わたしに××しなさい！（２） (なかよしコミックス)

わたしに××しなさい! / Watashi ni XX shinasai! #2

by Ema Tōyama

雪菜（ゆきな）の裏の顔は、超人気ケータイ小説家のユピナ！　悩みは、恋愛体験ゼロでラブが書けないこと。でも、学校一の人気者・時雨（しぐれ）の黒い秘密を握り、彼をキョーハク。恋愛のシチュエーションを時雨に強要、ラブを学ぶことに。女王様・雪菜の命令に、従順なシモベのふりをしながら反逆を企む時雨。でも、そんな雪菜を近くで見守るいとこ・晶（あきら）が許さない！　雪菜、時雨、晶、予測不能の三角関係がスタート!!

Genres: Manga, Romance, Shojo, Young Adult, Comics Manga, Graphic Novels, Manga Romance

168 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 5, 2010

About the author

Japanese Name: 遠山 えま

She made her debut in September 2003 in the monthly manga magazine Nakayoshi with her story, Tenshi no Tamago ("Angel's Egg", no relation to the anime movie of the same name). Gokkun! Pūcho is considered her best representative work. Tokyopop has licenced it under the title Pixie Pop. All of her works are published by Kodansha, and they are enjoyed mainly by preteen and teen girls. None of her series have yet become anime.

Reviews

[Bookishrealm · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mannnnnnnnn! I thought I was going to binge this series but then we got an introduction to a love triangle that involves a family member. If this was a historical fiction type of story I would let it slide but it’s not. It’s frustrating because I was enjoying the series as whole and this volume is where we start to see our two main characters really start to fall in love with each other, but when the cousin confessed his love it changed the whole vibe of the book for me. This could have been anyone else: a childhood friend, a best friend, a classmate. Anyone in the world could have played the second love interest but instead we get the cousin. From what I’ve seen of future volumes there doesn’t seem to be a misunderstanding where the cousin isn’t actually a cousin. And he continues to fight for her affections. I think that the concept and idea is fun but this just isn’t for me. In any romance whether it’s a manga, comic, or prose book, I am uncomfortable when family members (blood relations) become love interest. As I’ve stated, I thoroughly enjoyed the artwork and the characters but this just wasn’t for me after the introduction of that element.

[Jessica-Robyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

This volume was better, but still not great.

Better because it sort of self acknowledges the weirdness that is going on, even though it makes no efforts to fix it. We also get some genuinely interesting moments out of Akira, but their whole relationship dynamic is still weird and uncomfortable.

Not great because it still makes no sense what the tone of this book is. Missions of Love is starting to feel more like a classic love-triangle manga, but I don't like either of the options here. Take Yukina and drop her into any other story and she would be fantastic, but here, with these two boys, it just doesn't work for me.

I also still don't get the cousin thing! Someone explain the cousin thing to me please. ??????

[sophie ⚘ · Rating 1 out of 5]

the list of red flags is longer than the book

[Alice4170 🌙 · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5⭐️

[Mad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ich will yupinas Roman lesen

[Bibliothecat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review for the complete series



Yukina's classmates avoid her for the cold look she gives everyone. And that suits her just fine: she loves to observe people as it gives her ideas for the novel she's been writing under the penname Yupina. Yupina's novel has become widely popular but there's one thing her readers are in want of: romance. As this is new terrain for Yukina, she decides she needs some first-hand experience. Coincidently, she finds out that her popular classmate Shigure isn't as nice as he lets on. Yukina decides that he will be the one to teach her romance through her missions of love or else she'll let the school see Shigure's true colours.

Missions of Love is an engrossing and addictive manga whilst also being problematic: people who like to crush things by pointing out all its social and moral impropriety will have a field day with this one. My personal main issue with it, though, is that it suffered from its length. I am very sure that this manga was dragged out after the first volumes proved to be such a success.

