禁断婚 [Kindan Wedding]

by Haruko Kurumatani, 車谷晴子

Hana dreams of falling in love with a guy who is like a prince. She thinks that she will meet her prince by just believing. Finally she gets to meet the prince of her dreams; however, when Hana goes home, she's forced to attend a match-making session! And the prince, Ichiya, appears right before her. Hana believs that this is a destinated match, but little does she know that Ichiya is not your average prince...!?

Includes two side stories;
The Proper Steps to a Wedding
Lover's Textbook

Genres: Manga

182 pages, Paperback

First published October 26, 2005

About the author

Japanese name 車谷晴子


Zodiac sign: Taurus

Reviews

[Starbubbles · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this, it was 4 star fluff.

Drawn well, typical story of falling for a jerk that turns out to be a not so bad guy. He's wounded, leave him alone. The girl has some lofty marital illusion that love is dovey, and well life would be brown turkey gravy if only she could find some prince galloping over to her on his trusted steed to whisk her off her feet.
I think my bitterness is beginning to show.

We all know this genre, nothing new appeared here. The only way it would have had an interesting twist is if after she decided he gives her giggly happiness that she would give it all up, become a nun, and venture abroad to proclaim the goodness of spiritualism and celibacy. This revelation would have come about from a dream about whatever deity she wants to follow, and being so moved, so must follow that new dream that negates the previous dream of apparent marital bliss.

prosecution rests, gavel is thrown
4 stars is still awarded because I thought it was cute.