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Princess Jellyfish 2-in-1 Omnibus #9
Princess Jellyfish 2-in-1 Omnibus, Volume 9
This FINAL VOLUME of Princess Jellyfish contains over 100 pages of exclusive bonus content for fans!
FIT FOR A PRINCESS
As a brand, Jelly Fish comes to the conclusion that their dresses are for Amars, by Amars. After embracing the fact that they make clothes for weirdos, Tsukimi and the crew must figure out how to sell their styles! In true Amars fashion, these beloved otaku girls and eccentric boys struggle and fumble their way to their happy endings!
Dearest Readers!
Check out the huge illustration gallery at the end--in full color! Go behind the scenes and read in-depth interviews with the author, study up with a jellyfish encyclopedia, and take a peek into the author's studio!
FIT FOR A PRINCESS
As a brand, Jelly Fish comes to the conclusion that their dresses are for Amars, by Amars. After embracing the fact that they make clothes for weirdos, Tsukimi and the crew must figure out how to sell their styles! In true Amars fashion, these beloved otaku girls and eccentric boys struggle and fumble their way to their happy endings!
Dearest Readers!
Check out the huge illustration gallery at the end--in full color! Go behind the scenes and read in-depth interviews with the author, study up with a jellyfish encyclopedia, and take a peek into the author's studio!
276 pages, Paperback
First published June 5, 2018
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July 10, 2019
IM IN TEARS. AM I SALTY I DIDNT GET A HUGE ENDING WITH A KISS? YES. BUT THEY DID END UP TOGETHER. ALSO YAOI MANGA ARTIST IS A MAN BUT WAS IN LOVE WITH CHIEKO? I STAN. I STAN THE WHOLE SERIES.
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February 16, 2020
And so this series reaches it's satisfying end! What a ride! I just skimmed back over my manga goodreads shelf and by my count I've started around 170 different manga series. This is only the 25th series I have ever read to the end, and I think it might be the longest I've ever finished. It took Akiko Higashimura around 9 years to draw the approximately 3,000 pages that make up this story. Even knowing that she worked with a large team of assistants, I am deeply impressed. One thing I noticed is that it looks like she switched to inking digitally for this final volume. I'm not sure many readers who aren't cartoonists themselves would notice, but the quality of the line art does change a bit. The size of the lettering also increases quite a bit from the previous book to this one, but again, I only noticed this because I really pouring over it. I don't begrudge Higashimura switching to a (hopefully) faster art style at the end of this amazing run. I am inspired by the humor and genuine heart of this story, it makes me want to write something equally sweet for all-age readers.
September 10, 2021
Okay well first of all, the last like...third of this volume is Other Stuff, since the manga wraps up really, really quickly, and they needed to fill space, I guess. So we've got some color pages (two with Tsukimi and Shu!), behind the scenes interviews, and a huge chunk of Higashimura's other manga. There's almost as much of that in this volume as Princess Jellyfish itself, which is sure a choice.
And as for the manga, my main response is:
After all that? This is it?
Literally all they do is have another fashion show, just like the first one except at an aquarium this time (a venue Shu gets for them for free, because Shu is amazing and literally no one gives him enough credit for the selfless things he does on a regular basis). This time Tsukimi designs "metamorphosing" jellyfish dresses that even the Amars enjoy wearing, and which they ultimately model, after Kuranosuke sees his mother in the audience and freaks out about her seeing him for the first time in 10-15 years - dressed as a woman.
Is this clothing line successful? Probably not. Kai's fashion empire went bankrupt, got bought out by an American company, and fired him as CEO. There's no way a bunch of still amateurishly sewn clothing is going to break past that wall - it's obvious that Higashimura couldn't write that realistically after all the "dark side of the fashion industry" stuff in previous volumes, so it just...ends there.
Woooo fashion show. Everyone's happy. Now what?
They get to stay in their house because Kai takes the building as his severance package, instead of an expensive buyout. (It's weird that he'd apparently purchased it with company funds instead of his own money, but whatever.) He vows to move in and be their landlord and manager, which Kuranosuke probably correctly assumes is just a way to stay close to Tsukimi.
