Priceless Mini Review (manhwa)
September 19th, 2007 by Lianne
PG-13 for romantic comedy hijinks.; official series website
Rich boy wants poor girl, teenage con man wants poor girl’s mother, poor girl wants Bill Gates with cancer. This 3-volume manwha series, by the creator of Kill Me, Kiss Me, suffers from the same problems as that earlier work–a great premise and opening, a terrible follow-through. I loved Volume 1 of this series (and Volume 1 of Kill Me, Kiss Me), but the manwhaka just couldn’t keep her zany characters and hilarious premise in a coherent story. Whereas Kill Me, Kiss Me went on for way too long, Priceless ends far too quickly–Volume 3 seems to be the climax of the story, not the end. I wish this manwhaka would learn how to plan out a reasonable beginning, middle, and end to her stories, because then her shoujo comedies would be up there with the best of them.
Educated impression: Only try if you want a short, pointless thrill ride. (Lianne)
This manhwa practically killed the moment. I was like, “huh? it’s over? What was that?”.
It really ended without me realizing it. I somehow regretted reading it.
There are some funny parts though. And that was probably the only thing that I loved about it. The ending just sucks. Well, that’s just my personal opinion.
~ciao
I agree - the ending really did not feel like a proper conclusion to the story. The part with the stepdad was just so sad and left me hanging. T^T
I’m with you, it was like what, it ended?? Where is the rest of it?? It just got to the climax, I mean what about her mother?? Is Jimmy in love with her?? Who was he thinking about in the end? Who’s too young? Who is watching for who? It left me with regrets for reading it also. I mean, I’ve seen things cut short but this is like finding a book that has been ripped in two with the last half missing…I feel confused and let down.
Yeah, I just read the last one today and I was like “…what!?” and *shock* at the seeming revelation at the end that Jimmy seems to be in love with her.
I wish there was another book to finish it off. Who knows, maybe some doushinji’s will finish it off? I know I feel inspired to finish off this otherwise open ending.
(…actually to be honest I kinda like the ending because it isn’t a typical happy ending! It’s out of the ordinary, something I always tend to appreciate at least a little.)