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¥¤¥Þ¥É¥! [Imadoki!] #3
Imadoki!: Nowadays, Vol. 3
Imadoki! (Nowadays) follows the trials and tribulations of a budding horticulturist as she makes her way down the winding road to friendship. From Yuu Watase, one of Japan's most beloved shoc;jo artists, Imadoki! packs comedic charm and heartfelt antics into an adorable bouquet of whimsical fantasy. Every club needs to take a field trip, and Tanpopo's Gardening Committee is no exception. Koki gets a tip that his elusive older brother may be living incognito in Hokkaido, so the rest of the group packs their bags and heads north with him. Tanpopo is doubly pleased because this extracurricular excursion affords her the rare opportunity to visit her former home, a very different place to the hustle and bustle of big city life. Later, when Koki's betrothed, Erika, shows up as a new transfer student, it'll take more than flowers to soothe the situation at Meio Academy.
192 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2002
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Yuu Watase
354?books1,159?followersYuu Watase (¶ÉžÓÆÓî) is a Japanese shoujo manga-ka. She is known for her works Fushigi Y¨±gi, Alice 19th, Ceres: The Celestial Legend, Fushigi Y¨±gi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend. She likes all music, except heavy metal and old traditional music.
She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for sh¨jo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Since writing her debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" ("An Intrusion in Pajamas"), Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series. Because of her frequent use of beautiful male characters in her works, she is widely regarded in circles[which?] as a bish¨nen manga artist.[citation needed] In October 2008, Watase began her first sh¨nen serialization, Arata: The Legend in Weekly Sh¨nen Sunday.
Her name is romanized as "Y? Watase" in earlier printings of Viz Media's publications of Fushigi Y¨±gi, Alice 19th, and Ceres, The Celestial Legend, while in Viz Media's Fushigi Y¨±gi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend her name is romanized as "Yuu Watase". In Chuang Yi's English-language versions of Fushigi Yugi (spelled without a macron or circumflex), her name is romanized as "Yu Watase".
She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for sh¨jo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Since writing her debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" ("An Intrusion in Pajamas"), Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series. Because of her frequent use of beautiful male characters in her works, she is widely regarded in circles[which?] as a bish¨nen manga artist.[citation needed] In October 2008, Watase began her first sh¨nen serialization, Arata: The Legend in Weekly Sh¨nen Sunday.
Her name is romanized as "Y? Watase" in earlier printings of Viz Media's publications of Fushigi Y¨±gi, Alice 19th, and Ceres, The Celestial Legend, while in Viz Media's Fushigi Y¨±gi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend her name is romanized as "Yuu Watase". In Chuang Yi's English-language versions of Fushigi Yugi (spelled without a macron or circumflex), her name is romanized as "Yu Watase".
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April 20, 2021
Imadoki!: Nowadays, Vol. 3 is the most dramatic of the bunch (so far). There will be heartbreak, there will be turmoil, and there will be blood *clap of thunder* (I'm just kidding about the last part, it is both light hearted and a tad melancholic at parts, but not gorey).
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Erika que no le gustas, deja de joder. El tema rom¨¢ntico es una cosa, pero lo de tener que abandonar el comit¨¦ verde? Hola? Fue SU idea, es SU grupo de amigos, t¨² eres una acoplada que no pinta nada chata. Que me molesta porque intento ser comprensible en todos los casos pero tengo mi l¨ªmite y sinceramente ojal¨¢ se ponga celoso el tio pq la prota se acerca m¨¢s al hermano mayor de este, idccc.
Erika que no le gustas, deja de joder. El tema rom¨¢ntico es una cosa, pero lo de tener que abandonar el comit¨¦ verde? Hola? Fue SU idea, es SU grupo de amigos, t¨² eres una acoplada que no pinta nada chata. Que me molesta porque intento ser comprensible en todos los casos pero tengo mi l¨ªmite y sinceramente ojal¨¢ se ponga celoso el tio pq la prota se acerca m¨¢s al hermano mayor de este, idccc.
