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うさぎドロップ [Usagi Drop] #9
うさぎドロップ 9
Usagi drop
213 pages
First published July 1, 2011
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Yumi Unita
56 books85 followersJapanese Name (宇仁田ゆみ)
Yumi Unita was born in Mie Prefecture on May 10th, 1972. In 1998, she debuted with "VOICE" in Hakusensha's Young Animal. Since then, she has worked in many genres, having her works featured in seinen, josei, and shounen magazines.
Yumi Unita was born in Mie Prefecture on May 10th, 1972. In 1998, she debuted with "VOICE" in Hakusensha's Young Animal. Since then, she has worked in many genres, having her works featured in seinen, josei, and shounen magazines.
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July 26, 2016
No. Just... no. I do not like this pairing. I don't care for plot conveniences. It's still NO.
And that bit at the very end?
That's just... wrong.
No wonder this part of the series never got animated.
(I'm only reading the last one because it's supposed to be a bunch of short stories with little kid Rin, the age she should have stayed)
March 28, 2013
Like I said before, this series had a perfect ending at the end of book 4. Then it just got creepy and weird. I never did like Woody Allen.
December 20, 2011
I honestly don't even have words for the direction this series took. The beginning was great; it was fun to read and so cute! But the ending? So awful. It destroyed absolutely everything.
August 22, 2013
This went from manga highly recommended to manga I read (but will trade). The series as a whole was brilliant. The characters were real and well drawn. They were deeply emotional, with seemingly real reactions to every day things. The tender parts were touching, and the bittersweet parts were sweetly heart-wrenching.
Then came the plot twist in volume 8. Ruined a beautiful story for me. Still, I thought that volume 9 had time to redeem it. Sadly, not so.
Then came the plot twist in volume 8. Ruined a beautiful story for me. Still, I thought that volume 9 had time to redeem it. Sadly, not so.
October 1, 2011
I hated the end of this series! I loved it at first, it was so cute. But the end was a truly awful in my opinion. It was ruined for me.
March 30, 2015
I'm probably going to re-read the first few books. And book 10, which someone said is a bunch of short stories from when Rin was cute, little and not f**k*d in the head. Otherwise, the rest of these volume will sit on the shelf collecting dust unless/until I decide to sell them. (Because a full set will get more money than partials.)
This series went so downhill.
I'm not keeping quiet about spoilers, so if you look under the cut you're going to know exactly what is going on with this book. The subject matter is creepy, and it's only fair you know what you're getting into.
In conclusion if you're interesting in Bunny drop, I highly recommend it - just stop while you're ahead (about the 3rd volume or so).
This series went so downhill.
I'm not keeping quiet about spoilers, so if you look under the cut you're going to know exactly what is going on with this book. The subject matter is creepy, and it's only fair you know what you're getting into.
In conclusion if you're interesting in Bunny drop, I highly recommend it - just stop while you're ahead (about the 3rd volume or so).
April 6, 2014
NOPE. nope nope nope.
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Nope.
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Nope.
September 2, 2013
Ah, this infamous volume. I knew about the end of the series before I even read it, having been spoiled by the online community (surprise). So, I was more interested to see how events would play out and whether it would "work".
The verdict: it feels forced. I can understand Rin's feelings; sixteen-year-old girls' first feelings of love can be confusing, including who they start to develop feelings for. Daikichi is harder for me to understand, and I feel like his character development has stagnated.
What started as an absolutely delightful story about a man learning how to be a father when he unexpectedly adopts his grandfather's love child turns into a tiny bit of a soap by the end of the series. I wish we could have kept with the delightful and left out the drama. Still recommend overall.
The verdict: it feels forced. I can understand Rin's feelings; sixteen-year-old girls' first feelings of love can be confusing, including who they start to develop feelings for. Daikichi is harder for me to understand, and I feel like his character development has stagnated.
What started as an absolutely delightful story about a man learning how to be a father when he unexpectedly adopts his grandfather's love child turns into a tiny bit of a soap by the end of the series. I wish we could have kept with the delightful and left out the drama. Still recommend overall.
January 16, 2015
I'm so mad right now because this was just way too terrible. I've never been this disappointed with any other ending, in books or in comics. Terrible. And I used to love Bunny Drop and I still love the characters but the author ruined everything for me. Maybe I'll just try to forget how this ended.