The redevelopment plotline is just...done, I guess? They gave up? Dunno what they did with all the other buildings they'd purchased or torn down, but I guess their neighborhood will just have a ton of rubble and empty storefronts from now on. Inari got shipped off to another area to build a mall instead as punishment. But she does come to the fashion show for...reasons? Big reunion? Sure why not.
Kai shows up at the fashion show, too, clapping and loudly yelling "BRAVO" and generally cheering a ton for Tsukimi; he's still a huge fan. If Jelly Fish as a brand does eventually have any success, it's frankly going to be due to his savvy business sense.
Massively underused character, by the way. He doesn't even get any sort of resolution with Fayong, which is ridiculous and makes that whole backstory and everything just...pointless. I guess she's just gonna work as a restaurant server in Singapore after all?? And never speak to her childhood best friend again?? Why create something so interesting and do nothing with it?
The best part of this volume, and the part that made me cry again, was of course the bit with Shu.
Kuranosuke, after telling his father he's going to stop living off his money and make it on his own (!!!), trots right upstairs to ask his big brother to help him find a cheap/free venue for the fashion show.
As previously stated, Shu does make that happen, in the best location possible. And...he apologizes. He apologizes to Kuranosuke, saying he's ashamed he's only been thinking of himself while Kuranosuke is so busy. And he promises to help in whatever way he possibly can.
Shu. Saying he's the selfish one.
IN WHAT WORLD?
Fortunately, Kuranosuke does look startled and as though he might actually start to appreciate his incredible big brother, and they have a sweet bonding-over-pasta scene that mirrors the awesome chapter with their childhood flashback. Here's where Shu proposes something wild and crazy that Kuranosuke does later suggest to Tsukimi: what if the three of them lived together? Not romantically, just...sharing a home.
It kind of destroys me because it's clear that this is Shu's new dream, the only way he can stay close to Tsukimi, since she's rejected his more traditional proposal. He's not trying to get in Kuranosuke's way - since Kuranosuke is setting them up as rivals at this point, and swearing he'll be Tsukimi's choice. Shu just...really loves Tsukimi, and he wants to be around her.
Kuranosuke unexpectedly loves this idea and gets emotional about how if his family had been okay with that sort of nontraditional arrangement, his mother could've moved in with all of them and things would've been incredibly different for the past decade+. It's an interesting idea and - combined with the extras information about Higashimura's two divorces and complete contentment with raising her son on her own - makes me think that she might be a lot more interested in those nontraditional kinds of stories than in the boy-meets-girl happily ever after ones.
I wish, then, that this manga had just gone for it. Those are interesting, different ideas! Why not explore them?
Kuranosuke does end up moving into the building at the end (really not clear on whether Shu does as well, although Hanamori cheerfully tries to invite himself), and there's a cheeky little "oho it doesn't have to end in marriage, love is all that matters," along with Shu vowing to not give up on Tsukimi just yet. An open ending, which probably satisfied no one when it came out, but I'm relieved that at least Kuranosuke's confession isn't actually reciprocated. Yet. (It seems obvious that he's Tsukimi's endgame but without a confession and a kiss, I can pretend.)
But Kuranosuke moves in...as a man.
I did like that Mayaya and Banba found out about that (from Hanamori, of course), and then kept it a secret from the others - something so unexpected from the two of them, and showing their growth.
The ending was otherwise weird, frankly. Kuranosuke was even having all these thoughts in the previous volume about whether jellyfish have genders, or if they can be both, etc, which all sounded like it could've led to an actual "hey Kuranosuke is trans or genderfluid after all" storyline. But no.
His mother shows up at the fashion show - thanks as usual to Shu, who invites her and takes the heat for it from his family - and after embracing him and crying and saying she loves him and the jellyfish dresses and that she supports him...she gives him...a white tuxedo...which he changes into...and announces to the Amars that he's a man, actually.
I love you just as you are, honey, but here, be a man again.
That's the message, huh?
It's supposed to be inspiring, I guess...using the fairytale motif, Kuranosuke was disguised as a beautiful princess until all the otaku became princesses themselves, then he transformed into his true princely male self and was accepted and liked in that form, too. But it's just uh. What? Really?
And then it turns out their mysterious manga-making resident was also a man all along, and the reason he instituted a "no men allowed" rule was because he was in love with Chieko and didn't want any rivals to move in.
