her curiosity of what it would feel like to be kissed by Kurosaki is almost as hypnotizing as her reaction to the thought (she can hardly walk). True to form, the aftereffect is handled with some great humor.

However, the mood quickly changes from lighthearted to dark when she encounters a boy named Akira who reminds her of her brother. He refuses to give back the bus pass she was looking for. Well, he will, for a price. And I cringed when he not only says he wants a kiss, but then forces her to give him one. The shame she feels afterwards is portrayed really well, very believable. The best part, though, is Daisy/Kurosaki's reaction. It's the first time in the manga where Kurosaki drops the pretense of "kind, brotherly" Daisy in a text message though he still uses Daisy's name. The artwork... oh, wow. I would love to frame that page where he lets her see a glimpse of his frustration and anger toward Akira.

And the way her reaction to that is drawn made me laugh out loud.

In the next chapter, Kurosaki goes through quite a bit of angst. He's trying to figure out if he should tell Teru how he was involved in her brother's death. Akira's growing presence in the story has got him thinking about the past and the future. This chapter has one of the most inspiring moments in the story, when Kurosaki, who's been comparing himself unfavorably to Teru's brother more than once, realizes his idol has faults as well (funny ones of course) and that what mattered was the attitude he took toward them. The result?

In the final chapter of this volume, they have their first "date". Kurosaki has told Teru he's going to tell her something important at the end and she knows it's the secret Daisy has been hiding. The build up is most of the fun as Teru decides where she wants to go. Riko's worry, however, keeps this chapter from being too lighthearted. When things begin to fall apart, you're not too surprised, though it doesn't come from Teru hating Kurosaki as he's feared. The danger comes from how Akira and Chiharu play with Teru and Kurosaki to get what they want. The writing in this chapter is fantastic, the artwork conveying Teru's anger and panic, not to mention Kurosaki's misery, very well. His final text as Daisy is heartbreaking, softened only by proof that, even if he's not by her side, he'll always protect/serve her.

Thank goodness there's another volume coming up.
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164 reviews4 followers
September 22, 2024
Akira… when I catch you Akira.

Another great volume. Mori still pisses me off aaaaaa, but it was so nice seeing Teru and Kurosaki have fun in the amusement park haha.
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169 reviews8 followers
December 3, 2018
Heartbreaking. Really sad ughhh. Why would this happen it made me cry even though i was expecting something really bad is gonna happen. Poor daisy i cant stand seeing sad or heartbroken💔😭
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2,769 reviews65 followers
January 19, 2012
Akiraaaaa~ Honey come over here, I've got something for you.

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Gosh, I love Katherine. Always so willing to inflict violence when called for. What do you think are the chances Motomi will write her in next volume to give Akira the stabbing he so richly deserves?

You know how I said all those things last volume about being surprisingly okay with the slow burn approach Motomi's taking to Teru and Tasuku's romance. I take it back, these kids need to kiss. Noses and foreheads touching to see if Teru has a fever? That's just toying with me Motomi!

Ignore my blitherings though, this is a pretty rad volume from an emotional standpoint. I was right in my prediction that volume 7 was gearing up for pushing all the Daisy stuff into the open, though that was complicated by Akira and Ms. Mori's interfering ways.

(An Artistic Poem On My Relationship With Akira:
Akira baby/ I've got this knife so shiny and new/ come over to my place/ I'll have some fun with you).

Some flashbacks to Teru's brother give some more insight to Tasuku's relationship with him plus bonus humor by way of hilarious older brother screwball antics. I hear there's more of this to come in volume 8, I'm looking forward to it. Sometimes I get really sad over the fact that the series kicked off with Soichiro dead, he seems like he was lots of fun.