November 16, 2013
This is my review for the whole series. It ends at volume 10, but that is just filled with short back stories explaining certain questions that were not answered during the original run.
I want to say first about me and my manga relationship have been going through ups and downs this year. The manga I pick always start out with a FANTASTIC premise---and slowly start to unravel. This book would have been completely amazing if not for the last half of the books. Before I delve into that---let's just talk about basic first 4-5 volumes.
The plot was adorable. I just loved how "slice of life" this novel presented itself. The situation, events, and every day life Unita created was realistic that you could almost picture it happening to anyone---anywhere. The characters were well fleshed out even though I could never really understand why Daikichi was never liked by Kouki's mother. The series started to be appealing because there was not any filler material. The story went smoothly along as the character development started to unfold. I did not even mind the jump 10 years because I was wondering how many little kid stories would we have to deal with before it was not cute anymore.
So my initial feelings were MORE! Pretty please more stories!
After they skipped forward ten years, I still liked the story. Rin had grown a little bit more to explore her feelings with Kouki (which was to be expected) and you were able to see Reina develop her feelings and deal with her parents aftermath. I was still along for the ride. Even AFTER the whole showdown with Rin and Kouki---and I'm going okay----they might not end up happily ever after, but she'll be going to college soon...case closed.
THE BOMB DROPS. THE BIG FREAKING---The back of my mind alerted me to that conversation when she was younger about not wanting to take Daikichi's surname...and I realize that feelings could blossom in that relationship. Yet, I expected Daikichi to shut it down. SHUT. IT. DOWN.
I mean he was clueless about her feelings HE STILL SAW HER AS A LITTLE GIRL---and the famous line where he contemplates "having to start seeing her as 'not his daughter...' and almost make himself acknowledge her as a woman...
The few conversations he would have openly with himself and watching him battle out father/man feelings was indeed hilarious due to his tortured monologues... FURTHERMORE, I wanted to find excuses to like the end pairing... I figured early on that his grandpa was NOT the father---but in the case the book revealed otherwise--- I was thinking "like mother like daughter..." I could somehow warm up to it, right?! WRONG. WRONG. WRONG.
So here I am when it's all over thinking to myself:
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WHY?!
When you do a really good job of bringing a guardian and child relationship together---especially one that was so unpredictable as that storyline...the feelings just took away from it at the end. It started off like a cute mix of Aishiteruze Baby and Yotsuba&! child-like quality and morphed into a Jane Eyre ending finale!
I mean---I'm happy Daikichi will not end up alone---and may have a future child in the works...but I'm still freaked out.
I want to say first about me and my manga relationship have been going through ups and downs this year. The manga I pick always start out with a FANTASTIC premise---and slowly start to unravel. This book would have been completely amazing if not for the last half of the books. Before I delve into that---let's just talk about basic first 4-5 volumes.
The plot was adorable. I just loved how "slice of life" this novel presented itself. The situation, events, and every day life Unita created was realistic that you could almost picture it happening to anyone---anywhere. The characters were well fleshed out even though I could never really understand why Daikichi was never liked by Kouki's mother. The series started to be appealing because there was not any filler material. The story went smoothly along as the character development started to unfold. I did not even mind the jump 10 years because I was wondering how many little kid stories would we have to deal with before it was not cute anymore.
So my initial feelings were MORE! Pretty please more stories!
After they skipped forward ten years, I still liked the story. Rin had grown a little bit more to explore her feelings with Kouki (which was to be expected) and you were able to see Reina develop her feelings and deal with her parents aftermath. I was still along for the ride. Even AFTER the whole showdown with Rin and Kouki---and I'm going okay----they might not end up happily ever after, but she'll be going to college soon...case closed.
THE BOMB DROPS. THE BIG FREAKING---The back of my mind alerted me to that conversation when she was younger about not wanting to take Daikichi's surname...and I realize that feelings could blossom in that relationship. Yet, I expected Daikichi to shut it down. SHUT. IT. DOWN.
I mean he was clueless about her feelings HE STILL SAW HER AS A LITTLE GIRL---and the famous line where he contemplates "having to start seeing her as 'not his daughter...' and almost make himself acknowledge her as a woman...