This manga starts off very strong in which Yukina and Shigure playing out a perfect high school enemies to lovers scenario. Both of them are strong characters and they're constantly trying to get the upper hand in their power struggle which is also filled with lots of chemistry and tension. At times they are perfectly mean to each other, at other times true feelings start to surface and they begin to care. Rivals are thrown in one after the other and while a lot of people might not like this, I believe it was rather necessary in this particular case as neither Yukina nor Shigure would be willing to confess how they really feel without some jealousy or sense of loss involved.

Tōyama has the tendency to make rival characters come across as creepy psychopaths, it's actually something I never liked about her works. Be that as it may, the first two rivals are Yukina's cousin Akira and Shigure's childhood friend Mami. They are both rather possessive and for the most part feel like meddlers. As the story progresses, though, both of them become more fleshed out and start to move away from their obsessions. This turns both of them into likeable characters who actually have really cute and warm sides to them. Mami in particular really grew on me once she stopped being the little psycho she was introduced as.

I would have much preferred this series to have wrapped up with just those characters and with only half the amount of volumes it actually amounted to. The story seems to progress naturally when suddenly the kindergarten teacher arc is introduced: Yukina's former teacher has left her with insecurities she still struggles with today. Although this was already mentioned early on in the series, the appearance of the teacher seemed to derail the plot. That whole arc feels random and cutting it out wouldn't change the outcome of the series one bit. It almost feels like Tōyama was trying to create new tensions, realised it wasn't going well and opted to drop it in favour of a different plotline. It was over and done with as fast and sudden as it came. I faintly remember even thinking of dropping the series at that stage during my first read.

However, while not as strong as the first volumes, Missions of Love catches itself again and makes a turn for the better - mostly in any case. Another rival character is introduced and it adds both pros and cons to the remainder of the story. Hisame is Shigure's younger brother (through marriage, non-blood related) and boy do they not see eye to eye. This adds some much-needed insight to Shigure's life and why he is the way he is. The problem is that Hisame is yet another psychotic little jerk who, unlike Akira and Mami, stays that way. Sure, he certainly does have a few nice moments and cute scenes, but ultimately, he's a creepy little shit.

Putting aside Hisame's creepy ways, the latter volumes mainly deal with the characters' inner feelings which is particularly important in regard to Yukina. She is a tricky character in the sense that a lot of her behaviour seems odd. I can easily see her coming across as a character who is impossibly oblivious to love when it's standing right in front of her. You could read this manga and ask yourself time and again, why is she being so dense? In that same sense, you might wonder how she can share intimate moments with multiple characters without understanding why it's wrong or why it would bother others. While it's never actually spelt out, it is highly implied that there is more to it than just poor characterisation. I don't know much about the different sexual identities, so I won't go ahead labelling Yukina as something I know nothing of, but it's clear that while Yukina feels sexual attraction, she struggles with the concept of love. She is genuinely trying to understand what's inside her heart and beats herself up over not succeeding. She loves different people around her but she doesn't seem to understand the differences between the love one has for friends, family members and the romantic type.

People who have only read the first few volumes and criticise this manga over Yukina blackmailing Shigure into playing love games, this problem does actually get addressed in the latter volumes. Although Yukina is generally speaking a confident girl, there is something about her that prevents her from reading certain social cues, and I suspect it's the same that prevents her from understanding the different kinds of love. Yukina is often seen doing things that either stand out or just makes others around her feel awkward. She herself doesn't feel any of this awkwardness and it's usually done out of complete innocence. Once again, I am no expert, but there is definitely a complexity behind why Yukina is the way she is and a lot of this manga's ultimate question is whether or not Shigure can love and accept her for who she is.

Missions of Love does have a couple more things sprinkled throughout that rub me the wrong way: I can't get my head around when Yukina, Shigure and Akira get intimate at the same time, I wish there would have been more closure to what became of Mami and Akira (I can't say I care what became of Hisame) and what is it with Yukina's breasts?! I love Tōyama's art but can we take a moment to look at how material hangs over breasts - Yukina seems to have rather large ones but it doesn't mean her clothes should stick to her.

