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Candy Candy #1
Candy Candy, Vol. 1
Candy Candy is primarily a love story. Candy's first love was a character named Anthony Adley, but the series is remembered by the majority of fans as a result of her heartbreaking separation from her true love and soul mate, Terence "Terry" Grantchester. A recurrent story arc in the series is the "Prince of the Hill", a mysterious boy Candy met as a child and never saw again. His identity is revealed in the last pages of the manga.
Once upon a time, there was a little orphan girl crying her heart out on a meadowy hill. It was during this time that she had met her prince--a handsome young boy who approached her, and told her gently to dry her tears and smile instead. The little girl never forgot that memory closest to her heart. Not even after several years later when she travels the path of self-discovery...believing that someday, she will meet her prince again and find true happiness once and for all.
Once upon a time, there was a little orphan girl crying her heart out on a meadowy hill. It was during this time that she had met her prince--a handsome young boy who approached her, and told her gently to dry her tears and smile instead. The little girl never forgot that memory closest to her heart. Not even after several years later when she travels the path of self-discovery...believing that someday, she will meet her prince again and find true happiness once and for all.
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Kyoko Mizuki
14 books67 followersKyoko Mizuki (水木 杏子) is one of the pen names of Keiko Nagita (名木田 恵子, Nagita Keiko). She is a Japanese writer who is best-known for being the author of the manga and anime series Candy Candy.
Kyoko Mizuki won Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shōjo Manga for Candy Candy in 1977 with Yumiko Igarashi.
Keiko Nagita won Japan Juvenile Writers Association Prize for Rainette, Kin Iro no Ringo (Rainette - The Golden Apples) in 2007.
Her short story Akai Mi Haziketa is printed in Japanese Primary School Textbook for 6th grade (Mitsumura Tosho Publishing Co.,Ltd.).
Her picture books Shampoo Ōji series (art by Makoto Kubota) was adapted into anime television series in October 2007.
When she was 12 years old, her father died. Then she created "imaginary family Andrews" to relieve her loneliness and wrote their stories on a notebook. Mizuki said "I feel Andrews family have watched me affectionately. They are the origin of my story writing".
She spent a few years as an actress of Shiki Theatre Company in her late teens, and some of her works reflect this.
In eleventh-grade, she won a prize short story contest for young girls' magazine Jogakusei no Tomo. After selling her short story Yomigaeri, Soshite Natsu wa to the magazine when she was 19 years old, she decided to become a full-time writer.
In those days she was a frequent contributor of poems to Koukou Bungei magazine, famous poet Katsumi Sugawara appreciated her talent and she joined his poetry club. When she was 20, she published a collection of poems Kaeru privately. 5 years later, her Poetical Works Omoide wa Utawanai was published by Sanrio Company, Ltd.
She wrote short stories and love stories for young girls' magazines, and Kodansha commissioned her to write stories for their shōjo manga magazine Shōjo Friend. In the 1970s, she wrote many shōjo manga stories as Ayako Kazu, Akane Kouda, Kyoko Mizuki and Keiko Nagita.
In 1975, she wrote the story of freckled hearty girl, Candy Candy for monthly Nakayoshi. She said "I lost my mother when I was 21, then I was all alone in the world. To write the story healed my sorrow". The manga was adapted into anime television series in 1976 by Toei Animation. Since then Candy Candy have made her one of the more successful female manga writer.
The last episode of Candy Candy was written at Domaine De Beauvois, a chateau-hotel in France. Mizuki said "I wanted to say good-bye to Candice in beautiful place. If possible, I wanted to go to the U.K. When I was into the room, tears welled up in my eyes because a picture of fox hunting was hung on the wall. Fox hunting--it took Anthony’s life. When I remember Candice, autumn days at the beautiful hotel came to my mind. The hotel was like the villa of Ardray family."
Since 1980, she is mainly writing juveniles and love stories for young girls as Keiko Nagita. Her Fūko to Yūrei series is especially popular.
Music for Fūko to Yūrei series was composed by Toru Okada (岡田 徹, Okada Toru?, born April 23, 1949 in Tokyo) who is a member of Japanese famous rock group Moonriders, the album called Siriau Maekara Zutto Suki 知りあう前からずっと好き was released in 1995.
In 2001, she returned to publishing with the concluding part of Fūko to Yūrei.
She won Japan Juvenile Writers Association Prize 2007 for Rainette, Kin Iro no Ringo, a love story of a Japanese girl and a Belarusian boy who was exposed to radiation of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
May 2008, she wrote a story for Shōjo manga after an interval of 18 years. The manga Loreley was drawn by Kaya Tachibana.
She has a husband and a daughter, they enjoy vacation at their cottage in Prince Edward Island every summer. Terry Kamikawa, a student of Anne of Green Gables and hostess of Blue Winds Tea Room in P.E.I, is her best friend.
She has a collection of heart shaped objects, a part of her collection is shown on Aoitori Bunko official site
Kyoko Mizuki won Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shōjo Manga for Candy Candy in 1977 with Yumiko Igarashi.
Keiko Nagita won Japan Juvenile Writers Association Prize for Rainette, Kin Iro no Ringo (Rainette - The Golden Apples) in 2007.
Her short story Akai Mi Haziketa is printed in Japanese Primary School Textbook for 6th grade (Mitsumura Tosho Publishing Co.,Ltd.).
Her picture books Shampoo Ōji series (art by Makoto Kubota) was adapted into anime television series in October 2007.
When she was 12 years old, her father died. Then she created "imaginary family Andrews" to relieve her loneliness and wrote their stories on a notebook. Mizuki said "I feel Andrews family have watched me affectionately. They are the origin of my story writing".
She spent a few years as an actress of Shiki Theatre Company in her late teens, and some of her works reflect this.
In eleventh-grade, she won a prize short story contest for young girls' magazine Jogakusei no Tomo. After selling her short story Yomigaeri, Soshite Natsu wa to the magazine when she was 19 years old, she decided to become a full-time writer.
In those days she was a frequent contributor of poems to Koukou Bungei magazine, famous poet Katsumi Sugawara appreciated her talent and she joined his poetry club. When she was 20, she published a collection of poems Kaeru privately. 5 years later, her Poetical Works Omoide wa Utawanai was published by Sanrio Company, Ltd.
She wrote short stories and love stories for young girls' magazines, and Kodansha commissioned her to write stories for their shōjo manga magazine Shōjo Friend. In the 1970s, she wrote many shōjo manga stories as Ayako Kazu, Akane Kouda, Kyoko Mizuki and Keiko Nagita.
In 1975, she wrote the story of freckled hearty girl, Candy Candy for monthly Nakayoshi. She said "I lost my mother when I was 21, then I was all alone in the world. To write the story healed my sorrow". The manga was adapted into anime television series in 1976 by Toei Animation. Since then Candy Candy have made her one of the more successful female manga writer.
The last episode of Candy Candy was written at Domaine De Beauvois, a chateau-hotel in France. Mizuki said "I wanted to say good-bye to Candice in beautiful place. If possible, I wanted to go to the U.K. When I was into the room, tears welled up in my eyes because a picture of fox hunting was hung on the wall. Fox hunting--it took Anthony’s life. When I remember Candice, autumn days at the beautiful hotel came to my mind. The hotel was like the villa of Ardray family."
Since 1980, she is mainly writing juveniles and love stories for young girls as Keiko Nagita. Her Fūko to Yūrei series is especially popular.
Music for Fūko to Yūrei series was composed by Toru Okada (岡田 徹, Okada Toru?, born April 23, 1949 in Tokyo) who is a member of Japanese famous rock group Moonriders, the album called Siriau Maekara Zutto Suki 知りあう前からずっと好き was released in 1995.
In 2001, she returned to publishing with the concluding part of Fūko to Yūrei.
She won Japan Juvenile Writers Association Prize 2007 for Rainette, Kin Iro no Ringo, a love story of a Japanese girl and a Belarusian boy who was exposed to radiation of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
May 2008, she wrote a story for Shōjo manga after an interval of 18 years. The manga Loreley was drawn by Kaya Tachibana.
She has a husband and a daughter, they enjoy vacation at their cottage in Prince Edward Island every summer. Terry Kamikawa, a student of Anne of Green Gables and hostess of Blue Winds Tea Room in P.E.I, is her best friend.
She has a collection of heart shaped objects, a part of her collection is shown on Aoitori Bunko official site
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October 10, 2009
Rasanya aku nggak perlu cerita lagi soal buku ini, yang jadi favorit anak2 ABG pada era awal 90-an pada masa jatuh cinta pertama.
Dan membuat role model cowok ganteng menurutku adalah Therius atau Terry, yang ganteng, kaya, namun pemberontak.., namun pelindung, pecinta, dan romantis..
Adegan paling mengesankan dari serial ini (yang membuatku menangis karena baca kisah cinta untuk pertama kalinya) adalah buku 7, di halaman2 akhir 235-238, seusai Candy menengok Suzanna, lawan main Terry.
Candy berdiri di ujung tangga, dan Terry menghampiri..
"Selamat tinggal Terry.."
"Kuantarkan.."
"Tidak usah.."
"Aku antar.."
"Tidak, tidak usah!" (Candy berbalik)
"Aku antarkan!"
"Kalau diantar aku malah jadi sedih!" (Mata Candy sudah berkaca-kaca nih.. kayaknya mataku juga)
"Terry bego! Jangan antarkan aku!" (Candy berlari turun tangga)
"Candy!" Terry berlari menyusul Candy dan MEMELUK Candy dari belakang..
*saat inilah air mata gw mulai mbrebes mili... eehh.. 18 tahun yang lalu loh...nangisnya..*
"Aku tidak akan melepaskanmu! Lebih baik waktu berhenti di saat seperti ini! Untuk selamanya..."
(Satu halaman Terry memeluk Candy)
"Terry.."
"Jangan bilang apa-apa lagi.. Biarkan aku begini untuk sesaat.."
(untuk masa sekarang baca begini mungkin rasanya lebay banget..)
*** Cut!!
mencintai tidak harus memiliki..
itulah hikmah dari percintaan masa remaja..
Dan membuat role model cowok ganteng menurutku adalah Therius atau Terry, yang ganteng, kaya, namun pemberontak.., namun pelindung, pecinta, dan romantis..
Adegan paling mengesankan dari serial ini (yang membuatku menangis karena baca kisah cinta untuk pertama kalinya) adalah buku 7, di halaman2 akhir 235-238, seusai Candy menengok Suzanna, lawan main Terry.
Candy berdiri di ujung tangga, dan Terry menghampiri..
"Selamat tinggal Terry.."
"Kuantarkan.."
"Tidak usah.."
"Aku antar.."
"Tidak, tidak usah!" (Candy berbalik)
"Aku antarkan!"
"Kalau diantar aku malah jadi sedih!" (Mata Candy sudah berkaca-kaca nih.. kayaknya mataku juga)
"Terry bego! Jangan antarkan aku!" (Candy berlari turun tangga)
"Candy!" Terry berlari menyusul Candy dan MEMELUK Candy dari belakang..
*saat inilah air mata gw mulai mbrebes mili... eehh.. 18 tahun yang lalu loh...nangisnya..*
"Aku tidak akan melepaskanmu! Lebih baik waktu berhenti di saat seperti ini! Untuk selamanya..."
(Satu halaman Terry memeluk Candy)
"Terry.."
"Jangan bilang apa-apa lagi.. Biarkan aku begini untuk sesaat.."
(untuk masa sekarang baca begini mungkin rasanya lebay banget..)
*** Cut!!
mencintai tidak harus memiliki..
itulah hikmah dari percintaan masa remaja..
October 14, 2012
Candy Candy...
After so many years (probably 20 years ago)... Still the best one I've ever read!
Few months ago when my daughter accidentally bought the cd, the memory came through, I still could not manage to forgot my feeling of this very touching love story.
Candy - Terry, that's my favorite story. That love never give up, but love also, never being selfish to others.
But guess what, I'm still somehow, waiting for the true ending of the story, and wishing they'll be together again... someday...
Too eager to find it, I made my own ending :
*Terry and Susana were together, but Susana keep on blaming her ownself for being unbelievably unfair to both Candy and Terry.
*Susana became even stronger and find her own way of getting able to walk again, with an assistance of her old friend, whose known to loved her at the end. She left Terry once having an artificial legs and go back to theater company.
* Terry goes to the war to fulfill his obligation of turning his nationality to american
* Candy met someone from her past, who would bring her to find out her parents..
* At the same time, the same person also knows something bout Albert's parents and history.
Owh..its start of being interesting at this part....
etc etc etc... I'm so excited.... still keep on writing my own story... just for my own consumption until the real one finally arrived !! ;) hopefully soon !!
After so many years (probably 20 years ago)... Still the best one I've ever read!
Few months ago when my daughter accidentally bought the cd, the memory came through, I still could not manage to forgot my feeling of this very touching love story.