The few conversations he would have openly with himself and watching him battle out father/man feelings was indeed hilarious due to his tortured monologues... FURTHERMORE, I wanted to find excuses to like the end pairing... I figured early on that his grandpa was NOT the father---but in the case the book revealed otherwise--- I was thinking "like mother like daughter..." I could somehow warm up to it, right?! WRONG. WRONG. WRONG.
So here I am when it's all over thinking to myself:
WHY?!
When you do a really good job of bringing a guardian and child relationship together---especially one that was so unpredictable as that storyline...the feelings just took away from it at the end. It started off like a cute mix of Aishiteruze Baby and Yotsuba&! child-like quality and morphed into a Jane Eyre ending finale!
I mean---I'm happy Daikichi will not end up alone---and may have a future child in the works...but I'm still freaked out.
August 30, 2013
I really liked this series as whole, but... The end... ;-; I actually knew it was coming (and was shocked when I first read those spoilers), but it just wasn't any better once I read it.
April 3, 2014
This infuriated me. It is not only incredibly unpleasant but it is bad art.
Yes, I know that the trope of the child raised to be the bride is a very old one in Japan, going back to the Genji Monogatari and perhaps even further than that. And if I thought for a moment that Unita was playing with this trope for her own ends, that she saw all of the frayed edges of it and difficult places, that she had any understanding of the sorts of wounds a child would be carrying to place all of her romantic (and perhaps sexual, but it is entirely unclear) feelings upon her father figure -- well, that would have been a story worth reading. Perhaps Yoshinaga Fumi could write it; Unita certainly did not. What she wrote instead is psychologically implausible; Rin has no reason to put her romantic feelings upon Daikichi, and even if she does so through confusion or insecurity (he is the only stable home she has ever known, the only thing she identifies herself as enjoying other than taking care of him is care-taking young children), for Daikichi to accept it and eventually take it on and agree to a relationship with her is not just outrageous and disgusting, but implausible. Reading this as a parent, the impossibility of going from a caregiving relationship to a romantic/sexual one with a child whom you are with constantly ... it is simply absurd in someone who is not truly emotionally damaged. And it makes me wonder how many of the people who think it was a lovely happy story are identifying with Rin? Because as a parent, identifying with Daikichi, the moment he told Rin that this was the worst thing she could ever have done to him -- yes.
Of course, art may be disgusting, and absurd, but it must be believable upon some level. Again, I think Unita could have written a fascinating series if she had depicted a Daikichi who was the sort of person who would take advantage of his daughter to keep from being left alone, and a Rin who was so damaged by her early childhood that she will do anything to keep the one relationship she is certain of. Kouki would be horrified, appalled, but helpless to change Rin's mind; ditto Reina, and they would weep and even Masako might object, which would complicated the framing of her as the 'bad' parent -- yes, she abandoned her daughter, but she might step in and stand up for her in such a situation and thus make us question all of Daikichi's dislike of her. But no, no, this is the happy ending, Kouki and Masako both support the relationship and everyone is delighted that the adoptive father will now be making a child with his daughter. It is simply disgusting, full stop, and I am quite glad I did not start reading it to my daughter, as I thought I might, since now I do not have to explain to her why we cannot finish it.
Yes, I know that the trope of the child raised to be the bride is a very old one in Japan, going back to the Genji Monogatari and perhaps even further than that. And if I thought for a moment that Unita was playing with this trope for her own ends, that she saw all of the frayed edges of it and difficult places, that she had any understanding of the sorts of wounds a child would be carrying to place all of her romantic (and perhaps sexual, but it is entirely unclear) feelings upon her father figure -- well, that would have been a story worth reading. Perhaps Yoshinaga Fumi could write it; Unita certainly did not. What she wrote instead is psychologically implausible; Rin has no reason to put her romantic feelings upon Daikichi, and even if she does so through confusion or insecurity (he is the only stable home she has ever known, the only thing she identifies herself as enjoying other than taking care of him is care-taking young children), for Daikichi to accept it and eventually take it on and agree to a relationship with her is not just outrageous and disgusting, but implausible. Reading this as a parent, the impossibility of going from a caregiving relationship to a romantic/sexual one with a child whom you are with constantly ... it is simply absurd in someone who is not truly emotionally damaged. And it makes me wonder how many of the people who think it was a lovely happy story are identifying with Rin? Because as a parent, identifying with Daikichi, the moment he told Rin that this was the worst thing she could ever have done to him -- yes.
