Meet 15-year-old Yuniko Sakuraba, who is fixated on the late actor Akira Nanae-so much so that she's taken to burglary to collect items that once belonged to him. But Yuniko is not obsessed and twisted; she's actually cheerful and vibrant, soon drawing the attention of 17-year-old star Ryu Eba. Eventually, the two fall in love.
Rie Takada ( 高田りえ) is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 1990 in the 17th issue of the manga anthology magazine Sho-Comi with the series SP girl. She still writes primarily for Sho-Comi, with her serialized works also published in collected volumes by Shogakukan, the company that publishes Sho-Comi.
Yuniko is willing to risk her life to learn the truth about her father Akira Nanae. Unfortunately, the tape with the truth-revealing conversations between Akira and her mother, Maiko, lands in the hands of Maki, a lower-than-low member of the paparazzi.
After Maki carelessly tosses the tape into the ocean, Yuniko takes desperate and dangerous measures to get it back. When Ryu comes to her rescue, Yuniko finally faces her feelings for him.
With reporters hounding them at every turn, and Maki always lurking in the shadows to expose any and all details of their personal lives, Yuniko and Ryu must find a way to learn the truth about their secret past without the whole world knowing about it first.
My Thoughts:
In this volume, Yuni and Ryu finally get the proof they need in order to prove that Akira really is Yuni's father. Not only that, but our couple really becomes a couple in this volume. =D
Once they do have the proof yet another thing comes up. When they go back to the hospital after receiving news from Maki that something is wrong with Maiko, they find her having a breakdown. And when she hears Yuni and Ryu's names, she seems to have a flash of memory recall. She remembers something that Yuni and Ryu really didn't expect out of her mouth. After listening to the tape, there was already some speculation, but to hear it from Maiko herself...
It doesn't help that Maki is lurking in the background, ready to get the scoop. The next day, it's all over the news that Ryu is Akira's son. The reporters go nuts! Just when Yuni finds some more things to try to jumpstart her mother's memory so that they can prove she and Ryu aren't related, her own name is leaked to the press! I understand why Maki needs the money from a big scoop, but dayum!