Candy - Terry, that's my favorite story. That love never give up, but love also, never being selfish to others.
But guess what, I'm still somehow, waiting for the true ending of the story, and wishing they'll be together again... someday...
Too eager to find it, I made my own ending :
*Terry and Susana were together, but Susana keep on blaming her ownself for being unbelievably unfair to both Candy and Terry.
*Susana became even stronger and find her own way of getting able to walk again, with an assistance of her old friend, whose known to loved her at the end. She left Terry once having an artificial legs and go back to theater company.
* Terry goes to the war to fulfill his obligation of turning his nationality to american
* Candy met someone from her past, who would bring her to find out her parents..
* At the same time, the same person also knows something bout Albert's parents and history.
Owh..its start of being interesting at this part....
etc etc etc... I'm so excited.... still keep on writing my own story... just for my own consumption until the real one finally arrived !! ;) hopefully soon !!
September 8, 2020
Clásico de clásicos del shoujo y el anime. Para mi es un retelling de papá piernas largas y Ana de las Tejas Verdes. Espero poder comprar la novela de la autora del argumento para poder hacer un comparativo.
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January 9, 2010Quiero decir que esta es mi historia favorita de mi infancia! Kyoko Mizuki, a traves de sus maravillosos y hermosos sentimientos me proyecto muchas cosas lindas a traves de Candy Candy. Quien dice que no? pues los niños aprenden lo que ven, jaja! Candy formo parte de mi personalidad, Candy es la personalidad interior de su autora Japonesa. Una persona con valores unicos, humildes, sensibles, honestos y con mucho amor al projimo y misericordia a sus enemigos en el momento preciso. Te amo Candy Candy, eres mi pasado, mi presente y mi futuro por siempre. Lo mejor! Quisiera poder felicitar la autora y poder decirle que los mejores sentimientos los tiene ella, que gracias por educarnos a traves de su conducta por medio de Candy!
September 19, 2024
Αν και δεν είναι για άριστα το πρώτο τεύχος, αγαπάμε την Candy όσα χρόνια κι αν περάσουν!
September 9, 2024
Vaya, mi primera vez con un manga, y me está gustando. Es una historia que parece tonta pero es muy conmovedora y encierra un montón de temas fuertes, tratándolo de una forma cruda. Los japoneses siempre hacen las cosas así, por eso me encanta. A por el siguiente.
July 19, 2015
1st read : 1990
2nd read - present : lost count. I read it whenever I miss her, my heroine, the strong and optimistic girl. Candy White. :)
Candy Candy is one of popular classic in manga world. It's also one of the first generation manga that was introduced to Indonesian readers.
I was an avid reader of Donald Duck, big fan of Cinderella and Tom & Jerry when I was a little kid. Until I met Candy. My very first manga that I read when I was 7 yo. Actually I watched the anime first at 5-6 yo before I learned it later that it was adapted from manga.
It was the bestest shoujo manga in my life, my all time favorite. I know there are so many great and much more amazing shoujo manga than this one, but none can replace Candy's throne in my heart.
Yesterday, for some unknown reason, I suddenly had a strong urge to reread Candy. From GR record, the last time I reread it is on December 2014. That's kinda quick in my record to reread a book. Usually I will need one year gap before I reread the book.
So, as always, I couldn't hold back my tears when I saw Anthony's quick death. And as always, I raged again : WHY??? WHY SHOULD HE DIED!!??? MIZUKI-SENSEI!!! WHYYYY T_____T
And I have to prepare my heart for the next tragedy : Terry. T_____T Huks huks Terry... Mizuki-sensei is a sadist, she killed 2 MCs in this series. And, I'm not happy at all with what happened to Terry and Candy. And I really really hate Susanna for this. I know I can't blame her for loving Terry, but still... She's really frail and weak. And she believed that Terry is the RIGHT one for her, even though that man didn't love her at all. She practically begged Candy and she'll die to prove it to Candy. I know all this drama is the stage that Sensei prepared for Candy so she can end up with the last guy (actually the first guy in first book). William is a good guy too, but in my heart, Anthony and Terry are the best for Candy! Sorry William! :p
2nd read - present : lost count. I read it whenever I miss her, my heroine, the strong and optimistic girl. Candy White. :)
Candy Candy is one of popular classic in manga world. It's also one of the first generation manga that was introduced to Indonesian readers.
I was an avid reader of Donald Duck, big fan of Cinderella and Tom & Jerry when I was a little kid. Until I met Candy. My very first manga that I read when I was 7 yo. Actually I watched the anime first at 5-6 yo before I learned it later that it was adapted from manga.
It was the bestest shoujo manga in my life, my all time favorite. I know there are so many great and much more amazing shoujo manga than this one, but none can replace Candy's throne in my heart.
Yesterday, for some unknown reason, I suddenly had a strong urge to reread Candy. From GR record, the last time I reread it is on December 2014. That's kinda quick in my record to reread a book. Usually I will need one year gap before I reread the book.
So, as always, I couldn't hold back my tears when I saw Anthony's quick death. And as always, I raged again : WHY??? WHY SHOULD HE DIED!!??? MIZUKI-SENSEI!!! WHYYYY T_____T
And I have to prepare my heart for the next tragedy : Terry. T_____T Huks huks Terry... Mizuki-sensei is a sadist, she killed 2 MCs in this series. And, I'm not happy at all with what happened to Terry and Candy. And I really really hate Susanna for this. I know I can't blame her for loving Terry, but still... She's really frail and weak. And she believed that Terry is the RIGHT one for her, even though that man didn't love her at all. She practically begged Candy and she'll die to prove it to Candy. I know all this drama is the stage that Sensei prepared for Candy so she can end up with the last guy (actually the first guy in first book). William is a good guy too, but in my heart, Anthony and Terry are the best for Candy! Sorry William! :p
August 27, 2009
Absolutely LOVE this series!!!! I watched it on TV and read it as a little girl in the 70's and read it over and over as I got older.... I have the whole series in Korean. I wish there were copies in English so that my daughters can read them. The story is heart-wrenching. I've always wished for a happier ending, but nevertheless, it's an excellent read!!!
October 26, 2014
Candy is adorable. I used to watch the series, but the most enjoyable part for me was reading her story and trying to imagine the characters' voices.
The illustration is simply beautiful, the pictures were so lively full with
bright colours. The heroes' expressions were unique and what pleased me most were their grimaces, which expressed a variety of emotions. Just by looking at them you could easily understand the heroes state of mind.
Another special feature was the clothing, whch was designed in detail with elegance, while Candy had the brightest eyes, full of optimism.
Although, this manga was mostly girls-orientated, the illustrator made a terrific job in design in many circumstances like the airplane battles during the World War I.
Candy has a beautiful story. It is about a little girl, who is an orphan and faces many hardships, but always stays optimistic and spreads joy to the people around her. I liked very much that through her stories we meet a variety of characters with their own depth and contribution to the story. The reader could easily identify themselves with them and also had fun reading their adventures. My favourites parts were stories with Stear and Patty, Albert, Terrry, the Pony House, Candy's days at school and her stay at the as a nurse to the hospital during the war. I found also very interesting the character of the nurse with the dark hair.
It was so sad that the story was affected by the conflict between the author and the illustrator. When i read another volume with new illustators, i was disappointed. It was so different and not even close to the original concept.
I am really glad though that i have kept my volumes in a drawer and from time to time, i use to look at them and smile. A lot of years have went by, but i believe that it is a special story which contributed a lot to manga genre.
Πολύ αγαπημένη η Κάντυ. Είχα διαβάσει την ιστορία της, αλλά έβλεπα και τη σειρά, όταν ήμουν μικρή. Προτιμούσα βέβαια να τη διαβάζω, μου άρεσε να φαντάζομαι τις φωνές των χαρακτήρων αλλά απολάμβανα και το σχέδιο.
Η εικονογράφος είχε κάνει πολύ όμορφη δουλειά δίνοντας ζωή στους χαρακτήρες της ιστορίας ντύνοντας με φωτεινά χρώματα κάθε καρέ. Οι εκφράσεις των ηρώων ήταν πολύ επιτυχημένες και αυτό που ευχαριστήθηκα ιδιαίτερα ήταν οι γκριμάτσες τους που απέδιδαν κάθε συναίσθημα με πολλή ζωντάνια. Ακόμα και αν δεν διάβαζες το κείμενο, μπορούσες εύκολα να καταλάβεις τη συναισθηματική κατάσταση των ηρώων με το που κοίταζες το πρόσωπό τους. Τα ρούχα ήταν ιδιαιτέρως καλοσχεδιασμένα και καλόγουστα, ενώ η Κάντυ είχε τα πιο φωτεινά μάτια που θα μπορούσες να βρεις σε τέτοιου τύπου manga δίνοντάς σου αμέσως να καταλάβεις πόσο αισιόδοξος χαρακτήρας ήταν. Αν και κοριτσίστικο μάλλον, η εικονογράφος είχε κάνει εξαιρετική δουλειά και στις μάχες με τα αεροπλάνα (στον Ά παγκόσμιο πόλεμο) αλλά και σε πολλές άλλες περιπτώσεις. Μια χαρακτηριστική στιγμή στα σκίτσα της ήταν μια σταγόνα ιδρώτα που κύλαγε στον κρόταφο των ηρώων και το έντονο βλέμμα τους σε σκηνές φόρτισης.
Πέρα από την εικονογράφηση, η ιστορία της Κάντυ είχε μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον. Κεντρικός άξονας ήταν ένα παιδί που αντιμετωπίζει τη ζωή χωρίς τους γονείς της, όμως με το χαμόγελό της και την έμφυτη αισιοδοξία της, βοηθάει τον εαυτό της αλλά κυρίως όλους τους ανθρώπους που συναντάει. Η Κάντυ είναι αξιαγάπητη, αυτό δεν σημαίνει όμως ότι την αγαπάνε όλοι. Έχει εχθρούς, συναντάει δυσκολίες, ανακαλύπτει την αγάπη, σταραπατσάρεται, γνωρίζει τον πόνο του αποχωρισμού, παρ΄όλα αυτά συνεχίζει να προσπαθεί. Μαζί της ταξιδεύουμε σε διάφορα μέρη και συναντάμε ένα πλήθος χαρακτήρων, με το δικό τους βάθος και τη δική τους ιδιοσυγκρασία. Η ιστορία της έχει αρκετό δράμα, ίσως να γίνεται μελό, όμως δεν διαφέρει και πολύ από την πραγματικότητα. Νομίζω ότι κάθε αναγνώστρια (αλλά και αναγνώστης) μπορεί να βρει αρκετούς χαρακτήρες για να ταυτιστεί, αλλά και για να διασκεδάσει. Μου άρεσαν πολύ οι μέρες της Κάντυ στο σπίτι της Πόνυ, οι φίλοι της, ειδικά ο Στήαρ με την Πάτυ, η πορεία της στο σχολείο, Ο Τέρυ, ο Άλμπερτ αλλά και η παραμονή ��ης στο νοσοκομείο ως νοσοκόμα κατά τη διάρκεια του πολέμου και ο χαρακτήρας της νοσοκόμας με τα γυαλιά.
Κρίμα που δημιουργήθηκαν προβλήματα και δικαστικές διαμάχες μεταξύ της σχεδιάστριας και της συγγραφέως, όπως είχα διαβάσει. Αυτό, ίσως, να εξηγεί γιατί από ένα σημείο και έπειτα, είδαμε στο περιοδικό στην Ελλάδα, τη συνέχεια της ιστορίας με άλλους εικονογράφους (Ιταλούς νομίζω), αν και δεν είμαι σίγουρη αν άλλαξαν και συγγραφέα. Η ιστορία χάλασε και το σχέδιο δεν μπορούσε να φτάσει με τίποτα το αρχικό, όσο και να προσπαθούσαν, αφού έδινε την εντύπωση μιας πρόχειρης δουλειάς χωρίς πνοή. Εκεί κατάλαβα πόσο σημαντικός είναι ο εικονογράφος που έχει δημιουργήσει τους χαρακτήρες.
Έχω κρατήσει τη σειρά και καμιά φορά τα ξανακοιτάζω, με ευχαριστούν πολύ οι εικόνες, αλλά και η ιστορία. Η φατσούλα της Κάντυ, αλλά και των υπόλοιπων χαρακτήρων σε γεμίζει με κέφι και αισιοδοξία. Ίσως, θεωρείται ξεπερασμένο στην εποχή μας, όμως αν το συγκρίνω με άλλα κοριτσίστικα manga που έχω δει, είναι εξαιρετική δουλειά, ίσως και να δημιούργησε σχολή στο είδος της.
The illustration is simply beautiful, the pictures were so lively full with
bright colours. The heroes' expressions were unique and what pleased me most were their grimaces, which expressed a variety of emotions. Just by looking at them you could easily understand the heroes state of mind.
