First Girl itself was about a struggle of a man and a woman who both madly in love to be together. It was harder than you could imagine, really. Leon Rosas (omg i remember the names perfectly without checking again) was a business tycoon and Miu was just an average Japanese girl. They married happily at first, but something occured and separated them. Miu then met other men that helped her but also lured by her beauty. Leon Rosas was hardly finding Miu, his bride all over country.
Miu & Leon Rosas in Vol. 1 Cover
This manga stirred up my mind. Oh my God, Miu was a slut, and i'm saying this with a reason. No, a lot of reason. Just take a look at the vol. 2 cover.
There is no Leon Rosas in the cover, and it means the lead man has changed. If you see through another volume, the lead man is always changing, and finally Leon appears in the last volume cover. In every volume, Miu was really having an affair with different men, and it ended up with Leon apologized her. Come on, she is the true portrait of living bitch. I hate her really much and regretting why Leon fell for her. Because of you're separated with your husband, it doesn't mean you're free to sleep with another man, b*tch.
Anyway, Saito Chiho is always my favorite mangaka. Even though i hate Miu so much, but deep in ever woman's heart, who doesn't want to be surrounded by hot-looking men who will love you more than their lives?
Long after reading this manga, recently i found an interesting one again that has similarity with First Girl. It's a manhwa, actually, and titled 100% Perfect Girl.
Let me tell you the synopsis of this one. Jay was a korean art school student who met with Jarte, the King of Roinne by accident. Jarte was immersed with Jay and followed her in silence. After short meetings, Jarte was proposing to Jay and asked her to live in Roinne. Jay didn't accept his proposal at first because she wasn't sure if she loved Jarte. So they engaged first.
Jarte is a man with troubled mind. He had a great fear of losing someone he loves. Because of Jay was the first and the only girl that he loved, he became over-protective to her. Their sweet moments then disappeared suddenly after Jay's missing. She was involved in a mafia's war and lost her memories. Then, she met with Luigi. Luigi was the head of mafia gangsters that Jay saved from a bullet shot. Luigi was fallen for her and hid Jay in his place. Jarte was desperately finding Jay everywhere with all his might. At the end, he found Jay at the bed, naked, with Luigi. The amnesia Jay didn't know who Jarte is, but already in love with Luigi. At the end, after her memories came back, she realized how much she had broken Jarte's heart.
Living as a king of Roinne meant having a lot of enemy. Clarence Ewan was actually his step brother that lived brutally and wanting to avenge Jarte. He used Jay as his bait, but suddenly began to be fond of her. After occurrence by occurrence, Jay was trying to get away from Jarte and ended their engagement to create a new life. But fate had united them together, and finally opened up all of obstacles that they went through.
Okay, i'm sorry if i haven't told that it contains spoiler. But my explanation is not enough to express what happened to Jarte and Jay. You should try reading it. For the first time, i'm startled when looking the comments, saying how much they hated this story but always repeated reading it. I never understood until i happened to read it. I hate this story very much. It makes you happy at first but suddenly the situation went dark. It makes you anxious, waiting for the light will come, but the new problem walk in instead. You will never find any anxious drama more than this. It has a typical korean drama, a tug war of feelings with just 2 persons. It's only about Jarte and Jay, about their feelings to each other, but i don't know why it became so complicated. Even after finish reading it, i have an urge to start reading it again. Maybe that's why the others ended up with repeating the chapter again.
"J is looking for J"
There is a phrase of advertisement that Jarte placed all over Korea to find Jay. It's really sweet, though. He even placed a huge billboard with lights at the top of hills, where he finally found Jay again. I always remembered that phrase, wondering how romantic he did.
Jay is a psycho.
Yes, he even called himself like that. If you read it, you must be agreed with me. But, because of his wit, his looks, his charm, and also his wealth, he is just a guy who was madly in love, so mad in point of able to lock up the girl. I never saw an obsessed man like him before. He is just a monster, a cute and charming monster. He can't let Jay lost from his sight. If i was Jay, i would absolutely escape from him like she did. It is frightening to love with someone like Jarte. If only he was not a king with perfect material, it will become a horror story, right?
100% Perfect Girl
The title is inspired by Haruki Murakami's beautiful short story, "On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning". It is truly a good story, for me. Reading the short story made me begin to understand why can Jarte be madly in love with Jay. 'So there is this kind of impression', i think.
In conclusion, i find them both have similarities with the stories, don't you think? It's about the struggles of uniting a man and woman who loves each other. They also are filled with men's harem who helped and loved the lead woman at once. And both of them have great artworks that matched with my liking.
I recommend both actually. They are good and worth reading. Rate? Here it is (of 5) :
First Girl = 3.7 for Story ; 4.5 for Artwork
100% Perfect Girl = 4.3 for Story ; 3.6 for Artwork
Please read them, okay?
Have a good day everyone!!
