The Passion Price

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  May 05, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English
  そっくり
  Just like
  This review contains spoilers. 16歳で出産することがどれだけ大変なことなのかドロシーに諭されてやっと思い至るヒーロー。ヒロインの置かれた状況に思いが至らなかったのは弁護士としてどうなのかと思うけど、息子の応援でその辺りに気がついたようだったので良いことにしよう。ヒロイン同僚のロマンスも良かったです。

  This review contains spoilers. This hero finally comes to his mind when Dorothy admonishes her about how difficult it is to give birth at age 16. I wonder what it was like as a lawyer that didn't come to my mind about the heroine's situation, but my son's support made me notice that area, so let's do something good. The heroine colleague's romance was good too.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Oct 19, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English
  情熱の「正✨」の報い
  The “positive ✨” reward for passion
  最近読んでたHQのヒロインの姿がお子ちゃま過ぎて....私的には欧米の原作をそのまま作画すると日本では受けないこと、いくらかの「かわいい」は原作コアを伝えるためには致し方ないかと思っていたけれど、ちょっと食傷気味のところ今作に出会った。ヒロイン・ヒーローともにある意味ドライで気持ちがいい、脇キャラも魅力的に描かれていて、物語がロジックに運ばれるのでとても読みごたえがあった。またHQには可愛らしいSecret Babyお話しは数多あるけれど、今回のBaby（？）最年長組だと思う。親に虐げられたされてきたヒーローにとってBabyが大人の入り口にいるこの時が最良の出会いだったかもしれない。Babyにとっても母性から父性を必要としていた時の邂逅はSecretではなくLuckyなんだと思う。二人を引き裂いたヒロイン父はすでに亡くなっていたが、このBabyを受け入れる過程もヒロインが語っており、Babyはヒロイン父の愛情にも恵まれ幸せに育っていたことがイメージされる。エンディングにはヒーローがヒロイン父をリスペクトする贈り物が用意されカタルシスを十分感じさせてもらい、16年は確かに長いがワインが熟成されるようにこの家族も熟成された必然的結果のHappyEndだったと感じれた良い作品でした。

  The appearance of the HQ heroine I was reading recently was too young... Personally, I was wondering if I drew a Western original as it is, and that some “cute” would be a way to convey the core of the original story, but I came across this work when I was a little bit bitten. Both the heroine and hero are dry and pleasant in a sense, and the side characters are also drawn in an attractive manner, and the story is carried by logic, so it was very difficult to read. Also, there are many cute Secret Baby stories on HQ, but this time Baby (?) I think it's the oldest group. For heroes who have been oppressed by their parents, this time when Baby is at the entrance to adulthood may have been the best encounter. I think the encounter that Baby had when she needed fatherhood from motherhood was not a secret but a lucky one. The heroine's father, who separated the two, has already passed away, but the heroine also talks about the process of accepting this baby, and it is imagined that Baby was blessed with the love of the heroine father and grew up happy. In the ending, a gift was prepared where the hero respects the heroine's father, and it was a good work where I was able to fully feel catharsis, and it was a good work where I felt that 16 years was certainly a long time, but it was a Happy End as an inevitable result of this family maturing just like wine matures.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Dec 09, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English
  まさしく情熱の報い
  Exactly what passion is rewarded
  勝手な思い込みだけれど、ずっと君が（彼が）好きだった という物語と考えていた。でも、違った。16年という年月が、思考を変化させ、価値観も変化させていた。出会った頃は表題通り 情熱 があれば十分だった（それで良いと考えていた）。けれど、立身出世を果たした男ジェイクも 息子を育て家業を発展させてきた女アンジェリーナも それだけでは不十分であると理解していた。だからこそ、再会の恐怖。単純ではないのだ。しかし、お互いがそれを果たし、相応しい立場となっていたのだから事は簡単、なはずなのに 16年の血も滲むような努力がブレーキとなって立ちはだかる。社会的にはＯＫでも、根本的な人間性に過去が影を落とす。ものすごくリアルです。再会から十分な時間が無かった2人の間の憤る感情の縺れが 事を複雑にしているが、ドロシーの的を射た助言が功を奏し ジェイクを冷静にさせてアンジェリーナを綻ばせた。この、男性側が冷静になって女性を導いてくれる（素直にさせる）展開は素敵！逞しく感じます。兎にも角にも、とてもリアリティ溢れる物語だった。

  It's a selfish assumption, but I've always thought of it as a story that you (him) loved. But it was different. The 16 years have changed my thoughts and changed my values. When we met, as the title suggests, it was enough to have passion (I thought that was fine). However, both Jake, the man who achieved career advancement, and Angelina, the woman who raised her son and developed the family business, understood that was not enough. That's why I'm afraid of a reunion. It's not simple. However, since they both achieved that, and since they were in a suitable position, things should be easy, and 16 years of effort that would bleed blood became a brake and stood in the way. Even though it is socially OK, the past casts a shadow on fundamental humanity. It's so real. Things are complicated by the anger between the two, who didn't have enough time since their reunion, but Dorothy's point-to-point advice paid off, calmed Jake down, and caused Angelina to go bankrupt. This development where the male side calms down and leads the woman (makes them honest) is wonderful! I feel strong. It was a very realistic story for both Hare and Kaku.

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