September 20, 2016
This volume kicks off with Chapter:1-6.
The story is now starting to get some twists and turns in it, and the love triangle is one of the few that I can forgive. Seriously Tanpopo is a rocking character because she stands up for her friends, and doesn't give up on them after she brings them into her circle. It was awesome that she knocked the $h1t out of the philandering student council president!
Also I love her crinkely old grandpa, he's just adorable.
I'll write more when editing mode hits me.
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Ta-ta Pretties!
The story is now starting to get some twists and turns in it, and the love triangle is one of the few that I can forgive. Seriously Tanpopo is a rocking character because she stands up for her friends, and doesn't give up on them after she brings them into her circle. It was awesome that she knocked the $h1t out of the philandering student council president!
Also I love her crinkely old grandpa, he's just adorable.
I'll write more when editing mode hits me.
Have fun reading!
Ta-ta Pretties!
April 29, 2009
Mendengar kakak yang dicarinya selama ini berada di Hokkaido, Kouki bersama teman-temannya langsung pergi ke tempat tersebut. Yamazaki yang sedang mengenang masa lalu di kampung halamannya itu, tanpa sengaja bertemu dengan seorang pria asing yang ternyata adalah kakaknya Kouki, yaitu Youji yang selama ini ia cari-cari...
August 3, 2016
While I didn't like some of the characters at first, you sort of get used to them and they kind of grow on you. And wow that was quite the uh oh moment at the end. And kind of sad, especially for Tanpopo.
February 11, 2009
hwaaaaaa...
ada erika!
bikin bete!
tapi kehadiran youji buat kouki msti nyatakan cintanya!
oya, ada ouchimura yang keren abis dengan dandanan gonguro..
ada erika!
bikin bete!
tapi kehadiran youji buat kouki msti nyatakan cintanya!
oya, ada ouchimura yang keren abis dengan dandanan gonguro..
March 4, 2021
Zum Inhalt:
Mit Yuu Watase auf die Schulbank
Unsere Heldin hei? Tanpopo, was auf Japanisch L?wenzahn bedeutet. Und genauso hartn?ckig wie die Pflanze ist auch Tanpopo in allem, was sie tut. Sie hat gerade die Schule gewechselt, ist nach Tokio gezogen und geht jetzt auf die renommierte Meio-Schule. Dort lernt sie einen geheimnisvollen Jungen kennen, der gerade einen L?wenzahn einpflanzt ...
In Imadoki verkn¨¹pft Yuu Watase ("Fushigi Yuugi", "Ayashi no Ceres") geschickt Themen wie Schulalltag, Freundschaft und Liebe. Sie erz?hlt eine dramatische, mit f¨¹nf B?nden abgeschlossene Geschichte, bei der Humor und Romantik nicht zu kurz kommen.
Cover:
Das Cover hat mir auch wieder sehr gut gefallen. Dieses Mal sehen wir die f¨¹nf Freunde Arisa, Tsuki, Tanpopo, Kugyou und Kyougoku. Das passt sehr sch?n zu der wachsenden Freundschaft der Gruppe und ist auch wieder ein sehr sch?ner Vorgeschmack auf die Qualit?t der Zeichnungen von Yuu Watase.
