THE IMPATIENT VIRGIN

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Jul 30, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English
  涙が出そうな大人なお話～
  An adult story that almost makes me cry
  この物語は何度でも読んでしまうし、又読みたくなる。海のにおい、花の香りを風が運んでくる画風がたまらなく懐かしい感じになるからだろうな。もちろん住んだこともない行ったことさえない街だけど、郷愁を誘う作品なんだよな。ヒロインもいやいやだってとかじゃない、ヒーローも天才だけど変に拗らせていないどこにでもいそうな若者だし、その二人が年齢差に負けずに自分の気持ちでぶつかっていく姿が等身大でいい。やっぱり、ハーレーでは珍しく大人な作品だよね。

  I read this story over and over again, and I want to read it again. Probably because the smell of the ocean and the style of painting where the wind carries the scent of flowers makes me feel irresistibly nostalgic. Of course, it's a town I've never lived in or even been to, but it's a work that evokes nostalgia. The heroine isn't that bad, no, no, and the hero is a genius, but she's a young man who seems to be everywhere, and it's nice to see those two bumping into each other with their own feelings without succumbing to the age difference in size. After all, it's a rare adult work for Harleys.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Feb 24, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English
  アニーの学歴は？教育は叔父さん任せ？
  What is Annie's education? Leave the education up to your uncle?
  ヒーローヴァンは、ヒロインアニーとの10歳の年の差に 焦れてはいても、忍耐強く、見守る姿勢を貫いてきた。子犬か子猫のようにじゃれて懐いてくるアニーに 幾度もその壁を欲望の波が越えても 彼は押し戻すという強靭な理性を見せてくれて諸手を挙げて読んでいた、そういう物語だと。私の記憶でもリグリア海は領域が狭く、同じ風景なのは仕方ないけれど、海溝深いイメージが有って 海の色はもっと濃いような気がする。街並みもきれいに描かれてフランスの臭いを久しぶりに嗅いだ気がした。そして物語は、計ったかのようにアニーのボッチマスの涙のタイミングで彼は現れた。ちょっと都合よすぎな感は有るのだけれど、ここまでの彼の素晴らしさを読んでいた私にとっては、許せる展開です。30歳を目前にする男性が、それと自覚してから約4年、人生の目標にしているもの2つを手中にする目前で指の間から零れ落ちた。セリフには直接的な言葉が無い分 私にはその気持ちを作画から予測して汲み取るという 久しぶりに読むという事の楽しさを味わえる作品でした。それでアニーの苦いファーストキスの後に甘いキスの差し込み具合には、この後へ続くトキメキ要素抜群でした。若いという事に措いては、分からない事もあって知らない事は当然ある。何もかもに未知数で可能性もまた然り。そんなところは何歳ならば充填するのかなどは個人差もあるわけでヴァンもアニーも目標を強く意識していただけに それを御座なりにして結婚は無かったわけです。可愛い子には旅をさせよといいますが、可愛すぎると手放せない。辛辣な言葉の一つも浴びせて突き放してしまうのは いわばお約束みたいなもの。まあ、彼の場合は 待って待って待ってようやくその時が来たと思ったその矢先に 思うように運ばない八つ当たり爆発、まるでフランス映画のようです。でもその先に、もう一度道が一つになるその時を2人が希望しているなら お互いは隣にいるのです。

  Even though Hero Van is impatient and has maintained an attitude of watching over the 10-year age difference with the heroine Annie. It's a story I read with all my hands raised, showing Annie, who is playful like a puppy or kitten and comes back, showing me the strong rationality that no matter how many times a wave of desire crosses that wall, he pushes back. Even in my memory, the Ligurian Sea has a small area, and it is unavoidable that the landscape is the same, but there is an image of the deep trench, and I feel that the color of the ocean is darker. The cityscape was also beautifully drawn, and I felt like I had smelled the smell of France for the first time in a long time. Then, in the story, he appeared at the timing of Annie's Bocchmouth's tears, as if he had measured it. There is a feeling that it's a bit too convenient, but it's a forgivable development for me after reading his awesomeness up to this point. A man about to be 30 years old fell from between his fingers about 4 years after becoming aware of it, and was about to pick up the two things he had set for his life. Since there are no direct words in the lines, it was a work where I could enjoy the fun of reading after a long absence of predicting and capturing that feeling from the drawing. So when it comes to how the sweet kiss was inserted after Annie's bitter first kiss, the excitement element that continued after that was outstanding. When it comes to being young, there are things you don't understand and of course there are things you don't know. Everything is unknown, and so are possibilities. There are also individual differences in how old they should be to fill such a place, so just because both Van and Annie were keenly aware of their goals, there was no marriage in their place. They say let cute kids travel, but if they're too cute, you won't be able to let go. Showering even one harsh word and throwing it away is like a promise, so to speak. Well, in his case, he waited and waited, and just when he thought that time had finally come, there was an eight-hit explosion that didn't go as he thought, just like in a French movie. But beyond that, if the two want that time when the road becomes one again, then they are next to each other.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Apr 04, 2018 (PST) | Translate to English
  あれ？
  huh?
  ハッピーエンドって思ったらあれ？何？この展開まさかの続きに・・で、最後はあっさり結婚ってどんだけ年月重ねてる

  If you think it's a happy ending, huh? what? This unfolding unexpectedly continues... and at the end how many years have passed since they got married so easily

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