Thursday, December 12, 2013

Sweet Rein, v. 1 by Sakura Tsukuba

Sweet Rein, v. 1 by Sakura Tsukuba - 191 pages

Imagine Kurumi Sagara's surprise when she is suddenly tied at the wrist to a strange boy that bumped into her while she was walking down the street.  Even more surprising is his story that she is a Santa and he is her reindeer.  He calls her master and asks for her bidding.  Shockingly, it turns out to be true.  Now Kurumi is attached to Kaito - trying to deliver presents to the kids in her district for Christmas.

The first story in the book gives the setup written above.  The second story is about sick kid Mamoru who Kurumi tries to arrange a miracle for.  The third story sets up the beginnings of a romance between Kurumi and Kaito.

The book also includes a short manga by Tsukuba called Sweet Bite Mark about a vampire who discovers he has a young daughter.

I picked up this manga as it was Christmas themed.  I haven't found too many holiday themed graphic novels other than Manga Klaus about a samurai Santa fighting evil ninja teddy bears.  This is obviously a much sweeter Christmas story.  It was also different in that it portrays "Santa" in the summer in two of the stories.  While it was a cute story, I'm not sure that I care enough to continue through the series.

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