Eigener Eindruck:
Nachdem Tanpopo erfahren hat, dass ihre Freundin Arisa vom Schulsprecher schwanger ist, begibt sich diese ins Krankenhaus, um das Baby abtreiben zu lassen. Das trifft die Freunde tief, doch Arisa ist fest entschlossen. W?hrenddessen bekommt Kugyou den Hinweis, dass sein totgelaubter Bruder sich in Tanpopos Heimat aufhalten k?nnte, was die Freunde dazu veranlasst gemeinsam dorthin zu reisen. So erfahren sie nicht nur mehr ¨¹ber Tanpopos Vergangenheit, sondern werden wirklich f¨¹ndig. Doch mit dem Auftauchen des Bruders ist die Verlobung zu Erika keinesfalls gel?st. Diese will Kugyou trotzdem heiraten und geht fortan sogar an die Schule der Freunde, um ihm n?her zu sein¡
Der dritte Teil der Reihe ?Imadoki¡° begeistert wieder mit tollen Zeichnungen im typischen Stil von Yuu Watase. Au?erdem versteht die Mangaka es die Geschichte dauerhaft spannend voran zu treiben, auch wenn die Szenen rund um Erika bi mir eher f¨¹r genervtes Aufst?hnen gesorgt haben. Ich mag diesen Charakter und die ?bertreibungen um ihn herum nicht. Davon abgesehen wird man mit tollen Hintergrundinformationen rund um Tanpopo versorgt, die wirklich interessant sind und auch die Geschichte von Kugyou und seinem Bruder ist durchaus interessant und verspricht auch weiterhin spannend zu bleiben. Vielleicht ist nun endlich die Chance f¨¹r Kugyou gekommen, um aus den Normen seines Lebens auszubrechen und endlich das zu tun, was er gern m?chte. Und auch die Randgeschichte rund um Arisa und das ungeborene Baby ist durchaus lesenswert, denn es ist ergreifend und regt zum Nachdenken an. Im Gro?en und Ganzen betrachtet ist das also wieder ein wirklich toller Teil gewesen, den ich jeden w?rmstens empfehlen kann. Ich freue mich schon auf die Fortsetzung.
Fazit:
Wieder eine sehr sch?ne und lesenswerte Fortsetzung rund um Tanpopo und Kugyou.
Idee: 5/5
Charaktere: 4/5
Logik: 4/5
Spannung: 3/5
Emotionen: 4/5
Gesamt: 4/5
Daten:
ISBN: 9783770461547
Sprache: Deutsch
Ausgabe: Buch
Umfang: 183 Seiten
Verlag: EMA - Egmont Manga und Anime
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.01.2005
Mit Yuu Watase auf die Schulbank
Unsere Heldin hei? Tanpopo, was auf Japanisch L?wenzahn bedeutet. Und genauso hartn?ckig wie die Pflanze ist auch Tanpopo in allem, was sie tut. Sie hat gerade die Schule gewechselt, ist nach Tokio gezogen und geht jetzt auf die renommierte Meio-Schule. Dort lernt sie einen geheimnisvollen Jungen kennen, der gerade einen L?wenzahn einpflanzt ...
In Imadoki verkn¨¹pft Yuu Watase ("Fushigi Yuugi", "Ayashi no Ceres") geschickt Themen wie Schulalltag, Freundschaft und Liebe. Sie erz?hlt eine dramatische, mit f¨¹nf B?nden abgeschlossene Geschichte, bei der Humor und Romantik nicht zu kurz kommen.
Cover:
Das Cover hat mir auch wieder sehr gut gefallen. Dieses Mal sehen wir die f¨¹nf Freunde Arisa, Tsuki, Tanpopo, Kugyou und Kyougoku. Das passt sehr sch?n zu der wachsenden Freundschaft der Gruppe und ist auch wieder ein sehr sch?ner Vorgeschmack auf die Qualit?t der Zeichnungen von Yuu Watase.