Drawing 101:



Here I'm just nitpicking but Yukina's breasts are definitely drawn like the former.

Missions of Love has it's issues - no doubt there. But it's nicely drawn and really brings out what you'd expect from an enemies to lovers plot. For the most of it, it's an enjoyable read and one that you don't put down easily. I'd definitely recommend it to romance lovers who can turn a blind eye to the issues that come with Yukina and Shigure's story.

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Shigure: I won't teach you about true love. You have to seriously fall in love with someone to know about it.
Yukina: Then is it alright to seriously fall in love with you?

Leave it to the Japanese to make an incestuous love story. Generally this would have been so much better than the previous volume, except for a few things. First of all, for goodness's sake, Akira is her cousin. It would have worked out more effectively had they been merely childhood friends. Akira had all the formula needed - seemingly fragile and weak, then appearing more manly after the confession . . . you get the gist. But with the current love triangle set-up? It was rather lame.

Shigure and Yukina seemed to have dual personalities, but in a positive way. That is, they treated each other differently when they were alone and when there was someone else. Shigure, fortunately, improved in terms of characterization, but it's Yukina I'm worried about. She's already on the brink of falling into the cliff of cliche-and-annoying shoujo female leads. Gullible? Check. Stupid? Check. The strength she had which I liked so much had vanished.

Watashi ni xx Shinasai! has a lot of potential. Sadly, though, even the plot itself is becoming more trite. But I will continue reading this, because it has still managed to "make me feel in love for the characters" which is the sole purpose why I'm reading shoujo-slash-romance mangas.

[Jinghay (these.blank.pages) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rating: 2.5/5

[David Doel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm already beginning to be disappointed. These people are playing games with each other. Unless the players become more than cardboard figures, this will be a dud!

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maledetta me che vado a leggere i libri i lingue diverse... Poi il contatore di GR dà i numeri e non si capisce più nulla!

Ho finito i miei esami e mi son presa un pomeriggio di libertà. In giardino, con lo sdraio a prendere il sole (con la protezione 50) e un sacco di libri che aspettavano da tempo di essere letti.

Le premesse di questo manga son deboli però il personaggio di Yukina mi piace parecchio. È tutta strana la tipa: scrive romanzi per cellulari ma non riesce ad interagire con il mondo. Addirittura, per farlo, deve più o meno ricattare il bello della scuola affinché sia al suo servizio. Ripeto, la trama è debole ma i personaggi la riscattano.

E devo ammettere che lo stile di Ema Tōyama mi piace parecchio.

[Lou (Lou and Life) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the first volume so when I saw that the next three volumes were available and discounted massively, I had to get them. I really enjoyed this manga, I read through the manga so quickly, but I do want to point out that this manga is really problematic and toxic. Yukina, the female main character, is literally blackmailing Shigure, the male main character, to be romantic and do things to her because she has something on him which would ruin his good boy reputation in the school and show him to be more of a f-boy. On top of that Yukina's cousin, Akira, loves Yukina in a romantic way. However, even though it's a problematic series, I am still really enjoying it and I am looking forward to reading the next books in the series.

[DoctorFeddy · Rating 3 out of 5]

missione 7 : fa cio che vuoi ma fallo oggi!!
Volume molto scorrevole e semplice che inizia ad intrecciare i vari personaggi, Yukina cerca di scoprire sempre più sul sentimento dell'amore, Shigure cerca sempre di umiliarla ma inizia a provare qualcosa per Yukina e Akira inizia a difendere in modo spregiudicato Yukina che lo considera solo un cugino, e cosi nel prossimo volume si darà il via al fatidico triangolo. Credo che come manga shojo sia carino ( anche la miglior storia d'amore è e sarà sempre VIDEO GIRL AI) con notevole svolgimento e disegni molto curati, staremo a vedere come continua, ma se mi s stupire allora sarà tra i miei manga preferiti anche se shojo!

