Let me get this straight first- i usually dont read josei romance manga. What the hell, I generally only like manga that has a bunch of random crap . . . so when I found myself captivated by manga, I surprised myself. However, now that I've finished reading Gold, I don't see why I was so surprised. In fact, I should be ashamed of assuming that all romance manga were cliche and crappy. While Gold undoubtedly has cliche moments, the plot is definitely unique, and the characters help make it a lot better- bad guys included. However, I still love how realistic it remains and now I'm wondering if I'm only this excited because I don't read that much josei romance mangas and don't know what to expect. But then again, it's not like I havent tried them before. . .

I really mean it- the characters and the story, after you read a bit, will keep you hooked. Even if you find a way to abandon it and leave it aside, theres a constant nagging in the back of your head that screams, "I want to know what happens next! What does the main character do?! How does it end up?!" While the characters indivually may not be too special, with the plot, they blossom. In addition to the fantastic art (not to mention that this manga isn't exactly some recently released thing. . .

Anyway, there are undoubtedly mature parts (sex scenes) and even though I'm still underage *coughcough* I still found myself intrigued in the story and the "inappropiate parts" weren't really used like some kind of ero-manga, it was used to boost the plot and develope the characters. To be honest, explaining this is hard- what the hell, explaining the manga is hard. You have to read it to understand it, otherwise you'll just stay biased and think this is some stupid manga for old women with no taste.


>>>>>>> i know this review isn't really helpful, but there wasn't any (reviews) and i just wanted to at least encourage a couple of people to read Gold.