Thursday, January 15, 2009

MeruPuri: Vol. 2

by Matsuri Hino

Synopsis
All high school freshman Airi Hoshina ever wanted was to someday live in a cozy home with a loving husband, and find joy in the little things in life. As a result, she makes it her daily mission to get to school on time because school legend has it that the longer one's non-tardy streak is, the better boyfriend on will find. But just when her daily routine is working like clockwork, an occurrence of fairytale proportions threatens to disrupt her grand plan.

After Aram's elder brother Jeile fails to lift the spell on him, Aram is forced to stay with Airi. Meanwhile, and unsuspecting Airi recites Aram's full name in front of the mirror and is magically transported to Astale! But to Airi's dismay, the citizens of Aram's kingdom give her the cold shoulder. What do they know about her secret bloodline...?

Review
This manga is pure fluff. But I don't really mind because it never promises to be anything more, so I'm not disappointed.

The hijinks continue as Aram and Nakaoji (Airi's other love interest) fight over Airi, a decendant of a jilted lover, Raz begins attending Airi's school, which causes Aram and others to go to her school as well, and a school field trip where identities might be revealed.

But, the two characters Airi and Aram also become closer to each other, although we still have the weird dichotomy between child and teenage Aram. They also apparently get married too, which has weird implications, but it's all clean.

Really, there's nothing wrong with this series. You just go along for the ride, and enjoy it. At only four books, I'm not worried about the author jerking me around and trying to drag anything out. It's a cute series that doesn't take itself seriously.

Final thought: I'll keep collecting this series.

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