Of course, art may be disgusting, and absurd, but it must be believable upon some level. Again, I think Unita could have written a fascinating series if she had depicted a Daikichi who was the sort of person who would take advantage of his daughter to keep from being left alone, and a Rin who was so damaged by her early childhood that she will do anything to keep the one relationship she is certain of. Kouki would be horrified, appalled, but helpless to change Rin's mind; ditto Reina, and they would weep and even Masako might object, which would complicated the framing of her as the 'bad' parent -- yes, she abandoned her daughter, but she might step in and stand up for her in such a situation and thus make us question all of Daikichi's dislike of her. But no, no, this is the happy ending, Kouki and Masako both support the relationship and everyone is delighted that the adoptive father will now be making a child with his daughter. It is simply disgusting, full stop, and I am quite glad I did not start reading it to my daughter, as I thought I might, since now I do not have to explain to her why we cannot finish it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 18, 2015
Um...Ew. Granted, the ending was spoiled for me by the actual publisher, himself. However, this was like the Human Centipede; I knew it was going to suck so badly, but I had to see it for myself. This can never be unread. I kind of wish I could go back and tell myself to skip this entire series. Now, it will take up valuable memory space in my gray matter that can never be erased. I don't know if it's a cultural thing or some valuable point was lost in translation, but I'm putting this book down with a taste of bile rising in the back of my throat and the feeling like I wasted the time reading 9 books that had absolutely no point whatsoever. Overall, just like Woody Allen and his shitty movies, this was not my cup of tea.
March 3, 2014
Read more than half; was annoyed by the fact that now Grandpa is not Papa and they could in fact make a go of a relationship on an avoidance of "kinship", Couldn't finish--decided it was best to just skip to the end, read her decision, and give up. Perhaps I'm too Western in my thinking, but this is definitely taking Freud way too far. Girls at that age don't see their fathers as mates. It just doesn't work like that, unless there is something profoundly wrong with the way your brain works (yes, it happens). But taking a perfectly good story, and turning it on its head for the sole purpose of keeping these two together, does not make sense to me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 16, 2022
the volumes were fun, heartwarming, and insanely cute. this, however, is none of that. i am so mad about the turn this story took. it started off so wholesome with daikichi learning how to raise rin and watching rin become her own person and their relationships with kouki and his mom. but this installment destroyed all of that. at first it was an “okay, rin feels slightly possessive of him because he raised her and seems to have attachment issues (which is reasonable due to her past)” then it becomes “if age is just a number, then prison is just a place” like wtf. bro you were living the life and having such cute stories then suddenly this is incestic and pedophilic. it ruined the perfectly good story that had an average rating for above 4 stars before the 5th book. just quit reading these installments before you read the 6th one. don’t waste your time on the last few :(
August 23, 2021
1/5 Nope. Just Nope. What the hell was the author thinking. Just skip it. Stop at volume 4 or don't read it at all. I had to see it through because I'm an idiot and I'll still read the final bonus volume for completionism but I'm writing this one off. You take something so heartwarming and wholesome and then you just shit all over it. I've read other manga with similar tropes and been more or less ok with it but starting from the beginning like they do. Just NOPE.
Rin and Daikichi on the cover of volume 9.
Read 8/23/21
Rin and Daikichi on the cover of volume 9.
Read 8/23/21
August 24, 2025
সুন্দর একটা সিরিজকে জঘন্য বানিয়ে ফেলছে!!!!!
