Stepping on Roses | |
裸足でバラを踏め (Hadashi de Bara o Fume) | |
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Genre | Romance [1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Rinko Ueda |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Margaret |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 2007 – March 19, 2012 |
Volumes | 9 |
Stepping on Roses ( Japanese: 裸足でバラを踏め, Hepburn: Hadashi de Bara o Fume, lit. "Stepping on Roses Barefoot") is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Rinko Ueda. The series began serialization in Margaret magazine in 2007 and completed its run in the March 19, 2012 issue of the same magazine. The individual chapters have been collected into eight tankōbon volumes by Shueisha as of March 2012; the first on April 25, 2008 and the most recent on October 25, 2011. [2] [3] The series has been licensed by Viz Media for an English-language North American release as part of their Shojo Beat imprint.
During the year Meiji 25 (1892,) Sumi Kitamura is penniless and her brother Eisuke, a womanizer and gambler, constantly leaves them in debt while bringing even more orphaned children home to feed. When her adopted sister, Tomi, becomes ill, Sumi finds that no doctors will help her as they are poor and no one is willing to give her money for medicine to save Tomi. Then as Sumi is crying on the road a handsome man gives her a handkerchief and some money, telling her to stop crying as smiles beckon happiness into her life before disappearing. Later a debt collector turns up at Sumi's house demanding 2000 yen. Eisuke is nowhere to be found and it is revealed that he had been making advances on the debt collector's wife. The man says that he will take away all of Sumi's younger siblings and sell them into slavery. Desperate to save her siblings, Sumi goes to the red light district in an attempt to raise the money in one night. Just when she thinks there's no more hope, a man named Soichiro Ashida appears and says that he will buy her. Sumi goes with him only to find that he was paying her to marry him! They immediately go to the church and afterwards he says that he'll pay for anything she could possibly want, but she has to marry him and not fall for him and that he will never love her. Sumi agrees and they get married.
Written and drawn by Rinko Ueda, the Stepping on Roses manga began serialization in the shōjo manga magazine Margaret in 2007. [n 1] It was announced that Stepping on Roses would conclude in the February 20, 2012 issue of Margaret, [4] but the chapter was pushed back one issue to the March 19 issue. [5] At their panel at Anime Expo 2009, Viz Media announced they had licensed the series for North America as part of their Shojo Beat imprint. [6] [7]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North America release date | North America ISBN |
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01 | April 25, 2008 [2] | 978-4-08-846283-7 | April 6, 2010 [8] | 1-4215-3182-8 |
02 | August 25, 2008 [9] | 978-4-08-846322-3 | July 6, 2010 [10] | 1-4215-3183-6 |
03 | November 25, 2008 [11] | 978-4-08-846351-3 | October 2010 [12] | 1-4215-3237-9 |
04 | April 24, 2009 [13] | 978-4-08-846398-8 | January 2011 [14] | 1-4215-3593-9 |
05 | March 25, 2010 [15] | 978-4-08-846504-3 | April 2011 [16] | 1-4215-3942-X |
06 | September 24, 2010 [17] | 978-4-08-846567-8 | July 5, 2011 [18] | 1-4215-3976-4 |
07 | May 24, 2011 [19] | 978-4-08-846644-6 | March 6, 2012 | 978-1-4215-4175-4 |
08 | October 25, 2011 [3] | 978-4-08-846707-8 | October 2, 2012 [20] | 978-1-4215-4313-0 |
09 | April 24, 2012 [21] | 978-4-08-846765-8 | February 5, 2013 | 1-4215-5080-6 |
The series is also being adapted as a light novel, that runs in Cobalt. [22]
Deb Aoki of About.com says of the first volume that while it glosses over its Meiji Era setting's "not-so-pretty aspects", the approach works for what Ueda is doing. Overall, Aoki seems to like the series, calling it a "charming and unapologetically romantic story that will make you smile." [23] Mania.com's Julie Opipari mentions that while the series is like a Harlequin novel, which could be off-putting for some readers, it drew her into the story. She also mentions that occasionally the melodrama is a bit much, but that she "can't wait to find out" what will happen next. [24]
Volume two of the Viz edition of the manga was number 10 on the New York Times manga best-seller list in its first week of release. [25] The third and fourth volumes were ranked number 8 on the same list in their first week of release. [26] [27] The fifth volume of the Viz's English release of the series ranked 6th in its first week of publication. [28]
Stepping on Roses | |
裸足でバラを踏め (Hadashi de Bara o Fume) | |
---|---|
Genre | Romance [1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Rinko Ueda |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Margaret |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 2007 – March 19, 2012 |
Volumes | 9 |
Stepping on Roses ( Japanese: 裸足でバラを踏め, Hepburn: Hadashi de Bara o Fume, lit. "Stepping on Roses Barefoot") is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Rinko Ueda. The series began serialization in Margaret magazine in 2007 and completed its run in the March 19, 2012 issue of the same magazine. The individual chapters have been collected into eight tankōbon volumes by Shueisha as of March 2012; the first on April 25, 2008 and the most recent on October 25, 2011. [2] [3] The series has been licensed by Viz Media for an English-language North American release as part of their Shojo Beat imprint.
