Hanasakeru Seishounen was my reason for coming to this blog. When Tekky invited me, he mentioned that there was a particularly ridiculous-looking shoujo series coming out in the spring, and that he wanted someone to blog it. “Me,” I said instantly. “I’ll take it.” From looking at the art, I knew it was going to be overblown, dramatic, and hopelessly sparkly. What I didn’t know until now (but really should have guessed) was that it was also mysterious and somewhat homoerotic! In short, this series plugs right into all the pleasure receptors of my brain.
Here have an ugly screenshot collage I made with MSPaint
Here’s the summary. Kugami Kajika (let’s not talk about her full name) is the daughter of a powerful American businessman, who has just called her back from Japan (where she was living for some reason for a few months) to pick a husband out of three(?!) guys he deems worthy. If Kajika falls in love with any of them, that man (and her father) will win the “game.” Somehow this scheme has something to do with the murder of Kajika’s mother a number of years ago; at this point, the only thing we know for sure is that Kajika is beautiful, brave, and probably also a genius. The author would really like to have us like Kajika. A lot. Do you like Kajika yet? Might as well hop on the train, because it is clear that every single person in this series is going to fall in love with Kajika. Some people might hate her and try to kill her, but those will probably be either 1) unreformably evil, or 2) eventually converted to moist-eyed Kajikaism. So…if you think you might not like Kajika…well, you’re weird. Sorry.
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