This guy who lives in a building full of women, pretending to be a woman himself, and hides his true self and draws exclusively BL manga...has a big secret that he's Actually Super Straight.
You couldn't make him gay either? No one???
Reading this final volume made me very tired.
I appreciate the overall message of finding your true self and thriving in whatever ways make you happy, but this was a dud of an ending that resolved very little, left tons of loose threads hanging (like their slipshod sewing jobs, heh), and wasn't really all that progressive.
If I'd been reading these volumes via the library, I doubt I would've spent the money on the full set - not after that conclusion. But since I already have it, and it was expensive and is very nicely packaged, I'll most likely hang onto it. I'll just flip through to the bits about Shu and Kai and Hanamori and Nisha and Jiji because they're the best characters and they should just get their own spinoff.
I had been planning to pick up some of Higashimura's other work after I finished this series, but there's no point - I think this was her best creation, so I'll just stop here.
And as for the manga, my main response is:
After all that? This is it?
Literally all they do is have another fashion show, just like the first one except at an aquarium this time (a venue Shu gets for them for free, because Shu is amazing and literally no one gives him enough credit for the selfless things he does on a regular basis). This time Tsukimi designs "metamorphosing" jellyfish dresses that even the Amars enjoy wearing, and which they ultimately model, after Kuranosuke sees his mother in the audience and freaks out about her seeing him for the first time in 10-15 years - dressed as a woman.
Is this clothing line successful? Probably not. Kai's fashion empire went bankrupt, got bought out by an American company, and fired him as CEO. There's no way a bunch of still amateurishly sewn clothing is going to break past that wall - it's obvious that Higashimura couldn't write that realistically after all the "dark side of the fashion industry" stuff in previous volumes, so it just...ends there.
Woooo fashion show. Everyone's happy. Now what?
They get to stay in their house because Kai takes the building as his severance package, instead of an expensive buyout. (It's weird that he'd apparently purchased it with company funds instead of his own money, but whatever.) He vows to move in and be their landlord and manager, which Kuranosuke probably correctly assumes is just a way to stay close to Tsukimi.
The redevelopment plotline is just...done, I guess? They gave up? Dunno what they did with all the other buildings they'd purchased or torn down, but I guess their neighborhood will just have a ton of rubble and empty storefronts from now on. Inari got shipped off to another area to build a mall instead as punishment. But she does come to the fashion show for...reasons? Big reunion? Sure why not.
Kai shows up at the fashion show, too, clapping and loudly yelling "BRAVO" and generally cheering a ton for Tsukimi; he's still a huge fan. If Jelly Fish as a brand does eventually have any success, it's frankly going to be due to his savvy business sense.
Massively underused character, by the way. He doesn't even get any sort of resolution with Fayong, which is ridiculous and makes that whole backstory and everything just...pointless. I guess she's just gonna work as a restaurant server in Singapore after all?? And never speak to her childhood best friend again?? Why create something so interesting and do nothing with it?
The best part of this volume, and the part that made me cry again, was of course the bit with Shu.
Kuranosuke, after telling his father he's going to stop living off his money and make it on his own (!!!), trots right upstairs to ask his big brother to help him find a cheap/free venue for the fashion show.
As previously stated, Shu does make that happen, in the best location possible. And...he apologizes. He apologizes to Kuranosuke, saying he's ashamed he's only been thinking of himself while Kuranosuke is so busy. And he promises to help in whatever way he possibly can.
Shu. Saying he's the selfish one.
IN WHAT WORLD?
Fortunately, Kuranosuke does look startled and as though he might actually start to appreciate his incredible big brother, and they have a sweet bonding-over-pasta scene that mirrors the awesome chapter with their childhood flashback. Here's where Shu proposes something wild and crazy that Kuranosuke does later suggest to Tsukimi: what if the three of them lived together? Not romantically, just...sharing a home.
It kind of destroys me because it's clear that this is Shu's new dream, the only way he can stay close to Tsukimi, since she's rejected his more traditional proposal. He's not trying to get in Kuranosuke's way - since Kuranosuke is setting them up as rivals at this point, and swearing he'll be Tsukimi's choice. Shu just...really loves Tsukimi, and he wants to be around her.