Another special feature was the clothing, whch was designed in detail with elegance, while Candy had the brightest eyes, full of optimism.
Although, this manga was mostly girls-orientated, the illustrator made a terrific job in design in many circumstances like the airplane battles during the World War I.
Candy has a beautiful story. It is about a little girl, who is an orphan and faces many hardships, but always stays optimistic and spreads joy to the people around her. I liked very much that through her stories we meet a variety of characters with their own depth and contribution to the story. The reader could easily identify themselves with them and also had fun reading their adventures. My favourites parts were stories with Stear and Patty, Albert, Terrry, the Pony House, Candy's days at school and her stay at the as a nurse to the hospital during the war. I found also very interesting the character of the nurse with the dark hair.
It was so sad that the story was affected by the conflict between the author and the illustrator. When i read another volume with new illustators, i was disappointed. It was so different and not even close to the original concept.
I am really glad though that i have kept my volumes in a drawer and from time to time, i use to look at them and smile. A lot of years have went by, but i believe that it is a special story which contributed a lot to manga genre.
Πολύ αγαπημένη η Κάντυ. Είχα διαβάσει την ιστορία της, αλλά έβλεπα και τη σειρά, όταν ήμουν μικρή. Προτιμούσα βέβαια να τη διαβάζω, μου άρεσε να φαντάζομαι τις φωνές των χαρακτήρων αλλά απολάμβανα και το σχέδιο.
Η εικονογράφος είχε κάνει πολύ όμορφη δουλειά δίνοντας ζωή στους χαρακτήρες της ιστορίας ντύνοντας με φωτεινά χρώματα κάθε καρέ. Οι εκφράσεις των ηρώων ήταν πολύ επιτυχημένες και αυτό που ευχαριστήθηκα ιδιαίτερα ήταν οι γκριμάτσες τους που απέδιδαν κάθε συναίσθημα με πολλή ζωντάνια. Ακόμα και αν δεν διάβαζες το κείμενο, μπορούσες εύκολα να καταλάβεις τη συναισθηματική κατάσταση των ηρώων με το που κοίταζες το πρόσωπό τους. Τα ρούχα ήταν ιδιαιτέρως καλοσχεδιασμένα και καλόγουστα, ενώ η Κάντυ είχε τα πιο φωτεινά μάτια που θα μπορούσες να βρεις σε τέτοιου τύπου manga δίνοντάς σου αμέσως να καταλάβεις πόσο αισιόδοξος χαρακτήρας ήταν. Αν και κοριτσίστικο μάλλον, η εικονογράφος είχε κάνει εξαιρετική δουλειά και στις μάχες με τα αεροπλάνα (στον Ά παγκόσμιο πόλεμο) αλλά και σε πολλές άλλες περιπτώσεις. Μια χαρακτηριστική στιγμή στα σκίτσα της ήταν μια σταγόνα ιδρώτα που κύλαγε στον κρόταφο των ηρώων και το έντονο βλέμμα τους σε σκηνές φόρτισης.
Πέρα από την εικονογράφηση, η ιστορία της Κάντυ είχε μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον. Κεντρικός άξονας ήταν ένα παιδί που αντιμετωπίζει τη ζωή χωρίς τους γονείς της, όμως με το χαμόγελό της και την έμφυτη αισιοδοξία της, βοηθάει τον εαυτό της αλλά κυρίως όλους τους ανθρώπους που συναντάει. Η Κάντυ είναι αξιαγάπητη, αυτό δεν σημαίνει όμως ότι την αγαπάνε όλοι. Έχει εχθρούς, συναντάει δυσκολίες, ανακαλύπτει την αγάπη, σταραπατσάρεται, γνωρίζει τον πόνο του αποχωρισμού, παρ΄όλα αυτά συνεχίζει να προσπαθεί. Μαζί της ταξιδεύουμε σε διάφορα μέρη και συναντάμε ένα πλήθος χαρακτήρων, με το δικό τους βάθος και τη δική τους ιδιοσυγκρασία. Η ιστορία της έχει αρκετό δράμα, ίσως να γίνεται μελό, όμως δεν διαφέρει και πολύ από την πραγματικότητα. Νομίζω ότι κάθε αναγνώστρια (αλλά και αναγνώστης) μπορεί να βρει αρκετούς χαρακτήρες για να ταυτιστεί, αλλά και για να διασκεδάσει. Μου άρεσαν πολύ οι μέρες της Κάντυ στο σπίτι της Πόνυ, οι φίλοι της, ειδικά ο Στήαρ με την Πάτυ, η πορεία της στο σχολείο, Ο Τέρυ, ο Άλμπερτ αλλά και η παραμονή ��ης στο νοσοκομείο ως νοσοκόμα κατά τη διάρκεια του πολέμου και ο χαρακτήρας της νοσοκόμας με τα γυαλιά.
Κρίμα που δημιουργήθηκαν προβλήματα και δικαστικές διαμάχες μεταξύ της σχεδιάστριας και της συγγραφέως, όπως είχα διαβάσει. Αυτό, ίσως, να εξηγεί γιατί από ένα σημείο και έπειτα, είδαμε στο περιοδικό στην Ελλάδα, τη συνέχεια της ιστορίας με άλλους εικονογράφους (Ιταλούς νομίζω), αν και δεν είμαι σίγουρη αν άλλαξαν και συγγραφέα. Η ιστορία χάλασε και το σχέδιο δεν μπορούσε να φτάσει με τίποτα το αρχικό, όσο και να προσπαθούσαν, αφού έδινε την εντύπωση μιας πρόχειρης δουλειάς χωρίς πνοή. Εκεί κατάλαβα πόσο σημαντικός είναι ο εικονογράφος που έχει δημιουργήσει τους χαρακτήρες.
Έχω κρατήσει τη σειρά και καμιά φορά τα ξανακοιτάζω, με ευχαριστούν πολύ οι εικόνες, αλλά και η ιστορία. Η φατσούλα της Κάντυ, αλλά και των υπόλοιπων χαρακτήρων σε γεμίζει με κέφι και αισιοδοξία. Ίσως, θεωρείται ξεπερασμένο στην εποχή μας, όμως αν το συγκρίνω με άλλα κοριτσίστικα manga που έχω δει, είναι εξαιρετική δουλειά, ίσως και να δημιούργησε σχολή στο είδος της.
December 18, 2018
RECENSIONE CON SPOILER DELL’INTERA SAGA
Procedete a vostro rischio e pericolo.
PREMESSE DOVEROSE: Quando parliamo di Candy Candy è impossibile che non suoni un campanello eppure al più arido dei cuori di pietra. Ci ritroviamo infatti di fronte nientepopodimeno che a una delle pietre miliari del genere Shojo, vale a dire i manga romantici destinati alle ragazze fatti di sfighe, batticuori e interminabili struggimenti.
Candy Candy in tutto questo regna suprema, non ha rivali.
Quindi, chi amerà le lacrime strappa storie avrà davanti a sé l’opera della vita.
Qualche parola sulla trama però è comunque d’obbligo: siamo in America nei pressi del lago Michigan dove una neonata (che deve avere solo pochi giorni ma ha già un casco di riccioli biondi che Shakira può accompagnare solo) viene abbandonata davanti alla porta dell’orfanotrofio “La casa di Pony”, gestita dalla suddetta Miss Pony e da suor Lane (Maria nell’adattamento mediaset): alla bambina viene dato nome Candy White (in italiano solo Candy, come Cher), e cresce allegra e vivace insieme agli altri bambini ma soprattutto alla coetanea Annie. Le due si giurano eterna amicizia e devozione, eternità che dura più o meno fino al momento in cui Annie viene adottata da una coppia di ricchi in cerca di un clone della figlia deceduta, dopodichè Annie troncherà ogni rapporto con l’amica per non dover rivelare agli amici spocchiosi di essere nata povera.
Naturalmente questo pupazzo caricato a melassa di nome Candy non gliene farà una colpa e non le serberà mai rancore, e sarà un atteggiamento che manterrà a vita persino con le più perfide e recidive carogne della terra.
Infatti visto che la buona sorte sembra accanirsi senza esclusioni di colpi sulla nostra eroina dai codini da cocker, in risposta alle preghiere in cui chiedeva di essere adottata da una famiglia ricca per poter tornare ad essere amica di Annie essa viene adottata da una ricca famiglia di origine scozzese, i Lagan, o per meglio dire assunta come dama di compagnia per la figlia Iriza, che insieme al fratello Near cercherà di sopperire a una vita di lusso e noia cercando di rendere la vita un inferno all’orfana con un accanimento gratuito.
Candy però non si dà mai per vinta, e nonostante i continui soprusi fa la conoscenza (diventando amica inseparabile) dei tre cugini dei due, appartenenti alla famiglia Ardlay: Archie, Stear ma soprattutto Anthony, che con una mossa da La donna del mistero risulta la copia in carta carbone di quel Principe della collina che anni addietro consolò una Candy in lacrime, e di cui lei serba un caro ricordo. Farà anche la conoscenza di Anthony, un misterioso giramondo barbuto che indossa i Ray-ban (un indispensabile accessorio della moda del primo Novecento) anche al buio e che parla con una puzzola con la permanente di nome Poppi.
Le angherie di Near e Iriza, gelosa soprattutto della vicinanza tra Candy e Anthony, vanno oltre lo screzio addentrandosi el codice penale, e Candy viene accusata di furto quindi venduta a un messicano perché la porti a lavorare in una fattoria oltre confine. Ora si necessita di una piccola riflessione geografica: la casa di Pony si trova nei pressi del lago Michigan, che si trova tra Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin e Illinois (per intendersi, nella parte nord orientale degli states, quasi vicino al Canada). Appurato che il viaggio di Candy non è durato mesi e che presumibilmente i Lagan per quanto quella ragazza sia di una bastardagine rara non siano stati tanto disperati di trovare compagnia a Iriza da aver battuto a tappeto tutti gli Stati Uniti ma si siano limitati agli orfanotrofi del circondario, viene da chiedersi il motivo della scelta di mandare Candy a lavorare in MESSICO.
Non c’erano fattorie nel circondario?
Non c’era il sud rurale per farle raccogliere cotone a paghe coatte?
Ma questo manga è talmente impegnato a farci immergere fino ai gomiti nelle romantiche vicissitudini di Candy che non brillerà mai né per verosimiglianza storica né per attenzione alla geografia: Albert si veste da hippie anni Settanta, Terence da new romantic con lunghi capelli belli gonfi, Candy indossa spesso una salopette di Jeans nei momenti informali e non c’è un personaggio che si acconci i capelli alla maniera del tempo. Ma soprattutto, i paesaggi americani si trasformano magicamente in paesaggi scozzesi solo perché quelle famiglie provengono originariamente dalla Scozia (quasi che essi riescano a imporre la loro scozzesità al background circostante con la forza dei loro kilt e delle loro cornamuse), il Messico è vicino al Michigan e la gente può fare avanti e indietro tra l’Inghilterra e l’America come se fossimo in Star Trek col teletrasporto.
Ma il destino di Candy non è mangiare Tacos e coltivare mais: durante il viaggio, proprio mentre sta per subire l’immancabile assalto sessuale da parte del messicano stereotipato coi labbroni e il sombrero viene rapita da un uomo col baffetto alla Walt Disney che si rivela essere George, il segretario personale dello zio William, il capo della famiglia Andrew, il quale ha deciso di adottare ufficialmente Candy dietro le insistenze di Archie, Stear e Anthony.
Si rende necessario quindi presentare la nuova arrivata alla famiglia, e quale occasione migliore di presentare a una mansnada di ricchi snob una ragazza di umili origini, che non ha mai ricevuto una nobile educazione e non ha mai messo il culo sopra un cavallo, di una caccia alla volpe in cui si deve correre, saltare, sudare, e tempo per le chiacchiere zero? D’altronde senza questo espediente per nulla forzato Anthony non avrebbe mai potuto imitare Diletta di Via col vento, atterrare di faccia sul prato dopo una caduta da cavallo e lasciare questo mondo.
Candy a questo punto è distrutta dal dolore, e deve abbandonare quella casa piena di stronzi e ricordi tristi per tornare alla Casa di Pony: come dimenticare infatti Anthony, il principe azzurro, quel dolce e caro ragazzo che tra il regalarle una rosa e l’andarsene in giro a mostrare quelle belle cosciotte sode sotto al kilt la prendeva a sberloni di rovescio per aver osato scappare e passare fuori la notte all’ennesima angheria di Iriza ed è stato il primo (e unico dei tre cugini) a credere almeno all’inizio che la poveretta fosse responsabile del furto dei gioielli dei Lagan?
Un’altra cose di questo manga che mi ha fatto storcere il naso non poco è, a questo proposito, la trama romantica fatta davvero con il deretano, e mi fa ridere che le stesse persone che sospiravano dietro queste trame e che asseriscono di aver avuto aspettative romantiche altissime e inarrivabili grazie a cartoni come quello di Candy ora magari sono quelle che se la prendono con le giovani generazioni debosciate che corrono dietro a Christian Gray o alla Joker/Harley di Suicide Squad.