The volume ends in a cliffhanger ending which I would be infinitely frustrated about if volume 8 wasn't already available in the Chapters down the road. Thwarted Kyousuke Motomi! Thwarted by my absentminded, not catching up with the series until there are multiple new volumes out ways. Dengeki Daisy Volume 8: A Review Coming Soon To A Goodreads Near You. 4 stars
Profile Image for Booknut 101.
849 reviews995 followers
December 18, 2012





I quit. I don't want emotions. I want to be a robot!! I want to not be able to feel these feels that I'm feeling! HOW CAN KYOUSUKE BE SO CRUEL TO US FANGIRLS?!!

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295 reviews35 followers
March 18, 2016
"Juro por mi vida que solo hay una princesa a la que voy a servir" re SEEEEEEEE pero ese final es NOOOOOOOOOO
Profile Image for Khari.
3,125 reviews75 followers
November 5, 2019
ちょっと待って、どうしてアキラとチハルは黒崎と宗二郎の歴史を知っている?前の仕事と一緒にした?インタネットの噂聞いた?

そして。。。黒崎アホか?宗二郎は過労で亡くなったでしょう?黒崎を手伝うために苦労したでしょう?黒崎の頼みではないよ。宗二郎は自分の意志で動いたでしょう?じゃ、何でそこまで罪悪感を感じるの?ま、ちょっとだけ分かるけど、そこまで必要がないでしょう?自分の未来を捨てて生きているのは間違えとおもう。
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721 reviews96 followers
January 31, 2020
This was my favorite volume of the manga yet. The rest as been very cheesy romance (which I have still been loving) but this time the cheesy romance was built into more and I enjoyed it a lot!
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Author 4 books79 followers
August 5, 2012
and this is where everything falls apart...sad. I really love this story even if the pace is slow... maybe because of the funny moments in this book ^_^ looking forward for more ^_^
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227 reviews3 followers
July 29, 2016
Que intenso. Menudo giro ha dado la historia. Necesito el tomo 8 ¡yaa!.
Profile Image for Yoyomaus Die Büchereule.
2,222 reviews31 followers
November 9, 2022
Teru begegnet immer wieder dem geheimnisvollen Akira der ihr schließlich zusehends das Leben schwer macht, stiehlt er ihr doch ihren ersten Kuss und versucht auch von ihr Informationen über Daisy zu bekommen. Kurosaki indessen sieht immer mehr die Gefahr darin, dass Teru schließlich doch etwas über ihn erfährt und beschließt ihr endlich die Wahrheit zu erzählen. Doch dann kommt alles ganz anders und die Welt von Teru und Kurosaki scheint in tausend Scherben zu zerbrechen.

Wieder einmal ist die Fortsetzung der Reihe sehr gut gelungen. Die Emotionen die in diesem Band dargestellt werden sind sehr überzeugend und man fiebert mit Kurosaki und Teru. Während Teru bestrebt ist alles richtig zu machen und das Geheimnis um Daisy zu wahren, will Kurosaki ihr nach langem ringen mit sich selbst die Wahrheit sagen. Das kommt meiner Meinung nach sehr spät, scheint aber auch vernünftig. Dass die Geschichte jedoch eine so unerwartete Wendung nimmt, hätte ich nicht erwartet und hat mich auch kurz mit aus der Bahn geworfen. Um so mehr möchte ich nun natürlich wissen, wie es um Kurosaki und Teru weiter geht. Kann sie ihm verzeihen? Gibt es ein Happy End für die Beiden?

ISBN:9783842037595
Sprache:Deutsch
Ausgabe:eBook (Download)
Umfang:192 Seiten
Verlag:TOKYOPOP
Erscheinungsdatum:15.12.2016
Profile Image for K.
970 reviews
August 8, 2022
It picked back up! Soichiro legt behind secrets but none of us seem to know what or where they are. Arai lived and Rena still loves him. Mori is still out there. Akira makes another appearance by casually stealing things and getting a crafty kiss from Teru. Daisy accidentally confesses when he hears about the kiss because he wants to kiss Teru. Kurosaki decides that he will tell her everything by taking her on a brief date to an amusement park. An unknown woman (Chiharu) and Akira are plotting against them, separating them at the park and sending a text to Kurosaki that Teru knows he killed her brother.

