Ashita no Ousama Vol.2

Synopsis:

Maki who came to Yuu's apartment looking for her, caught Touya coming out out nonchalantly. Yuu who went over to Garandou saw the stranger (the girl at Touya's house the day before) talking to Shougo, trying to persuade him to make Touya give up theatre & be a TV actor (a celebrity) instead. The stranger is actually Kina, a famous model. An old girlfriend of Touya??

Meanwhile, Shougo gave Yuu a task to do - turn a rough plot into a full script. However, after a couple of tries, Shougo discarded her work, and told her to redo it. Finally, he told the actors to act it out and let Yuu see her mistakes in her scripts. The words she wrote does not flow as well as she has imagined. Not giving up, Yuu, re-writes the script again, this time with Touya's help (who came over to Garandou for a visit). In the end, Shougo consider the script as a PASS. He then told Yuu to direct it!!! At the same time, Touya is set to be appearing in a TV drama (seems like Kina got her way after all). At the same time, Garandou's lead actress Misore, is set to go to New York, meaning that Yuu does not have a lead for her production! Although after pulling in (loaning) actresses from other companies, Yuu is dissatisfied with all of them. One day in the university campus, she caught sight of a student - and asked her to act in her play! The girl, Ohara finally agrees, after much persuading, and rehearsal went on. Yuu's first play was a moderate success!

Touya got more & more popular as his TV shows aired. Many reporters wanted to dig for gossips about him. Although Kina was adamant that Touya leave the stageworld and concentrate on TV & films, Touya misses the theatre. He promised that he will act in the play which Yuu writes for him in the future - The Age-changing Mountain Pass.

A message left on Touya's phone by Yuu was deleted by Kina. Yuu continues to try to write the script for Touya's play, although it is not progressing well. At the same time, Ohara met Misore (who came back from New York) for the first time, and realizes that she have a huge rival in front of her. Touya and Yuu met & talked about their insecurities - Touya in his acting, & Yuu with her script.

The rivalry between Ohara & Misore heated up for the new play, The Dinasour Bones. Being the lead actress in the company, Misore kept bullying Ohara, however this only serves to fire Ohara's spirit and improved her acting as the rivalry goes on. Yuu on the sidelines saw this as a positive action by Misore. She realizes that talent can't only be nurtured with sweet words. On a trip to the TV station, Yuu met Touya who seems to have lost interest in stage plays (he always like to go watch Garandou's plays, but brushes it off this time). 1 week before the debut, Shougo decided to leave all directing to Yuu! And Kina suddenly became Touya's manager! Although displeased that she gave up her modelling career for it, Touya had to just accept the fact.

The Garandou play was a resounding success as usual. Touya did not come. after the play, Yuu overheard an argument between Misore & Shougo. Turns out that Misore was angry at Shougo for pushing her away from Garandou. But Shougo just did not want to stunt Misore's growth as an actress. A talk with Shougo later on leads to a question for Yuu - does she love Touya?

Review:

Wow....this is one of the hardest synopsis I have to write among all the mangas. I wonder why....

The thing about this manga is that there are moments of brilliance, but at other times, it is quite boring. The only character that attracts me are Yuu, Touya, and sometimes - Shougo. All the side characters are incredibly boring. In fact, I can't even remember any of their names and had t0 refer back to the manga while writing this synopsis.

I like it enough to continue updating myself with the release of the scanlations, but do I really really like it as much as other mangas like Glass Mask, Ouran, Skip Beat etc? Not even close.....if I have to rate it, I'll say barely above average.

Labels: Ashita no Ousama

Posted at 12:41 AM