Miss Rain

by Naoko Takeuchi

The short story “Miss Rain” was originally published in Amie Magazine as a one-shot series, but later was published as a tankoubon in a compilation of five short stories by Naoko Takeuchi, all themed around rain. The later four short stories were originally published in Nakayoshi Deluxe magazine in the late 1980s – early 1990s.

The book Miss Rain by Naoko Takeuchi contains the following stories:

1. Miss Rain
2. Boku no Pierce Girl – My Earring Wearing Girl
3. July Marmalade Birthday
4. Maigo no Swing – The Lost Child’s Swing
5. Itsumo Isshou ne – Always Together

Genres: Manga, Comics, Romance, Komik, Fiction, Drama, Comics Manga

183 pages, Paperback

First published June 5, 1993

About the author

Naoko Takeuchi (武内直子) born March 15, 1967, a manga artist (mangaka), lives in Tokyo, Japan. Takeuchi's works have a wide following among anime/manga fans. She has become a well-known mangaka worldwide. Her most popular work, Sailor Moon, rose to become one of the most recognized manga/anime figures to date.

Takeuchi is married to Yoshihiro Togashi, the author of the YuYu Hakusho series and Hunter × Hunter series.

Please note that anime related books are listed under Kōdansha.

Reviews

[Ulrika C: · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐️.
If you are a fan of the art or the romance aspects of Naoko Takeuchi's masterpiece "Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon", then this collection of five short stories may be a good read! It was published in 1993. I hope this will get an official English release in the future.

The first story, "Miss Rain" 3⭐️, gave the title for this collection. The story has a reference to a Cinderella story with our main character Rena, Miss Rain, losing her shoe from the brand Miss Rain. A guy named nick-named K, picks up her shoe and later at school starts a club, The Crazy Society, to meet with Rena again. Rena is part of the student council with two other students. Rena is in love with the student president but he is in love with the other student council member. K promises Rena that he will make her forget him. He asks Rena to dance the last waltz with him in the rain.
(Rena looks very much like Ami, Sailor Mercury.)

The second story,"Boku no Pierce Girl – My Earring Wearing Girl"3⭐️, may be the most provoking story. Yuumi and her twin brother Yuuki are very closed, so close that even their mother thinks it is weird. In the beginning Yuuki thinks: "Say Yuuki, even if you find a girl you like someday, stay with me because we are twins". Yuumi swap places with Yuuki in his baseball team and one guy in the other team starts hanging out with Yuumi which makes Yuuki jealous...Later on Yuumi has stomach aches because of the thought that Yuuki may find a girl in the future. The story concludes with the conclusion that Yuumi is not ready to separate from her twin yet...

The third story, "July Marmalade Birthday" 4⭐️,

The forth story, "Maigo no Swing – The Lost Child’s Swing" 4⭐️,

The fifth and the last short story, "Itsumo Isshou ne – Always Together" 5⭐️, was the best one in this book.

[Nadja · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another Shojo-Manga which I've wanted to read for years. Miss Rain and Maria were planned to be published in German as part of the ‘Sailor Moon presents’ collection many years ago but unfortunately that never happened.

This collection has five short stories. Unfortunately I wasn't a fan of any. Either there were boring or problematic. But it's funny how in each story one can recognise a Chieri or/and Tsuzuki from the Cherry Project or of course Usagi from Sailor Moon.

Read somewhere online in English.

[Natalia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pesar de haber visto por años Sailor Moon por años, este es el primer manga de Takeuchi que leo y ayer mismo lo terminé en medio de un día lluvioso lo que hizo que su lectura fuera doblemente satisfactoria.
Hace poco que he retomado la lectura de mangas desde que tenía 16 años aunque por ese entonces no era tan fácil de conseguirlos como ahora o tener acceso a páginas de internet que permitan leerlos en un idioma más entendible que el japonés. Con este manga tuve la suerte de leerlo en inglés y cada página me hizo recordar aquella época de estudiante. Las cuatro historias de Miss Rain son un mundo propio donde el amor es el ingrediente principal, en sus múltiples facetas. El estilo de dibujo de Naoko Takeuchi refleja claramente el sentimiento aunque no tenga nada de especial o predominante en su trama, sino que son situaciones estudiantiles que más de alguna se sentirá identificada. Lo recomiendo para quienes amen el shoujo clásico con nostalgia y para quienes gocen de los días de lluvia, porque aquí encontrarán una gran mezcla de ambos.

[Aurora Serenity Sildatke · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved this.
I went into this manga because I wanted to experience more of Takeuchi-san's work. Since it's a compilation of five short stories I thought that it would be a quick read to get the feel of her other manga. I wasn't expecting to be so touched by this though. It felt like the stories where from my childhood, each page holding nostalgia within it, or like she had told them directly from my heart.
Sweet, beautiful, uplifting.
A must have for any romance and/or Takeuchi fan.

[cauliflowermilkshake · Rating 2 out of 5]

A collection of short stories by the great Naoko Takeuchi. None of them really gripped me, they were short and sweet but very shallow and surface level depiction of romance. One of them had a story about twins who were way to obsessed with each other(very weird), and a majoriy of them had a central theme of unrequired love/enemies to lovers. That is her favorite trope especially writing romance- looking at you tuxedo mask and usagi.

[Hapsari Darmastuti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. None of the stories really gripped me.

[Canette Arille · Rating 5 out of 5]

So pretty! The story is good, The illustrations are lovely. Its not Sailor Moon, but if You like Naoko Takeuchi style of drawing, You can read this book :)

[Azzahro Wijaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Karena yang nulisnya Naoko Takeuchi, aku suka-suka aja sama buku ini... tapi ribet juga ya kalau tiap ada kita, di situlah langsung turun hujan... :p
kalau ga salah ada cerita agak incest juga disini tentang anak kembar cewek cowok yang ada perasaan possesif berlebihan... udah agak lupa, udah lama sih... :p

[Putrihutami · Rating 3 out of 5]

Setiap baca komiknya Naoko Takeuchi dr kecil sudah mengkhayal, nanti waktu SMA mau punya pacar kayak mamoru ahh.. *atau cowok-cowok di Komik Naoko* tapi sayang sepanjang SMA ternyata gak ada yang "nyantol" apa mungkin karena standart saya komik ya? :p

[Brilliant Hermione · Rating 3 out of 5]

Komik yang memuat kumpulan cerita singkat Naoko Takeuchi sebelum dia ngetop dengan Sailor Moon yang fenomenal.

Selain Miss Rain yang gambarnya bagus, saya kurang suka dengan cerita-cerita lain di komik ini. Standar, khas remaja, sudah gitu masih berantakan pula gambarnya.

[Ameru · Rating 2 out of 5]

miss rain itu merek sepatu yang dipake sama Rena...
yang diinget dari komik ini cuma itu..:D

[yence · Rating 4 out of 5]

romantissss banget!! love is in the rain!

[Santy · Rating 5 out of 5]

nice story^^

[Autumn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was able to read an English scanlation via Miss Dream. I loved ALL of the stories, they are beautifully, wonderfully created!

[Asuka Mai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dulu banget baca ini pas SMP... sekarang dapet lagi bukunya jadi nostalgia sedikit :)

[B-zee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ini semacam kumcer kali ya, ada beberapa cerita yang temanya cinta remaja. Singkat dan perlu imajinasi ekstra.