The age gap between the characters is there and it’s sometimes weird when they start comparing the love interest with the brother. At least they are maintaining that their relationship is sweet and not sexual and weird.

Daisy fights back and so does Teru! Unfortunately now that Daisy thinks Teru hates him, he leaves his phone after saving her and disappears.

It’s revealed that Teru’s brother died from “exhaustion” :/ okay, but they told her it was cancer because he was trying to cover up a mistake Daisy made. Also there’s something about a virus called Jack Frost.
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Profile Image for Rachel.
2,839 reviews63 followers
February 13, 2017
Omg, the freaking feels in this volume! Kurosaki finally decides he will have a date with Teru and tell her the truth about his mysterious secret (that he has something to do with her brother's death - it was pretty obvious if you're paying attention to the series, though you don't learn how until now). She's beyond ecstatic, only to have it ruined when the crazy nurse from school and the mysterious boy Akira (who are behind the Fake Daisy plot that nearly killed Kurosaki) butt in. It seems like Teru betrays Kurosaki, but then it turns out she doesn't and then he leaves her, thinking it's the right thing to do and she can't possibly forgive him for his involvement in her brother's death. Stupid cliffhanger ending! I was amused by her fantasy of finally getting kissed by Kurosaki didn't involve clothes and she was like "WTF was that all about?". Recommended for ages 14+, 5 stars.
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89 reviews
June 18, 2025
I found this volume a little confusing, trying to make out what the evil plot was. Why did they even need Teru to be the one who sent the message? Why wouldn't the faux nurse anticipate that she would be easily overpowered by an enraged Daisy? I also feel as though Teru is smart enough to take a look at the message before sending it, given that hoodie guy obviously wanted her to send it so bad. I did enjoy their day out at the amusement park, which was so pleasant as to be manga-foreshadowing for terrible things to come.
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Author 1 book12 followers
May 10, 2021
It’s exciting to finally get some pieces to the puzzle. Dying from exhaustion is a bit of a cop out but I can understand his guilt. I’m sad if they do part paths in the next volume due to this fake/ misleading communication. I wish our main gal wouldn’t fall into traps so easily and often. Also, can we just stop with the creepy teachers? 4/5.
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426 reviews32 followers
December 5, 2017
WHY?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY DOES MY LIBRARY NOT HAVE VOLUME 8?!!!!!!!!! I NEED IT!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE THE STORY LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I have to wait for an inter-library loan and that could take weeks!!!!!!!!! :(
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357 reviews1 follower
August 29, 2023
Finally things are being explained. Sorta. I don’t know if I agreed with the sentiment of what caused Soichiro’s death. I’m with Teru on this…but the DRAMA with which this volume ended. I can sense myself about to go on a binge to see how things end up being resolved.
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1,742 reviews41 followers
April 2, 2012
~4 - 4.5/5
This volume... Oh, this volume. It was... It just... It. I'm even sure how to describe it yet. It was amazing. Everything, well, almost everything that I wanted to happen, happened. And I totally wasn't expecting it. I was thinking that it was going to be put off for a bit longer, till at least the next volume. But some serious stuff happened in this one, you guys. I don't even.
So, it opens with Teru wondering what the other teachers think of Kurosaki. Some like him, some don't. One of her teachers, doesn't. He doesn't like his bleached hair, and he thinks he's a bad influence on Teru, and blames him for Teru's grades. He tells all of this to Teru, and since she gets fed up of it, she tells him that if she doesn't get the top grades on the next test, she will have him dye his hair black. Kurosaki and the teacher talk, and Kurosaki is a bit mean, as he's mad, and gets the teacher's computer infected. Teru, feeling sorry for the guy, asks Daisy to fix it. Anyway, all of the other students ponder on Kurosaki with black hair, and then decide that he should dye his hair, but Teru feels, a little, bad and so studies very hard to pass. Which she does, despite the fact that she has a bit of a cold.
