Yume Miru Taiyō

Yume Miru Taiyō (夢みる太陽) is a Japanese slice of life romance shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Ichigo Takano. It was serialized in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret manga magazine.^[1] It was compiled into 10 volumes published between 2008 and 2011. The manga published in French by Delcourt.^[1]

Characters

• Shimana^[1] - Shimana is a teenager ashamed of her own name. When she meets Taiga, she is relieved because she thinks Taiga's name is as weird as hers. She later falls in love with Taiyou and marries him.
• Taiyou - Taiga is a landlord. Both he and his father are public prosecutors. His father worked on the case of Shimana's mother's death. He, like his father, always wears a kimono. He always supports Asahi, Shimana and Zen, though he himself doesn't like women, thinking they're all weak and can't be trusted. He falls in love with Shimana and later marries her.
• Zen - Zen studies with Shimana and lives in the same apartment. He loves kung-fu and is obsessed with pandas. He has a father who's sick with asthma, and an older brother (Ken) that quit boxing to take care of their family. Zen's dream is to become a manga artist. He later falls in love with Saeko
• Asahi - At school, Asahi looks nerdy, as he's always wearing glasses and reading a book. He's a very kind person that always worries about others, sometimes to a ridiculous extent. He's in love with his childhood friend Manami. His dream is to become a lawyer.

Volumes

• 1 (March 25, 2008)^[2]
• 2 (September 25, 2008)^[3]
• 3 (March 25, 2009)^[4]
• 4 (August 25, 2009)^[5]
• 5 (December 25, 2009)^[6]
• 6 (April 23, 2010)^[7]
• 7 (September 24, 2010)^[8]
• 8 (January 25, 2011)^[9]
• 9 (May 25, 2011)^[10]
• 10 (November 25, 2011)^[11]

Reception

Volume 8 reached the 13th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and, as of January 30, 2011, has sold 41,147 copies;^[12] volume 9 reached the 14th place and, as of May 29, 2011, has sold 42,809 copies;^[13] volume 10 reached the 27th place and, as of December 4, 2011, has sold 66,309 copies.^[14]

On manga-news.com, it has a staff grade of 13.67 out of 20.^[1] On Manga Sanctuary, it has a staff grade from one staff member of 7 out of 10.^[15] On planetebd.com, it has a staff grade of "good, nice".^[16]

See also

• Orange, another manga series by the same author

References

External links

• Yume Miru Taiyō (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia