Megami no Libra

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where can I find raw manga for this

"Why would he do such a thing? He doesn't even like me. Was it a joke?"

LOL

This story is okay. Surprisingly very Japanese in the sense that the girl actively chooses to remain in her antagonistic situation rather than rebel against it. Don't see that often in this kind of overnight heiress/princess plot. Writing could be better though. Too tepid. What really annoys me though is that the high school friends were all dropped from the story without even a goodbye.

yukio eres tu? Jaja

I went ahaed and checked the raws. This is what seems to happen at the end without understanding the language. Take this with a grain of salt:

 

Story

Spoiler

>the marriage with Kento is invevitable

>Koudai loses his job as their family lawyer

>Tsumire hears about this and invites him to hang out

>she plays in the sea and got wet, they go to a hotel

>Tsumire comes out of the shower, only wrapping a towel around her body and kisses Koudai

>passionate hugging and kissing on both sides

>they somehow didn't go further because of the situation of her grandfather's company

>they go to sleep, she's crying

 

>next day, some policemen go up to Koudai (nothing dramatic, probably job related)

>Kento informs Tsumire about her grandfather's grave situation

>Kento and Tsumire drive to the hospital

>Grandfather in his last words tells something about his wife or her mother and the company "YUKI" to Tsumire

>he dies and she rushes out

>Koudai cleans up his desk at the lawyer firm

>his coworker hands him an invitation to Tsumire's wedding but refuses

 

>we see Tsumire in her wedding outfit

>she sees Koudai doing labor work on the street

>she confronts him but he pushes her away

>she smiles at him and runs away

>he was about to chase her but Kento stopped him

>she forces her cheek to form a smile with her fingers but cries

>Kento hugs her from behind

>Kento and Tsumire marries

>Koudai is at the airport

 

Last chapter

Spoiler

>time skip 4 years

>Kento and Tsumire are living together

>he wakes her up and has made breakfast

>he drives her to her college

>before she gets off the car, Kento leans in very close to her face for a kiss (but not all the way)

>she blushes but didn't reciprocate

>they both stayed still like this for a while and it turned awkward

 

>later at the company, she was about to lose a contract with an important client

>before the client goes away, Koudai comes in and convinces the client

>everyone seems to be surprised

>the client accepts and shakes hand with Tsumire

>the female workers are fawning Koudai

 

>Kento was devasted about Koudai coming back (he took it well though)

>apparently, their marriage was only PR for the media and masses (we see a filming crew)

>also it seems like her Grandfather only allowed a platonic relationship (we see the grandfather saying something but it's complete speculation on my part)

 

>Tsumire acting all tsun in the office towards Koudai

>he goes after her in the elevator

>she blushes hard

>they both talk, she's very frustrated

>Koudai is reaching both his hands out

>she grabs them and put them to her face, crying

 

>another small time skip

>she's talking to someone on her phone while heading to Koudai's (lawyer?) office

>she comes in, blushes and hugs him

>he kisses her, they both talk

>she blushes hard again

>end

 

 

I can't wait to see if this is all true though.

Oh, for . . .!  Unfollowed.  Thanks, saved me a frustrating time.

Maaaaan, just let this family burn. They're all worthless, the author doesn't seem interested in challenging the "family responsibilities" bullshit at all, and the protagonist's sole defining characteristic is that she always chooses the most pointlessly agonising route towards achieving the most tangentially supported purposes. At every single point in this story where a better heroine says "I'm gonna break the rules! You can take your expectations and shove 'em!" this character gets all hyped up, strikes a defiant pose, and says "Okay! I'll do what I'm told! I'll do what I'm told really hard! You won't even believe how fecklessly obedient I can be!" If themafiaguru's projected spoilers are remotely accurate, it seems like the rest of the story follows the same pattern. At the beginning, I was into it, because I saw all this shit being piled on and on and Tsumire trying to quietly cope with all of it, and I was looking forward to the moment she finally snaps, rejects everything, and cuts a whole new path for herself. As we get deeper and deeper in, with the shit still piling higher, I'm starting to realise that moment isn't actually coming.

You know what this reminds me of? Not the many, many shojo manga where a poor young girl suddenly becomes the heir of a massive, venerable fortune. It reminds me of a specific type of side character, in most of those stories. It reminds me of the middle-aged woman, part of the family, who starts off highly adversarial to the protagonist's unconventional, willful ways. The one who is harshly critical of the protagonist's slow progress towards becoming a Proper Lady, and acts as a low-grade roadblock in all of the protagonist's plans and schemes. The one who, at the most critical moment, finally relents, and supports the climax of the story in a small but vital way, because she too remembers being a young and desperate girl pushed into a bad situation for the family's sake, and even though she's come to accept her loveless marriage, and her role as a sacrificial pawn for the family's wealth, she looks at the protagonist now and wishes she'd had a fraction of the younger girl's courage back then, that she had held on to her dreams and ideals a little more tightly. This manga reads like that woman's backstory. That Tsumire will inevitably end up with Koudai, despite her own best efforts to make herself miserable, almost feels cheap in comparison.

I went ahaed and checked the raws. This is what seems to happen at the end without understanding the language. Take this with a grain of salt:

 

Story

 

Last chapter

 

 

I can't wait to see if this is all true though.

I normally hate this setup.  The whole girl-suddenly-an-heiress, dealing with the nasty rich family and all that, tends to piss me off--particularly, the male leads are usually a swift pain.  But Raiphin's right, this one seems pretty decent so far.

We don't have an  age check on the lawyer, but he seems pretty young; it seems he only just took over from his father as the family's lawyer, and his interactions with his fellow lawyer at his office give the impression of someone competent but still fairly new.

It's a setting Shoujo's done quite a few times before (Arakure!/Wild Ones!, to name another fun one) but the heroine seems to have a reasonable backbone and the guy (who we really need an age check on...) is neither a jerk nor Mr. Perfect.

So sure, more of this please!

hm. i'll bite.

I bet the lawyer is going to turn out to be her father

Wow. That was a staggering amount of drama packed right into the first chapter. However, the way everything flowed seemed surprisingly natural, almost (dare I say it) realistic.

Honestly, my first impression is superb. Head and shoulders stronger than the run-of-the-mill shoujo manga.