Il romanticismo non esiste, a meno di non voler considerare romanticismo gente che si innamora perdutamente dopo aver notato una somiglianza tra Candy e SUA MADRE MORTA, aver scambiato due parole di convenienza ed essersi fatta prendere a sberle (Candy e Anthony, che paradossalmente è l’unica cotta di Candy che giustifico dal momento che lui era la copia sputata del suo principe misterioso che tanti anni fa l’aveva consolata in un periodo di profondo sconforto); gente che passerà la maggior parte del tempo a scriversi lettere o a struggersi in lontananza (Candy e Terence, altro fenomeno); gente che si innamora a caso e lo dimostra malissimo (Candy e Near); gente che soffre della sindrome di Papà Gambalunga e non ha altro motivo per invaghirsi se non il fatto di essere bono e ricco da fare schifo (Candy e William). Le coppie di convenienza abbondano: tutti amano Candy ma Candy questo non lo sa e come il bombo continua a volare, quindi tutti devono accontentarsi della squinzia che li ama. O si devono sacrificare per stare accanto a quella che li ama anche se loro non la amano, in un crescendo di WTF drammatico che a una certa si è fatto francamente insopportabile.
Ma i momenti di pace per Candy non durano mai a lungo, perché sì: infatti lo zio William non si sa bene per quale motivo spinge tutta la famiglia ad andare a studiare in Scozia a studiare nella stessa scuola (ma il manga sarà pieno di queste forzature, o di incontri casuali, tipo quello di Candy e questo bad boy di nome Terence Grandchester sulla nave che la porterà in Inghilterra, o quello con l’amica d’infanzia Annie proprio in quella scuola), nonostante Candy non si sia mai vista con un precettore dai Lagan o con un libro in mano, si presume non abbia mai avuto un’istruzione superiore all’orfanotrofio e abbia passato metà del tempo a pulire la merda dei cavalli di Iriza o a parlare con la puzzola Poppi. Eppure per motivi astrusi sa leggere in francese.
Iriza fa subito l’infame, nonostante sia vietato interagire tra maschi e femmie Candy passerà più tempo nei dormitori dei maschi che in camera sua, farà amicizia con Patty (convenientemente dotata di occhiali per fare da controparte romantica di Stear) e nel frattempo il suo cuoricino comincia a battere per un altro personaggio con cui dare inizio a una romantica e per nulla inquietante o fastidiosa o diseducativa storia d’amore: trattasi proprio di Terence, il quale fuma, beve, fa a botte, schiaffeggia e sputa in faccia alle ragazze e non fa che tormentare Candy con nomignoli e prese in giro, salvo poi rubarle il primo bacio a caso.
Ah, che bello.
La storia tra i due si rivelerà una meteora perché Terence sarà costretto ad abbandonare la scuola, ma i due continueranno a struggersi inspiegabilmente l’uno per l’altra nonostante l’interazione tra i due sia stata tutto fuorchè memorabile e nonostante i due nel corso della storia si scambieranno qualche lettera e due parole in croce. Ma è comunque tutto molto bello.
Candy non può restare in quella scuola senza il bad boy e torna in America dove dopo un’inutile parentesi in cui con la bontà del suo cuore e degli inutili bambini vestiti da angioletti riesce a sciogliere il cuore di un avido speculatore e a salvare la casa di Pony, ha deciso a caso di fare l’infermiera. Nel frattempo Terence ha inseguito il suo sogno di diventare attore teatrale (e lei lo scopre dai giornali, pensa te quanto si parlano questi due e quanto è realistica questa storia infelice), ma la storia tra i due finirà in tragedia quando la sua collega attrice Susanna perderà una gamba per salvarlo da un proiettore ballerino durante le prove e lui dovrà sposarla e rimanerle accanto per senso di colpa e compassione (beh, c’è gente che si sposa per motivi peggiori). Salvo poi ritrovarlo sbronzo duro a recitare male in commediole schifose in una bettola perché senza Candy non vive (e allora quell’addio a che cavolo serviva se non ci volevi mettere una pietra sopra?), per essere salvato dalle lacrime di Candy che, tra il pubblico, lo incoraggia silenziosa e letale, come una loffa.
Un epilogo di cui avrei fatto volentieri a meno.
Ma alla fine di tutta questa caterva di peripezie il sole tornerà a splendere per la nostra Candy, con una rivelazione da Carramba che sorpresa e un lieto fine amoroso buttato là quando fino a due secondi prima pareva che senza Terence moriva. E come parentesi seria, nonostante io appoggi il fatto che alla fine il vero amore di Candy non sia quello idealizzato dell’infanzia o il bad boy tormentato dell’adolescenza ma qualcosa di adulto e stabile, l’amico di sempre che le è sempre stato accanto fin da quel lontano giorno sulla collina di Pony, dall’altro non è così naturale e obbligato che da grandi amici si diventi amanti e il fatto che tra i due prima della fine non ci sia un accenno romantico fa pensare più a un’unione di convenienza e a un amore nato dalla gratitudine.
Quindi un po’ come quello di Terence e Susanna.
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Candy Candy è un manga che scopiazza a piene mani da tutta la letteratura occidentale dell’Ottocento, e lo fa malissimo dal momento che all’autrice (che non essendo europea magari giustamente non conosce molto della nostra storia) nulla sembra fregare di qualsivoglia originalità o verosimiglianza storica, basta che si soffra d’amore e si muoia, non necessariamente in quest’ordine: abbiamo l’orfana sfigata costretta a svolgere lavori umili (Cenerentola, Anna dai capelli rossi, La piccola principessa) ma che non perde mai l’ottimismo (Pollyanna), con un misterioso benefattore che interagisce con lei solo tramite lettera o tramite segretari personali (Papà Gambalunga), tormenti amorosi degni di un libretto di Verdi e parentesi patetiche e forzatissime.
Nonostante si tocchino temi molto seri e importanti come la morte (e lo ammetto, quando è morto il signor McGregor ho pianto come una stronza, e non scherzo, altro che morte di Stear o l’addio di Terence, col quale ho riso come una iena), le differenze di classe, l’alcolismo o la depressione, e nonostante sia ammirevole che Candy, un’eroina degli anni Settanta, voglia comunque trovare la propria strada senza dipendere dai soldi dello zio William (anche se alla fine non è che la si veda tanto camminare con le proprie gambe per davvero), o anche solo la situazione dei figli bastardi in un’epoca di grande ipocrisia forse non così lontana dalla nostra, resta tutto in secondo piano, mai analizzato, tutto resta sempre funzionale alle cagate romantiche e questo denota, almeno a mio avviso, una grave mancanza che però non inficia totalmente la godibilità dell’opera.
Procedete a vostro rischio e pericolo.
PREMESSE DOVEROSE: Quando parliamo di Candy Candy è impossibile che non suoni un campanello eppure al più arido dei cuori di pietra. Ci ritroviamo infatti di fronte nientepopodimeno che a una delle pietre miliari del genere Shojo, vale a dire i manga romantici destinati alle ragazze fatti di sfighe, batticuori e interminabili struggimenti.
Candy Candy in tutto questo regna suprema, non ha rivali.
Quindi, chi amerà le lacrime strappa storie avrà davanti a sé l’opera della vita.
Qualche parola sulla trama però è comunque d’obbligo: siamo in America nei pressi del lago Michigan dove una neonata (che deve avere solo pochi giorni ma ha già un casco di riccioli biondi che Shakira può accompagnare solo) viene abbandonata davanti alla porta dell’orfanotrofio “La casa di Pony”, gestita dalla suddetta Miss Pony e da suor Lane (Maria nell’adattamento mediaset): alla bambina viene dato nome Candy White (in italiano solo Candy, come Cher), e cresce allegra e vivace insieme agli altri bambini ma soprattutto alla coetanea Annie. Le due si giurano eterna amicizia e devozione, eternità che dura più o meno fino al momento in cui Annie viene adottata da una coppia di ricchi in cerca di un clone della figlia deceduta, dopodichè Annie troncherà ogni rapporto con l’amica per non dover rivelare agli amici spocchiosi di essere nata povera.
Naturalmente questo pupazzo caricato a melassa di nome Candy non gliene farà una colpa e non le serberà mai rancore, e sarà un atteggiamento che manterrà a vita persino con le più perfide e recidive carogne della terra.
Infatti visto che la buona sorte sembra accanirsi senza esclusioni di colpi sulla nostra eroina dai codini da cocker, in risposta alle preghiere in cui chiedeva di essere adottata da una famiglia ricca per poter tornare ad essere amica di Annie essa viene adottata da una ricca famiglia di origine scozzese, i Lagan, o per meglio dire assunta come dama di compagnia per la figlia Iriza, che insieme al fratello Near cercherà di sopperire a una vita di lusso e noia cercando di rendere la vita un inferno all’orfana con un accanimento gratuito.
Candy però non si dà mai per vinta, e nonostante i continui soprusi fa la conoscenza (diventando amica inseparabile) dei tre cugini dei due, appartenenti alla famiglia Ardlay: Archie, Stear ma soprattutto Anthony, che con una mossa da La donna del mistero risulta la copia in carta carbone di quel Principe della collina che anni addietro consolò una Candy in lacrime, e di cui lei serba un caro ricordo. Farà anche la conoscenza di Anthony, un misterioso giramondo barbuto che indossa i Ray-ban (un indispensabile accessorio della moda del primo Novecento) anche al buio e che parla con una puzzola con la permanente di nome Poppi.
Le angherie di Near e Iriza, gelosa soprattutto della vicinanza tra Candy e Anthony, vanno oltre lo screzio addentrandosi el codice penale, e Candy viene accusata di furto quindi venduta a un messicano perché la porti a lavorare in una fattoria oltre confine. Ora si necessita di una piccola riflessione geografica: la casa di Pony si trova nei pressi del lago Michigan, che si trova tra Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin e Illinois (per intendersi, nella parte nord orientale degli states, quasi vicino al Canada). Appurato che il viaggio di Candy non è durato mesi e che presumibilmente i Lagan per quanto quella ragazza sia di una bastardagine rara non siano stati tanto disperati di trovare compagnia a Iriza da aver battuto a tappeto tutti gli Stati Uniti ma si siano limitati agli orfanotrofi del circondario, viene da chiedersi il motivo della scelta di mandare Candy a lavorare in MESSICO.
Non c’erano fattorie nel circondario?
Non c’era il sud rurale per farle raccogliere cotone a paghe coatte?
Ma questo manga è talmente impegnato a farci immergere fino ai gomiti nelle romantiche vicissitudini di Candy che non brillerà mai né per verosimiglianza storica né per attenzione alla geografia: Albert si veste da hippie anni Settanta, Terence da new romantic con lunghi capelli belli gonfi, Candy indossa spesso una salopette di Jeans nei momenti informali e non c’è un personaggio che si acconci i capelli alla maniera del tempo. Ma soprattutto, i paesaggi americani si trasformano magicamente in paesaggi scozzesi solo perché quelle famiglie provengono originariamente dalla Scozia (quasi che essi riescano a imporre la loro scozzesità al background circostante con la forza dei loro kilt e delle loro cornamuse), il Messico è vicino al Michigan e la gente può fare avanti e indietro tra l’Inghilterra e l’America come se fossimo in Star Trek col teletrasporto.
Ma il destino di Candy non è mangiare Tacos e coltivare mais: durante il viaggio, proprio mentre sta per subire l’immancabile assalto sessuale da parte del messicano stereotipato coi labbroni e il sombrero viene rapita da un uomo col baffetto alla Walt Disney che si rivela essere George, il segretario personale dello zio William, il capo della famiglia Andrew, il quale ha deciso di adottare ufficialmente Candy dietro le insistenze di Archie, Stear e Anthony.
Si rende necessario quindi presentare la nuova arrivata alla famiglia, e quale occasione migliore di presentare a una mansnada di ricchi snob una ragazza di umili origini, che non ha mai ricevuto una nobile educazione e non ha mai messo il culo sopra un cavallo, di una caccia alla volpe in cui si deve correre, saltare, sudare, e tempo per le chiacchiere zero? D’altronde senza questo espediente per nulla forzato Anthony non avrebbe mai potuto imitare Diletta di Via col vento, atterrare di faccia sul prato dopo una caduta da cavallo e lasciare questo mondo.
Candy a questo punto è distrutta dal dolore, e deve abbandonare quella casa piena di stronzi e ricordi tristi per tornare alla Casa di Pony: come dimenticare infatti Anthony, il principe azzurro, quel dolce e caro ragazzo che tra il regalarle una rosa e l’andarsene in giro a mostrare quelle belle cosciotte sode sotto al kilt la prendeva a sberloni di rovescio per aver osato scappare e passare fuori la notte all’ennesima angheria di Iriza ed è stato il primo (e unico dei tre cugini) a credere almeno all’inizio che la poveretta fosse responsabile del furto dei gioielli dei Lagan?