In the next chapter, Kurosaki goes to visit the grave of his old professor, who we haven't heard of yet, and who I'm assuming we'll hear more of later. Then it moves to Teru, who runs into Akira again, but thinks very little of it, unaware that he stole her bus pass. The next day, in class, her friends are talking about kissing, and she starts thinking about it, and what it would be like to kiss Kurosaki. But later, when she goes back to the bus station to look for her pass, she runs into Akira, yet again, who (aside from seeming just a tad psychotic) shows it to her but wants something in return. Catching her by surprise, he kisses her.
Teru is very upset about this, and after hitting him and running away, she goes home and locks herself in her room. Riko tells Kurosaki that some stranger kissed Teru, she's upset about it, and doesn't want to see him. He's upset that someone else kissed her, but goes home to sulk. And send her a message from Daisy.
And the message he sends her. Oh, that message, was amazing. He starts out normal, trying to get her not to think about it, but then adds at the end, how he wants to do something, but quickly sends another message to take it back. And she replies with something full of deeper meaning, and they both blush. The next day, when they're heading to school, they're all red and awkward, and still pretending that they don't know he's Daisy. It was fantastic, and made me so happy, and excited, and oh my god, you guys!
Ahhhh! Moving on...
In the next chapter, Kurosaki has a dream about Teru's brother, Soichiro, which freaks him out just a little, but which I found rather funny and cute. For a bit after this, Kurosaki talks with Riko, and then Takeda, about Teru and how he wants to tell her but is worried, and who Akira is and they think he's involved with everything. And then Kurosaki makes a date with Teru, to go wherever she wants, because he has something important to tell her. She has an idea what it is, that he's Daisy and whatever secret he's keeping, and quickly agrees. Her and her friends talk about it and she decides on an amusement park.
We also see that Kurosaki had a big admiration for Soichiro, that he thought he always knew where he was going and what he was doing. He's surprised when he finds out from Teru that he actually got lost all the time, only kept going and knew how to get things to where he wanted them.
Riko worries about Teru and how she's going to take the secret, and then they are off to their date. I didn't think we'd actually get to see them on it, figured it would be pushed off to the next volume, or something would interrupt them before it happened, and so was pleasantly surprised when it made it into the second-to-last chapter.
Her and Kurosaki go on several rides, and are having a very pleasant ride, until Akira steals Teru's phone and pulls her away from Kurosaki. She ends up on the Ferris Wheel with him, where he tells her what Kurosaki had to do with her brothers death. And tricks her into sending Kurosaki/Daisy a very bad message, telling him something that crushes his spirit. Meanwhile, Mori (the bad girl teacher) talks with Kurosaki after messing with the Ferris Wheel, but Kurosaki saves the day. Mostly. Except that he won't answer his phone, and I believe he is leaving, as the Ferris wheel comes to a stop and Teru gets knocked out.
It is so terrible, okay? It's terribly upsetting, and I don't like it, and I want to find out what happens next so bad, because I must know, and why don't I have it yet?!
I'm still reeling from it all, I think, excited and exhilarated from what happened, and wanting to know what happens next. Wanting Kurosaki to go to Teru, and kiss her, and find out what she actually thinks of it all, and... and everything. I want everything to happen, and I want to read it, right now. Okay? Okay.
[Taken from my blog: http://geekyreading.blogspot.com/2012... ]
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161 reviews58 followers
May 9, 2017
No, I do not accept that ending, not in the slightest.
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34 reviews1 follower
December 24, 2017
Sempre più emozionante di volume in volume , una delle mie serie preferite sicuramente!
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3,221 reviews355 followers
June 13, 2019
Still obsessed! Go read it!
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