প্রথম ৪টা বইয়ের ওপর মুভি ও অ্যানিমে বানানো হলেও পরেরগুলা কেন কাভার করা হয়নি গুগলে চেক করতে যেয়ে তব্দা খেয়ে গেছি। ভালোই করেছে যে মুভি আর অ্যানিমেতে মাঙ্গার সমাপ্তিটা রাখা হয়নি। আগে ভাবতাম বইয়ের ওপর বানানো মুভি কখনোই বইয়ের থেকে ভালো কাহিনী ফুটিয়ে তুলতে পারবে না কিন্তু এই সিরিজ আমার ধারণা পাল্টে দিছে।
প্রথম ৪টা বইয়ের ওপর মুভি ও অ্যানিমে বানানো হলেও পরেরগুলা কেন কাভার করা হয়নি গুগলে চেক করতে যেয়ে তব্দা খেয়ে গেছি। ভালোই করেছে যে মুভি আর অ্যানিমেতে মাঙ্গার সমাপ্তিটা রাখা হয়নি। আগে ভাবতাম বইয়ের ওপর বানানো মুভি কখনোই বইয়ের থেকে ভালো কাহিনী ফুটিয়ে তুলতে পারবে না কিন্তু এই সিরিজ আমার ধারণা পাল্টে দিছে।
February 17, 2022
Now that was a something. Why did the story go this direction? I have no clue.
Rin and Daikichi's story was good until 6th volume. Then it just turned into this thing that I'm not a fan of no matter what the twist was. But I guess this couldn't have gone any other way? Or maybe it could've? It definitely could have.
Anyhow, this series is done. And I'm just going to remember the good parts. Where Rin is still a kid and Daikichi is still that anxious single parent who wants best for his child.
Rin and Daikichi's story was good until 6th volume. Then it just turned into this thing that I'm not a fan of no matter what the twist was. But I guess this couldn't have gone any other way? Or maybe it could've? It definitely could have.
Anyhow, this series is done. And I'm just going to remember the good parts. Where Rin is still a kid and Daikichi is still that anxious single parent who wants best for his child.
August 22, 2013
While a slice of life manga, Bunny Drop has been following it's central characters for eight proceeding volumes and this is the end of the ongoing story (there is one volume of short stories to come). It also wraps up several ongoing plotlines. There's absolutely no point in starting here.
** Note: There will be no spoilers for volume 9 in this review, but I will be discussing the structure of the series as a whole in general terms, as well as my thoughts on the authors choices (in vague language without plot details).**
Bunny Drop has morphed a lot throughout its 9 volumes. The first half was the excellent everyday story of thirty year old bachelor Daikichi, his choice to adopt a six year old relation (Rin) that no one else would help, and the difficulties of fatherhood. Volume 5 saw a ten year jump ahead to Rin's high school years and shifted focus to social life rather than family dynamics. I still found it enjoyable, but not as quite as good. Then came volume 8.
From my review: "While there isn't another time skip, Volume 8 moves the story in a somewhat different direction again. It's built well, is totally consistent with previous volumes and is true to the characters... and is very much something many people aren't going to be happy or comfortable with. This is NOT where you would have guessed the series would go when you started volume 1, nor even when volume 5 shook things up.
It's not particularly where I want things to go. But this isn't my story, this is Yumi Unita's. And this volume really is exceptional in the way the story unfolds, from writing to artistic touches to characterization, etc. It's a great installment in the series even if it's not what I expected or hoped for."
Volume 9 is much the same. It directly continues from volume 8 as the difficulties of Rin's situation affect her more and more. There's a tight focus that does justice to what she's going through. There's a couple plot points that get really shoehorned in, but overall the pace and emotion are pitch perfect. Both Unita and her characters know they're dealing with heavy things, and it shows.
This is not the final volume I would have predicted, nor really what I wanted, but Unita has told her story brilliantly. Many readers will have trouble with the subject matter, but that doesn't diminish the quality of this offering. Like I've said previously, if you're ok with going where Unita wants to take you, this is an incredibly highly recommended piece of writing and art. Just be forewarned...
** Note: There will be no spoilers for volume 9 in this review, but I will be discussing the structure of the series as a whole in general terms, as well as my thoughts on the authors choices (in vague language without plot details).**
Bunny Drop has morphed a lot throughout its 9 volumes. The first half was the excellent everyday story of thirty year old bachelor Daikichi, his choice to adopt a six year old relation (Rin) that no one else would help, and the difficulties of fatherhood. Volume 5 saw a ten year jump ahead to Rin's high school years and shifted focus to social life rather than family dynamics. I still found it enjoyable, but not as quite as good. Then came volume 8.
