Mizushiro Setona - Million Dollar Woman (Chi. trans.)
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Natsumi's older brother borrowed giant sums of money from a rather shady business, and now that he can't repay the loan, the mob intends to take Natsumi to be their boss' son's woman. But it turns out that Natsumi is actually the son Hagane's sempai, and he's had a crush on her for a while.
This sounds like it should be so much sketchier than it is, and although there are some awkward moments as Natsumi moves into Hagane's apartment (!!), Hagane overall refuses to have Natsumi pay back the loan via physical favors, thank goodness. It's a rather slight story, but I liked that Natsumi had a say in what happened to her, and I am still rather amazed at how not-sketchy it ended up being. Also, Hagane's butler/valet is sort of hilarious—afterward, he pines because Hagane no longer spends much time with him, even though he was the one pushing Hagane to go after Natsumi.
The other shorts after this were largely forgettable, although I remember that they were rather melancholy and slice-of-life-ish, and that I kept thinking that they would go one place when they went another.
The art is also much closer to Mizushiro's 1999nen than to the later After School Nightmare.
Not bad, but probably also not necessary unless you're a completist.
Natsumi's older brother borrowed giant sums of money from a rather shady business, and now that he can't repay the loan, the mob intends to take Natsumi to be their boss' son's woman. But it turns out that Natsumi is actually the son Hagane's sempai, and he's had a crush on her for a while.
This sounds like it should be so much sketchier than it is, and although there are some awkward moments as Natsumi moves into Hagane's apartment (!!), Hagane overall refuses to have Natsumi pay back the loan via physical favors, thank goodness. It's a rather slight story, but I liked that Natsumi had a say in what happened to her, and I am still rather amazed at how not-sketchy it ended up being. Also, Hagane's butler/valet is sort of hilarious—afterward, he pines because Hagane no longer spends much time with him, even though he was the one pushing Hagane to go after Natsumi.
The other shorts after this were largely forgettable, although I remember that they were rather melancholy and slice-of-life-ish, and that I kept thinking that they would go one place when they went another.
The art is also much closer to Mizushiro's 1999nen than to the later After School Nightmare.
Not bad, but probably also not necessary unless you're a completist.