Series Review: Takane & Hana Vol. 1-18 ~ Yuki Shiwasu

 

 

 

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Format I Used: E-book
Pages: Various
My Rating: 4 stars overall
Publication Date: Various

 

So this is my review for the overall series and how it made me feel. 

 

There might be spoilers, SO READ ON AT YOUR OWN RISK

I put off reading this series for F O R E V E R because the huge underage age gap made me feel icky. But I'm trying to reach a new reading goal for the year, and 18 books makes a H U G E dent in that.

The age gap was still really weird to me, but I actually ended up enjoying this story much more than I originally thought I was going to. Like, it was surprisingly wholesome. Hana was freaking hilarious, and I want to be as sarcastic as her when I grow up lol. She wasn't afraid to put Takane in his place faster than a blink, and that stayed the same throughout the whole story.

Takane was such a child, and he had a lot of growing up to do. It was super nice to see his character development, and learn some humility (a litttttttle bit anyway). He was definitely giving me Daoming Si from Meteor Garden vibes... Except, you know, a LOT less violent.

The expressions that the characters made throughout the entire series were both hilarious and ridiculous (mostly the faces that Takane and Hana made at each other) It had me in tears from laughing every once in a while.

My favorite characters were Nicola and Okamon. They were literally the best. Little Hiromi was also adorable.

I do wish that we'd gotten a little more closer at the end for some of the other characters. It just felt a tiny bit rushed to me at the very end.

I was so glad to see that there wasn't some (real) big heartbreaking scandal/drama that threatened to tear Takane and Hana apart. They had their rocky moments, but the Big Bad Thing that I was expecting to happen didn't, and that made me so happy. And Mr. Soten Takaba, that wily old man. I was thinking he'd be the biggest wrench in their plans, but he wasn't!

Overall, I'm glad that I read this series, it's funny and wholesome, and definitely worth a read through