ロマンチカ クロック 5

ロマンチカクロック [Romantica Clock] #5

by Yōko Maki, 槙ようこ

受験生の夏がきた！　杏花音も蒼も、他のみんなも猛勉強!!　でも…恋の予感も　歩睦は香鈴が、小晴は蒼が気になってるみたい…!?　香鈴の蒼への気持ちも知ってる杏花音は、もうパニック!!　【同時収録】Dear Chloe

Genres: Manga, Romance

177 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 15, 2014

About the author

槙ようこ, Maki-sensei speaks of herself in the third person. Has a mangaka sister, Aki Mochida.

Pet: Leo, dog
Height: 164.5 cmv

Reviews

[Bibliothecat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review for complete series

I am so sad about this; I really like Yoko Maki and I thought I would love this series as her works have continuously been getting better. Romantica Clock tells the story of twins Akane and Aoi - the former is naive and happy-go-lucky whilst the latter is studious and somewhat stoic. With Maki's beautiful art, this should have been a perfectly lovely story about the dynamics between these polar opposite twins, their family and social life, school struggles and of course romance. And while it had all that, it was just so... boring.

I generally liked the characters but I don't feel as though we ever got to know them properly. I can't relate to why Akane feels so extremely competitive toward her brother Aoi. Most of the other family members felt redundant and friends were introduced left and right without us ever truly getting to know them. The romance was even worse - Akane and her love interest might be very cute but she is much too immature for me to feel invested in them. I don't understand why he likes her and her liking him back feels just like a whim. Aoi's romance on the other hand isn't even cute, it's bland and comes across as entirely one sided.

All in all, it is still a cute manga but it could have been so much more and it should not have taken me as long as it did to finish this (6 weeks for 10 volumes!). It was just so bland and uneventful that the only thing left for me to truly like was the beautiful art. It's also not a genre thing as I can enjoy slice of life stories as well as sweet romances with young characters. There's just something missing in Romantica Clock and it really saddens me given that I like the author.

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Che carina la storia zombie alla fine?! Va beh, lo sanno anche i sassi che a me piacciono gli zombie...

Ci sono parecchi personaggi in questa serie ma l'autrice riesce a gestirli in maniera ottimale. Adesso è arrivata anche una nuova amica di Akane che si prende una cotta per Aoi...

Boh, credo che tra tutti i personaggi maschili di questo manga il mio preferito sia Shin. Perché porta sempre una ventata di aria fresca. Poi c'è Ayumu e infine Aoi. L'altro occhialuto non lo considero neanche, povero.

E pensare che ero pronta ad abbandonarla dopo aver letto il primo volume in tedesco! Silly me.

[Annemarie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I kind of forgot most of the characters except for the twins and Karin. So especially the beginning was dinner confusing, but it was nice to see Aoi open up more in this volume.

[Kristin ✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's the way I have been reading this series since 2018 just because it never gets updated and then it get a bigger batch of chapters and I forget everything that happened (':

[LM · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have the feeling that Romantica Clock is slowly getting better as the volumes pass.

I said it in my last review already, but I have to emphasize again how much I love the cast. All their designs look so great. Akane’s role in the story is nice as well as someone who keeps tracks of all the romances – because for readers, it’s hard to keep track of who crushes on whom as well – but hasn’t one herself. Her relationship with Aoi slowly gets healthier and it’s so nice to see. Talking about Aoi, I’m a bit annoyed though that all girls fall for him because he has barely any redeeming qualities besides being intelligent.

As a last note, the bonus story was great as well, and truly something different compared to the main story.

[Marianna Rainolter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Akane è in difficoltà non solo per lo studio, ma anche per i problemi di cuore dei suoi amici che coinvolgono indirettamente anche Aoi, il suo gemello così freddo e apparentemente insensibile. Situazioni complicate ma simpatiche e a volte divertenti che sanno anche appassionare e voler continuare la lettura, anche se spero che alcune situazioni si concludano in fretta e senza tirarla per le lunghe, oltre al fatto che la protagonista maturi un po' e rimanga meno bambina.