Mr. Flower Bride

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by Lily Hoshino (creator)

Shinji Souda's not exactly happy about his family's age-old marriage customs, namely the fact that he has to marry a boy! Will a sudden confession from his bride-to-be, a beautiful boy in his class named Aoi, make Shinji change his mind? This sweet love story follows the couple through their marriage ceremony, wedding night, life as newlyweds, and even childbirth! The title story in this compilation is the prequel to Mr. Flower Groom , also being published by Yen Press.

Genres: Manga, Yaoi, Romance, Graphic Novels, Comics Manga, Boys Love, Comics

194 pages, Paperback

First published February 27, 2004

About the author

Lily Hoshino (星野リリィ) is a Japanese mangaka, illustrator, dōjinsha.

As dōjinshi author, she uses the pen name Mushiba (むしば).
Circle names: harenti-cinema

Reviews

[Reading_ Tamishly · Rating 3 out of 5]

The second book is so, so, so, so much better!

[scarlettraces · Rating 3 out of 5]

my first exposure to Hoshino, after being warned that a lot of her work was meh but this one was good, and yes, i liked the stories about the souda family, although i would have preferred it if the uke in the Mr Flower Bride stories didn't CRY ALL THE FRICKIN TIME. on the other hand, i found the two one-shots included with this bland (the bodyguard story) to ick (the imekura one), not so much for shota (although i'm certainly no fan) but for the uke's excessive, pathetic girliness. in fact, why bother drawing yaoi at all? [i realise this is a Hoshino trademark, just saying:]

[Elizabeth Soto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lo leí hace muchos años y hace un par de días me di el tiempo de releer la historia, y la verdad, es que me sigue pareciendo maravillosa...
El dibujo de los personajes y la historia de un matrimonio arreglado por familias de mucho valor en Japón parece cliché, pero de alguna manera, mantiene una lógica que no lo vuelve una locura, por lo que leerlo se vuelve divertido.
Aunque los sentimientos de los personajes se vuelve real de la nada, logra que uno se enganche rápidamente y hasta que les tomes cariño a su amor...
Falta un poco de desarrollo de personajes y de sus personalidades, pero la historia se vuelve agradable, por lo que se puede dejar un poco de lado ese punto

[Startica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I brought this book years ago when I was a teen, but read it around 2004 on Livejournal. It's a short very cute BL manga with themes of getting married to someone of the same sex for family traditions or something like that. It's old school so it dodges the a few fact about same sex love and married but mostly older BL mangas do. Still it's cute and a short read and a classic to an old school BL manga reader.

[D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Manga favorite dari Hoshino Lily-sensei, dramanya aku suka banget. Perasaan Aoi ke Shinji itu dalem banget sedangkan perasaannya Shinji ke Aoi masih abu-abu dan condong untuk melawan pernikahan tersebut.

Tapi Aoi keukeuh dan jujur terhadap Shinji atas perasaanya itu dan Shinji bisa ngeliat betapa tulus perasaan Aoi akhirnya Shinji luluh juga.

[Bee (BacchusVines) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listen. I know BL mangas of the pass have some elements that are not well received today. However, I am a huge fan of Lily Hoshino's characters and art. And Mr. Flower Bride really gave me that angsty, sweet, insta-love.

Content Warning for possible large age-gap couple.

[TT · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this mangakas work, she follows very specific archtypes, the seme is always masculine and the uke very often feminine but I like her artwork and the stories are usually sweet.

[charlotte rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gr8

Good 👍 book great job five 🌟 👑 ✊ ❤ 💜 💕 💝 💖 💟 💞 💪 ☺ 😇 👌

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a simple but cute story.

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is sweet enough that the explicit scenes feel almost out of place. Everyone's so adorable!

[Dannie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet quick little read.

[Beck · Rating 3 out of 5]

A silly setup but endearing characters.

I find the guys generally quite attractive. VERY marked difference between the manly half and the could-pass-for-a-girl half of the pairings, but I liked that the "bride" flipped from one to the other between the first two stories. Similarly, in "Even If It Costs Me My Life," we have the older bodyguard looking younger and more feminine (and, in fact, crying after getting saved by his client). Interesting, although again it really doesn't do much to empower/whatever the presumed uke.

I found "If I Can See You Anytime" distractingly confusing, and one particular, explicit panel actually pulled me so far out of the story that I'm pretty sure I wrinkled my face up in a "hunh?" expression and looked at the logistics rather than the emotions or action.

These tales seemed really quick and a bit shallow. I think part of it is that each story has a small space to accomplish a small task. When I read the impressively ambitious/complex story collection The Day I Become a Butterfly, it emphasized how much I wasn't satisfied with Mr. Flower Bride.

[Nathaniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

The strongest part of this was the the main story, but the side stories (other than Mr. Flower Groom) seem extraneous and take a disturbing turn into shota, for me. In addition, I found the uke a bit on the wimpy side, and that's saying something. Still, I enjoyed it overall.

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet simple stories. Many of them revolve around boys who are part of very affluent families and as such have obligations to both family and business. The main story was sweet and the side stories were very simple. Not a bad quick read.

[Kelsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book. I kind of wish they went on a little more into their life after.

[小さな N (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)⊃ [_|_] ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Jeanette Sheldon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful Story

I liked the story line in general. It was put together well and the artwork was great. There were some boohoo moments.

[Daesy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first story was cute and i liked it. The other oneshots were a bit boring or really too short to keep me interested.

[Roclaf Alter -Ego · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's not a bad story idea but as a prior reviewer noted it moves so fast as to be superficial. The two shorter stories are distractions.

[maha · Rating 3 out of 5]

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