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“Orphaned maid Ruu works for three cute brothers while handling her father's debts and budding romance.”
Dakedo Happy Paradise
だけどハッピーパラダイス
7.29
5,465 rank · 2,777 readers · 6 favorites
Shoujo
Drama
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Orphaned maid Ruu works for three cute brothers while handling her father's debts and budding romance.
Our heroine, Ruu MACHIDA, is having a hard time. Her mother died when she was little, and her father, with whom she had been living, has disappeared without a trace after getting into debt. Ruu is on her own. To make ends meet, she takes a job as a live-in maid for a very wealthy household. To Ruu's surprise, the house she ends up working at is the home of three cute brothers, and she already knows one of them! They agree to let Ruu work there because they are often alone and they could use the help. Their parents are often away on business. Ruu moves in and works hard as a maid, and they all become very close. But things aren't always smooth sailing. Ruu has a lot of pressure on her because of her father's debts, and three very cute guys to deal with! Vol 2 included one-shot: Watashi no Sugar Baby
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
6.5
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 5
σ 1.50
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Jun 2008 → Jun 2014
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This manga was really cute. Its typical shoujo with a overused and watery plot but it was a really nice read. The manga is short and sweet and would be really bad if it werent for the characters....”
- 8 “Why is this manga REALLY REALLY similar to Fruits Basket? Did it copy Fruits Basket? That's the downside to it, the fact that it is way TOO similar. The three guys part, the personalities, and also...”
- 5 “The first thing I read when I entered to the manga site was a thread with the title "Most stupid ending ever!". As I kept looking, there were more similar titles. "It can't be THAT stupid" I...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 25%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 9 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 12m approx
- Published Jan 2004 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1169 catalog