Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Manga Read: Penguin Prince

I have just finished reading a truly heartwarming manga titled Penguin Prince. It contains one-shots of school love stories that are very cute and heartening to read.




The title story is about a super popular and cool boy, called by the female students in the school as the prince, who actually owns a cute toy penguin. Without this penguin he will lose his cool and calm. And so this little secret of his was discovered by a girl whom the whole school students had nicknamed as the witch because of her fierce looks.

In fact she is a very kind girl who is being misunderstood and bullied by the prince's fangirls. He saw the kind side of hers and they hang out together all the time. Thus the fangirls became very jealous of the witch and schemed to put her into trouble. However this only serves to strengthen their bond into something deeper, love. Awww....

The second story is about a girl who has a crush on her fellow student and both of them were picked to represent their classical literature class in a competition. However their class is known for having the lousiest grades ever and so no one else expect them to win. But the girl is actually a top student in classical literature and the class was hoping that she will lead them to victory. And so begins a comical and sweet love story between the two students.

The third story is about a girl being forced to attend a tea ceremony class for three months in order to cultivate her into a ladylike woman. Yet her instructor is none other than the resident bad boy in her school and seeing him wearing the Japanese traditional clothes has her changing her mind.

However he is very strict in his teachings and would hit her if she makes mistakes. The girl ended up being very pissed off and was about to quit when the boy challenged her. This makes her motivated enough to try to learn and master the tea ceremony. Of course, she falls in love with the boy in the process.

However the three months class is coming to an end and she confessed to him. The boy didn't reply and she thought she was rejected. Things worsen when she learned that he had went to America after that, without seeing her again. The girl thought things had truly ended up when the boy came back to her. Apparently he went to America on a holiday trip, not immigrated to a foreign country.

This cute story has a second chapter where the boy's first crush comes back to witness his tea-making skills. If she judged that he is good in his skills, she will agree to go out with him. This makes our heroine very sad and she decided to give her blessings to the boy and his crush. However the boy forced her to go to his house and witness the tea ceremony together with his crush. In the end, the boy chose her over his former crush as he has already fallen deeply with her. It is such a sweet story that makes me cry and cheer for the girl.

The final story is about a girl who saw a boy throwing his music scores in a bin in a park. She was taken aback when he rushed off, causing her to lose an earring in the process. She thought of returning all the music scores back to the boy after picking them up in the park but was rudely rejected by the boy instead.

The boy went to apologize to her for his actions and he confided in her about his difficulties in playing the piano. The girl managed to cheer the boy and motivate him to do his best in finding the perfect play for himself as he has this ability to find things quickly and accurately. However this boy was going to transfer out of the school and the girl could no longer see him again. Until one day, she received a ticket to a concert from an unknown sender.

When she attended the concert, it was the boy who played in one of the pieces and she knew immediately that he had found himself in his musical direction and realised that she had fallen in love with him. The story ended with the two meeting up again in the same park where they met each other for the first time.

This manga is definitely worth reading and is so light-hearted yet heartwarming at the same time. It touches my heart and makes it cry for more. Too bad there's only one volume of this excellent manga.

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