Kuranosuke unexpectedly loves this idea and gets emotional about how if his family had been okay with that sort of nontraditional arrangement, his mother could've moved in with all of them and things would've been incredibly different for the past decade+. It's an interesting idea and - combined with the extras information about Higashimura's two divorces and complete contentment with raising her son on her own - makes me think that she might be a lot more interested in those nontraditional kinds of stories than in the boy-meets-girl happily ever after ones.
I wish, then, that this manga had just gone for it. Those are interesting, different ideas! Why not explore them?
Kuranosuke does end up moving into the building at the end (really not clear on whether Shu does as well, although Hanamori cheerfully tries to invite himself), and there's a cheeky little "oho it doesn't have to end in marriage, love is all that matters," along with Shu vowing to not give up on Tsukimi just yet. An open ending, which probably satisfied no one when it came out, but I'm relieved that at least Kuranosuke's confession isn't actually reciprocated. Yet. (It seems obvious that he's Tsukimi's endgame but without a confession and a kiss, I can pretend.)
But Kuranosuke moves in...as a man.
I did like that Mayaya and Banba found out about that (from Hanamori, of course), and then kept it a secret from the others - something so unexpected from the two of them, and showing their growth.
The ending was otherwise weird, frankly. Kuranosuke was even having all these thoughts in the previous volume about whether jellyfish have genders, or if they can be both, etc, which all sounded like it could've led to an actual "hey Kuranosuke is trans or genderfluid after all" storyline. But no.
His mother shows up at the fashion show - thanks as usual to Shu, who invites her and takes the heat for it from his family - and after embracing him and crying and saying she loves him and the jellyfish dresses and that she supports him...she gives him...a white tuxedo...which he changes into...and announces to the Amars that he's a man, actually.
I love you just as you are, honey, but here, be a man again.
That's the message, huh?
It's supposed to be inspiring, I guess...using the fairytale motif, Kuranosuke was disguised as a beautiful princess until all the otaku became princesses themselves, then he transformed into his true princely male self and was accepted and liked in that form, too. But it's just uh. What? Really?
And then it turns out their mysterious manga-making resident was also a man all along, and the reason he instituted a "no men allowed" rule was because he was in love with Chieko and didn't want any rivals to move in.
This guy who lives in a building full of women, pretending to be a woman himself, and hides his true self and draws exclusively BL manga...has a big secret that he's Actually Super Straight.
You couldn't make him gay either? No one???
Reading this final volume made me very tired.
I appreciate the overall message of finding your true self and thriving in whatever ways make you happy, but this was a dud of an ending that resolved very little, left tons of loose threads hanging (like their slipshod sewing jobs, heh), and wasn't really all that progressive.
If I'd been reading these volumes via the library, I doubt I would've spent the money on the full set - not after that conclusion. But since I already have it, and it was expensive and is very nicely packaged, I'll most likely hang onto it. I'll just flip through to the bits about Shu and Kai and Hanamori and Nisha and Jiji because they're the best characters and they should just get their own spinoff.
I had been planning to pick up some of Higashimura's other work after I finished this series, but there's no point - I think this was her best creation, so I'll just stop here.
June 13, 2018
Rating is for the series overall...
Just a quick note, this final volume is not actually a 2 in 1 volume like the others; instead it contains the final volume plus bonus color art and interviews, plus the first chapter of Akiko Higashimura’s next manga series. Not a complaint, just an observation. The color art, especially, is a treat.
On to the manga as a whole. Overall, this was a really fun series (and for my fellow Blythe collectors, it contains Blythe dolls!). There’s a pretty cross-dressing boy, nerdy girls, unusual hobbies, handsome men, and fashion, both quirky and fancy. it’s a fun mix, and a bit unusual. Thankfully the characters stay true to themselves throughout, for the most part (I was a bit disappointed by one character’s change at the end, but no spoilers, so I’m not saying more). One complaint I do have is that the story moved along quite slowly throughout, which I have no problem with, until the very end, when a lot of stuff felt extremely rushed. I think another chapter might have been better, just to give us a bit more of a resolution, a bit more information about some of the characters and what motivated them (the Singaporean fashion story kind of just happened and ended with no real understanding of what the characters were thinking about anything). The final ending is left quite open which in some ways works, but in some ways feels like an anti-climax given how slowly the rest of the series moved. Still, I pretty much enjoyed the whole story and am glad I read it.