Un’altra cose di questo manga che mi ha fatto storcere il naso non poco è, a questo proposito, la trama romantica fatta davvero con il deretano, e mi fa ridere che le stesse persone che sospiravano dietro queste trame e che asseriscono di aver avuto aspettative romantiche altissime e inarrivabili grazie a cartoni come quello di Candy ora magari sono quelle che se la prendono con le giovani generazioni debosciate che corrono dietro a Christian Gray o alla Joker/Harley di Suicide Squad.
Il romanticismo non esiste, a meno di non voler considerare romanticismo gente che si innamora perdutamente dopo aver notato una somiglianza tra Candy e SUA MADRE MORTA, aver scambiato due parole di convenienza ed essersi fatta prendere a sberle (Candy e Anthony, che paradossalmente è l’unica cotta di Candy che giustifico dal momento che lui era la copia sputata del suo principe misterioso che tanti anni fa l’aveva consolata in un periodo di profondo sconforto); gente che passerà la maggior parte del tempo a scriversi lettere o a struggersi in lontananza (Candy e Terence, altro fenomeno); gente che si innamora a caso e lo dimostra malissimo (Candy e Near); gente che soffre della sindrome di Papà Gambalunga e non ha altro motivo per invaghirsi se non il fatto di essere bono e ricco da fare schifo (Candy e William). Le coppie di convenienza abbondano: tutti amano Candy ma Candy questo non lo sa e come il bombo continua a volare, quindi tutti devono accontentarsi della squinzia che li ama. O si devono sacrificare per stare accanto a quella che li ama anche se loro non la amano, in un crescendo di WTF drammatico che a una certa si è fatto francamente insopportabile.
Ma i momenti di pace per Candy non durano mai a lungo, perché sì: infatti lo zio William non si sa bene per quale motivo spinge tutta la famiglia ad andare a studiare in Scozia a studiare nella stessa scuola (ma il manga sarà pieno di queste forzature, o di incontri casuali, tipo quello di Candy e questo bad boy di nome Terence Grandchester sulla nave che la porterà in Inghilterra, o quello con l’amica d’infanzia Annie proprio in quella scuola), nonostante Candy non si sia mai vista con un precettore dai Lagan o con un libro in mano, si presume non abbia mai avuto un’istruzione superiore all’orfanotrofio e abbia passato metà del tempo a pulire la merda dei cavalli di Iriza o a parlare con la puzzola Poppi. Eppure per motivi astrusi sa leggere in francese.
Iriza fa subito l’infame, nonostante sia vietato interagire tra maschi e femmie Candy passerà più tempo nei dormitori dei maschi che in camera sua, farà amicizia con Patty (convenientemente dotata di occhiali per fare da controparte romantica di Stear) e nel frattempo il suo cuoricino comincia a battere per un altro personaggio con cui dare inizio a una romantica e per nulla inquietante o fastidiosa o diseducativa storia d’amore: trattasi proprio di Terence, il quale fuma, beve, fa a botte, schiaffeggia e sputa in faccia alle ragazze e non fa che tormentare Candy con nomignoli e prese in giro, salvo poi rubarle il primo bacio a caso.
Ah, che bello.
La storia tra i due si rivelerà una meteora perché Terence sarà costretto ad abbandonare la scuola, ma i due continueranno a struggersi inspiegabilmente l’uno per l’altra nonostante l’interazione tra i due sia stata tutto fuorchè memorabile e nonostante i due nel corso della storia si scambieranno qualche lettera e due parole in croce. Ma è comunque tutto molto bello.
Candy non può restare in quella scuola senza il bad boy e torna in America dove dopo un’inutile parentesi in cui con la bontà del suo cuore e degli inutili bambini vestiti da angioletti riesce a sciogliere il cuore di un avido speculatore e a salvare la casa di Pony, ha deciso a caso di fare l’infermiera. Nel frattempo Terence ha inseguito il suo sogno di diventare attore teatrale (e lei lo scopre dai giornali, pensa te quanto si parlano questi due e quanto è realistica questa storia infelice), ma la storia tra i due finirà in tragedia quando la sua collega attrice Susanna perderà una gamba per salvarlo da un proiettore ballerino durante le prove e lui dovrà sposarla e rimanerle accanto per senso di colpa e compassione (beh, c’è gente che si sposa per motivi peggiori). Salvo poi ritrovarlo sbronzo duro a recitare male in commediole schifose in una bettola perché senza Candy non vive (e allora quell’addio a che cavolo serviva se non ci volevi mettere una pietra sopra?), per essere salvato dalle lacrime di Candy che, tra il pubblico, lo incoraggia silenziosa e letale, come una loffa.
Un epilogo di cui avrei fatto volentieri a meno.
Ma alla fine di tutta questa caterva di peripezie il sole tornerà a splendere per la nostra Candy, con una rivelazione da Carramba che sorpresa e un lieto fine amoroso buttato là quando fino a due secondi prima pareva che senza Terence moriva. E come parentesi seria, nonostante io appoggi il fatto che alla fine il vero amore di Candy non sia quello idealizzato dell’infanzia o il bad boy tormentato dell’adolescenza ma qualcosa di adulto e stabile, l’amico di sempre che le è sempre stato accanto fin da quel lontano giorno sulla collina di Pony, dall’altro non è così naturale e obbligato che da grandi amici si diventi amanti e il fatto che tra i due prima della fine non ci sia un accenno romantico fa pensare più a un’unione di convenienza e a un amore nato dalla gratitudine.
Quindi un po’ come quello di Terence e Susanna.
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Candy Candy è un manga che scopiazza a piene mani da tutta la letteratura occidentale dell’Ottocento, e lo fa malissimo dal momento che all’autrice (che non essendo europea magari giustamente non conosce molto della nostra storia) nulla sembra fregare di qualsivoglia originalità o verosimiglianza storica, basta che si soffra d’amore e si muoia, non necessariamente in quest’ordine: abbiamo l’orfana sfigata costretta a svolgere lavori umili (Cenerentola, Anna dai capelli rossi, La piccola principessa) ma che non perde mai l’ottimismo (Pollyanna), con un misterioso benefattore che interagisce con lei solo tramite lettera o tramite segretari personali (Papà Gambalunga), tormenti amorosi degni di un libretto di Verdi e parentesi patetiche e forzatissime.
Nonostante si tocchino temi molto seri e importanti come la morte (e lo ammetto, quando è morto il signor McGregor ho pianto come una stronza, e non scherzo, altro che morte di Stear o l’addio di Terence, col quale ho riso come una iena), le differenze di classe, l’alcolismo o la depressione, e nonostante sia ammirevole che Candy, un’eroina degli anni Settanta, voglia comunque trovare la propria strada senza dipendere dai soldi dello zio William (anche se alla fine non è che la si veda tanto camminare con le proprie gambe per davvero), o anche solo la situazione dei figli bastardi in un’epoca di grande ipocrisia forse non così lontana dalla nostra, resta tutto in secondo piano, mai analizzato, tutto resta sempre funzionale alle cagate romantiche e questo denota, almeno a mio avviso, una grave mancanza che però non inficia totalmente la godibilità dell’opera.
June 25, 2019
La pépite de ma biblio: les 9 volumes de Candy en français achetés 120francs (le pack)chez Junku à l'époque. Je me souviens, tous les volumes n'étant pas dispos j'avais dû attendre un réapprovisionnement. ^^
Mon précieux!! ♥
Mon précieux!! ♥
September 3, 2016
Recordando mi niñez :)
August 11, 2012
The ”Candy Candy” manga is a "slice of life story" in the shōjo genre. While the protagonist experiences love in the series, the recurring story arc in the series is Candy's love for Pony's Home, a place where she constantly returns to when life deals her great injustices or trials. It is here where the story begins, and the story ends. The plot can be divided into seven arcs. The first arc deals with the first ten years of her life at the orphanage, coping with the demands of her first foster home and resolving her living circumstances into a happier situation.
”Pony's Home and The Hilltop Prince”
The first ten years of her life, the orphan Candice White grows up at the orphanage Pony's Home, together with Annie who was found on the same day as Candy. The two girls are best friends, regarding each other as sisters. In order to avoid being separated they boycott any visit from people who hope to adopt a child there. The adoption of the slightly older Tom by the rich cattle farmer Steve though, feeds Annie's growing desire to have parents of her own.
Once felt, Annie's need cannot be denied any more when the two girls spend a day at the Brighton hunting estate, after Mr. Brighton rescued the two girls from drowning. The two girls differ not only in character with Candy being the tomboy, but they have different needs as well. Candy is not just bound to Annie. She loves and regards Pony's Home as her true home and the two women that run the place, Miss Pony and Sister Mary, as her parents. Mrs. Brighton chooses to adopt Annie but does not wish her social circle to learn she grew up in Pony's Home. This forces Annie to break all ties with Pony's Home and Candy to promise never to reveal Annie's secret.
The loss of Annie's friendship breaks Candy's heart and she tries to find solace on the hilltop near Pony's Home. A mysterious prince in kilt and playing bagpipes manages to cheer her up, but disappears into thin air as quickly as he appeared, only leaving a pendant with a family sign as evidence that he exists. When the steward of the rich Leagan family visits Pony's Home to inform Miss Pony and Sister Mary that his employer is prospecting for a girl that could be a playmate for his daughter, Candy instantly volunteers for it, because the Leagan car carries the same symbol as the pendant of Candy's hilltop prince. When she learns that the Leagans live in Lakewood, which is near to Jasper where Annie lives, Candy's mind is made up.
”Lakewood”
But life at Lakewood is not what Candy envisioned. The two spoiled Leagan children, Eliza and Neil, pester Candy from day one in the hope to chase her off back to where she came from. Their mother who was against the idea in the first place does nothing to stop the pestering. And while Mr. Leagan knows Candy's worth and questions his children's stories, he is more absent than present. Before long, Candy is downgraded from Eliza's playmate to servant, and moved from the attic into the barn.
While Candy has every reason and opportunity to run away and return to Pony's Home, she opts to stay, because she believes her hilltop prince to live in the neighboring estate of the Ardley family. She meets Anthony Brown in almost similar mysterious circumstances in front of the estate's closed rose gates that carry the same symbol as her pendant. Although he is Eliza's favorite, Anthony prefers Candy's company and even grows a new type of rose for her birthday which he names "Sweet Candy". Anthony has two charming cousins who often help Candy: the Cornwell brothers Archibald and inventor Alistear. Candy also finds a friend in the maidservant Dorothy and the vagabond Albert. While Candy is under the initial impression that Anthony actually is the hilltop prince, she soon learns he cannot be: he has never been to Pony's Hill and he met Candy for the first time at the gates of his late mother's rose garden.
As the child romance between Candy and Anthony blooms, Eliza's attempts to rid herself of Candy become more drastic. Neil frames Candy and makes her out to be a thief. As a consequence, Candy is sent packing as a manual laborer to Mexico. Neither Anthony, the Cornwell brothers, Albert or Dorothy can prevent Candy from leaving. Before getting to the intended destination, however, Candy ends up being kidnapped in Texas. Though she is richly taken care of by her kidnappers, Candy fears she will be trafficked and sold to childless Europeans. Not wanting to put anymore distance between herself and Anthony, she manages to escape in New Orleans and returns to Lakewood by freight train. There she learns that her kidnapper was an employee of a benefactor she has never met: grandfather William Ardley. Anthony, Archibald and Alistair had written him letters, pleading him to adopt Candy in order to save her from a harsh fate.
Candy feels as if she lives in a dream: a rich life at the Ardley home, together with Anthony, Archibald and Alistair. Eliza and Neil cannot hurt her anymore. And even the severe Ardley matriarch, great-aunt Elroy, eventually warms a little to Candy. But Anthony is envious of this mysterious hilltop prince who stole Candy's heart before he ever met her. He fears Candy only likes him because he looks like him. Candy manages to appease him by stating she does not care anymore who the hilltop prince might be and that, yes even if they might be twins in looks, she loves the fourteen year old Anthony because he is Anthony. After their first romantic date in town, nothing seems to stand in Candy's way to live a happily ever after from her twelve years on. Anthony even manages to figure out who the hilltop prince must have been. But before he can explain to Candy during a fox hunt, he dies in an unfortunate accident after a fall from his horse.
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Book Details:
Title Candy Candy Vol. 1
Author Kyoko Mizuk & Yumiko Igarashi
Reviewed By Purplycookie
”Pony's Home and The Hilltop Prince”
The first ten years of her life, the orphan Candice White grows up at the orphanage Pony's Home, together with Annie who was found on the same day as Candy. The two girls are best friends, regarding each other as sisters. In order to avoid being separated they boycott any visit from people who hope to adopt a child there. The adoption of the slightly older Tom by the rich cattle farmer Steve though, feeds Annie's growing desire to have parents of her own.