Eigener Eindruck:
Nachdem Tanpopo erfahren hat, dass ihre Freundin Arisa vom Schulsprecher schwanger ist, begibt sich diese ins Krankenhaus, um das Baby abtreiben zu lassen. Das trifft die Freunde tief, doch Arisa ist fest entschlossen. W?hrenddessen bekommt Kugyou den Hinweis, dass sein totgelaubter Bruder sich in Tanpopos Heimat aufhalten k?nnte, was die Freunde dazu veranlasst gemeinsam dorthin zu reisen. So erfahren sie nicht nur mehr ¨¹ber Tanpopos Vergangenheit, sondern werden wirklich f¨¹ndig. Doch mit dem Auftauchen des Bruders ist die Verlobung zu Erika keinesfalls gel?st. Diese will Kugyou trotzdem heiraten und geht fortan sogar an die Schule der Freunde, um ihm n?her zu sein¡
Der dritte Teil der Reihe ?Imadoki¡° begeistert wieder mit tollen Zeichnungen im typischen Stil von Yuu Watase. Au?erdem versteht die Mangaka es die Geschichte dauerhaft spannend voran zu treiben, auch wenn die Szenen rund um Erika bi mir eher f¨¹r genervtes Aufst?hnen gesorgt haben. Ich mag diesen Charakter und die ?bertreibungen um ihn herum nicht. Davon abgesehen wird man mit tollen Hintergrundinformationen rund um Tanpopo versorgt, die wirklich interessant sind und auch die Geschichte von Kugyou und seinem Bruder ist durchaus interessant und verspricht auch weiterhin spannend zu bleiben. Vielleicht ist nun endlich die Chance f¨¹r Kugyou gekommen, um aus den Normen seines Lebens auszubrechen und endlich das zu tun, was er gern m?chte. Und auch die Randgeschichte rund um Arisa und das ungeborene Baby ist durchaus lesenswert, denn es ist ergreifend und regt zum Nachdenken an. Im Gro?en und Ganzen betrachtet ist das also wieder ein wirklich toller Teil gewesen, den ich jeden w?rmstens empfehlen kann. Ich freue mich schon auf die Fortsetzung.
Fazit:
Wieder eine sehr sch?ne und lesenswerte Fortsetzung rund um Tanpopo und Kugyou.
Idee: 5/5
Charaktere: 4/5
Logik: 4/5
Spannung: 3/5
Emotionen: 4/5
Gesamt: 4/5
Daten:
ISBN: 9783770461547
Sprache: Deutsch
Ausgabe: Buch
Umfang: 183 Seiten
Verlag: EMA - Egmont Manga und Anime
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.01.2005
February 19, 2018
In this volume they finally track down Koki's errant brother and bring him home.Tanpopo thinks that this will put an end to Koki and Erika's engagement but is devastated when Erica decides she prefers Koki and wants to stay engaged to him. Erica not only joins the school but the planting club as well and hangs on to Koki like a leech. The main body of this volume deals with the rose exchange event - you give a red rose to the one you love and get either a white rose (your love is reciprocated) or a yellow one (for rejection) in response. Erika challenges Tampopo and suggests they both give a red rose to Koki and whoever loses has to back off from him AND quit the planting club....
Great characters, wonderful art and touching emotion. Yuu Watase proves yet again why she is one of the best shojo manga creators out there.
Great characters, wonderful art and touching emotion. Yuu Watase proves yet again why she is one of the best shojo manga creators out there.
January 1, 2020
In this edition of cute, expressive art which sometimes makes me laugh, but is buried in cliches, well, it's more of the same. This time, there's a summer trip and a festival involved, because it's legally required of shojo manga and Yuu Watase didn't want to be arrested.
This volume felt a bit more serious to me, probably because of all the drama with Koki's family and fiancee situation. There was still some goofiness and wonderful expressions, but not as much as previously.
Again, this is not a game changing volume -- if you liked the previous ones, this isn't going to be different, and if you didn't like them, then this one isn't going to turn it around for you.
This volume felt a bit more serious to me, probably because of all the drama with Koki's family and fiancee situation. There was still some goofiness and wonderful expressions, but not as much as previously.
Again, this is not a game changing volume -- if you liked the previous ones, this isn't going to be different, and if you didn't like them, then this one isn't going to turn it around for you.
November 11, 2020
How does Yuu Watase fit so much into her books?!? There are no fillers! It¡¯s nice but sometimes, I feel like the pacing is too quick!
Anyway in this volume, they find Koki¡¯s brother, but Erika still wants Koki. She even transfers school for Koki. Which leads to me question why his older brother was set to marry a teenager????
Anyway, I don¡¯t care for Erika. After they find Koki¡¯s brother, she asks about what will happen to her? She was promised to marry a Kugyo. It¡¯s been her dream.
YOUR DREAM?! Who dreams about arranged marriage at 16? Bleh. Get a life, chick.