[Maraya21 (The Reading Dragon) · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Melrose's · Rating 4 out of 5]

I hope Akira isn't his actual cousin because that would be totally weird. And I like Shigure's and Yukina's chemistry. I know the plot seems off and a little bit childish. However, I have experienced the sensation of the phone novel fever also. It spread when I was in 3rd year of highschool and everyone was so into it. I guess to write a heart skipping story you have to make it feel real and not only based on imagination. So, I get where the plot is coming from.

[Jillian -always aspiring- · Rating 3 out of 5]

2020 Read #223

Maybe I relate to this manga because I’m more cold and standoffish than romantic, but either way I can understand where these characters are coming from with distancing themselves and keeping their feelings locked away while keeping up appearances for the world around them. Maybe I’m looking too much into it, I don’t know. At any rate, I do still find this manga entertaining enough to see what happens next!

[Jos · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW

Puede que me haya precipitado con esta calificación y la cambie en algún momento pero es que este volumen BLEW MY MIND AWAY

Akira dió un buen giro, Yukina finalmente está aprendiendo algo de relaciones humanas y Shigure sigue siendo un imbécil de pacotilla al cubo (decidí empezar a llamar a los personajes por sus nombres y no sus apellidos)

Espero que este manga vaya mejorando en cada volumen porque este fue muchísimo mejor que el primero

[Hazi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this when I was in middle/high school but on my phone, and I recently bought this as a physical copy and I kept giggling and this just is a classic. This author never fails to impress me, with her Pixie Pop series and I am Here series (which I have physical copies for). this makes me wanna save up for physical copies of the rest of this series!! ahhh I'm in uni now and it still makes me excited to read it

[Sandy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked Yukina at first but then she turned out to be quite weak and gullible... Also it's hard for me to get past the whole cousin thing. When I read the first volume for some reason I thought the cousin was a girl so I didn't realize the love triangle going on, but now that I know better it feels weird to read.

[Devon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still super cute. I will forever love Love Triangles <3

Also, REALLY love that they put a little "translation" section in the back to explain things that might not make sense initially for an English reader (such as the Snow Witch comments... or the fact that you don't typically use first names unless you are very close).

[☆Sabrina☆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sie spielen ihre Liebe nur vor doch verlieben sich langsam irgendwie doch in einander. Aber der cousin von Yukina verliebt sich auch halsüberkopf in sie. Anfangs hat shigure sie in den Mittelpunkt gestellt doch das ist ihre größte Angst die sie Shigure versehentlich gezeigt .Womit er sie dann immer etwas ärgern kann.
Shigure ist nicht mehr er selbst da er leicht in Yu verliebt ist.

[Marttha Zazueta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Raaaaayos, en este segundo tomo, las cosas se están poniendo aún más interesantes, un jugosisimo triángulo amoroso, celos, protección, uffff, *babea *.

Akira es tan lindo, pero Kitami está... Uffff, bueno, a ver que más pasa.

[Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Marine Petrosian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love it

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this more than the first volume. I began to like the characters more ad more and the story got really interesting.

[Tina Sy · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many shenanigans and supporting characters in her mobile novel xD

[Mariah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is getting funnier and it read extremely fast this time. I’m curious to see what’s in store for these three.

[Kristin ✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume ended the EXACT same way as the first one, am I supposed to be shocked? Surprised? We already established this.

[A.Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

Good storyline, well put together can’t get enough of it. Will be binge reading every book today. Might not be sleeping tonight

[Danni · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this and I was sort of enjoying it if it wasn't for the cousin. Because of that, I will not be reading the rest of the series.

[Mir · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yukina's efforts to fit her experiences into her ongoing novel are my favorite part.