Once felt, Annie's need cannot be denied any more when the two girls spend a day at the Brighton hunting estate, after Mr. Brighton rescued the two girls from drowning. The two girls differ not only in character with Candy being the tomboy, but they have different needs as well. Candy is not just bound to Annie. She loves and regards Pony's Home as her true home and the two women that run the place, Miss Pony and Sister Mary, as her parents. Mrs. Brighton chooses to adopt Annie but does not wish her social circle to learn she grew up in Pony's Home. This forces Annie to break all ties with Pony's Home and Candy to promise never to reveal Annie's secret.
The loss of Annie's friendship breaks Candy's heart and she tries to find solace on the hilltop near Pony's Home. A mysterious prince in kilt and playing bagpipes manages to cheer her up, but disappears into thin air as quickly as he appeared, only leaving a pendant with a family sign as evidence that he exists. When the steward of the rich Leagan family visits Pony's Home to inform Miss Pony and Sister Mary that his employer is prospecting for a girl that could be a playmate for his daughter, Candy instantly volunteers for it, because the Leagan car carries the same symbol as the pendant of Candy's hilltop prince. When she learns that the Leagans live in Lakewood, which is near to Jasper where Annie lives, Candy's mind is made up.
”Lakewood”
But life at Lakewood is not what Candy envisioned. The two spoiled Leagan children, Eliza and Neil, pester Candy from day one in the hope to chase her off back to where she came from. Their mother who was against the idea in the first place does nothing to stop the pestering. And while Mr. Leagan knows Candy's worth and questions his children's stories, he is more absent than present. Before long, Candy is downgraded from Eliza's playmate to servant, and moved from the attic into the barn.
While Candy has every reason and opportunity to run away and return to Pony's Home, she opts to stay, because she believes her hilltop prince to live in the neighboring estate of the Ardley family. She meets Anthony Brown in almost similar mysterious circumstances in front of the estate's closed rose gates that carry the same symbol as her pendant. Although he is Eliza's favorite, Anthony prefers Candy's company and even grows a new type of rose for her birthday which he names "Sweet Candy". Anthony has two charming cousins who often help Candy: the Cornwell brothers Archibald and inventor Alistear. Candy also finds a friend in the maidservant Dorothy and the vagabond Albert. While Candy is under the initial impression that Anthony actually is the hilltop prince, she soon learns he cannot be: he has never been to Pony's Hill and he met Candy for the first time at the gates of his late mother's rose garden.
As the child romance between Candy and Anthony blooms, Eliza's attempts to rid herself of Candy become more drastic. Neil frames Candy and makes her out to be a thief. As a consequence, Candy is sent packing as a manual laborer to Mexico. Neither Anthony, the Cornwell brothers, Albert or Dorothy can prevent Candy from leaving. Before getting to the intended destination, however, Candy ends up being kidnapped in Texas. Though she is richly taken care of by her kidnappers, Candy fears she will be trafficked and sold to childless Europeans. Not wanting to put anymore distance between herself and Anthony, she manages to escape in New Orleans and returns to Lakewood by freight train. There she learns that her kidnapper was an employee of a benefactor she has never met: grandfather William Ardley. Anthony, Archibald and Alistair had written him letters, pleading him to adopt Candy in order to save her from a harsh fate.
Candy feels as if she lives in a dream: a rich life at the Ardley home, together with Anthony, Archibald and Alistair. Eliza and Neil cannot hurt her anymore. And even the severe Ardley matriarch, great-aunt Elroy, eventually warms a little to Candy. But Anthony is envious of this mysterious hilltop prince who stole Candy's heart before he ever met her. He fears Candy only likes him because he looks like him. Candy manages to appease him by stating she does not care anymore who the hilltop prince might be and that, yes even if they might be twins in looks, she loves the fourteen year old Anthony because he is Anthony. After their first romantic date in town, nothing seems to stand in Candy's way to live a happily ever after from her twelve years on. Anthony even manages to figure out who the hilltop prince must have been. But before he can explain to Candy during a fox hunt, he dies in an unfortunate accident after a fall from his horse.
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Book Details:
Title Candy Candy Vol. 1
Author Kyoko Mizuk & Yumiko Igarashi
Reviewed By Purplycookie
April 4, 2020
En la historia se nos presenta a una niña llamada candy Swett, tal así como su nombre lo indica ella es de personalidad dulce, amable y extrovertida, pero aquí empieza el drama, ella es huefana y reside en el orfanato de la colina y por supuesto tiene una mejor amiga que muy pronto para su fortuna será adoptada, al contrario de candy y poco a poco su amistad irá menguando. Luego la historia da un giro cuando una persona aparece, pero no para adoptarla sino para que sea una dama de compañía y todo esto desata una importante cadena de acontecimientos.
Todo hemos en algún punto de nuestra vida haber que escuchado sobre candy, pero debo decir que yo no me acordaba de nada solamente de el famoso Anthony (que por cierto aparece desde ya) este personaje realizó una acción que me pareció de lo mas fatal y lo peor fue la respuesta de "ella" que lo JUSTIFICÓ, seguiré leyendo para tener una opinión más sólida, comprendo que ha sufrido mucho para su corta edad , pero su anhelo llega a ser estar lo más cerca de Anthony, sinceramente me estresa.
Todo hemos en algún punto de nuestra vida haber que escuchado sobre candy, pero debo decir que yo no me acordaba de nada solamente de el famoso Anthony (que por cierto aparece desde ya) este personaje realizó una acción que me pareció de lo mas fatal y lo peor fue la respuesta de "ella" que lo JUSTIFICÓ, seguiré leyendo para tener una opinión más sólida, comprendo que ha sufrido mucho para su corta edad , pero su anhelo llega a ser estar lo más cerca de Anthony, sinceramente me estresa.
April 6, 2018
Dios mío, cuanto drama y sufrimiento. Ya había olvidado tantas cosas desde la ultima vez que vi la serie durante mi infancia...
December 10, 2022
¿Puede una serie de manga delinear tu subconsciente?..(35 años después.....
December 2, 2011
STORY SECTION: 7/10 [Hard to swallow but digests nicely.]
If you are not accustomed to melodramatic stories, you will definitely hate it. It is filled with Deus Ex Machina situations, were every plot twist is either too good or too bad to be true.
In the beginning of the 20th century, a baby girl is abandoned in the doorstep of an orphanage. The girl was named Candice (Candy for short) and was raised by nuns, along with other orphans. The first part of the story is her happy life there, making friends and playing games, while wishing for lovable parents to come for her. Really cute and joyful times, most of us would find vomiting…
She is eventually taken as aid in a rich family. After a really tearful departing from the orphanage, she expects to have a happy life in an easy-going household. Unfortunately, the kids in the mansion are a pair of spoiled aristocrats that spend their carefree lives by tormenting peasants and pulling cruel jokes on Candy. And the adults there are snobby and joyless who dislike all aspects of her cheery personality. It will make you want to strangle them!
It’s here where she falls in love with a (literally) prince in shinning armor and experiences her first romance. There are good times and there are bad times but this relationship will have a tragic conclusion. She later becomes a nurse during First World War and experiences one tragedy over another. She reunites with old friends, falls in love again and starts to learn about her real family.
The conclusion is sad but satisfactory, making you weep at the series’ end. As I said already, you must bear its unreal plot twists. It is only a good drama/romance thanks to them.
CHARACTER SECTION: 7/10 [Extreme versions of good and evil but likable nonetheless.]
Heck, what is there to say? Every character in the series seems to be cursed as the worst of possibilities happens always when things are about to pick up. They are all either too sweet or completely heartless.
Candy is always cheery and cries a lot.
Most orphans and poor people are kind and perky.
The aristocrats are serious and complete assholes all the time.
Grown men are the epitome of kindness and ideal husbands.
Plus, all those optical tricks (see below) make them enjoyable most of the time.
ART SECTION: 9/10 [Retro and yet a sight for shore eyes.]
The mangaka used every optical trick used for atmosphere enhancement there was. The girls have big, star-filled eyes, really sweet smiles, tears of sadness and joy every 2 pages, sun rays that pass before their faces, cherry blossoms fill the screen, breezy lines that go beyond the frame borders and many more. The depiction of the era the story takes place is not very detailed but it is romance inspiring by itself, so it improves the atmosphere even more. But seriously, for the time it was made this was as good as it gets.
ENJOYMENT SECTION: 7/10 [You will like it if you are not a Narutard-like viewer.]
The story is quite sappy and melodramatic most of the time but it is still the best historical, girly drama I know of in manga form. If only some parts were more fast-paced, it wouldn’t be boring at times.
VALUE SECTION: 7/10 [Like old wine, it only gets better as time goes by]
Rather cheesy but still very well made for its kind.
If you are not accustomed to melodramatic stories, you will definitely hate it. It is filled with Deus Ex Machina situations, were every plot twist is either too good or too bad to be true.
In the beginning of the 20th century, a baby girl is abandoned in the doorstep of an orphanage. The girl was named Candice (Candy for short) and was raised by nuns, along with other orphans. The first part of the story is her happy life there, making friends and playing games, while wishing for lovable parents to come for her. Really cute and joyful times, most of us would find vomiting…
She is eventually taken as aid in a rich family. After a really tearful departing from the orphanage, she expects to have a happy life in an easy-going household. Unfortunately, the kids in the mansion are a pair of spoiled aristocrats that spend their carefree lives by tormenting peasants and pulling cruel jokes on Candy. And the adults there are snobby and joyless who dislike all aspects of her cheery personality. It will make you want to strangle them!
It’s here where she falls in love with a (literally) prince in shinning armor and experiences her first romance. There are good times and there are bad times but this relationship will have a tragic conclusion. She later becomes a nurse during First World War and experiences one tragedy over another. She reunites with old friends, falls in love again and starts to learn about her real family.
The conclusion is sad but satisfactory, making you weep at the series’ end. As I said already, you must bear its unreal plot twists. It is only a good drama/romance thanks to them.
CHARACTER SECTION: 7/10 [Extreme versions of good and evil but likable nonetheless.]
Heck, what is there to say? Every character in the series seems to be cursed as the worst of possibilities happens always when things are about to pick up. They are all either too sweet or completely heartless.
Candy is always cheery and cries a lot.
Most orphans and poor people are kind and perky.
The aristocrats are serious and complete assholes all the time.
Grown men are the epitome of kindness and ideal husbands.
Plus, all those optical tricks (see below) make them enjoyable most of the time.
ART SECTION: 9/10 [Retro and yet a sight for shore eyes.]
The mangaka used every optical trick used for atmosphere enhancement there was. The girls have big, star-filled eyes, really sweet smiles, tears of sadness and joy every 2 pages, sun rays that pass before their faces, cherry blossoms fill the screen, breezy lines that go beyond the frame borders and many more. The depiction of the era the story takes place is not very detailed but it is romance inspiring by itself, so it improves the atmosphere even more. But seriously, for the time it was made this was as good as it gets.
ENJOYMENT SECTION: 7/10 [You will like it if you are not a Narutard-like viewer.]
The story is quite sappy and melodramatic most of the time but it is still the best historical, girly drama I know of in manga form. If only some parts were more fast-paced, it wouldn’t be boring at times.
VALUE SECTION: 7/10 [Like old wine, it only gets better as time goes by]
Rather cheesy but still very well made for its kind.
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October 16, 2023Candy’s story is one that can be easily translated into all manner of time periods. Kind-hearted women trying to do their best despite what society tells them “is proper” can be found all over the world. I think that’s the main reason why, in 2023, I feel her story still holds up solidly. It’s not perfect – the rating tied to the public it was aimed at, as well as the cultural clashes expected from a period piece located in 30s America, written by a Japanese woman in the 70s definitely affect it, but not to the point of dating it.
Well, not too much. There’s a point where Candy’s being sent to a Mexican slave camp, but is luckily saved in the nick of time by an “unexpected” twist. Which by itself is fine and par for the course from this kind of story, but I can’t help but think about the other people being sent to the slave camp alongside her. They didn’t have an unexpected wealthy man suddenly adopt them into a life of luxury. I couldn’t exactly expect the 12yo to take them all with her, but I feel that, if a modern story didn’t at least imply the other slaves escaped, it wouldn’t go down well with the public.
There’s also Terry’s… tendency to slap women. Hardly the most egregious of sins from a male shoujo lead, but still a bit jarring given the world Candy lives in.
See, Candy’s world is a surprisingly kind one, despite her many trials and tribulations. Certainly, she gets bullied out of all manner of places due to (currently) dated social mores. But it’s also a world where a 15yo girl can be caught stowing away penniless into a cargo ship, and make friends with all the sailors on board. It’s a world shaped by its audience: very young girls, looking for a fun, safe “adventure” – the grittier, more real side of life has no place in it. The author still snuck in glimpses of it, such as the Mexican slaver trying to force ‘a bottle’ into Candy’s mouth, and let’s not forget Stear straight-up died in WWII, but it’s all still presented in as safe a fashion as possible.
