Gentlemen’s Alliance † 10
Posted: June 19, 2010 Filed under: Gentlemen's Alliance † 2 Comments »Arina Tanemura – Viz – 2009 – 11 volumes
Okay. So the chapter called “Epilogue” wasn’t even close to an epilogue. It was just a name. I suppose I should have expected as much in a series with chapter titles like “Left Behind and Torn Like a Leaf” and “A Kingdom of Stars With No Place to Go” might not have the most descriptive chapter titles.
I always laugh at the chapter titles in this series, but I rarely mention them. Making fun of Gentlemen’s Alliance † for being super girly seems about as constructive as making fun of a clown, though.
And, as I mentioned last time, Haine has to choose between Takanari and Shizumasa. I should have expected she’d choose the one with the most dramatic possible outcome. I mean, if she’d chosen the actual heir, there would be no problem, so that couldn’t happen.
Strangely, everyone in the family seems to be on Haine’s side, which is rather sad when you look at it from the perspective of the boy she didn’t choose. He is being a big jerk by forcing himself on her, but to have nobody rooting for you, especially when all his circumstances are revealed, is just sad.
And there is no villain at the end of the story. On one hand, I would like a partially sad outcome next volume, but on the other hand, I know this is a Ribon series and that will never happen. Whatever the outcome is, I’m sure I’ll love it, because I am hopelessly addicted to the characters in this series.
Also… is Tanemura’s newest series really the one she teased in the back of this volume? It sounds super-generic and very much like something she may have already written. I’ll read it and love it to pieces anyway.
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
It’s surprising to me that the younger twin is an heir and not the older one. Is the reason revealed in this volume why?
Yes, basically it’s due to a silly contest they had as children. That was one of the more grating parts of the story, that one of them is “killed” and imprisoned for life while the other one lives based on an arbitrary game they play as children. It’s shoujo manga logic, but not entirely out of place in the context of this series.