The Bi-atch ain't so bad after all...

One of the mangas that I am currently reading (and absolutely ADORE) is Hana to Akuma. This manga satisfies the shojou-fan in me. Basically, for those of you who do not know, this story revolves around Demon Vivi and the human girl Hana. Vivi was originally from the Underworld but, as most demons nowadays, got bored and so traveled up to Earth (towing his poor butler with him). He then lived in Earth quietly when all of a sudden, one day an unexpected package was dropped off at his front door. This “package” was a baby girl. Vivi (who was still bored as hell) figured that this human could very well prove to be entertaining and therefore, took her in. She was given the name ‘Hana’ because her smile was like that of a flower. 14 years speed by and Hana is still living with Vivi, her feelings for him turning into love, though it takes her a long time to realize this (same can be said to Vivi -_-).

The most current chapter (chap 45) had me squealing a la fangirl, yet also feeling somewhat sad for one of the characters. One character who has been added to many Hana x Vivi fan’s hit list is Rosemary, Vivi’s fiancé from the Underworld. She is stuck up, greedy, and only wishes to marry Vivi for status. Or so it appears. Up until now, most readers felt that Rosemary was nothing but a gold digger. However, it has been shown that despite her brashness, and lust for power, Rosemary does indeed hold feelings of love for Vivi. As it turns out, Rosemary’s family had been dishonored and so it was up to her as a child to regain the family’s honor. So young Rosemary studied harder than any other demon child, hoping to make her father happy. Yet she forever placed second on school exams, Vivi constantly outdoing her. Yet despite holding the top two positions in the school, Vivi never knew who Rosemary was-he simply was not interested in her. Rosemary took this as Vivi being cocky and so strove harder to beat him, and eventually this mission became one to make Vivi look at her. And one day he did. But not under her conditions.

The first time Vivi laid eyes on Rosemary was when the two were introduced to be engaged. Enraged at the fact that the first time Vivi looked at her was because of her family, Rosemary began to loathe him…as well as begin to love him.

In this chapter, Vivi breaks off his engagement with Rosemary, his reason being that “Hana cried and asked [him] not to.” Despite her efforts to stop him from leaving, telling Vivi that she is aiming to marry the Demon King (as Vivi is said to be the next candidate to succeed the current Demon King-who kicks ass, btw), Vivi still leaves her and heads to look for Hana, who snuck into the Demon World to prevent Vivi from marrying Rosemary-an agreement that Vivi made with the Demon King in order to protect Hana.

So yea. This chapter kinda made us anti-Rosemary fans feel a bit sorry for her. She wasn’t as pig headed and self-serving as we all thought she was. Her feelings for Vivi are actually genuine. Poor chick. Ah well, despite this I am still a hardcore Vivi x Hana fan-they are just too CUTE~~ (insert fan squeal here).

So now the question lies: what will happen to Hana and Vivi now that Vivi has broken off the engagement? How will Mr. Smexy Demon King react? I doubt he is gonna let this slide easily-plus he enjoys tormenting Vivi! Odds are he will have some fun before the pair head off on their merry way. As for Rosemary, I can only hope that she finds someone who loves her dearly. Maybe that annoying cat-fanatic of a demon…those two would make a good match, seeing they both “hate” Vivi. *Shrugs* I dunno. Well, that’s my first review for this world. Till next time

Ja ne

~GD~

Oh, and for those of you who wanna read Hana to Akuma from the beginning, here ya go: http://www.mangafox.com/manga/hana_to_akuma/