In the Arms of the Sheikh

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Jan 09, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English
  独創的
  inventive
  This review contains spoilers. 独特のファッションセンスですね。一体どこの国でどういう立場ならその服を選ぶんだ！？みたいなすごいデザインが多いです。ストーリーもギャグ寄り、いやギャグではないかもしれないんですがコマ割りがすごいギャグマンガのそれなので、テンポはいいけど盛り上がりに欠ける。しかもラスト、個人的に一番嫌いな「ヒロインが仕事を捨ててヒーローのモノになる」系です。でもこの作品に限ってはそこは嫌ではなかった。ヒーローが素直で天然気質で、少しもヒロインを挑発したり操ろうとしないんですよね。むしろヒロインに終始振り回されてる感。なので今後も幸せになれる予感がして、読後感ハッピーです。

  This review contains spoilers. It's a unique sense of fashion. In what country and what position would you choose those clothes!? There are a lot of amazing designs like that. The story is also close to a gag, and maybe not a gag manga, but it's a gag manga with amazing frame division, so the tempo is good but it lacks excitement. Moreover, at the end, it's the “heroine abandons her job and becomes the hero's thing,” which I personally hate the most. But when it came to this work, I didn't dislike that. The hero is straightforward and has a natural temperament, and doesn't try to provoke or manipulate the heroine in the slightest. Rather, I feel like I'm being swayed by the heroine from beginning to end. So I have a feeling that I'll be happy in the future, and I feel happy after reading it.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Mar 18, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English
  誇らしさの証としてのブランド靴
  Branded shoes as proof of pride
  男性の優しさや財産に阿ることを止め、自立して生きていくことを目標としてるヒロインナターシャの気の毒といえるほどの自分への厳しさが痛々しくて身につまされる。勿論女性としての可愛らしさを忘れていないところはホッとするのだけれど。物語は過激派と呼ばれる者たちとの交渉による和平に勤しむ若きシークヒーローカジムとの恋物語だが、それらに振り回される2人の背景には、サラム国の事情が絡んで命の危機と背中合わせの事であるのに、その危機感はまるで伝わらない。ナターシャのアフリカでの経験に身が震える思いはあるのだが、それらを色濃くは感じない。その理由をあえて言うならＨＱだから。以前に読んだＨＱ「砂塵のはてに／東城和実作」を思い出すのだが、比べてしまって残念にしか感じない。アフリカでの経験を無に帰す行動には、やはり安全な国での生活が、喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる状態にしてしまっていてそれも現実的ではあるが、残念過ぎる。この背景こそが2人の身を置く土台となるのだから それが希薄では思いの強さや絆の強さは伝わらない。ＨＱとはいえ、疎かにして欲しくはない部分は有るのだ。

  The heroine Natasha, whose goal is to stop worrying about the kindness and wealth of men and live independently, is so painful that I feel sorry for her. Of course, I'm relieved that I haven't forgotten how cute I am as a woman. The story is a love story with the young Sikh hero Kazim, who works for peace through negotiations with people called extremists, and the background of the two people who are swayed by them is a life crisis due to circumstances in Salam country involved, yet that sense of crisis is not conveyed at all. Natasha's experiences in Africa make me shiver, but I don't feel them strongly. If I had to say the reason, it would be HQ. It reminds me of the HQ “At the End of the Sand/Tojo Kazumisaku,” which I read before, but I feel nothing but regret that I compared them. Living in a safe country makes you forget the heat when you live in a safe country, and that is realistic, but it's too disappointing to be an act that brings experiences in Africa back to nothing. This background is the foundation for the two of them, so if it is weak, the strength of their feelings or the strength of their bond cannot be conveyed. Even though it's HQ, there are parts I don't want you to overlook.

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