From my review: "While there isn't another time skip, Volume 8 moves the story in a somewhat different direction again. It's built well, is totally consistent with previous volumes and is true to the characters... and is very much something many people aren't going to be happy or comfortable with. This is NOT where you would have guessed the series would go when you started volume 1, nor even when volume 5 shook things up.
It's not particularly where I want things to go. But this isn't my story, this is Yumi Unita's. And this volume really is exceptional in the way the story unfolds, from writing to artistic touches to characterization, etc. It's a great installment in the series even if it's not what I expected or hoped for."
Volume 9 is much the same. It directly continues from volume 8 as the difficulties of Rin's situation affect her more and more. There's a tight focus that does justice to what she's going through. There's a couple plot points that get really shoehorned in, but overall the pace and emotion are pitch perfect. Both Unita and her characters know they're dealing with heavy things, and it shows.
This is not the final volume I would have predicted, nor really what I wanted, but Unita has told her story brilliantly. Many readers will have trouble with the subject matter, but that doesn't diminish the quality of this offering. Like I've said previously, if you're ok with going where Unita wants to take you, this is an incredibly highly recommended piece of writing and art. Just be forewarned...
February 29, 2012
LOVED ITTTT! DAIKICHI FOREVERRRRR <33333333333333333
Anyway, I LOVED it! I loved the whole thing. Since I knew who Rin ended up with going in to this, I wasn't sure I'd want to see the second part of the series be made into an anime, but I do now! :D I think I may have to watch the LA, too, though they're usually so bad it makes me cringe. I'll watch on the off chance that its good.
Anyway, I LOVED it! I loved the whole thing. Since I knew who Rin ended up with going in to this, I wasn't sure I'd want to see the second part of the series be made into an anime, but I do now! :D I think I may have to watch the LA, too, though they're usually so bad it makes me cringe. I'll watch on the off chance that its good.
September 9, 2013
WTF Japan? To recap really sweet story about a young man adopting his deceased grandfather's love child. So Daikichi is raising his aunt, Rin. It explores themes of family and sacrifice with a upbeat and sweet tone, but then Rin hits puberty. The last two volumes turn everything upside down: Two major twists that completely change the plot. However, the tone still remains innocently sweet. Maybe it's been too long since I've read a manga series. I must have become desensitized. However, I would still recommend the series giving it four stars overall, it really is an entertaining series.
August 25, 2013
This whole series was amazing. It puts into perspective how much some people must give up in order to raise a child from the younger years until they graduate high school. The anime and the manga brought tears to my eyes so many times, I will never forget this heart felt story.
April 13, 2020
For my complete thoughts on this series, check out this reaction vlog:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caP-l...
February 25, 2018
Honestly if you're simply looking to read a cute and relatively light-hearted manga about family relationships, children and trying to cope with being a single parent then YES this manga is for you! But please... stop at Volume 4. Because it's really not worth reading after that TBH.
I'm not saying the quality of the manga goes downhill after that... (well I am) but it's just not necessary. The rest of the manga basically ruins the innocence of the beginning.
So yeah~ That's all I can really say without spoiling.
***
Spoilers below:
(Review of whole manga)
Now... *deep breath*
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!
I absolutely hate this ending! Why oh why did it have to end like this? i mean as soon as it said "10 years on" I kind of already had a hunch but... I wanted so badly to be proven wrong!
Like there wasn't really a need to go into the future at all! A couple of chapters or a volume or two maybe but... NO -^-
The ending as a whole seemed so forced.
There was Daichi at the beginning rejecting her feelings because of their blood relation and him being an old man (24 years older) but then as soon as Ma-chan (Rin's mum) randomly says to him 'Oh hey actually you're not blood related and so you guys should just go for it', he suddenly forgets about the being more than twice her age and their apparent father-daughter relationship.
And he doesn't even think of her that way! He's basically forcing himself to marry her just because 'he cannot refuse Rin'. And he says himself that he wouldn't approve of her bringing a 40 something year old man home so....??? arggh everything is just so messed up. UoU
This manga... (well after volume 4 anyways) wasn't my cup of tea at all...
Overall rating: 2/5
I'm not saying the quality of the manga goes downhill after that... (well I am) but it's just not necessary. The rest of the manga basically ruins the innocence of the beginning.
So yeah~ That's all I can really say without spoiling.