Just a quick note, this final volume is not actually a 2 in 1 volume like the others; instead it contains the final volume plus bonus color art and interviews, plus the first chapter of Akiko Higashimura’s next manga series. Not a complaint, just an observation. The color art, especially, is a treat.
On to the manga as a whole. Overall, this was a really fun series (and for my fellow Blythe collectors, it contains Blythe dolls!). There’s a pretty cross-dressing boy, nerdy girls, unusual hobbies, handsome men, and fashion, both quirky and fancy. it’s a fun mix, and a bit unusual. Thankfully the characters stay true to themselves throughout, for the most part (I was a bit disappointed by one character’s change at the end, but no spoilers, so I’m not saying more). One complaint I do have is that the story moved along quite slowly throughout, which I have no problem with, until the very end, when a lot of stuff felt extremely rushed. I think another chapter might have been better, just to give us a bit more of a resolution, a bit more information about some of the characters and what motivated them (the Singaporean fashion story kind of just happened and ended with no real understanding of what the characters were thinking about anything). The final ending is left quite open which in some ways works, but in some ways feels like an anti-climax given how slowly the rest of the series moved. Still, I pretty much enjoyed the whole story and am glad I read it.
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October 3, 2024🪼࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ
beautiful way to end this series 🥺🩵 i love how nothing was set in stone or made "official" in terms of relationships because i feel like that would have taken away from the message of this story which centred around these wonderful friendships and finding meaning in your life,,, just knowing about tsukimi and kuranosuke's love for each other (and FEELING it develop throughout this series) was good enough for me ( ⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝)
beautiful way to end this series 🥺🩵 i love how nothing was set in stone or made "official" in terms of relationships because i feel like that would have taken away from the message of this story which centred around these wonderful friendships and finding meaning in your life,,, just knowing about tsukimi and kuranosuke's love for each other (and FEELING it develop throughout this series) was good enough for me ( ⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 19, 2019
I liked this series a lot, but this finale was so rushed and ridiculous. I read all that and waited for a spectacular ending but it was just so...fast. It was like the author really just wanted to be done with the series and decided to write them at their endings as fast as possible. We didn't even really get to see the fashion show, and Kuranosuke's I need to know what happens after this? It feels like it didn't end and rather, just stopped. We don't even get to to end so abruptly like that and leaving the reader to assume what happened to all the characters...it's kind of a lame move to pull. Don't make me fall in love with characters only to leave them floating like that!
November 27, 2019
A wonderful finale. The way the relationships ended up kind of ruled actually. It's such a pleasant series.
September 9, 2018
I'm not going to go into any spoilers, but I will say that I burst into tears. This story has been apart of my life for so many years now, it feels, and I never knew how to imagine the ending to this beautiful, important story. It was perfect. I'm so sad to say goodbye to Tsukimi, Kuranosuke, and everyone else, but I'm so happy for the way that this turned out. As much as I wish that it could have gone on forever, I close the final volume with a very full heart. Thank you for everything that this story is and all the people and ideals that it stands for, Higashimura.
June 15, 2021
I honestly can't say that I'm happy with the ending. It felt rushed and disjointed. I think it's just my curse. My favorite most beloved characters end up in weird, kinda "happy endings" convoluted by wrapping up plot lines.
P.S. Also the art style has somewhat changed in the last two volumes, and it just didn't work for me.
P.S. Also the art style has somewhat changed in the last two volumes, and it just didn't work for me.
April 13, 2025
Vol. 4 ★★★★★
Vol. 5 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 6 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 7 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 8 ★★☆☆☆
This series has a solid premise and a good start. The first few volumes are fantastic and I can't recommend them enough. However, it loses its magic halfway through and struggles to recapture it ever since. The problem is that Higashimura has trouble balancing smaller arcs with the bigger picture. By the end of the series, I've learned to have low expectations for the story because of how often things wrap up in a lukewarm way that makes them feel like a waste of time.
Now, onto my review of this volume. The ending is rushed. There's a difference between writing an intentionally ambiguous ending and resorting to one because you can't be bother to give your characters proper send offs, and this is the latter. While I still enjoy it, I wanted something more for these characters that I love so much.
