The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross, Vol. 2

this manga is great, and getting each volume slowly makes it even better, this manga keeps me at the edge of my seat and i adore every character and every chapter. Everyone should read it especially if you are into romance

Finally I've got the full set! I don't know why the last one I was missing was volume two but I'm happy to have it now.

I'm completely happy with my order. The book got here, not a issue with it. So I this was a great experience.

The story is great!!! In this volume you'll discover this about maora and that about shizumasa!!! In this volume she talks a little about the past of shizumasa!

Great book

it was really great

Arina Tanemura introduces her newest manga, The Gentlemen's Alliance †. The head of the prestigious Kamiya family sells his daughter for a paltry 50 million yen to the head of the Otomiya family. Haine now attends the exclusive Imperial Academy as a bronze and accidentally is appointed to the student council where she will face the emperor of the school, Shizumasa Togu, and her childhood crush.This volume was what the first volume should have been... MUCH BETTER! I suspect the volume of characters means the story just takes longer to get through... Some great twists in this one!The art was the same... well drawn, lush, too full with some confusing frames... one with a girl who suddenly appeared and I don't remember being introduced but I really don't know... I HATE this kind of random injection...Turns out there is another main character that made me like this series a whole bunch more. I don't want to ruin this volume but, yeah, the manga is now interesting and worth reading more due to this additional main character. Still disappointed in Haine and Shizumasa though I understand him a bit better and I see that a confrontation has Haine examining herself some, finally!The side characters still wowed me! They are being developed well and utilized in the story. I loved learning about Maora. I loved what Ushio did to try to win Haine back!! Learning about Maguri's love for Shizumasa was adorable as well as how that conversation played into the main plot!! Even Toya and Kusame had little bit scenes that were cute and showcased their part nicely!!The relationships are what this manga is ALL about!! They are explored more in this volume and you hope that they will continue to develop in this manner!!The plot still continued to be a stinker... random, contrived... it keeps this series at a definite 4 stars when it has the potential to be a 5 stars. The false teeth was SOOO NOT FUNNY... And I saw that plot with Ushio a mile away... at least keep it a little different... Then suddenly in the last two chapters of the volume the story took a total right turn and was like WOW!! I don't know if these interactions will be wow from this point but the plot twists at that moment was startling and explained Shizumasa, which we needed!!Overall the volume was a little better than the first volume... even though I rated both 4 star I felt like if the second volume hadn't improved I would retire this series... so I'll give volume 3-4 a shot...Art/Illustrations>⭐⭐⭐Main Characters>⭐⭐⭐Side Characters>⭐⭐⭐⭐Relationships>⭐⭐⭐⭐Story/Plot>⭐⭐⭐Chapter Endings>⭐⭐⭐⭐BOTTOM LINE: The character ending twists won me over to reading the next volume!!

Haine has gained the title of "Platinum" as the girlfriend of the school's Emperor (the richest and most powerful student at the exclusive Imperial Academy). Of course, she's not his real girlfriend and is simply the Emperor's newest fake love interest. But Haine's alright with this arrangement, since she's head over heels for the Emperor and is just happy for an excuse to be close to him.This volume is (like much of Arina Tanemura's work) full of drama and romantic entanglement, with a dash of humor. Maora's secret is revealed, which is not shocking at all for anyone who has read much shoujo manga. The big twist, which is what really got me intrigued by this series, has to do with the Emperor (Shizumasa Togu). His secret is NOT one I had seen coming. I had not been very impressed with the first volume of this series, but after the twist found in this volume, I want to see how this all ends up. I also really enjoyed the last chapter, which deals with Haine's childhood, including her father giving her up for adoption, meeting the little brother of her new family for the first time, turning into a gangster out of deep unhappiness and two early encounters with Shizumasa-sama.My major problem with Gentlemen's Alliance (and Arina Tanemura's earlier work, Full Moon), is that the art--while very, very pretty--contains characters who look very, very alike. I cannot, for the life of me, differentiate between Haine and her best friend Ushio. Although I can figure out from context who is who, it is annoying to think that Haine is in a scene and then find out after reading a couple sentences that it is in fact Ushio. Different haricuts or hair colors would make so much of a difference (Maora with her short hair is thankfully easily to tell apart from the other two).

Love this series. Would definitely recommend.