Resensi dari Mayrinna

Penulis Resensi : Mayrinna Dewi Edy Gunawan

Banzai~!!! Akhirnya ada juga novel yang berbobot dan bisa dibaca oleh berbagai kalangan baik itu tua ataupun muda—asalkan Anda berjiwa muda saja sudah cukup, hehe.. (“,) Jika Anda tertarik pada cerita dengan latar belakang Jepang, atau menginginkan bacaan bermutu untuk seluruh keluarga, novel ini sudah pasti cocok sebagai tambahan koleksi. (oke, iklannya cukup sampai di situ aja…>.<)

“Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama” ini sudah pasti menjanjikan banyak drama yang mengharu-biru. Meskipun demikian, konflik demi konflik yang muncul sudah tertata sedemikian rupa dengan manisnya sehingga novel ini tidak akan terasa terlalu ‘cheesy’ atau ‘lame’.

Pembaca akan merasa ‘completely hooked’ dengan gaya bahasa pengarang yang ‘catchy’—menggunakan istilah-istilah percakapan Bahasa Inggris yang umum dipakai sehari-hari dan disisipi dengan ungkapan-ungkapan dalam Bahasa Jepang yang tentunya mudah dimengerti. So, walaupun Anda tidak punya hobi membaca, novel ini dijamin akan memberi kepuasan tersendiri karena selain cukup mudah dicerna, novel ini jelas berbeda dengan novel-novel yang saat ini tengah beredar di pasaran.

Selain itu, pengarang menyajikan berbagai adegan roman yang hangat-hangat kuku, mulai dari kata-kata gombal semacam sayang, dear, darling, honey yang diobral, menghujani cewek dengan berbagai hadiah, menyerenade (nyanyi buat si cewek di bawah jendela), kejar-kejaran di tepi pantai, sampai berperahu berdua, dan tentu saja diselingi dengan joke-joke yang renyah.

Cerita novel ini berkisar tentang nasib Yuki, seorang gadis yang sewaktu bayi dibuang di tengah badai salju oleh ibu tirinya, kisah cintanya yang upside-down, perjuangannya yang gigih dalam memegang teguh nilai-nilai moral menghadapi terpaan masalah yang datang bertubi-tubi (haha, maaf tidak ada spoiler lebih lanjut… ;p). Akankah Yuki berhasil mendapatkan kebahagiaannya?

Jadi, para penggemar manga (komik Jepang), anime, dan drama-drama Jepang maupun Korea, jangan sampai kelewatan untuk membaca novel ini, karena novel ini dijamin tidak kalah seru! ^ ^

(Disclaimer: Meski review ini dibuat khusus untuk my beloved Yunisa-neechan, tapi review ini purely based on Mayrinna’s personal opinion, without any biased. Hence, the reviewer would not be held liable in case of any agreements or disagreements arise. ^ ^;; teehee)

Reviewer: Mayrinna Dewi Edy Gunawan

Banzai~!!! Finally there is such a great novel that could be read by various people, young or old, as long as you stay young at heart, that’s enough hehe.. (“,) If you are interested in a story with Japanese background, or want a high quality reading material for the whole family, this novel must be added to your collection. (OK, advertisement stops here! >.<)

“Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama” promises many dramas that take your heart away. Nevertheless, conflict by conflict that emerge have been organised in such a way of sweetness so that this novel will not be felt as too “cheesy” or too “lame”.

The reader will be “completely hooked” with the writer's literary style that is “catchy” in using conversational terms in general daily English and with the expressions in Japanese that is definitely easy to understand. So, although you did not have reading as your hobby, this novel is guaranteed to give special satisfaction because apart from being easy enough to digest, this novel is clearly different from novels that are presently circulating in the market.

Moreover, the writer presented various romantic scenes in a heart-throbbing way, from rag words like “love, dear, darling, honey” that was sold off, showered the girl with various gifts, serenade (singing for the girl under the window), the chase in the coastal bank, to rowing for the two, and of course it came in between with crispy jokes.

This novel’s story revolved about Yuki’s fate, a girl whose baby time was exiled in the middle of the snowstorm by her stepmother, her upside-down love story, her struggle with determination holding the moral values firmly in facing various problems that attack continuously (haha, sorry, no more spoiler… ;P) Would Yuki succeed in getting her happiness?

So, the lovers of manga (the Japanese comic), anime, and Japanese and Korean dramas, don’t miss to read this novel, because of this novel is guaranteed comparably exciting! ^ ^

(Disclaimer : Although review this was made especially for my beloved Yunisa-neechan, but the review is purely based on Mayrinna’s personal opinion, without any biased. Hence, the reviewer would not be held liable in case of any agreements or disagreements arise. ^ ^;; teehee)