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学園王子 [Gakuen Ouji] #2
学園王子（２） (別冊フレンドコミックス)
「水谷梓（みずたに・あずさ）はやめておけ」 謎多き美少年・赤丸臣(あかまる・おみ)が沖津（おきつ）リセの耳元で囁（ささや）く……。それは陰謀？ それとも――!? 複雑な想いを抱えつつ、リセはイケ男（メン）の転校生・梓と全校生徒の前で愛を誓う儀式「婚約式（フィアンサイユ）」に臨む覚悟を決めるのであった――。喰うか喰われるか!? ジョシ高生活は毎日がラブ・サバイバル!!
176 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 11, 2007
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February 10, 2021
In the side notes, one of the side characters is apparently getting more love from readers than one of the main characters. I agree with this sentiment.
November 27, 2020
You know..... if this wasn't only a s*x-driven story, this would actually have been pretty good. The unnecessary amounts of sexual assualts/scenes aside, I actually find myself laughing at how Yuzuki-sensei draws them. To be honest, the art is not my type; and I really dislike stories with copious amounts of smut but I find myself turning a blind eye from those scenes and instead enjoying the series as if those scenes did not exist. Because amidst all those uncomfortable scenes, I like the story behind it and the "fake dating" story. It's also interesting how Akamaru inserts himself into this. Well, if something was lacking it would be the back story of all of the characters, I would wish to learn more about them. Irregardless, I think this is an okay series to read if you want to kill time.
January 28, 2019
Azusa and Rise learn that they're going to need to do a little more than just exchange neckties in order to be accepted as a real couple by the girls at their horrible school. They will also need to participate in a mock marriage, a ceremony known as the Fiançailles. Just ignore the fact that this was never mentioned in the first volume.
Rise wants nothing to do with the ceremony, especially since it will involve kissing Azusa in front of the whole school. Azusa, however, really wants the continued protection of a fake girlfriend, although he keeps telling himself that one of the main reasons he wants to participate in the Fiançailles is to finally end the other students' bullying of Rise.
Two other characters get involved: a girl named Noriko Fuwa and Akamaru, a popular but aloof guy from S-class. Noriko is determined to make Azusa her own. Akamaru, meanwhile, seems to want to protect Rise. He had previously warned her to keep her distance from Azusa, and now he goes after Azusa for continuously upsetting her, making her cry, and making her even more of a bullying target.
Anyone who accidentally skipped the first volume would likely assume this was a relatively normal, if annoying and slightly risque, romance series. A couple potential love triangles are introduced, and, if I remember right, not a single character mentions the fate that Azusa is trying to avoid.
If you did skip the first volume, or if it's been a while since you read it, allow me to remind you: at this particular school, girls vastly outnumber the boys and see this as an excuse to hunt them down and rape them. If a boy is lucky enough to find himself a girlfriend who can protect him, or if he can find a part to play (school idol, unapproachable sex god, etc.) that the girls think is acceptable and that he's willing to perform, he's safe. Otherwise, he's at the mercy of any girl who can catch him. All of the school's teachers are either too dense or too non-confrontational to be of any help.
And that's why this series is still garbage, even though this second volume scales the worst aspects way back. It was also easy to see that Yuzuki had no clue how to handle the characters or write this world. The male students' parents were generally as rich and influential as the female students' parents. Why wasn't that a factor in how they were treated? Heck, one of the teachers was too afraid of Akamaru's father to tell Akamaru that he was going to have to attend an after-school tutoring session.
In the first volume, Rise was a ball of barely suppressed rage and disdain. In this volume, that mostly disappeared, and she became a more generic delicate flower of a heroine, prone to beautiful tears. And while it was clear that Azusa was still supposed to be her primary love interest, Akamaru was at least a hundred times better than him. Where Azusa was childish, easily distracted, and prone to yelling at Rise when she didn't do what he wanted, Akamaru was protective of Rise and mature enough to see when his interference might make things worse for her rather than better. Granted, readers still don't know his motivation (if he even has one - I'm doubtful that the author has any kind of plan), but I certainly liked him more.
Although this volume did have far fewer on-page rape attempts, it still wasn't sexual assault-free. In a kissing scene that made me shudder with revulsion, Azusa forced his tongue into Rise's mouth in order to prove that they were a "real" couple (only true couples French kiss, or something like that - yeah, like I'm going to believe Munechika never French kisses any of the girls he has sex with). He got his tongue bitten, but that's beside the point. Also, the rapist lesbian returned: the school's student body president gave several female students to her as punishment for throwing raw eggs at Rise. This was supposed to be funny.
So yeah, this was slightly better than the first volume, but still crap.
Extras:
Several author's notes, a few humorous drawings, four pages of translator's notes, and a four-page untranslated preview of volume 3.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
Rise wants nothing to do with the ceremony, especially since it will involve kissing Azusa in front of the whole school. Azusa, however, really wants the continued protection of a fake girlfriend, although he keeps telling himself that one of the main reasons he wants to participate in the Fiançailles is to finally end the other students' bullying of Rise.
