Title: Me & My Brothers
Author: Hari Tokeino
Volumes Reviewed: 11 (complete)
Publisher: Tokyopop
Release Date: July 2007 - March 2010
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance
Content Rating: Teen (kissing, thematic elements)
Format Read: Paperback
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Summary (from Volume 1):
One Lost Girl + Four Confused Brothers = A Whole Lotta Wackiness!
When Sakura, a fourteen-year-old orphaned girl, discovers she has four half-brothers, her world is turned upside down as they're all forced to live under one roof...
From international manga-ka Hari Tokeino comes a manga series that shows you can't choose your family--even though sometimes you might want to!
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Me & My Brothers is an 11-volume teen romance series about forbidden love and family drama that follows the junior high/high school life of a girl who goes to live with her surprise four older stepbrothers and falls for the late-twenties oldest. Despite the 11-year age gap and whole falling in love with your (albeit unrelated by blood) brother issues, it's a sweet, first-love romance with a little awkwardness but all the cuteness.
Although Sakura's petite form and innocent nature made it difficult to accept her teen age, she had a kind of maturity that somewhat balanced out brother/romantic interest Masashi's immaturity and narrowed the mental age gap to make them a more acceptable couple. Meanwhile, cross-dressing romance novelist Masashi had quite the smothering sister complex and a penchant for appearing and acting more like Sakura's young mother than a romantic interest, but he was highly responsible and looked after his siblings with a fierce if easily over-excitable passion that you couldn't help adoring him for. The other three brothers, while they did have one or two focal chapters each, were sadly mostly relegated to supportive background parts. Still, they played important emotional roles in Sakura's growth and reining in the (initially underage) romance, and what little time they did get to shine was some of the best. (I really would've liked more Takeshi, though.)
Despite heavier subjects of parental loss, sibling separation, and unknown/found birth fathers, Me & My Brothers is an uplifting story of love and family. As the author's first series the art is a little sketchy, but the characters are amusingly expressive and I enjoyed all the side and background doodles. Recommend for romance lovers who don't mind a wide age gap (as long as it's legal).
*Purchase Note: This series is currently out of print, but as of December 2019 volumes are still available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble Marketplace, and RightStuf - links at top.
Me & My Brothers is an 11-volume teen romance series about forbidden love and family drama that follows the junior high/high school life of a girl who goes to live with her surprise four older stepbrothers and falls for the late-twenties oldest. Despite the 11-year age gap and whole falling in love with your (albeit unrelated by blood) brother issues, it's a sweet, first-love romance with a little awkwardness but all the cuteness.
Although Sakura's petite form and innocent nature made it difficult to accept her teen age, she had a kind of maturity that somewhat balanced out brother/romantic interest Masashi's immaturity and narrowed the mental age gap to make them a more acceptable couple. Meanwhile, cross-dressing romance novelist Masashi had quite the smothering sister complex and a penchant for appearing and acting more like Sakura's young mother than a romantic interest, but he was highly responsible and looked after his siblings with a fierce if easily over-excitable passion that you couldn't help adoring him for. The other three brothers, while they did have one or two focal chapters each, were sadly mostly relegated to supportive background parts. Still, they played important emotional roles in Sakura's growth and reining in the (initially underage) romance, and what little time they did get to shine was some of the best. (I really would've liked more Takeshi, though.)
Despite heavier subjects of parental loss, sibling separation, and unknown/found birth fathers, Me & My Brothers is an uplifting story of love and family. As the author's first series the art is a little sketchy, but the characters are amusingly expressive and I enjoyed all the side and background doodles. Recommend for romance lovers who don't mind a wide age gap (as long as it's legal).
Bonus Stories: Many of the volumes include bonus stories - some about the holidays, some about blossoming love, all sweet and not to be missed!
*Purchase Note: This series is currently out of print, but as of December 2019 volumes are still available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble Marketplace, and RightStuf - links at top.
Scribble Rating:
4 of 5 Scribbles
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