Mini Reviews: Mizutama Honey Boy vol. 1, Transmigrating Into The Male Lead’s Villainess Older Sister, After Rebirth I Became Spoiled

Title: Mizutama Honey Boy vol. 1
Author: Ike Junko
Chapters: 52 chapters + oneshot
Publication: 2014
Summary from Manga Updates:

Mei Sengoku is an independent girl and captain of her high school kendo club who enjoys helping others in need. This has earned her a lot of admirers among the girls at her school, as well as a guy named Shirou Fuji well-known at school for his girly way of speaking and gestures. When Shirou asks Mei to go out with him, she simply rejects him, but he comes back the next day and tells her he's not going to give up on her so easily.

2.5 STARS - IT WAS OKAY

MY REVIEW: 

I feel like this is a mix of Special A and Maid-sama where the main girl is book smart but slow on romance while the male lead is generally OP but quirky. The upside is that Shirou is upfront about his feelings from the get-go, and Mei is pretty quick to realize her growing feelings. However, just from knowing that this series is 10 volumes long, I can already tell that there will be a lot of love triangles, misunderstandings, and slow to confess feelings about to occur just from seeing how Mei currently acts. The fact that Shirou isn't afraid to say misleading things to guys to diffuse situations is pretty funny, too. 

However, I've read enough shoujo manga to know where this series is going to go, and I'm not interested enough in the characters to read about their relationship journey at the moment.

Title: Transmigrating Into The Male Lead’s Villainess Older Sister
Author: Zhí Dēng Yè
Chapters: 86 chapters + 3 extras
Publication: N/A
Summary from Novel Updates:

Siyu transmigrated into a manhua and became the male lead’s half-sister. The sister had a sickly fragile body, one that couldn’t even withstand a gust of wind. It’s a pity that her heart was so vicious. Over and over, she tried to kill the male and female lead. Until finally she was hated by all, deserted by everyone close, cursed by people, and died miserably alone in the rain one night.

Now the question was: how could she stay alive in peace as a sickly beautiful lady who always vomits blood for no reason and could drop dead at any time? Fortunately, Siyu soon discovered that she could see another person’s luck. So, as long as other people around her had better luck than hers, she could rely on their blessings to extend her life.

As for her….. Siyu looked into the mirror. No matter how she looked at it, the person in the mirror looked like she would die early. It’s not an exaggeration. If you’re talking about bad luck, then everyone else was tr*sh. The wave was stable; no matter how crazy she played, she wouldn’t die! (～￣▽￣)～

Until she came across a great god who was feared by everybody—

Siyu: “Don’t, don’t come near me QAQ”.

Fifth Master Lu smiled gently whilst the beads on his hand were shattered into pieces, “Run away once more, and I’ll break your leg.”

3 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

I love her brother! Their sibling relationship was so cute and funny. He's so happy to have family that cares about him that he completely disregards his cold rebellious persona and becomes a cute puppy in front of her instead. 

I also love how Siyu doesn't give up her previous job of being a webtoon artist and used her drawings to tease her brother. The irony is that he doesn't know it's her, so he becomes her biggest anti-fan because her drawings ruin his icy cold persona lmao.

Title: After Rebirth I Became Spoiled
Author: Shi Liu Yue Xi Gua
Chapters: 75 chapters + 4 extras + 1 side story
Publication: N/A
Summary from Novel Updates:

Su Meng, the tough girl who could change the light bulb and carried the bucket of the water by herself, was reborn as a teenager and got a big golden finger. She wanted to reach the pinnacle of her life by relying on gold fingers, but there seemed to be something wrong?

After rebirth, the daily life of the people around her became like this:

Female Classmate A: Look at that Su Meng, she would cry when even touched. It is really crazy.

Female Classmate B: Su Meng always has a good smell on her body.

Neighbor C: Su Meng from the house next door looks really good, just like a porcelain doll which can easily break when touched.

Neighbor D: Su Meng is so spoiled, who raised her?

The big man raised his lips and smiled evilly, “Your father, I, did what, do you have an opinion?”

2.5 STARS - IT WAS OKAY

MY REVIEW: 

The summary is kind of misleading. It was trying to sound cliched and dramatic, but only the male lead said any of those comments lol. 

This is by the same author of What If My Brother is Too Good? After finding that out, I can definitely see the similarities in writing. 

This book is a slice of life story about how Su Meng gets a second chance of life with a cheat. There's no huge problems or major face slapping moments. I thought her sister was going to be a big villain but was surprised at how mature Su Meng acted to solve that problem. The romance was pretty sweet and realistic. I like how she wasn't rushing to fall in love. However, her gold finger was never really explained, and her uncle's romance in the extras was rushed and seemed more like the author just wanted to quickly write a happy ending for him.