Anyway in this volume, they find Koki¡¯s brother, but Erika still wants Koki. She even transfers school for Koki. Which leads to me question why his older brother was set to marry a teenager????
Anyway, I don¡¯t care for Erika. After they find Koki¡¯s brother, she asks about what will happen to her? She was promised to marry a Kugyo. It¡¯s been her dream.
YOUR DREAM?! Who dreams about arranged marriage at 16? Bleh. Get a life, chick.
May 1, 2018
THAT CLIFFHANGER THOUGH! Omg like aoidhsfaosdhfoahsdf. I feel bad for the fiance tbh... like she's not gonna end up with Koki just saying. As for Tanpop she's basically set. Like the author can 'pretend' that they're not gonna be a thing but like... come on, actually, they are. I also noticed this series only has 5 volumes. Meaning, that legit it's gonna end so soon. I'm not one for endings so just watch as I don't touch this series for like a year. Ya... BUT THE ENDING THO
August 28, 2023
I¡¯m so pleasantly surprised with just how much I enjoyed this volume. Watase¡¯s humor is some of my favorite in all of the manga I¡¯ve read over the past 10+ years, and it was so wicked and crude and hilarious this volume at such random moments. She balances drama and comedy really well (like with the teen pregnancy subplot) Her work is so nostalgic for me!! I really, really enjoyed this volume. What a silly little cliffhanger though, lol.
May 4, 2021
The romantic entanglements are fairly predictable. In the first and second volumes I thought the secondary characters were intense and dramatic, but they've rounded out more and I enjoy their interactions with Tanpopo and one another. Koki is slowly becoming a more complex character, although he's still mostly just the "hot guy."
October 31, 2020
I enjoy this cheesy stuff so much. This is all I needed now. Friendship, the wanting and longing. Okay, it has a triangle but not cheating so I'm okay with this. Also, Rose exchange!! This is getting so dramatic. I love it. And that cliffhanger, so bad.
July 29, 2018
Loved it so much!
February 3, 2019
Okay, I'm getting bored again. Good for Arisa for making a choice that she feels she could live with though!!!
February 27, 2019
Spoiler:
Ends on a cliffhanger, so make sure you have the next book!
Ends on a cliffhanger, so make sure you have the next book!
April 29, 2019
Oh my goshhhhh! It¡¯s getting so good! Way more drama in this volume and definitely more dislike for this one character and lots of ¡°omg¡± moments! Enjoyed this and ready for volume 4! ??
July 17, 2019
Eeep, such a cliffhanger! Dramatic dramatic. Our characters are facing such issues. Honestly, I don't know what to say that isn't a spoiler.
December 6, 2019
3,5 stars
December 23, 2019
Erika is one of the few rivals that I both hate and love. Each time she intervenes between Koki and Tanpopo, I wanted to scream!
October 9, 2020
wow can i say LOVE TRIANGLE
February 2, 2022
Volume yang paling dramatis. Saya pengen ninju Erika bukan karena dia pelakor atau gimana, tapi dia tuh labil banget sksksjgsjak
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May 9, 2022
There are more volumes but fortunately I don't have them!
January 24, 2023
*4.5 stars
January 28, 2025
The friend group gets to travel to Tampopo¡¯s home and we are finally seeing development in the love department of this manga. I don¡¯t want to spoil it, but agh Erica is so annoying!!
February 18, 2025
2.5/5
again, good and cute, this is where things get insane though. The Erika plot is crazy but like sure, the Yoji plot is just insane but.
again, good and cute, this is where things get insane though. The Erika plot is crazy but like sure, the Yoji plot is just insane but.
March 1, 2017
I'm hooked.
