A Secret Vengeance

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Jun 11, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English
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  良いストーリーなんだけど「立ち位置による」という感じで、登場人物みんなが良い人ばかりだから成り立つお話。ヒロインの「あなたにも本当の恋が訪れますように」という元婚約者へのセリフが最高級の煽りに見える。

  It's a good story, but it feels like “it depends on where you stand,” and it's a story that only works because all the characters are good people. The heroine's line to her former fiancé, “May true love come to you too,” seems to be the ultimate source of incitement.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Feb 09, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English
  なかなか経験出来ない恋
  A love you can't easily experience
  淡い恋心というのは物心ついたときから経験値を積み上げるけれど、ここまでステップを進めたものをも捨ててまでそっちと一緒になりたい、というのは大概の人間には出来ない。もっと早く出会いたかった、というギリギリな台詞は身に覚えあるけれど、それも、一緒になれないなら同じ事。映画「めぐり逢い」(本家も派生もリメイクも)が私は大好きなので連想した。作者は、裏切りの罪を、二人の気持ちを優先させるストーリーの方向に制作する時に用意する。だから、このストーリー、二つの事故を、事故が多すぎだと作者に苦情を言い立てるつもりはない。誰が守られ誰が犠牲となったか、しかし、誰が愛を得て誰は愛とは別物であったか。男女の愛はどこに存在したか。子の為に離婚しない、という結論を胸に、結婚生活を継続中させ異性としての愛情を破綻させている男女の多いこと。それでも人は義務と責任の狭間に置かれて生きるか、本心の望む方を向いて背中に非難と涙を背負うか。倫理的というのは一体誰に向かっての人の倫(みち)なのか。誰に誠実であろうとしたか。選ぶところ何に対して正直なのか。容易に断罪は出来る。だが横恋慕も人間界は豊富。人の気持ちをどうこう出来ない。婚姻制度という縛りで既婚未婚を辛うじて線引きして守る仕組みも、人間の工夫。それによって起こるドラマも、やはり、ドラマチックになるなぁと思う。愁嘆場も泥仕合も、刃傷沙汰もなく、この話の作りのメインは事の是非というよりも、出会ってしまった男女の経過がメイン。スポーツの試合や大統領選挙の、負けた方のコメントの、潔さのようで、愛のある方に上がった軍配を受け入れてサクッと引き下がる婚約者の引き際がやけに清々しく格好いい。超綺麗に作画されて、つなぐ彼女のターンの話に強く興味を惹き付けている。単品のところにレビューを入れたがセットで読んでいるので、続く「仮面のラブゲーム」を楽しみにしている。

  Pale love builds up experience points from when you can remember, but most people can't do it if they want to throw away even those that have advanced the steps up to this point and be with them. I'm familiar with the last-minute line about wanting to meet someone sooner, but that's the same if we can't get together. I love the movie “Meguri Encounter” (original, derivative, and remake), so I associated it. The author prepares the crime of betrayal when creating in the direction of a story that prioritizes the feelings of the two. So, I'm not going to complain to the author about this story, the two accidents, that there were too many accidents. Who was protected and who was sacrificed, but who gained love and who was different from love? Where did the love between a man and a woman exist? There are many men and women who continue their marriage and bankrupt their love as the opposite sex, with the conclusion that they will not get divorced for the sake of their children. Nevertheless, do people live between duties and responsibilities, or do they turn in the direction they really want and carry blame and tears on their backs? Ethical means who exactly is a person's moral law (path) directed towards? Who were you trying to be honest with? What do you choose to be honest about? A conviction can be easily made. However, Yoko Koi Mu is also rich in the human world. I can't do anything about people's feelings. The system of protecting married and unmarried people by barely drawing a line due to the restrictions of the marriage system is also human ingenuity. I think the drama that happens as a result will also be dramatic. There are no grievances, no muddiness, and the main part of making this story is about the progress of men and women who have met rather than the pros and cons of things. It's like the cleanliness of the comments of those who lost at sports matches and presidential elections, and the fiancee who quickly backs down after accepting the military rank who has gone up to the side of love is awfully fresh and cool. It was drawn super beautifully, and it strongly attracts interest in the story of Tsunagu's turn. I posted a review on the single item, but since I'm reading it as a set, I'm looking forward to the “Kamen Love Game” that continues.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  May 17, 2018 (PST) | Translate to English
  転がりだした大岩は誰にも止められない
  No one can stop Oiwa that has started rolling
  ライオネルの妻の過去の傷のせいで彼の行為を正当化し、ジェシカとの不倫は仕方ないような設定には読後感が悪い。息子リュークがいるから離婚はしない、息子に嫌われたくないからジェシカの事は秘密というのもなかなか悪どいではないか。たとえライオネルの幼少期の経験が傷として残っていたとしても妻と向き合うべきであったはずだ。しかも、女を取っ替え引っ替えしているわけではなくてジェシカ一筋だとか、時が来たら全てを清算しジェシカとの人生を歩むという決意を書いた手紙には読み手を懐柔しようとする腹まで見えてイライラし、ジェシカの想いに涙した。そんな作者の思惑にマンマとはまり、リュークとジェシカの娘シーリアの恋にトキメキが止まらなかった。それぞれの背景がどうであれ、恋に落ちてしまった二人の猛スピードで発展していく様は、「恋」というもののエネルギーのすごさを遺憾なく感じさせてくれた。作品の展開も良く、良くも悪くも「恋」の全てを疑似体験させてくれた。あとはイザベル。彼女の話は別にあるようだが、彼女の幸福を読もうと思う。

  Lionel justifies his actions due to his wife's past wounds, and I don't feel good after reading the setting where an affair with Jessica is unavoidable. Isn't it pretty bad that they won't get divorced because they have a son Ryuk, and that Jessica is a secret because they don't want to be disliked by their son? Even if Lionel's childhood experiences left as scars, he should have dealt with his wife. Moreover, it was frustrating to see even the belly trying to appease the reader in the letter where she wrote the decision to settle everything and walk through a life with Jessica, even if the time came, and I was frustrated, and I was moved to tears at Jessica's feelings. Mamma fell in love with the author's speculations, and I couldn't stop being excited about Ryuk's love with Jessica's daughter Celia. Regardless of their respective backgrounds, the way they developed at breakneck speed between two people who had fallen in love made me feel the awesomeness of the energy called “love” without regret. The development of the work was also good, and it made me simulate everything about “love” for better or worse. Then there's Isabelle. There seems to be another story about her, but I think I'll read her happiness.

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