Vol. 5 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 6 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 7 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 8 ★★☆☆☆
This series has a solid premise and a good start. The first few volumes are fantastic and I can't recommend them enough. However, it loses its magic halfway through and struggles to recapture it ever since. The problem is that Higashimura has trouble balancing smaller arcs with the bigger picture. By the end of the series, I've learned to have low expectations for the story because of how often things wrap up in a lukewarm way that makes them feel like a waste of time.
Now, onto my review of this volume. The ending is rushed. There's a difference between writing an intentionally ambiguous ending and resorting to one because you can't be bother to give your characters proper send offs, and this is the latter. While I still enjoy it, I wanted something more for these characters that I love so much.
July 15, 2019
I’ve loved reading this series. It’s been funny and different and cute and it’s been great!
The end felt kind of rushed but also a little uneventful? That might not be the word, because things happened but idk it didn’t feel like a momentous ending which is ok but I was expecting it to come across as a bit more. ((Maybe it felt that way because I’d watched the live action series before finishing the manga so I knew what was going to happen)). But I like the way it wasn’t a typical ending of these people fell in love and whatever and it felt like it was more about how far they’d come and how they’d changed and I always appreciate a non-romantic message.
I liked the extra content in the second half, the step by step manga process was good it made me want to see it in person. And the chapter of Tokyo Tarareba Girls was something I might look into. But the characters look so similar to PJ so it’s a bit odd when reading it.
The end felt kind of rushed but also a little uneventful? That might not be the word, because things happened but idk it didn’t feel like a momentous ending which is ok but I was expecting it to come across as a bit more. ((Maybe it felt that way because I’d watched the live action series before finishing the manga so I knew what was going to happen)). But I like the way it wasn’t a typical ending of these people fell in love and whatever and it felt like it was more about how far they’d come and how they’d changed and I always appreciate a non-romantic message.
I liked the extra content in the second half, the step by step manga process was good it made me want to see it in person. And the chapter of Tokyo Tarareba Girls was something I might look into. But the characters look so similar to PJ so it’s a bit odd when reading it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 24, 2021
And so Princess Jellyfish comes to a close. The ending was a little quick; all the various story elements were tied together in one last, long chapter. Another full volume to give the conclusion more breathing room wouldn't have been amiss. Still, I liked it. It was a nice rousing send-off for the characters and the story.
Since there's only one regular manga volume of PJ in this book, the rest of the pages are filled with bonus material. There's a nice-sized section of color illustrations for the series, some trivia about jellyfish, an interview with author Higashimura, and other light, short articles along these lines to round out this volume.
This is one of my favorite manga--and manga authors--from the last several years. I'll be revisiting this one in the future, for sure. It's fun and funny, with a open-eyed and tolerant outlook on human nature and NEETs.
Since there's only one regular manga volume of PJ in this book, the rest of the pages are filled with bonus material. There's a nice-sized section of color illustrations for the series, some trivia about jellyfish, an interview with author Higashimura, and other light, short articles along these lines to round out this volume.
This is one of my favorite manga--and manga authors--from the last several years. I'll be revisiting this one in the future, for sure. It's fun and funny, with a open-eyed and tolerant outlook on human nature and NEETs.
November 26, 2018
It seemed to wrap up so quickly after such a long story, which was a little disappointing, but overall it made me very happy.
June 9, 2019
It's over! 😭😭😭
Loved it!!
Loved it!!
March 17, 2021
Final book is great. We get a good, if very Japanese, ending. It may not satisfy all comers. But I am content with it and am very glad Jellyfish as a brand found its reason for being and it is a good one. I am glad it wasn't a message that you have to mold yourselves to the world's idea of "beauty" to be successful. I was glad to have seen the characters grow throughout the series. And I'm still rooting for Shu. Go Team Shu!
Verdict: I am actually glad it is done. Some stories are best when they have an ending and don't need to run on and on and on. Princess Jellyfish is one of them -- it is a solid series that can be enjoyed by nearly anyone.
Verdict: I am actually glad it is done. Some stories are best when they have an ending and don't need to run on and on and on. Princess Jellyfish is one of them -- it is a solid series that can be enjoyed by nearly anyone.
