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A White Rose in Bloom, Vol. 2

A White Rose in Bloom, Vol. 2

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  • Create Date：2022-03-05 09:51:44
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Asumiko Nakamura
  • ISBN：1648272827
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Summary

A yuri story about romance between girls from the creator of the modern BL classic Classmates: Dou kyu sei！

Ruby is a student at an elite European boarding school。 Things are going pretty well for her until she finds out that she won't be able to go home at Christmas。 Instead， she'll be stuck at school with only one other student--the aloof and beautiful Steph--for company。 As Ruby tries to understand Steph， she becomes more and more interested in the other girl。 But can she break through Steph's icy exterior？

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Mark ，

Ruby and Liz get a time-out for a little reflection that might thaw their relationship just a little。 Or not。 Steph learns the truth of Ruby’s situation， but even she might struggle to overcome the frilly doom about to be visited upon her friend…Now I get it。 Sometimes it just takes a second volume， you know？ I didn’t dislike the first volume of this series， but it was an odd sort of duck。 Not necessarily in a bad way， but I couldn’t quite get my head around it。No such issues this time， where th Ruby and Liz get a time-out for a little reflection that might thaw their relationship just a little。 Or not。 Steph learns the truth of Ruby’s situation， but even she might struggle to overcome the frilly doom about to be visited upon her friend…Now I get it。 Sometimes it just takes a second volume， you know？ I didn’t dislike the first volume of this series， but it was an odd sort of duck。 Not necessarily in a bad way， but I couldn’t quite get my head around it。No such issues this time， where the story just bops along with all-girls-school melodrama and churning emotions and eeeeevil parents that make it feel more like a period drama than ever before。 With girl crushes。Let’s not neglect the art， which is stunning and far better than I gave it credit for last time。 There’s a curved reflection shot in a glass that is gorgeous in its subtlety and the dynamic expressions and poses on display are a treat and a half。 The emoting in this manga is some of the best I have ever seen。Even the things in a story like this that would normally drive me bonkers - Liz and Steph’s relationship as non-blood-related sisters is taken exactly where it looked like it was headed - just feels like part of the sweep of the whole thing。And talk about bad manga dads。 When a classmate’s innocent joke proves to be horribly true， Ruby is caught between her dad and her scholarship， with Steph stuck in the middle。 Does the boneheaded notion that ‘you’ll change when you meet boys’ get brought up？ Bad。 Manga。 Dad。 He’s more balanced than that， but I spent a lot of this volume glaring at him， so he still gets the title。Of course， one man can’t hope to stand up to wily teenage girls with pluck and the solution to the problem is as grand a gesture as anything else， culminating in a lesson learned and one savage fake-out that I had completely fallen for。The romance， such as it is， is very understated。 I thought this was a two volume series， but it’s listed as ongoing， which is great because it feels like it’s barely even started。 Definitely where Steph and Ruby are concerned， though things are starting to pick up steam。 Steph is thawing that little bit and Ruby is， well， very Ruby。All the leads get a lot more to do and to be this time around， whether it’s Ruby and Steph arguing over Ruby’s dad （Ruby， anybody who makes you wear that many frills IS evil） or the Ruby and Liz “friendship”， which gets a lot more development here and is one of my favourite pairings in this entire series。 Everybody is getting more nuanced and that makes for a better story。It has laughs， it has heart， it has tsundere， it has familial relations， it has a heavy deadline weighing on our heroine （who cannot seem to keep from flying through the air）。 If it ends here， it is actually a very satisfying two book arc， just low on the romance scale。 Thankfully it seems like it’ll keep going。4。5 stars - let’s just give it the 5， romance not even needed。 It’s all the wild of the first volume， perfectly distilled to a great take on the traditional yuri boarding school。 I love when my expectations are met， and I love it even more when they’re exceeded。 。。。more

D ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 You know how I said after reading the first volume that I haven't arrived at that moment yet where I'm feeling both of the characters together？ Like I like them both separately* but I wasn't sure I was buying the idea of their attraction to each other yet。 Well volume 2 delivered that in spades。 *I like Ruby the best so guess who was super happy when they found out the toranoana benefit was a Ruby illustration card？ In volume 2 we see Ruby's father come in and try to take custody of his daughte You know how I said after reading the first volume that I haven't arrived at that moment yet where I'm feeling both of the characters together？ Like I like them both separately* but I wasn't sure I was buying the idea of their attraction to each other yet。 Well volume 2 delivered that in spades。 *I like Ruby the best so guess who was super happy when they found out the toranoana benefit was a Ruby illustration card？ In volume 2 we see Ruby's father come in and try to take custody of his daughter。 Ruby is basically put under house arrest while Steph visits daily to help her study for the upcoming exam。 There's some talk about the politics of divorce and how Ruby's father was breaking the law in keeping his daughter basically hostage at home。 Again， there's that sense of realism （not the nitty gritty but more of， focusing on the mundane details that normally would have been too boring for classical yuri stories to have cared show） in the book which I do like since it gives us something new。 Ruby's insistence that her father is a good person despite maybe pushing the law a bit in trying to take his daughter away is so Ruby， and I really love that scene where Liz goes， 'Well he gave you that goodnight kiss。 He seems like a good dad。' Because Ruby needed that reassurance， I forgive you for being such a brat in the earlier volume for that， Liz。 Ruby in her frilly civilian clothes is also super cute ☺But most of all， we finally start seeing the chinks in Steph's armour and that's totally when I start buying into the two of them together。 The last scene with the two of them is super cute。 I look forward to the next installment with more hopes and enthusiasm than before。 。。。more

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