This is fine, though. This story never sold itself as a grand epic. It’s a young girl’s story, full of common experiences and how they shape her: There is bullying, unwanted attention and clear injustices. But among it all, there is also a whole lot of love, which serves as Candy’s main guide throughout the story. She constantly returns to Pony’s Orphanage, because it is a place she associates with the love and kindness she was raised with. Her hard-won group of friends is her rock in her time of need, and to them, she is the same. And while romantic love is also an important part of the story, Candy’s life is not defined by it, nor by the wealth implied by the story’s premise of her adoption into a rich family. Hers ends up being a humble, happy life that is easy to relate to.
On the negative side, I have to say that Candy’s well-rounded character comes at the cost of the secondary ones’. This isn’t their story, so it’s easy to ignore it in the grand scheme of things, but when one considers, say, Annie, the stagnation of her character is a bit upsetting. Her growth ends once she learns to accept there’s no shame in her start as an orphan. After that, her role is to cook, go out with their friends, and cry when sad things happen. It would be less noticeable if her entire character wasn’t mean to be a direct mirror to Candy’s, who realizes the importance of forging her own path and finds a career that helps her become independent, while Annie does nothing with her life, except be rich and hang out. Which would be fine if the story at least acknowledged it, but because it doesn’t she just feels like a forgotten background character.
The story also has a surprising tendency to rob male characters of agency, of all things. Terry’s relationship with Susanna gets a bit more examination because of his importance in Candy’s life, with everyone recognizing it as fucked up, and still choosing to do nothing about it. But Archie’s relationship with Annie doesn’t have a better start. Both he and Terry are open about being in love with Candy, and both are told to suck it up and stay with Annie and Susanna because they will kill themselves otherwise. No matter how much Annie and Archie smiled to one another over the course of the story after that entire thing, it is hard not to think of their relationship as anything but a hostage situation. Terry and Susanna’s was even worse.
I also feel the need to point out the repetitive nature of the story. Candy gets kicked out of her school/place of work/home because she’s some flavor of ‘improper’. Everyone’s insistence on taking Candy to see Aunt Elroy and hanging out with Eliza and Neil feels like an exercise in insanity, repeating the same actions hoping for a different result. But the story does know to pace itself so it doesn’t become too weary on the reader – and I also recognize these are easy sources of ‘safe’ conflict to excite emotion in the very young audience the story is aimed at. Perhaps more importantly, the story also knows where to end. It would have been easy to milk the Terry situation for a few more volumes, but the story didn’t, and I appreciate that.
But in the long run, these weaknesses pale in comparison to the many strengths to be found in the story. The characters call out hypocrisy, stand up in the face of injustice and learn to support one another in their time of need. Sometimes more effectively than others, but the important fact is that they do it. I’m not used to 70s Nakayoshi manga having a male lead calling out double standards. Go, Terry.
Definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a sweet coming-of-age story where romance is present but not all-consuming, and personal growth is given the center stage when it comes to character development. It is also a fascinating bit of historical fiction, particularly for shoujo manga enthusiasts. After all, Moto Hagio and Riyoko Ikeda may be the most important names when it comes to the genre during this time in history, but Kyoko Mizuki and Yumiko Igarashi took it to the world stage.
Well, not too much. There’s a point where Candy’s being sent to a Mexican slave camp, but is luckily saved in the nick of time by an “unexpected” twist. Which by itself is fine and par for the course from this kind of story, but I can’t help but think about the other people being sent to the slave camp alongside her. They didn’t have an unexpected wealthy man suddenly adopt them into a life of luxury. I couldn’t exactly expect the 12yo to take them all with her, but I feel that, if a modern story didn’t at least imply the other slaves escaped, it wouldn’t go down well with the public.
There’s also Terry’s… tendency to slap women. Hardly the most egregious of sins from a male shoujo lead, but still a bit jarring given the world Candy lives in.
See, Candy’s world is a surprisingly kind one, despite her many trials and tribulations. Certainly, she gets bullied out of all manner of places due to (currently) dated social mores. But it’s also a world where a 15yo girl can be caught stowing away penniless into a cargo ship, and make friends with all the sailors on board. It’s a world shaped by its audience: very young girls, looking for a fun, safe “adventure” – the grittier, more real side of life has no place in it. The author still snuck in glimpses of it, such as the Mexican slaver trying to force ‘a bottle’ into Candy’s mouth, and let’s not forget Stear straight-up died in WWII, but it’s all still presented in as safe a fashion as possible.
This is fine, though. This story never sold itself as a grand epic. It’s a young girl’s story, full of common experiences and how they shape her: There is bullying, unwanted attention and clear injustices. But among it all, there is also a whole lot of love, which serves as Candy’s main guide throughout the story. She constantly returns to Pony’s Orphanage, because it is a place she associates with the love and kindness she was raised with. Her hard-won group of friends is her rock in her time of need, and to them, she is the same. And while romantic love is also an important part of the story, Candy’s life is not defined by it, nor by the wealth implied by the story’s premise of her adoption into a rich family. Hers ends up being a humble, happy life that is easy to relate to.
On the negative side, I have to say that Candy’s well-rounded character comes at the cost of the secondary ones’. This isn’t their story, so it’s easy to ignore it in the grand scheme of things, but when one considers, say, Annie, the stagnation of her character is a bit upsetting. Her growth ends once she learns to accept there’s no shame in her start as an orphan. After that, her role is to cook, go out with their friends, and cry when sad things happen. It would be less noticeable if her entire character wasn’t mean to be a direct mirror to Candy’s, who realizes the importance of forging her own path and finds a career that helps her become independent, while Annie does nothing with her life, except be rich and hang out. Which would be fine if the story at least acknowledged it, but because it doesn’t she just feels like a forgotten background character.
The story also has a surprising tendency to rob male characters of agency, of all things. Terry’s relationship with Susanna gets a bit more examination because of his importance in Candy’s life, with everyone recognizing it as fucked up, and still choosing to do nothing about it. But Archie’s relationship with Annie doesn’t have a better start. Both he and Terry are open about being in love with Candy, and both are told to suck it up and stay with Annie and Susanna because they will kill themselves otherwise. No matter how much Annie and Archie smiled to one another over the course of the story after that entire thing, it is hard not to think of their relationship as anything but a hostage situation. Terry and Susanna’s was even worse.
I also feel the need to point out the repetitive nature of the story. Candy gets kicked out of her school/place of work/home because she’s some flavor of ‘improper’. Everyone’s insistence on taking Candy to see Aunt Elroy and hanging out with Eliza and Neil feels like an exercise in insanity, repeating the same actions hoping for a different result. But the story does know to pace itself so it doesn’t become too weary on the reader – and I also recognize these are easy sources of ‘safe’ conflict to excite emotion in the very young audience the story is aimed at. Perhaps more importantly, the story also knows where to end. It would have been easy to milk the Terry situation for a few more volumes, but the story didn’t, and I appreciate that.
But in the long run, these weaknesses pale in comparison to the many strengths to be found in the story. The characters call out hypocrisy, stand up in the face of injustice and learn to support one another in their time of need. Sometimes more effectively than others, but the important fact is that they do it. I’m not used to 70s Nakayoshi manga having a male lead calling out double standards. Go, Terry.
Definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a sweet coming-of-age story where romance is present but not all-consuming, and personal growth is given the center stage when it comes to character development. It is also a fascinating bit of historical fiction, particularly for shoujo manga enthusiasts. After all, Moto Hagio and Riyoko Ikeda may be the most important names when it comes to the genre during this time in history, but Kyoko Mizuki and Yumiko Igarashi took it to the world stage.
November 9, 2011
I was a little child when I first watched these TV series in my country. At the same time the manga-comic book was released, which now I have downloaded because noone could ever think they would become a classic must have! Everything we were supposed to learn and be as children is within Candy's story. Innosence, love, friendship, values, virtues.. the story of a girl who overcomes all the obstacles by being patient and believing in other people's love. I'm watching it again now, it is nice to go back when you were little. I strongly recommend it for all ages!
January 24, 2009
Termasuk manga pertama yang diterbitkan Elex Media Komputindo bersama Kungfu Boy dan Dragon Ball, dan yang pertama kukoleksi. Waktu SD pernah nonton animasinya yang bikin nangis bombay, dan baca komiknya ternyata sama saja. Cerita cintanya yang mendayu-dayu bak kisah telenovela dan banyaknya tokoh utama yang mati membuat air mata bercucuran kala membacanya pertama kali. Sekarang sih kebal, karena sudah dibaca berulang-ulang, jadi penghayatannya kurang ;P
June 22, 2010
Love it so much!
It's been my fave on primary school, then when I read it all over again, I couldn't be wrong to take it as my fave, always be my fave!
The drama, story, love, friendship are all in one book.
Candy is really a figure for teenagers at her age. Her life is so tragic, but she never cry and always cheerful. That kind of her makes anyone by her side love her much.
Ugh, missing Albert much (The hero here)!
Love you Candy, go get Albert!
It's been my fave on primary school, then when I read it all over again, I couldn't be wrong to take it as my fave, always be my fave!
The drama, story, love, friendship are all in one book.
Candy is really a figure for teenagers at her age. Her life is so tragic, but she never cry and always cheerful. That kind of her makes anyone by her side love her much.
Ugh, missing Albert much (The hero here)!
Love you Candy, go get Albert!
March 27, 2019
Culebrón de huerfanitas elevado a la quinta potencia. Esta historia tiene de todo: amigas de la infancia perdidas, colegios de élite con malotes, muerte prematura, soledad y desesperación, justicia divina, amor del güeno, perroflauta misterioso, giro final inesperado...
Vamos, que no tiene tiempo de aburrirse la niña.
Mi personaje preferido es Archie, porque ¡esos sombreros! Por favor, que alguien le diga que es gay antes de hacer infeliz a la pobre Annie.
Vamos, que no tiene tiempo de aburrirse la niña.
Mi personaje preferido es Archie, porque ¡esos sombreros! Por favor, que alguien le diga que es gay antes de hacer infeliz a la pobre Annie.
January 11, 2010
another manga yang sempat booming waktu sma...
bagus...ya gambarnya...ya crita nya...
baca berkali2 juga gak bosen...tapi paling sebel baca pas bagian sedih nya...waktu Candy candy patah hati...
ugh...i hate that blue feeling !!!
bagus...ya gambarnya...ya crita nya...
baca berkali2 juga gak bosen...tapi paling sebel baca pas bagian sedih nya...waktu Candy candy patah hati...
ugh...i hate that blue feeling !!!
March 28, 2008
buku bagus, sederhana dan menyenangkan
meski sedih...harus baca aja pokoknya
meski sedih...harus baca aja pokoknya
January 25, 2013
One of my lifetime fave manga :)
November 8, 2023
Anthony le metió tremendo putazo a Candy, definitivamente esa escena no envejeció nada bien. Pero amo a Candy, ella solo merece lo mejor, te amo reina.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 25, 2023
The version I read today is the scanlation from MangaDex. Very low resolution on my Tab S9, crappy translation, crappy layout, switched pages, inconsistent names, etc.
Still, Candy Candy is such a classic manga, it's the best shoujo I remember reading.
The art is *chef's kiss*. It's still vastly better than most shoujo decades later (I always feel until recently, shoujo manga have almost to literally no background details, and lots of them have character styles like sharp chin, straw-thin neck and body etc). The detail on the scenery, the vehicles etc is so beautiful even on today's standard. And the characters simply have the best designs and expressions.
The obvious weakness is, well, it's a historical fiction without any accuracy whatsoever. It's just melodrama for the sake of drawing tears (well, succeed). The fact that the translator wrote a note that it's hard to believe white people sent to Mexico as farm labors and a Mexican would come all the way to Michigan in a wagon is fucking hilarious. But hey, it's American period drama written by a Japanese. I just simply accept that the story happened in an alternate universe.
Other than that... Well, Volume 1 can be read by itself, really. Other than the mystery about the Prince of the Hill and the one cliffhanger page at the end when Candy saw Terry, the plot is basically self sufficient. It has a clear beginning, middle, and a conclusive closure in the end.
Still, Candy Candy is such a classic manga, it's the best shoujo I remember reading.
The art is *chef's kiss*. It's still vastly better than most shoujo decades later (I always feel until recently, shoujo manga have almost to literally no background details, and lots of them have character styles like sharp chin, straw-thin neck and body etc). The detail on the scenery, the vehicles etc is so beautiful even on today's standard. And the characters simply have the best designs and expressions.