***
Spoilers below:
(Review of whole manga)
Now... *deep breath*
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!
I absolutely hate this ending! Why oh why did it have to end like this? i mean as soon as it said "10 years on" I kind of already had a hunch but... I wanted so badly to be proven wrong!
Like there wasn't really a need to go into the future at all! A couple of chapters or a volume or two maybe but... NO -^-
The ending as a whole seemed so forced.
There was Daichi at the beginning rejecting her feelings because of their blood relation and him being an old man (24 years older) but then as soon as Ma-chan (Rin's mum) randomly says to him 'Oh hey actually you're not blood related and so you guys should just go for it', he suddenly forgets about the being more than twice her age and their apparent father-daughter relationship.
And he doesn't even think of her that way! He's basically forcing himself to marry her just because 'he cannot refuse Rin'. And he says himself that he wouldn't approve of her bringing a 40 something year old man home so....??? arggh everything is just so messed up. UoU
This manga... (well after volume 4 anyways) wasn't my cup of tea at all...
Overall rating: 2/5
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 26, 2019
I read this novel in hopes that the ending would be Rin and her father figure realizing that Rin was jumping to rash conclusions based on a strong affection. It would have made the previous volume forgivable.
But no. This forty year old man agrees (not enthusiastically, but out of a sense of duty) to marry the girl (because yes, she is still a girl) who he raised since she was six years old. This is out of character for him completely. There was no foreshadowing to him developing feelings for her beyond the paternal. In fact, the way the first several volumes focus on the raising of her go to show exactly how much of a PARENT he is. When he told Rin that her feelings were the cruelest thing she could of done, I really had hope that this issue would be handled well. I am a parent, and I cannot fathom his acceptance of the whole situation.
Their justification? The two of them aren't *actually* related.
What was once an insightful, sweet manga that dealt with some serious issues well has become a justification for a teenager marrying an adult.
But no. This forty year old man agrees (not enthusiastically, but out of a sense of duty) to marry the girl (because yes, she is still a girl) who he raised since she was six years old. This is out of character for him completely. There was no foreshadowing to him developing feelings for her beyond the paternal. In fact, the way the first several volumes focus on the raising of her go to show exactly how much of a PARENT he is. When he told Rin that her feelings were the cruelest thing she could of done, I really had hope that this issue would be handled well. I am a parent, and I cannot fathom his acceptance of the whole situation.
Their justification? The two of them aren't *actually* related.
What was once an insightful, sweet manga that dealt with some serious issues well has become a justification for a teenager marrying an adult.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 19, 2018
Everything is coming to a close - I need to know END
November 23, 2022
This volume is full of angst and second guessing of personal feelings, which considering the situation would be realistic. Personally, I would have preferred the series focus to go a different way and was hoping it would still come about. However, the writing was still well done especially the internal reflections done by the main characters. Although I do think that choosing this direction takes away from the family dynamic that I loved shown in the first 6 volumes.
Rin has developed more romantic type feelings for her guardian, Daikichi. She believes that this love has no where to go. She initially plans on never voicing these feelings and continue being the good “daughter” staying by his side her entire life without ever marrying. Her childhood friend, Kouki, realizes it and decides it would be more harmful for her keeping it secret and tells Daikichi. When Rin confirms what Kouki has said it puts a strain on their relationship as Daikichi has no idea how to deal with it. He’s spent all this time putting his own life on hold in order to raise her to adulthood even though she’s never considered him her “dad”. Rin must decide what she’s going to do with these feelings and seeks advice but she doesn’t feel comfortable going to the people she usually asks. Instead she decides to talk to her mother whom she met recently not realizing that her mother has been keeping a secret that could change everything she understood and took for granted when it comes to family ties.
Rin has developed more romantic type feelings for her guardian, Daikichi. She believes that this love has no where to go. She initially plans on never voicing these feelings and continue being the good “daughter” staying by his side her entire life without ever marrying. Her childhood friend, Kouki, realizes it and decides it would be more harmful for her keeping it secret and tells Daikichi. When Rin confirms what Kouki has said it puts a strain on their relationship as Daikichi has no idea how to deal with it. He’s spent all this time putting his own life on hold in order to raise her to adulthood even though she’s never considered him her “dad”. Rin must decide what she’s going to do with these feelings and seeks advice but she doesn’t feel comfortable going to the people she usually asks. Instead she decides to talk to her mother whom she met recently not realizing that her mother has been keeping a secret that could change everything she understood and took for granted when it comes to family ties.
