ランウェイで笑って 11 [Runway de Waratte 11]

Smile Down the Runway #11

by Kotoba Inoya

身長は、158cmから伸びなかった・・・。
藤戸千雪の夢は「パリ・コレ」モデル。
モデルとして致命的な低身長ゆえに、周囲は「諦めろ」と言うが、千雪は折れない。
そんなとき、千雪はクラスの貧乏男子・都村育人の諦めきれない夢「ファッションデザイナー」を「無理でしょ」と切ってしまい・・・!?

「“Aphro I dite”を喰う」強気の宣言をした育人の師・柳田だが、チームはピンチを迎えていた。柳田の不器用な性格が災いし、不信感が蔓延。育人もコネ入社という誤解から不遇を受ける。成功の鍵はチームの結束。優秀だが得意分野も性格もバラバラなパタンナー達を束ねるには、育人と柳田が実力を示すしかない！　大本番、ミラノ・コレクションまで３か月。追い詰められた柳田の“勝ちにいく”まさかの秘策とは！？

Genres: Manga, Young Adult, Shonen

195 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 17, 2019

Reviews

[Nicolo · Rating 4 out of 5]

As part of his Yanagida's team, Ikuto quickly finds out that though his mentor is talented, it's the personality that rubbing the other members of the team the wrong way.

This volume gives a really good depiction of workplace politics and relationships.

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume presented an interesting problem for Ikuto. It's not that he needs to get his designs done in time (though he does need to), or needs to be better than someone else (though he does need to), but he needs to be so much better than he is right now to prove others wrong. The theme of this volume is how connections can get you good jobs but the people already working there, who had no connections and had to get there through hard work alone, will resent you for it. They'll look down on you, they'll expect you to be great but no matter how good you are it isn't enough. You might have talent, but if you don't have overwhelming talent they'll still hate you. You might have accomplishments, but no accomplishment is big enough. You have to find a way to prove you deserve the position you, as some would put it, lucked into. Ikuto has to deal with this. His higher ups have to deal with this. Everyone has to come to terms with how they've made their career, and what good (or ill) fortunate has done to them. And that's pretty fascinating!

[xGwenBx · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*

[Adam Sunny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chapter 87-95

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

As always such a cute series, can't wait for more!