The obvious weakness is, well, it's a historical fiction without any accuracy whatsoever. It's just melodrama for the sake of drawing tears (well, succeed). The fact that the translator wrote a note that it's hard to believe white people sent to Mexico as farm labors and a Mexican would come all the way to Michigan in a wagon is fucking hilarious. But hey, it's American period drama written by a Japanese. I just simply accept that the story happened in an alternate universe.
Other than that... Well, Volume 1 can be read by itself, really. Other than the mystery about the Prince of the Hill and the one cliffhanger page at the end when Candy saw Terry, the plot is basically self sufficient. It has a clear beginning, middle, and a conclusive closure in the end.
August 11, 2012
The ”Candy Candy” manga is a "slice of life story" in the shōjo genre. While the protagonist experiences love in the series, the recurring story arc in the series is Candy's love for Pony's Home, a place where she constantly returns to when life deals her great injustices or trials. It is here where the story begins, and the story ends. The plot can be divided into seven arcs. The first arc deals with the first ten years of her life at the orphanage, coping with the demands of her first foster home and resolving her living circumstances into a happier situation.
”Pony's Home and The Hilltop Prince”
The first ten years of her life, the orphan Candice White grows up at the orphanage Pony's Home, together with Annie who was found on the same day as Candy. The two girls are best friends, regarding each other as sisters. In order to avoid being separated they boycott any visit from people who hope to adopt a child there. The adoption of the slightly older Tom by the rich cattle farmer Steve though, feeds Annie's growing desire to have parents of her own.
Once felt, Annie's need cannot be denied any more when the two girls spend a day at the Brighton hunting estate, after Mr. Brighton rescued the two girls from drowning. The two girls differ not only in character with Candy being the tomboy, but they have different needs as well. Candy is not just bound to Annie. She loves and regards Pony's Home as her true home and the two women that run the place, Miss Pony and Sister Mary, as her parents. Mrs. Brighton chooses to adopt Annie but does not wish her social circle to learn she grew up in Pony's Home. This forces Annie to break all ties with Pony's Home and Candy to promise never to reveal Annie's secret.
The loss of Annie's friendship breaks Candy's heart and she tries to find solace on the hilltop near Pony's Home. A mysterious prince in kilt and playing bagpipes manages to cheer her up, but disappears into thin air as quickly as he appeared, only leaving a pendant with a family sign as evidence that he exists. When the steward of the rich Leagan family visits Pony's Home to inform Miss Pony and Sister Mary that his employer is prospecting for a girl that could be a playmate for his daughter, Candy instantly volunteers for it, because the Leagan car carries the same symbol as the pendant of Candy's hilltop prince. When she learns that the Leagans live in Lakewood, which is near to Jasper where Annie lives, Candy's mind is made up.
”Lakewood”
But life at Lakewood is not what Candy envisioned. The two spoiled Leagan children, Eliza and Neil, pester Candy from day one in the hope to chase her off back to where she came from. Their mother who was against the idea in the first place does nothing to stop the pestering. And while Mr. Leagan knows Candy's worth and questions his children's stories, he is more absent than present. Before long, Candy is downgraded from Eliza's playmate to servant, and moved from the attic into the barn.
While Candy has every reason and opportunity to run away and return to Pony's Home, she opts to stay, because she believes her hilltop prince to live in the neighboring estate of the Ardley family. She meets Anthony Brown in almost similar mysterious circumstances in front of the estate's closed rose gates that carry the same symbol as her pendant. Although he is Eliza's favorite, Anthony prefers Candy's company and even grows a new type of rose for her birthday which he names "Sweet Candy". Anthony has two charming cousins who often help Candy: the Cornwell brothers Archibald and inventor Alistear. Candy also finds a friend in the maidservant Dorothy and the vagabond Albert. While Candy is under the initial impression that Anthony actually is the hilltop prince, she soon learns he cannot be: he has never been to Pony's Hill and he met Candy for the first time at the gates of his late mother's rose garden.
As the child romance between Candy and Anthony blooms, Eliza's attempts to rid herself of Candy become more drastic. Neil frames Candy and makes her out to be a thief. As a consequence, Candy is sent packing as a manual laborer to Mexico. Neither Anthony, the Cornwell brothers, Albert or Dorothy can prevent Candy from leaving. Before getting to the intended destination, however, Candy ends up being kidnapped in Texas. Though she is richly taken care of by her kidnappers, Candy fears she will be trafficked and sold to childless Europeans. Not wanting to put anymore distance between herself and Anthony, she manages to escape in New Orleans and returns to Lakewood by freight train. There she learns that her kidnapper was an employee of a benefactor she has never met: grandfather William Ardley. Anthony, Archibald and Alistair had written him letters, pleading him to adopt Candy in order to save her from a harsh fate.
Candy feels as if she lives in a dream: a rich life at the Ardley home, together with Anthony, Archibald and Alistair. Eliza and Neil cannot hurt her anymore. And even the severe Ardley matriarch, great-aunt Elroy, eventually warms a little to Candy. But Anthony is envious of this mysterious hilltop prince who stole Candy's heart before he ever met her. He fears Candy only likes him because he looks like him. Candy manages to appease him by stating she does not care anymore who the hilltop prince might be and that, yes even if they might be twins in looks, she loves the fourteen year old Anthony because he is Anthony. After their first romantic date in town, nothing seems to stand in Candy's way to live a happily ever after from her twelve years on. Anthony even manages to figure out who the hilltop prince must have been. But before he can explain to Candy during a fox hunt, he dies in an unfortunate accident after a fall from his horse.
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Book Details:
Title Candy Candy series
Author Kyoko Mizuk & Yumiko Igarashi
Reviewed By Purplycookie
”Pony's Home and The Hilltop Prince”
The first ten years of her life, the orphan Candice White grows up at the orphanage Pony's Home, together with Annie who was found on the same day as Candy. The two girls are best friends, regarding each other as sisters. In order to avoid being separated they boycott any visit from people who hope to adopt a child there. The adoption of the slightly older Tom by the rich cattle farmer Steve though, feeds Annie's growing desire to have parents of her own.
Once felt, Annie's need cannot be denied any more when the two girls spend a day at the Brighton hunting estate, after Mr. Brighton rescued the two girls from drowning. The two girls differ not only in character with Candy being the tomboy, but they have different needs as well. Candy is not just bound to Annie. She loves and regards Pony's Home as her true home and the two women that run the place, Miss Pony and Sister Mary, as her parents. Mrs. Brighton chooses to adopt Annie but does not wish her social circle to learn she grew up in Pony's Home. This forces Annie to break all ties with Pony's Home and Candy to promise never to reveal Annie's secret.
The loss of Annie's friendship breaks Candy's heart and she tries to find solace on the hilltop near Pony's Home. A mysterious prince in kilt and playing bagpipes manages to cheer her up, but disappears into thin air as quickly as he appeared, only leaving a pendant with a family sign as evidence that he exists. When the steward of the rich Leagan family visits Pony's Home to inform Miss Pony and Sister Mary that his employer is prospecting for a girl that could be a playmate for his daughter, Candy instantly volunteers for it, because the Leagan car carries the same symbol as the pendant of Candy's hilltop prince. When she learns that the Leagans live in Lakewood, which is near to Jasper where Annie lives, Candy's mind is made up.
”Lakewood”
But life at Lakewood is not what Candy envisioned. The two spoiled Leagan children, Eliza and Neil, pester Candy from day one in the hope to chase her off back to where she came from. Their mother who was against the idea in the first place does nothing to stop the pestering. And while Mr. Leagan knows Candy's worth and questions his children's stories, he is more absent than present. Before long, Candy is downgraded from Eliza's playmate to servant, and moved from the attic into the barn.
While Candy has every reason and opportunity to run away and return to Pony's Home, she opts to stay, because she believes her hilltop prince to live in the neighboring estate of the Ardley family. She meets Anthony Brown in almost similar mysterious circumstances in front of the estate's closed rose gates that carry the same symbol as her pendant. Although he is Eliza's favorite, Anthony prefers Candy's company and even grows a new type of rose for her birthday which he names "Sweet Candy". Anthony has two charming cousins who often help Candy: the Cornwell brothers Archibald and inventor Alistear. Candy also finds a friend in the maidservant Dorothy and the vagabond Albert. While Candy is under the initial impression that Anthony actually is the hilltop prince, she soon learns he cannot be: he has never been to Pony's Hill and he met Candy for the first time at the gates of his late mother's rose garden.
As the child romance between Candy and Anthony blooms, Eliza's attempts to rid herself of Candy become more drastic. Neil frames Candy and makes her out to be a thief. As a consequence, Candy is sent packing as a manual laborer to Mexico. Neither Anthony, the Cornwell brothers, Albert or Dorothy can prevent Candy from leaving. Before getting to the intended destination, however, Candy ends up being kidnapped in Texas. Though she is richly taken care of by her kidnappers, Candy fears she will be trafficked and sold to childless Europeans. Not wanting to put anymore distance between herself and Anthony, she manages to escape in New Orleans and returns to Lakewood by freight train. There she learns that her kidnapper was an employee of a benefactor she has never met: grandfather William Ardley. Anthony, Archibald and Alistair had written him letters, pleading him to adopt Candy in order to save her from a harsh fate.
Candy feels as if she lives in a dream: a rich life at the Ardley home, together with Anthony, Archibald and Alistair. Eliza and Neil cannot hurt her anymore. And even the severe Ardley matriarch, great-aunt Elroy, eventually warms a little to Candy. But Anthony is envious of this mysterious hilltop prince who stole Candy's heart before he ever met her. He fears Candy only likes him because he looks like him. Candy manages to appease him by stating she does not care anymore who the hilltop prince might be and that, yes even if they might be twins in looks, she loves the fourteen year old Anthony because he is Anthony. After their first romantic date in town, nothing seems to stand in Candy's way to live a happily ever after from her twelve years on. Anthony even manages to figure out who the hilltop prince must have been. But before he can explain to Candy during a fox hunt, he dies in an unfortunate accident after a fall from his horse.
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Book Details:
Title Candy Candy series
Author Kyoko Mizuk & Yumiko Igarashi
Reviewed By Purplycookie
May 29, 2018
Calificación: 5/5
Hay historias hermosas y conmovedoras que de solo volverlas a leer, te iluminan el corazón, Candy, Candy es un ejemplo de ello en mí.
Es mi ánime favorito de la vida entera, lo he visto entre 2 y 3 veces aproximadamente, siempre vuelvo a llorar (de felicidad y tristeza) y conmoverme con su historia, personajes y Candy :3
Ahora que tuve la oportunidad de leer el manga (el cual nunca vino a México ;w;) la experiencia fue hermosa, fue volver a la nostalgia y recordar su historia desgarradora y a la vez tierna TwT
Es una historia donde los sentimientos dominan y uno le toma rápido cariño a los personajes, eso es parte de la magia de ella nwn la recomiendo especialmente si son fans del anime.
Yo por mi parte sí o sí continuaré con el manga porque quiero volver a la nostalgia y disfrutar esta historia una vez más TuT
Hay historias hermosas y conmovedoras que de solo volverlas a leer, te iluminan el corazón, Candy, Candy es un ejemplo de ello en mí.
Es mi ánime favorito de la vida entera, lo he visto entre 2 y 3 veces aproximadamente, siempre vuelvo a llorar (de felicidad y tristeza) y conmoverme con su historia, personajes y Candy :3
Ahora que tuve la oportunidad de leer el manga (el cual nunca vino a México ;w;) la experiencia fue hermosa, fue volver a la nostalgia y recordar su historia desgarradora y a la vez tierna TwT
Es una historia donde los sentimientos dominan y uno le toma rápido cariño a los personajes, eso es parte de la magia de ella nwn la recomiendo especialmente si son fans del anime.
Yo por mi parte sí o sí continuaré con el manga porque quiero volver a la nostalgia y disfrutar esta historia una vez más TuT
November 15, 2024
I originally picked up the traditional chinese version at the library to practice only to be surprised at how gripping it was. It’s a tad ridiculous, but since its publication in 1975 it has probably inspired many other romance comics we have today.
Candy (小甜甜) is an orphan who doesn’t dream of family life until her best friend is adopted. She is mischievous, but kind and seems to have the worst luck when she is adopted as a companion for two spoiled brats. However, she is always saved by gorgeous male leads that sweep her off her feet. At times, I couldn’t tell if it was real or her imagination, which I think adds to the whimsical nature of the book. I could critique it more, but I give it some graces because of the fact that it is an earlier romance and that I also was reading it in my non-native language.
Candy (小甜甜) is an orphan who doesn’t dream of family life until her best friend is adopted. She is mischievous, but kind and seems to have the worst luck when she is adopted as a companion for two spoiled brats. However, she is always saved by gorgeous male leads that sweep her off her feet. At times, I couldn’t tell if it was real or her imagination, which I think adds to the whimsical nature of the book. I could critique it more, but I give it some graces because of the fact that it is an earlier romance and that I also was reading it in my non-native language.
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