During the year Meiji 25 (1892,) Sumi Kitamura is penniless and her brother Eisuke, a womanizer and gambler, constantly leaves them in debt while bringing even more orphaned children home to feed. When her adopted sister, Tomi, becomes ill, Sumi finds that no doctors will help her as they are poor and no one is willing to give her money for medicine to save Tomi. Then as Sumi is crying on the road a handsome man gives her a handkerchief and some money, telling her to stop crying as smiles beckon happiness into her life before disappearing. Later a debt collector turns up at Sumi's house demanding 2000 yen. Eisuke is nowhere to be found and it is revealed that he had been making advances on the debt collector's wife. The man says that he will take away all of Sumi's younger siblings and sell them into slavery. Desperate to save her siblings, Sumi goes to the red light district in an attempt to raise the money in one night. Just when she thinks there's no more hope, a man named Soichiro Ashida appears and says that he will buy her. Sumi goes with him only to find that he was paying her to marry him! They immediately go to the church and afterwards he says that he'll pay for anything she could possibly want, but she has to marry him and not fall for him and that he will never love her. Sumi agrees and they get married.
Written and drawn by Rinko Ueda, the Stepping on Roses manga began serialization in the shōjo manga magazine Margaret in 2007. [n 1] It was announced that Stepping on Roses would conclude in the February 20, 2012 issue of Margaret, [4] but the chapter was pushed back one issue to the March 19 issue. [5] At their panel at Anime Expo 2009, Viz Media announced they had licensed the series for North America as part of their Shojo Beat imprint. [6] [7]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North America release date | North America ISBN |
---|---|---|---|---|
01 | April 25, 2008 [2] | 978-4-08-846283-7 | April 6, 2010 [8] | 1-4215-3182-8 |
02 | August 25, 2008 [9] | 978-4-08-846322-3 | July 6, 2010 [10] | 1-4215-3183-6 |
03 | November 25, 2008 [11] | 978-4-08-846351-3 | October 2010 [12] | 1-4215-3237-9 |
04 | April 24, 2009 [13] | 978-4-08-846398-8 | January 2011 [14] | 1-4215-3593-9 |
05 | March 25, 2010 [15] | 978-4-08-846504-3 | April 2011 [16] | 1-4215-3942-X |
06 | September 24, 2010 [17] | 978-4-08-846567-8 | July 5, 2011 [18] | 1-4215-3976-4 |
07 | May 24, 2011 [19] | 978-4-08-846644-6 | March 6, 2012 | 978-1-4215-4175-4 |
08 | October 25, 2011 [3] | 978-4-08-846707-8 | October 2, 2012 [20] | 978-1-4215-4313-0 |
09 | April 24, 2012 [21] | 978-4-08-846765-8 | February 5, 2013 | 1-4215-5080-6 |
The series is also being adapted as a light novel, that runs in Cobalt. [22]
Deb Aoki of About.com says of the first volume that while it glosses over its Meiji Era setting's "not-so-pretty aspects", the approach works for what Ueda is doing. Overall, Aoki seems to like the series, calling it a "charming and unapologetically romantic story that will make you smile." [23] Mania.com's Julie Opipari mentions that while the series is like a Harlequin novel, which could be off-putting for some readers, it drew her into the story. She also mentions that occasionally the melodrama is a bit much, but that she "can't wait to find out" what will happen next. [24]
Volume two of the Viz edition of the manga was number 10 on the New York Times manga best-seller list in its first week of release. [25] The third and fourth volumes were ranked number 8 on the same list in their first week of release. [26] [27] The fifth volume of the Viz's English release of the series ranked 6th in its first week of publication. [28]