House of the Sun, Vol. 2

たいようのいえ [Taiyou no Ie] #2

by Taamo

Mao takes back her love confession saying it was “a joke” when she sees how troubled Hiro is. She doesn’t want to be a bother to Hiro, but she can’t hold back her feelings. Around the same time, Mao meets a fan of her online novel, Radical-san. And the person who shows up is … ! What’s more, Hiro’s little brother comes home!

Genres: Manga, Romance, Shojo, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Slice Of Life, Contemporary

169 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 13, 2010

About the author

Japanese name: タアモ

Reviews

[Phoenix2 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice continuation. The characters are adorable and Mao is seriously cute!! The story got a bit funny too.

[Dilushani Jayalath · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks for the translation manga rock ;)

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This manga continues to impress me with its deep look into loneliness.

I really like how they deal with the romance in here. not being so forced and just kind of being a little bit natural with two people living together. And at the same time you really do feel that these characters might get together, but also the fact that they feel like a family that they might not. But the most important thing about this entire volume in my opinion is just how well it's written for people who feel lonely in life.

I can relate in some way though. right now I'm not feeling lonely in life. there were points in my life I did and this book illustrates it really well with the quiet moments. even bringing back the brother in this volume had some tension but it all worked out because of talking and I do like that this book presents the fact that characters will talk things out instead of just second-guess things.

Overall, another great volume.

[Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Radwa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story evolves better in this second volume, the secondary characters become more apparent, and I love the whole fanfiction aspect of this manga. It was evident in American YA novels, it's about time to see it as clearly in Japanese mangas.

I love the awkwardness of Mao and Hiro's relationship, hate her father, and still in love with the art style.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I particularly like about this volume is that it shows the way that miscommunications don't have to destroy friendships - and that it isn't that anyone is so much hiding information (except Mao from Hiro on the novel thing), but rather that no one is really listening to what's being said.

[Shae · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I am enjoying this age-gap romance, I do have conflicting feelings about it. I feel like the cohabitating aspect of the story makes it easy for feelings to enter the mix. There is currently still an innocence between these two, but I wonder how that is going to go. With the brother coming home, we will see how things turn out.

[Glasdow Teacosy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Filled with Spilled Secrets

Mao continues to be the healing force putting together the house of the sun, yet she remains broken herself. Each chapter had a plot reveal that kept the pages turning. Solid volume.

[Elise__h · Rating 5 out of 5]

Manga trop mignon et tout doux, comme le tome 1. Hâte de lire la suite !

[Patty · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Irene ➰ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5

La storia prosegue più forte in questo secondo volume, continua a convincermi e continuo a trovarla una lettura piacevole e scorrevole.

[Hikaoru · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this volume, Mao finally meet Hiro's crush. Actually, the girl is crushing on Hiro. Plus, Mao was also being confessed to by her classmate.....

That's not really important. It was cute but the issue I like in this volume is about her dad. It is really sad when your own father dump you somewhere and expect another to take care of you. Sure he pay the expenses but he's not an active role in her life. I think that maybe Mao's personality is shaped from here. Her father's actions show that she is unwanted since she was little. With the addition of the new family her father has, she would feel left out. In the end, Mao always sees herself as a burden. Even if Hiro liked living with her she still feels she's a nuisance. It is really sad seeing someone putting such low self-worth on oneself. Oooooh, I do hope Hiro can make her happy.

I'm rooting for HiroxMao. The classmate can go with the bestie. And Radical can go with that specky guy at work.

[Bryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I started reading this series years ago as scanlations and liked it fine, but scanlations are such a pain to read, so I was delighted when it turned up on Kindle Unlimited! I like the way it mixes its plot strands -- we have Miyo, whose parents failed her so thoroughly that she's given up on them, and Hiro, whose great family was fragmented by his parents death, and now they've met again. Hiro offers Miyo not just a place to live but the experience of being in a family, while still dreaming of recreating the family he lost by bringing his younger siblings home to live with him -- and Miyo has a crush on Hiro, but isn't clear if it's really a crush-crush or if it's that he's the first person in years to care about her in a consistent, extended way. Plus she's a mildly successful online writer, and there's Hiro's co-worker who is also a successful online writer, and the friend between the two women is sweet, and then over time we start to see that Miyo isn't as isolated as she thinks -- she has good friends at school with her, who are ready and willing to listen and support her if she'll just give them a chance.

It's a nice mix of stuff and I enjoy it, but it hasn't entirely won me over yet -- I'm reading it but I'm not going very quickly. We'll see how it goes in 2024!

