pinkreverie's review
2.0
The ending sucked…
Spoiler
Key needs therapy, not a new woman that he’ll treat like shit. I hope Rinko drops him in the sequel!eressea0806's review against another edition
2.0
總算看完了
就算是漫畫
全英文九集也看了四個月才看完
尤其讀者來信篇字多又小，看得有夠累
那些甘願當小三喜歡搞一夜情天性愛出軌的
就別上來哭結不了婚了好嗎!!
劇情有點虎頭蛇尾的感覺
雖然金髮男賤嘴都嘴到點上
但不能接受最後三集金髮男上位
跟日劇改編不同的是
倫子已經跟早坂君同居了
還是二度甩了早坂
跑了六集也看不出倫子愛金髮男那裡啊
Interesting Behavior!! (請參美帝空軍禮貌對話詞語對照表)
日劇改成一起找房子的過程中
倫子逐漸發覺其實並不是真的愛早坂
比漫畫合理得多，我不能接受漫畫結局啊啊
雖然我也是轉職魔法師後才開始努力
又是男性，可能無法體會女性的感覺
不過還是覺得日本人框架很沉重
尤其看讀者來信的內容
日本人總是覺得一定要這樣或那樣才是人生正軌
好累啊，過三十歲又怎樣啦~
最後劇情轉折不喜歡，總體評價兩顆星
吉高由里子好正，看日劇就好啦
就算是漫畫
全英文九集也看了四個月才看完
尤其讀者來信篇字多又小，看得有夠累
那些甘願當小三喜歡搞一夜情天性愛出軌的
就別上來哭結不了婚了好嗎!!
劇情有點虎頭蛇尾的感覺
雖然金髮男賤嘴都嘴到點上
但不能接受最後三集金髮男上位
跟日劇改編不同的是
倫子已經跟早坂君同居了
還是二度甩了早坂
跑了六集也看不出倫子愛金髮男那裡啊
Interesting Behavior!! (請參美帝空軍禮貌對話詞語對照表)
日劇改成一起找房子的過程中
倫子逐漸發覺其實並不是真的愛早坂
比漫畫合理得多，我不能接受漫畫結局啊啊
雖然我也是轉職魔法師後才開始努力
又是男性，可能無法體會女性的感覺
不過還是覺得日本人框架很沉重
尤其看讀者來信的內容
日本人總是覺得一定要這樣或那樣才是人生正軌
好累啊，過三十歲又怎樣啦~
最後劇情轉折不喜歡，總體評價兩顆星
吉高由里子好正，看日劇就好啦
dmoney95's review against another edition
4.0
I loved the overall message of this series, but I hated the ending so so much. I understand it "wasn't meant to be predictable or practical" but the final choice in love interest is painfully disappointing in a realistic kind of way. It hurts.
misssusan's review against another edition
1.0
honestly this series has mostly just taught me that higashimura is kind of a dick which is unfortunate because i really liked princess jellyfish
1 star
1 star
efillion's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
lnluck13's review against another edition
5.0
So I actually read the first volume last month but apparently forgot to add it to Goodreads, so I just added it to my series binge today. In accordance with my NLROMV, I gave no review on the middle volumes but also the first volume that I forgot to give my initial feelings on. Which means that this review IS IT.
First off, I love Higashimura’s work. She is always about calling out the lies we tell ourselves and complacency we settle with. Princess Jellyfish was the story of a girl who had beautiful dreams, but felt that she couldn’t fulfill them as someone outcasted for having too much passion about something no one else cared about. When her complacency is broken by possibly losing her safe haven and a boy who has been outcasted in different ways but still pursues his passions and dreams, she is forced to act to find her happiness.
Tokyo Tarareba Girls is similar. We follow three friends who find themselves 33 and unmarried. They all want a love story, and they often meet to drink and consider all the what-ifs that could lead their lives to happiness, while stuck on the regrets of their past. What if they had settled with that guy? What if they stayed with that broke musician? They spin these what if stories as Rinko, a screenwriter, thinks she has a second chance with a guy she once rejected because she kept thinking, “What if there’s a better guy than is just around the corner?” When the second chance goes awry, she finds herself drinking with her friends saying “What if...” And a young guy tells them off about all their what-ifs at their age. The young guy turns out to be a model and actor named Key who happens to be working with Rinko soon. Key has his own feelings about love and what-ifs, so the girls and him become enemies of sorts as they all try to live their lives happily.
You may already see where this is going... three girls happy with complaining about their love lives at girls’ nights are forced to face all their what-ifs and fight to find their own happiness. If they want to get married and fall in love so bad, maybe they should speak up and do something about! But it can be hard to go from ideals to reality. This guy seems perfect so I’ll leave the job I love for him and change myself! I will be in an affair just to be with a guy who I love and who loves me! This guy will take me so I don’t have to ask and be rejected by the guy I love! Because what if that’s as close to love as I can get? What if I can be happy with just this? These girls fight to find what will really make them happy, even if it’s hard, even it means this won’t be the “safe” option, even if it means they won’t get married by the Tokyo Olympics.
