Platinum Garden

Posts : 12 Join date : 2011-04-16

Mangaka: Fujita Maki
Volume(s): 15 (complete)
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Supernatural
Summary: "When Kazura Enomoto’s grandfather dies, he leaves her to the son of a rich family, Mizuki Magahara, as payment for his debts. After she goes to live with him, Kazura learns that she’s not going to be working off the debts as a servant—she’s going to be Mizuki’s fiancée! Unless Kazura can repay her debt, she’s got no choice but to learn to live with her new lot in life. But no sooner has Kazura begun to adjust to living with Mizuki and going to his snotty rich school than the dark secret of the Magahara family comes to light. The head of the family has the unique power to bring back the souls of the dead—and right now the head of the family is Mizuki!"

I just finished reading up to volume 7 of Platinum Garden... and I have to say, WOW! I seriously wished I had read it earlier! It definitely has an amazing storyline... it's very intriguing and mysterious. And it kinda has a Fruits Basket feel to it with Platinum Garden having a family that also has to deal with "curses" and the tolls it causes on them.. and the burdens they must carry. I absolutely love the characters.. and actually.. as I was reading this manga.. I was kinda comparing Fruit Basket's character personalities to the personalities of the characters found in this one. And some of the characters you can see a somewhat close relation in personalities. Such as Natsume reminds me of a mixture of Shigure and Ayame ... Kazura has a very similar outlook on life to Tohru.. This is definitely one that I'll be committing to my favorites. And though it may have some similarities to Fruits Basket.. in no way is the storyline the same. Everything is amazing about Platinum Garden.. the storyline, the characters (I absolutely adore Touya - my favorite line of his so far is, when he was speaking to Aguri, "After Mizuki dies, I plan on marrying his widow! That's my ambition! *Go ahead! Spit on my face*... Lmao). And I'm definitely very interested in seeing what Kaito is all about.. he's still very mysterious. And of course, what will happen between Mizuki and Kazura.. and also.. why exactly Kazura can her Miya voice when they all believed only Touya and Aguri could. This is definitely one I would recommend checking out.. it's worth the read!

Posts : 10 Join date : 2011-04-16

It looks interesting, so I'll be sure to read it later. My friend actually recommended this to me, but I just wasn't too sure. So, thanks!

Subject: Re: Platinum Garden Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:02 am

I only watched the anime version of Fruit Basket and I LOVE it (althought I didn't like the ending) Thank you for recommending this. I'll make sure to read it. ^_^

Posts : 10 Join date : 2011-07-24

Has all of this been released by Tokyo Pop? I was collecting it, but then somehow moved away from it as other series came out. If it hasn't been completely released, I wonder what will happen to the rest of it...

Posts : 12 Join date : 2011-07-25

its good but not that got of a manga.

Posts : 10 Join date : 2011-07-28

It's in a so-so category, no wow factor

Posts : 10 Join date : 2011-07-28

This is really funny but there are soooooo many manga with the same stories

Posts : 11 Join date : 2011-08-25

I started reading it a while ago. Then the scanlations stopped. But now that another group started working on this project, I read it again from the begining and I discovered I still like it ^_^

Posts : 12 Join date : 2011-09-12

Its been a long time since i read this manga because the group who was scanlating this got disbanded and I am not sure if another group has picked this up. I think I have to start reading them again to remember the story.