July 1, 2019
Princess Jellyfish is a series that is very dear to my heart. That said, the last couple of volumes before this one were good but not quite great. I still loved the main cast but I didn't really care for the new characters (except for Nisha, she is the best).
And so I was a bit nervous about this final volume. But I just loved it so much. This volume was just filled with so much heart and I felt all the emotions while reading it. I can't think of any better way it could have ended, as it tied a lot of things up but also didn't tie up everything, leaving us to imagine what might have happened next.
Great ending to one of my favourite series.
And so I was a bit nervous about this final volume. But I just loved it so much. This volume was just filled with so much heart and I felt all the emotions while reading it. I can't think of any better way it could have ended, as it tied a lot of things up but also didn't tie up everything, leaving us to imagine what might have happened next.
Great ending to one of my favourite series.
March 14, 2024
i actually love how this ended so so much all three of them living together (kinda) platonically in the future?? and then kuranosuke saying i love you ahhh but then the open ending was actually perfect !!!!! is tsukimi lowkey aroace coded?? maybe lmao i just loved how not shippy the ending was lol also the last fashion show was so good acc crying rn amazing beautiful so sad that im done reading this but it was so good :’))
(the last few volumes def were rushed esp compared to the pace at the beginning but im not even that mad about it bc i feel like everything wrapped up so well)
(the last few volumes def were rushed esp compared to the pace at the beginning but im not even that mad about it bc i feel like everything wrapped up so well)
June 27, 2018
What a fitting end to the series. I think I like it even better than the live TV drama version. There's one scene with shadow figures like the shadow puppets from Utena, which I liked.
After the story is complete, there is a TON of bonus content. Full color illustrations of the characters. Interviews with the author.
And at the end, there's a bonus manga, the first chapter of Tokyo Tarareba Girls by Higashimura, about 30 year old women looking for love.
After the story is complete, there is a TON of bonus content. Full color illustrations of the characters. Interviews with the author.
And at the end, there's a bonus manga, the first chapter of Tokyo Tarareba Girls by Higashimura, about 30 year old women looking for love.
December 27, 2020
200th BOOK OF THE YEARRRR.
This 2-in-1 omnibus is actually only the final volume plus some colour inserts and interviews. It was sweet and heartwarming, but the ending wasn't particularly spectacular or satisfying. Still, what a great series for people who feel like they don't and could never belong anywhere.
This 2-in-1 omnibus is actually only the final volume plus some colour inserts and interviews. It was sweet and heartwarming, but the ending wasn't particularly spectacular or satisfying. Still, what a great series for people who feel like they don't and could never belong anywhere.
June 23, 2019
A decent finish to a decent series even if it felt a little rushed and incomplete. The last third of the book is just bonus material (author interviews, a short story, character pin-ups, and a preview of the author's next series).
July 12, 2018
Another good volumes. This series was good. Like the art style.
September 22, 2018
Noooo, it's over! TT
Everything wrapped up nicely. Lots of 'awww' moments at the end. I'm seriously considering adding Princess Jellyfish to my personal collection someday.
Everything wrapped up nicely. Lots of 'awww' moments at the end. I'm seriously considering adding Princess Jellyfish to my personal collection someday.
March 24, 2019
Very nice ending! Higashimura really plotted out the pacing of Princess Jellyfish splendidly.
July 8, 2020
I thoroughly enjoyed this series and I am sad that this is the final volume.
November 12, 2020
My full review for this series can be seen on the first omnibus's page.
January 20, 2021
Este tomo se me hizo de los más flojitos del manga. Tengo miedo de lo que piensa hacer la autora 🙈🙊
June 13, 2021
The final volume finds the JellyFish brand coming into its own and many story threads being finalized.
January 17, 2022
უკეთეს დასასრულს იმსახურებდა, ცოტა მიაფუჩეჩა ;დ მაგრამ მაინც ერთ-ერთ ჩემს ფავორიტ მანგად დარჩა :3 ნეტაი ანიმეს მეორე სეზონიც გააკეთონ :დ
January 14, 2023
I want to give this a higher rating but I think it was just too quick of an ending. It seemed like Higashimura was rushing to finish the series.
Still loved the series though.
Still loved the series though.
March 8, 2024
such a cute series 🥺
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