Reviews for Shinju no Kusari

This is somewhat a sports centered romance, but it doesn't detract from the lovey dovey moments in any way. That said, the mush isn't mushy enough to be moving, and the story behind the manga is so ... 80's and terribly trite that you might be asking how it's possible for the characters to deliver their lines with a straight face! This manga centres around a lively and cheerful Hisa who's a manager on the soccer team. She's hardworking and very sweet so she's adored by the entire team (their "angel"), but particularly by one senpai who she's knows for quite a while now. But sheseems to be more drawn to the reticent Saikyou who's clearly the star of the team, who just happens to turn up when she's changing clothes and after her part time job to walk her home. How suspicious, you'd think he was intrigued with this girl as well! Will they find bliss underneath the stars in a gazebo or will an eventual love triangle threaten to break apart bonds within the close knit soccer team? Oh no! You'll have to read and find out, but if you're smart, you probably already know what's going to unfold all the various types of heartbreaks each character will go through.

Snide remarks aside, each character's internal conflict is portrayed quite sincerely and they all mature and grow as the story unfolds, but it's such a darn funny plot, this redeeming feature is completely drenched with the former's anabashed corny-ness!

This manga is not something you want to read if you like a dramatic build up to the romance. It is nothing like Kaichou wa-Maid Sama! or any of those building up the love. It is more like teenage attraction. After just a few days of meeting each other, the two do it on a table....No sense of romanticism there. Also, this type of sexual thing is in every chapter. There was really no plot and the title has nothing to do with the story. This story is amusing when it comes to the soccer players' reactions to knowing the relationship of the main characters,but that's about as good as it gets. It's a really quick read and you if are into that sort of thing, this is a good manga for you.

~Story~ The story line isent too original on a bigger scale for instance the soccer,love triangle, Quit or i will...those are all pretty common but the rest is i suppose a little more original it goes like this.. A girl becomes a manager for a soccer team who has two star players one whom shes known since middle school and the other his bestfriend. The bestfriend falls inlove with the girl and the guy shes known for awhile gets jelous and tells them pretty much if they dident break up he would quit the team so we go through this whole thing of accepting theother person and falling inlove its rather cute but not amazing.

~Art~

The art wasent bad it had the basic good things like Well drawn bodies, Over exagerated talent, Good landscapes and not overly huge body parts so that was good but i suppose it was art you could find anywere it dident have anything special about it...its just average.

~Overall~

All in all i found the manga readable but not reccomendable.. The manga was average it wasent a manga i would remember or read again but it wasent a manga that i couldent finish due to dislike it was just O.k. So If i would reccomend it to whom would i?

I would reccomend it to people who have absolutly nothing to read and are bored out of their minds then i would suggest you read it.. If your looking for a clique manga this is one you should read..Want a plot that youve seen over and over again i would recommend it but if you have other options i would suggest you dont read it..

Thank you for reading.

When I'm looking for something to read, I always look at the reviews. The reviews I've read so far about this story, weren't really good. I wanted to see if the manga was all that bad. I can't believe stuff without seeing it for myself... and yet another disappointment. I really couldn't see the point was in reading this anymore. There actually was no original plot or story. All there was, was two people who fall in love, take away each others virginity after a few days of meeting, a friend gets hurt etc.. The only thing I like about the story is the art. Even thoughit was plain, it was better than the plot itself.

Take my word for it, pass on this story. I don't want y'all to read a bad manga and not be notified about it before you read it.

For starters, this is my first review and englisch is not my native language so plz forgive me if there if spell some words wrong. Thes story is very basic: the cute, new manager of the soccer team Hisa has a part-time job to support her family. This has to be kept a secret because if the school founds out, she has to quit being the manager. However, this secret is discoverd by Sakyou, the handsome, star player of the soccer team and then gues what happens: they start dating (they also have sex very fast). This story is more mature than story's like kaichou waMaid-sama, there is alot of sex and the reactions of the supporting cast is more mature.

Character: The character development is kept to the minimum. Hisa and Sakyou stays pretty much the same and Kaito undergoes a mayer change in 1 chapter: from being jealous and aggresive to understanding and supporting. This change isn't explained very well in the manga.

The art is good but i don't know alot about art so i will keep this section to the minimum.

Overal is this a good manga if you want to read a manga without a deep story. Its perfect if you have an hour or so to spare and you want to read a romance manga where there isn't a challenge to the realationschip between the two mains.