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me pareció muy tierna la reacción de Hiro y Wakaba cuando Mao tuvo fiebre y la visita de Daiki fue tan nostálgica, pensé que ello acarraría problemas pero parece ser que los problemas vendrán por parte de Radical (fue tan inesperado que ya se diera a conocer quién es y también que Oda se declarara, muchas declaraciones directas a mi parecer). La llegada de Croquette fue otro punto a favor para la historia, sin embargo el padre de Mao merece un puñetazo; realmente espero que más adelante se justifique esta negligencia. Me dio mucha risa el cambio de humor de Oda cuando Mao le dice que fue rechazada. Creo que ya estoy entendiendo el porqué es tan aclamada esta historia.

[Alisa]

I don't like how the story is really dragged out between volumes. Like in this volume, Mao meets Hiro's brother and her blog fan Radical-san, but as the reader we don't learn anything new about those characters through the entire volume.

The characters are all simplistic and immature, so that just adds to how slow the narrative feels. For example, how many times will Hiro say "Magyo" and Mao correct him? That whole useless interaction takes up considerable page space, and there are a lot of dialogues like that... Mao calling someone a jerk when they are nice to her, etc. So, I think I am going to DNF the rest of the series.

[Vanessa Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first, I find the illustrations really weird and I thought I'm not going to like this story. But here I am, writing this review. So it must be really good ha.

Well, it is! I love that it wasn't just your cheesy romance story but it also has some depth into it. I love that it was also about family and you know me, I love family stories. So yep, I shed a tear or two while reading this whole series and laugh as well.

I'm not sure how to end this review with a bang you I can be able to convince you to try this out, but it was really good. Promise!

[Jaxine Rivera · Rating 2 out of 5]

So I liked how Radical was the woman the business man's work college (who he does like and hope he wrote the blog) and then it was found out in the same volume that they like the same guy, but only Mao (the main girl) only knows. Then one of her classmates confessed to her and surprised her and I really want the 2nd lead lovers to end up with the main characters, but stories like this usually ends up with age gap couple (no hate on them, but also like come on not high schooler and adults T_T)

[Chasity · Rating 3 out of 5]

In my opinion, volume two of this manga was definitely better than volume one. In the first volume, I felt that the plot was very abrupt and all over the place. In the second volume, I felt that the storyline was more thought-out and developed, with more elaboration on the different events taking place. With that, it definitely makes it easier to stick to my rule of reading three volumes of a manga before deciding if I like it or not.

[Aria · Rating 4 out of 5]

¡Sabía que ese chico estaba enamorado de Mao! Aunque sí que me da algo de miedito ver que va a pasar con la amiga de Mao ya que parece que va a haber un malentendido. Por otra parte Radical es algo... extraña.

CH 5-8.5

[Cassandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still no ick. Mao got a confession, it was really sweet the scene other his younger brother, and the growth of her friendship with her fan. And I loved the extra from
When he was in school too, helps show how deep their friendship meant to each other.

[Elspeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ooh, it's getting more complicated! Now Mao likes Hiro, Radical-san likes Hiro, and Oda likes Mao. Also, Hiro brought a dog into the household. Only, what, 8 more books in the series to find out what happens in this found family, age gap Japanese manga romance.

[Giovanna Fernandes · Rating 3 out of 5]

É... não é MUITO diferente do primeiro volume. É uma história legal, com um design legal, mas nada mais que isso.
O que mais gostei, tanto nesse quanto no outro, foram os temas familiares abordados.
Não acho que darei continuidade.

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me esta gustando cada vez más la historia, de hecho se vuelve más interesante.

[Romina Rudas (City of Word) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cada vez voy conociendo un poco mas sobre los personajes y tambien ya veo florecer de a poco los enredos. *continua leyendo*

[Adelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume earned an extra star because there is a puppy in it! Yes to puppies.

[Liloo Looli · Rating 4 out of 5]

un deuxième tome vraiment chouette. j'avais peur que les choses avancent trop lentement....mais non, tout se passe a un bon rythme. (pas très clair ce que je dis, mais je ne veux pas spoiler ).

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this second installment of the series. It was cute and funny and I'm excited to see where the story goes.

[R.A.Y · Rating 4 out of 5]

kegelisahan Mao... hiks

[Hisgirl85 · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[Muzmuz · Rating 5 out of 5]

The plot starts to thicken as Mao meets Hiro's little brother... as well as 2 new love rivals pop up... what will happen between Mao and Hiro.