わたしに××しなさい！（１３） (なかよしコミックス)

わたしに××しなさい! / Watashi ni XX shinasai! #13

by Ema Tōyama

ミッションの結果、ついに晶を恋人に選んだ雪菜。結果、時雨とはすれちがってしまう。傷つけたことを謝ろうと時雨に電話するが、彼の衝撃的な一言で雪菜はさらに動揺し…。　そして、読者人気急上昇中！ 時雨のキケンな弟・氷雨の登場で、ラブ・ミッションはさらにカゲキに…！？

Genres: Manga, Romance, Shojo, Young Adult, Comics Manga, Contemporary, Manga Romance

1 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 11, 2013

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

[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.

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ich kann Yukina nicht mehr ausstehen! Am Anfang war sie mutig und sie wusste immer, was sie machen sollte. Jetzt ist sie sehr unentschieden und sie verletzt alle. Und ich kann nicht verstehen, welche Rolle Hajime soll spielen. Bildet er ein neues Dreieck? Und was macht Akira?

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

AHHHHH! I loved this! I can't, I can't , I can't....This was so good, my mind couldn't handle it! So cute <3

[Marttha Zazueta · Rating 5 out of 5]

¡Lo sabía! ¡Lo sabía! ¡Esa revelación al final! ¡Uuuuuuuufff!

[David Doel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Adding another side to a romantic rectangle does not necessarily improve the story.

[Yumiko_Youku · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you trust your partner you don't love him.
Your partner has to abuse you or else its not true love.

[Story of a Book Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

seriously, can we not with the cousin?

[Judyth · Rating 3 out of 5]

~3.5/5
(Contains spoilers.)

For some reason, they're really trying to make us like Hisame. And, honestly, it's not working. Maybe he has his nice moments, and his reasons for his actions are because he really likes Mami—but it's all crap. He's still rather awful.

There's now two triangles happening, and I'm getting rather sick of it. Both girls are getting mixed up between the same three guys. It's ridiculous. Yukina starts some kind of understanding with Hisame, and she's supposed to be going out with Akira, but now she's wondering if she even has a heart. Shigure tries talking sense to her, but Hisame is only getting her more confused.

Mami, on the other hand, is still being pressured by Hisame, and pretty much ignored by Akira. Akira is too caught up in Yukina. Shigure is trying to work, but getting distracted by Yukina. Hisame is, in a way, also clinging to Yukina, when Mami pushes him away.

It's a mess. And normally I would be enjoying it more. But right now, I would like some semblance of a good decision being made.

These releases are still way too far apart, sadly.

[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]

[Rubi · Rating 2 out of 5]

I gotta say her indecisiveness was getting old...I'm glad she's finally making progess in sorting out her feelings and making a choice. It's not nice to play with boys haha
It's starting to peak my interest again :)

More recent review: When I originally read this in 2014, I gave it a 4 star. I'm assuming because I liked how she was helping Hisume figure out how to be nice, and Shigure shows some emotion again lol
BUT....now it's 2 star because....Akira CHEATS! He literally agrees to go out with Mami while shes with him and she hasn't even done anything with another boy since being with him! What a jerk, and I liked him. Even Shigures brother knows thats wrong and he's an ass. Now I want her to break up with him and legit tell him why, no half assed excuses.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

i'm not big on love triangles but was giving this one a go because of all the risque goodness; however I started getting bored a few volumes ago. Yukina is a little dense, girl get it together! I hope this is a turning point for Yukina and Shigure.

[Reina Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I'll let you forget about Shigure" Oh boy, I volunteer! You can make me forget everything, for all I care! HAHAHAHA! Holy crap, freaking Hisame. XD

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gave this volume a 4 star rating because at least people are starting to call Yukina out. She's so dense (to put it mildly) it hurts! Go Shigure. :-)

[Célia ♡ · Rating 1 out of 5]

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