And I love it.
I will say that a lot of the series seems on the surface to be saying a woman can only be happy married or with a man, but it’s not. In her author comics at the end of the volumes, Higashimura, a divorcee with no intention to marry anytime soon, tells us that the point is to find what will really make you happy, even if it’s not easy. These three girls happen to want relationships and marriage, but other women in the series don’t. Some want careers, fun, or peace. The point is to not wait your whole life passively for those things to happen for you. You have to be proactive and brave. And this applies to men, too. Men have what-ifs, and they sometimes force those what-ifs on women to handle them, rather than deal with reality on their own. What if you changed your hair? What if you looked more like this person I really want to be with? What if you stayed convenient for me? And that is also the wrong way to live.
We all have certain ideals in life, but reality waits for no one. Time will keep going, so you better start living a life you love rather than just considering the what-ifs, the tarareba. Go. Capture your happiness. That is what Tokyo Tarareba Girls is about, and I loved every part of it. The characters, the relationships, the imagery, the liver and milt, the ideals, but mostly, the reality.
Truly a series worth a read.
Volume: 5*
Series: 5* HIGHLY recommended
First off, I love Higashimura’s work. She is always about calling out the lies we tell ourselves and complacency we settle with. Princess Jellyfish was the story of a girl who had beautiful dreams, but felt that she couldn’t fulfill them as someone outcasted for having too much passion about something no one else cared about. When her complacency is broken by possibly losing her safe haven and a boy who has been outcasted in different ways but still pursues his passions and dreams, she is forced to act to find her happiness.
Tokyo Tarareba Girls is similar. We follow three friends who find themselves 33 and unmarried. They all want a love story, and they often meet to drink and consider all the what-ifs that could lead their lives to happiness, while stuck on the regrets of their past. What if they had settled with that guy? What if they stayed with that broke musician? They spin these what if stories as Rinko, a screenwriter, thinks she has a second chance with a guy she once rejected because she kept thinking, “What if there’s a better guy than is just around the corner?” When the second chance goes awry, she finds herself drinking with her friends saying “What if...” And a young guy tells them off about all their what-ifs at their age. The young guy turns out to be a model and actor named Key who happens to be working with Rinko soon. Key has his own feelings about love and what-ifs, so the girls and him become enemies of sorts as they all try to live their lives happily.
You may already see where this is going... three girls happy with complaining about their love lives at girls’ nights are forced to face all their what-ifs and fight to find their own happiness. If they want to get married and fall in love so bad, maybe they should speak up and do something about! But it can be hard to go from ideals to reality. This guy seems perfect so I’ll leave the job I love for him and change myself! I will be in an affair just to be with a guy who I love and who loves me! This guy will take me so I don’t have to ask and be rejected by the guy I love! Because what if that’s as close to love as I can get? What if I can be happy with just this? These girls fight to find what will really make them happy, even if it’s hard, even it means this won’t be the “safe” option, even if it means they won’t get married by the Tokyo Olympics.
And I love it.
I will say that a lot of the series seems on the surface to be saying a woman can only be happy married or with a man, but it’s not. In her author comics at the end of the volumes, Higashimura, a divorcee with no intention to marry anytime soon, tells us that the point is to find what will really make you happy, even if it’s not easy. These three girls happen to want relationships and marriage, but other women in the series don’t. Some want careers, fun, or peace. The point is to not wait your whole life passively for those things to happen for you. You have to be proactive and brave. And this applies to men, too. Men have what-ifs, and they sometimes force those what-ifs on women to handle them, rather than deal with reality on their own. What if you changed your hair? What if you looked more like this person I really want to be with? What if you stayed convenient for me? And that is also the wrong way to live.
We all have certain ideals in life, but reality waits for no one. Time will keep going, so you better start living a life you love rather than just considering the what-ifs, the tarareba. Go. Capture your happiness. That is what Tokyo Tarareba Girls is about, and I loved every part of it. The characters, the relationships, the imagery, the liver and milt, the ideals, but mostly, the reality.
Truly a series worth a read.
Volume: 5*
Series: 5* HIGHLY recommended
anzunagi's review against another edition
3.0
Generally I liked this series but there is definitely something lost in translation casue I wasn't happy about Rinko's choices.
This should have been combined with vol 8 so there was less filler.
This should have been combined with vol 8 so there was less filler.
littlearashi's review against another edition
4.0
I was a little worried going into the last couple of volumes, but the ending is well done. The characters learned a lot by the end.