Princess Jellyfish, Tome 3

海月姫 [Kuragehime] #3

by Akiko Higashimura

Afin de protéger leur gîte menacé de destruction, Kuranosuke le travesti a décidé de le racheter pour éviter que la communauté des geekettes ne se retrouve à la rue ! Elles se mettent alors à vendre de petits objets qu’elles ont confectionnés dans le but de récolter des fonds. Mais lors de cette journée cruciale, une nouvelle adversaire surgit et perturbe le cœur de jeune fille de Tsukimi...

(To protect their house threatened with destruction, Kuranosuke has decided to buy it to prevent the community of geekettes to find themselves tossed on the street! For this reason, they began to sell small handmade items in order to raise funds. But at this crucial day, a new enemy appears and disrupts the Tsukimi's maiden heart...)

Genres: Manga, Romance, Josei, Graphic Novels, Comics, Young Adult, Fiction

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 13, 2009

About the author

See also 東村 アキコ

Reviews

[Amy Gideon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I unabashedly ship Tsukimi with Kuranosuke. I do not want her to end up with Kuranosuke's brother Shu. Not only is he too old for her, he's completely shallow and doesn't even notice Tsukimi when she isn't dolled up.

[hilary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mehhhh

[DonutKnow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oooh Tsukimi can start hustling now- she has a great talent 🥰 Also, I love her love for sea jellies ❤️❤️❤️

[Yue · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far I am enjoying as much or much more the story of the mangaka as well as the manga itself. Higashimura-sensei is so funny! Her story about her past (and unrequited) love for the Olympic athlete.

About the Jellyfish, I liked this volume more than the previous one, but less than the first one. I loved it when they all went to the flea market, the amars are so crazy! (like the mangaka is, I think). Kuranosuke with Tsukimi is so cute. Still weird-looking when he is with Tsukimi... he looks like a girl so much no matter if he is cross-dressing or not, so sometimes it seems like I am reading a yuri, but only sometimes! Because most of the times, it is impossible to forget he is a man. He is so nice with her and the amars, trying to help them to buy the apartment, but he also loves dresses so much . I guess he really is a transvestite, but at the same time, he is also manly... do I make sense?

I almost rated it lower because **sighs** the love triangle and everything that it involves (like tears **ohgod**). And that virgin killer lady is so... soap-opera-ish.

I like this manga, but I don't think I will have the patience to endure the love triangle and the virgin killer lady. Will see...

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just can't say this enough: I love this manga. I decided to read it because I first watched the anime, and this is just as good, if not better. If you've read the other volumes, please keep reading!

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This goes to history of magic! Wohoo!

[SkeletonintheGarden · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maybe I was a little harsh with my last review. I've since looked into the inability of manga artists, creators in general really, to be able to directly state that their characters were trans without risking the chopping block. Having people repeatedly state that Kurako is merely a crossdresser, not trans, or even a practitioner of drag, could have been a deliberate choice to not only keep the manga alive but could also be a creative tool to reflect Kurako's own personal queerphobia. And he is queerphobic, absolutely. One can be on the spectrum, can be closeted, and still be absolutely discriminatory in that way. I've come to accept that the cast is not without their flaws, it certainly makes them deeper and more compelling characters. Does it still make me uncomfortable when certain tropes are used, like in the case of the sexual predator uncle? Absolutely. I can continue to write it off as something of the times, but this series has problems that persist even today, so, well, c'est la vie. I'll simply drop the work if it happens to get to be to ick for me, as is within my prower.
All of that aside, ridiculous jokes about the older brother's virginity included, I do genuinely like this story. I love Tsukimi, and don't believe that either Shu or Kurako deserve her one bit. Kurako's discomfort with liking someone like Tsukimi is something he's started to recognize but that's not enough; without a personal apology for being an uptight snob on the matter I fear I'll never fully accept his relationship with her, should it develop, and I'm not sure if that will ever come.
As for the representation of autism, I think that's where the series really shines. From the driver obsessed with Bentz cars to the Amars themselves, the series is really consistent with showing their love for their specific hyperfixations, not to mention how it has all made it difficult to connect with more neurotypical people. My favorite thing is, and this is obvious, how their different traits and even their personalities have been used to help them excel in different ways in their approaching line of jellyfish themed apparel. I'd like to see them all have more of their own personal time in the manga to grow in general.

