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Happy Marriage?!, Volume 10 manga review
By Leroy Douresseaux
February 5, 2015 - 19:19
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Rated “M” for “Mature”
Chiwa Takanashi never had any girlish fantasies about courtship and marriage, but she found herself in an unlikely scenario. The 22-year-old married a total stranger in order to get her father out of debt! Her husband, 28-year-old
Hokuto Mamiya, was the President and CEO of
Mamiya Commerce. Their marriage, for a time, was a secret, with only Hokuto’s personal assistant,
Taeko Soma, knowing of the union’s true nature. Two years later, Chiwa and Hokuto are trying to be a real married couple.
As
Happy Marriage?!, Vol. 10 (Chapters 37 to 39 to Final Chapter) opens, Chiwa recovers from the would she received when she tried to protect Hokuto from a savage knife attack. Even after that, she still cannot reveal to Hokuto the letter she received from her his now-deceased father,
Seiji Mamiya, that revealed a secret.
Her reticence will not stop the turmoil within the Mamiya family. Hokuto will learn a shocking truth about his mother,
Yoko Miura, and about himself. The revelations could ruin Chiwa and Hokuto's marriage.
THE LOWDOWN: I am not happy about saying goodbye to the
Happy Marriage?! manga. However, I must accept that
Happy Marriage?! Volume 10 is the final volume of this series that I have come to really enjoy reading.
I don't want to spoil anything, but I will admit that there are some some explosive revelations and that there are some character revelations that are worse than some readers my have expected. I can say that
Happy Marriage?! has a happy ending. It has a celebratory last chapter that will remind readers why this typical shojo soap opera romance manages to be something different and also something especially lovable.
POSSIBLE AUDIENCE: Readers looking for shojo romantic drama will be happy with the Shojo Beat title,
Happy Marriage?!
Rating: A /10
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