Anime-niac Blog!!!: W Juliet

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been meaning to post this for a while, but I've finally finished W Juliet! After half of a year, I've finally tracked down W Juliet's final volumes!!! Yes, W Juliet was and has been the perfect manga of my dreams. That is why I've been frantic over it! In the beginning, we have Ito Miura, a tomboy, who at first glance looks like a guy. But she is actually a girl! Then, we have Makoto Amano who transfers to Sakuragaoka School, and she is a very pretty girl. But when Ito shows her around the school, she invites her over to her house. Ito has grown up in a dojo, her mother has been dead since she was little, and she has lived with her 3 brothers and dad for a long time. Makoto goes upstairs to change, and Ito accidentally barges in and discovers that Makoto is actually a guy! (Yeah, yeah, I get it, cliche...but I like it anyways.) Makoto then tells Ito his secret.

Makoto's real name is actually Makoto Narita. Ever since he was a kid, he's wanted to be an actor. But his father is the head of a dojo, and wishes for him, the only son, to become his successor. Makoto argued with him, and in the end, his father gave him a challenge. He had to go to a different school and town and ACT like he was a girl. If anyone discovered that he was a girl, he would come back to the dojo and become the successor. (NOTE: Makoto has grown up in a household with his father, mother, and his 3 sisters.)

Makoto gladly accepts the challenge, and there you go. During the first couple of the 13 volumes, Ito and Makoto fall in love. Makoto is unlike any teenage guy you'll ever find out there. Not only is he super-intelligent, super-athletic, he's also super loyal and super romantic. But then again, neither is Ito. She may not be smart, but she can do action moves that no one else can do, and she can beat up any guy (well, except for Mako). The two of them fall in love, and have to avoid everyone else from finding out Mako's secret. That, and the two of them have to fight off all of the other people who want them. Like Mako's fiancee that his father set up for him. Or the crazed female senpai who's always after Ito. Or Toki, the violent drama club veteran who chases Ito with an obsession. Or maybe Sakamoto, who is a two timer and likes both Ito and female version Makoto.

There are some other side stories including some of the people around the couple. There friends Yoshiro and Misaki become a couple. Yuto (Ito's 2nd oldest bro & the youngest of the twins) starts dating Akane (Makoto's 3rd eldest sis). Ryuya finds love with a weird Japanese loving foreign exchange student, Christine. Even love blooms for the youngest Miura sibling, Tatsuyoshi. Toki gets over Ito and a little love blooms with him and shy Nobuko. Mako's fiancee finally gives up on him, and leaves quietly after becoming a friend of Ito's. However, this happy ending doesn't become like this in a snap. The conflicts that all of these couples have to hurdle over are breath taking, hilarious, and awe grabbing.

BIG SPOILER AHEAD!!! WARNING!
And in the end, Makoto and Ito join a theatre group together and live out their dreams. To become actors and to be with each other. The pics at the end suggest that they got married, got a dog, and had a little daughter that looks just like Ito. I'm glad that Emura-sensei wrote this series! I hope that there will be more manga like this in my future! :) But for now...
~Ciao Ciao!