ロマンチカ クロック 7

ロマンチカクロック [Romantica Clock] #7

by Yōko Maki, 槙ようこ

自分の気持ちに気づいた杏花音。でも、慎ちゃんとまた離ればなれになっちゃう…？　恋しても双子の繋がりは変わらないはずだけどある日、杏花音が倒れてしまい──。　【同時収録】レモンはあまのじゃく

Genres: Manga, Romance

177 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 15, 2015

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.

[Marianna Rainolter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mi sta appassionando questa serie; e dire che all'inizio non mi convinceva o comunque temevo in banalità e ripetitività, che invece non accadono (anche se forse il finale sul tragico è un po'... trash?). Mi piace lo sviluppo dei personaggi e dei loro rapporti anche se forse i due protagonisti rimangono in un certo senso sullo sfondo e sono i meno approfonditi e spero che in seguito la cosa cambi.

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

Il mistero s'infittisce... Cos'ha la povera Akane?

La parte dedicata a lei e a Shin mi è piaciuto un sacco. Anche perché Shin è un gran bel personaggio. Quella dedicata ad Aoi e Karin, invece, mi sembra un po' freddina.

Ormai mi mancano solo tre volumi per finire. SIGH! Ormai mi ero assuefatta.

[LM · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the seventh volume of Romantica Clock we get a random bakery competition so that Shin can return to town; this volume gets a 3.5-star rating from me. Shin and Akane are really cute together. I also found the “twin connection” between Aoi and Akane funny, even though Aoi is even stressing me when he learns with Akane lmao. This time, I was a bit annoyed how Karin is jealous of Akane, and how the characters look sometimes a bit too goofy. Still, I liked the angsty short story we get at the end.