[Noninuna · Rating 4 out of 5]

The series is really lighthearted with no heavy subject is being discussed but in a way, it's saying that those Amars are also human as you and me, only that they're a bit obsessed about something (like train or old japanese doll or jellyfish). They have ambition but something they're lacking is motivation. This is where Kuranosuke comes in play. He has a lot of motivation to do this and that but lack of certain goal (except the goal he got from his mother). In a way,in this story, they're balancing each other.

[Lilith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just found out that apparently on Kindle the books are a two in one large edition and I didn't know that so I thought I only finished volume one but it turns out I have already finished volumes one and two and that the book I've been starting on today is actually volume three and four. So now that I'm caught up and figured this out, I went down a star with this volume because I’m sooo over the woman harassing the brother it's making me so mad

[Cecillie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yeah, I'm beginning to see why I forgot about this series. It's getting into plot points and "jokes" that hits a level of exaggeration I don't really like. Tsukimi's roommates/friends aren't as endearing anymore, just kind of annoying and one-dimensional.

[Johanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tsukimi, having a full meltdown over a man hurt, especially when the man doesn’t even care about her. And If there shouldn’t a romance between Shu and the suit woman( when she drugged him and saed him to blackmail him) I actually liked her before

[Katie Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just love this series! Very cute and lite hearted! I will definitely finish this series!!

[Benjamin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely art, story and characters.

[Aya · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*

[Isabella · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was my favorite volume so far, super funny and the romance is starting to show itself!!

plus, there was very little of kuranosuke's brother (which i dislike lol )

[Conejo Literario · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me está decepcionando este manga, la historia no avanza.

[Joselin Orrillo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Los vestidos estan en marcha y la verdadera princesa medusa empieza a tomar forma.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

And now the real plot begins...
I forgot how nicely Kuranosuke’s feelings develop 😊

[Wen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a sucker for this kind story. The Romeo and Juliet moment was *chef's kiss*

[Kristin ✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some things I absolutely love about this series and then there are other things that I don't.

[OnTheSamePaige · Rating 5 out of 5]

At first glance, they seem like opposites, but emotionally, they are so similar.

I love these princesses and I hope they end up together.

[Jeronim Sellés · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Kuranosuke so much 😭😭!! I love how his heart was racing when he saw Tsukimi with the bed sheets because he found her so cute and then, she thought she looked horrible. Way too cute

[anie · Rating 5 out of 5]

a tsukimi tão lindinha a sonhar com vestido inspirado nas alforrecas awwww

[Pi · Rating 5 out of 5]

continues to be so heartfelt and fun

[Layla Belinda]

Como eu leio sem pagar?😭

[Tf]

(quem me dera que a hisotira bonus fosse um pouco maior uhdwudhlwqud)

[Liberty Ero · Rating 5 out of 5]

[The second half of Episode 7, the entirety of Episode 8, and the majority of Episode 9 {excluding one scene} of the Princess Jellyfish anime follow this volume of the manga.]

[Noem · Rating 4 out of 5]

REALLY enjoying this manga series 😍

[Rif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hmm, masih agak berharap kalau perkembangan karakter kakaknya Kuranosuke (Shuu) nggak se-absurd di anime. I mean, it's good to see Tsukimi struggle in incoherent world with Shuu. Tapi, sepertinya 'sekali absurd harus tetap absurd'. At least, Kuranosuke juga likeable (banget) buat nutupin keabsurdan manga ini XD

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved everything this series represented. it was comical while still being able to deal with overarching serious issues. I loved how different the characters were and how people choose to interact with someone that was so different from what was considered 'the norm.'