Two other characters get involved: a girl named Noriko Fuwa and Akamaru, a popular but aloof guy from S-class. Noriko is determined to make Azusa her own. Akamaru, meanwhile, seems to want to protect Rise. He had previously warned her to keep her distance from Azusa, and now he goes after Azusa for continuously upsetting her, making her cry, and making her even more of a bullying target.
Anyone who accidentally skipped the first volume would likely assume this was a relatively normal, if annoying and slightly risque, romance series. A couple potential love triangles are introduced, and, if I remember right, not a single character mentions the fate that Azusa is trying to avoid.
If you did skip the first volume, or if it's been a while since you read it, allow me to remind you: at this particular school, girls vastly outnumber the boys and see this as an excuse to hunt them down and rape them. If a boy is lucky enough to find himself a girlfriend who can protect him, or if he can find a part to play (school idol, unapproachable sex god, etc.) that the girls think is acceptable and that he's willing to perform, he's safe. Otherwise, he's at the mercy of any girl who can catch him. All of the school's teachers are either too dense or too non-confrontational to be of any help.
And that's why this series is still garbage, even though this second volume scales the worst aspects way back. It was also easy to see that Yuzuki had no clue how to handle the characters or write this world. The male students' parents were generally as rich and influential as the female students' parents. Why wasn't that a factor in how they were treated? Heck, one of the teachers was too afraid of Akamaru's father to tell Akamaru that he was going to have to attend an after-school tutoring session.
In the first volume, Rise was a ball of barely suppressed rage and disdain. In this volume, that mostly disappeared, and she became a more generic delicate flower of a heroine, prone to beautiful tears. And while it was clear that Azusa was still supposed to be her primary love interest, Akamaru was at least a hundred times better than him. Where Azusa was childish, easily distracted, and prone to yelling at Rise when she didn't do what he wanted, Akamaru was protective of Rise and mature enough to see when his interference might make things worse for her rather than better. Granted, readers still don't know his motivation (if he even has one - I'm doubtful that the author has any kind of plan), but I certainly liked him more.
Although this volume did have far fewer on-page rape attempts, it still wasn't sexual assault-free. In a kissing scene that made me shudder with revulsion, Azusa forced his tongue into Rise's mouth in order to prove that they were a "real" couple (only true couples French kiss, or something like that - yeah, like I'm going to believe Munechika never French kisses any of the girls he has sex with). He got his tongue bitten, but that's beside the point. Also, the rapist lesbian returned: the school's student body president gave several female students to her as punishment for throwing raw eggs at Rise. This was supposed to be funny.
So yeah, this was slightly better than the first volume, but still crap.
Extras:
Several author's notes, a few humorous drawings, four pages of translator's notes, and a four-page untranslated preview of volume 3.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
March 31, 2025
A lot less violence in this one that is sexually related but still violent with the bulling. Honestly there is a fun story I think here about fake dating. I don't even understand why all the over the top harassment is necessary for the story but I am still interested so I am judging myself.
May 5, 2025
The amount of harassment in this series is still very concerning. It was interesting to see what happened with the mock marriage ceremony though! I like the MMC, FMC, and Akamaru. I'm interested in seeing how their story plays out. This series is kind of fun at times? 4 stars
October 12, 2017
If putting aside the whole background story, the author could have had the credibility for making a good shojo manga. But well, the background's still there...
September 14, 2019
2.5 stars
This isn't the best shojo in the world but, it's not horrible. Really hoping Akamaru gets the girl.
This isn't the best shojo in the world but, it's not horrible. Really hoping Akamaru gets the girl.
May 14, 2020
I'm trash for this series.
November 23, 2025
Bullying still plays a major role in this volume, but it is clearly a love story. I have only one more volume; I suspect it is not the last.
January 7, 2013
I have read the first one this is my second time reading this one and Vol.1, its a really good book the only problem with this book is the bullying if you can not handle this and the awkward parts then this book is not for you. The thing I like about this book is the relationship between the characters mostly the "S" class "the main ones" they actually try there best to help RISE(I think that's how you spell her name). Although the relationship with Rise and Mizutani does not seem to be working and all but its seems Mizutani those care for Rise but in his own way, but right now he getting to know her more and he seems to like the normal part of her... Its a must read book but keep in mind some parts might make you mad!!
December 27, 2010
There is something about this series it's racer then some of the manga I am used to. At first I wasn't sure I was going to like it, but the more I read it the more I want to know if Risa and Azusa will end up really liking each other. Sometimes I really do not like the way Azusa treats Risa. Plus I want to know what Akamaru is up to. In this volume it looks like the school is not believing that Risa and Azusa are a couple. There is a mock wedding ceremony that Azusa is trying to convince Risa to do. Will they go through with the mock wedding ceremony.
February 16, 2012
** manga review is located under volume 1 **
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