July 22, 2021
Okay... so Rin is in love with Daikichi; Kouki found out and blabbed to Daikichi; things get really really awkward.
But yeah, just drop a bombshell like that and completely rewrite a major story beat so that it's suddenly not that bad that Rin likes Daikichi... this is FINE!
This series has 10 volumes.
But yeah, just drop a bombshell like that and completely rewrite a major story beat so that it's suddenly not that bad that Rin likes Daikichi... this is FINE!
This series has 10 volumes.
April 13, 2018
SPOILERS will be in this review.
I completely understand where Rin's feelings stem from. Personally, I think she's misunderstanding her feelings tho.
This manga didn't end with me feeling weirded out in the least. She's not related in any way to him.
The only thing that bothered me was his character wasn't fleshed out so it felt rushed with his decision. Part of him openly states he sees her as a daughter but the next page he states "let's get hitched". This really didn't flow right in terms of the story for viewers. It felt forced if not blatantly rushed.
If anything, the aurthor could of takin time to flesh his feelings out more with this volume and part of volume 10 then add the flash backs in that volume.
It's too bad. The story line actually followed a pretty realistic line for Rin. I kinda expected this turn of events she took as she got older.
I completely understand where Rin's feelings stem from. Personally, I think she's misunderstanding her feelings tho.
This manga didn't end with me feeling weirded out in the least. She's not related in any way to him.
The only thing that bothered me was his character wasn't fleshed out so it felt rushed with his decision. Part of him openly states he sees her as a daughter but the next page he states "let's get hitched". This really didn't flow right in terms of the story for viewers. It felt forced if not blatantly rushed.
If anything, the aurthor could of takin time to flesh his feelings out more with this volume and part of volume 10 then add the flash backs in that volume.
It's too bad. The story line actually followed a pretty realistic line for Rin. I kinda expected this turn of events she took as she got older.
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September 24, 2021I first started reading Bunny Drop back in 2012 and thought it was really cute, so I bought all the volumes up to 7 (which were all that had been published in English at the time). The story and characters go a bit downhill once Rin reaches her teen years, so I actually only ever read through volume 6, but always kind of meant to go back and continue the series eventually. Cut to years later and I learned about the problematic turn the story takes by the end:
Despite that, I've had fond memories of the first few volumes and still owned volumes 1-7 for almost a decade. I needed to decide whether to keep or unhaul the manga, so I finally re-read and completed the unread portions of the manga, since there's only ten volumes. And yeah, it for sure goes downhill after volume 4, and the uncomfortable topic begins in volume 8. I am sort of glad to finally have finished the series and seen for myself how the story devolves. While I do genuinely still like the beginning of this series, I won't be rating any of them because I don't want to encourage anyone to begin reading without knowing the trajectory the story takes, and I don't really want to further support an author who would write this kind of storyline (I read the last three volumes I didn't already own through online scans).
For new readers, I would definitely suggest stopping either after volume 4 or volume 7. Both of those volumes have decent ending points without any of the weirdness of the final volumes. But also this is one of those cases where you should definitely know spoilers before deciding to start reading.
Despite that, I've had fond memories of the first few volumes and still owned volumes 1-7 for almost a decade. I needed to decide whether to keep or unhaul the manga, so I finally re-read and completed the unread portions of the manga, since there's only ten volumes. And yeah, it for sure goes downhill after volume 4, and the uncomfortable topic begins in volume 8. I am sort of glad to finally have finished the series and seen for myself how the story devolves. While I do genuinely still like the beginning of this series, I won't be rating any of them because I don't want to encourage anyone to begin reading without knowing the trajectory the story takes, and I don't really want to further support an author who would write this kind of storyline (I read the last three volumes I didn't already own through online scans).
For new readers, I would definitely suggest stopping either after volume 4 or volume 7. Both of those volumes have decent ending points without any of the weirdness of the final volumes. But also this is one of those cases where you should definitely know spoilers before deciding to start reading.
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