May 27, 2014
Koki receives news of his elder brother that has been missing for two years, leaving all his troubles and responsibilities on Koki during that time, including his frail fiancee, Erika. But according to Koki's sources, Yoji, his brother, has been spotted in Tanpopo's hometown of Hokkaido! Koki is immediately ready to go and on his way with Tanpopo right behind him, and the entire Planting Club behind her. Even though they find Yoji and take him back home, that doesn't take any of the heat off of Koki, especially when Erika says she wants to stay betrothed to Koki, not Yoji! But to make matters worse for both Koki and Tanpopo, Erika transfers to their school and challenges Tanpopo. The Planting Club is holding an event where you give your crush a red rose and they will give you either a white or yellow rose as an answer, the colors matching the exact meaning of the flowers in real life. Erika proposes to Tanpopo that both of them should give him their red rose, and whomever he gives a yellow rose to, thus denying them, that person must quit the Planting Club and never speak to Koki again. But when Erika plays dirty, it'll take a lot more than jars and flower petals to win this game!
Ooh! Erika is the worst! She acts all sweet and frail but she is really a conniving little greedy brat! Ah, but I love that idea with the roses. It really made me want to buy or grow some and 'mm, I can smell them. <3 Their silk-like petals, their fragrance that makes you think of candlelit nights in the coziest of homes with your lover, or a garden rich with love, or even a rose water bath. Ahh, I want roses now. Q.Q Somebody- buy me roses! Please?! <3
And on a different note, I suppose Uchimura isn't so bad. I guess she's kind of just a character that one must give time to grow on ya'. And she really does look better without all that makeup, oh my God. ._.
P.S. YOJI MAKES MY HEART GO DOKI DOKI. <3 AAHHH, I LOVE HIIMMMM~ <3 <3 <3 !!!!
Ooh! Erika is the worst! She acts all sweet and frail but she is really a conniving little greedy brat! Ah, but I love that idea with the roses. It really made me want to buy or grow some and 'mm, I can smell them. <3 Their silk-like petals, their fragrance that makes you think of candlelit nights in the coziest of homes with your lover, or a garden rich with love, or even a rose water bath. Ahh, I want roses now. Q.Q Somebody- buy me roses! Please?! <3
And on a different note, I suppose Uchimura isn't so bad. I guess she's kind of just a character that one must give time to grow on ya'. And she really does look better without all that makeup, oh my God. ._.
P.S. YOJI MAKES MY HEART GO DOKI DOKI. <3 AAHHH, I LOVE HIIMMMM~ <3 <3 <3 !!!!
September 20, 2015
The third volume of Imadoki! introduces Yoji, Koki's no-longer-missing older brother, Erika transfers to Meio, and the planting club hosts a rose exchange event - Tanpopo and Erika agree that whoever receives the yellow rose of rejection from Koki must quit the club.
I'm not sure Koki needed an older brother for this story to be effective; the conflict with Erika is poignant regardless of whose fiancee she originally was. Koki would still have the option to choose between his familial obligations and his own feelings. Yoji, so far, has been too coincidental - he happens to be near Tanpopo's hometown. He happens to show up at just the right moment during the rose festival. He happens to look a whole lot like Koki. The more coincidences that pop up, the harder his character is to believe.
That aside, I like the complications given to Arisa's character; she has evolved far beyond the "screw off" mentality she had in the previous volume. Erika could use a little further development; I can't tell if she actually loves Koki, or if this is a game to her.
The plot flows nicely and story line moves at a good pace - it reads neither too fast nor too slow. The artwork is beautiful and I especially love this cover.
I'm not sure Koki needed an older brother for this story to be effective; the conflict with Erika is poignant regardless of whose fiancee she originally was. Koki would still have the option to choose between his familial obligations and his own feelings. Yoji, so far, has been too coincidental - he happens to be near Tanpopo's hometown. He happens to show up at just the right moment during the rose festival. He happens to look a whole lot like Koki. The more coincidences that pop up, the harder his character is to believe.
That aside, I like the complications given to Arisa's character; she has evolved far beyond the "screw off" mentality she had in the previous volume. Erika could use a little further development; I can't tell if she actually loves Koki, or if this is a game to her.
The plot flows nicely and story line moves at a good pace - it reads neither too fast nor too slow. The artwork is beautiful and I especially love this cover.
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