Runway de Waratte (Smile Down the Runway)

Chiyuki Fujito is an aspiring model whose dream is to take part in Paris Fashion Week; however, she lacks the proper height to even be considered for the simplest of modeling gigs. Similarly, Ikuto Tsumura is a poor high school student who wants to design clothes, but he has instead decided to skip college and head straight into the workforce to support his family.

When the two cross paths, they come to the conclusion that no matter how difficult it may seem, they will do what they can to achieve their goals and prove that one's circumstances do not determine their course in life. And so begin both of their journeys, destined to meet again on the runway.

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Runway de Waratte was nominated for the 11th Manga Taisho Award in 2018 and placed sixth in the final ranking. It was also nominated for the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen category in 2020.

The series was published digitally in English as Smile Down the Runway by Kodansha USA from September 3, 2019, to March 1, 2022.

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Fujito, Chiyuki

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Tsumura, Ikuto

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Hasegawa, Kokoro

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Tsumura, Honoka

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Niinuma, Fumiyo

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Ayano, Too

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Moriyama, Kumi

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Tsumura, Aoi

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Yanagida, Hajime

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Igarashi, Yuu

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Nov 4, 2021

RewerWn

Recommended

THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!

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Mar 11, 2022

merope28

Recommended

tbh, this was a really great read but three things dropped my rating: 1. the ending was rushed. we never really got to see chiyuki and ikuto's relationship develop but we do get A LOT of moments with these two that the author clearly hints at for them. 2. although i like open endings, i wished this one didnt have one. We dont know who ikuto ended up marrying but based on how much moments we get with chiyuki and ikuto, thats what many of us concluded. 3. the whole premise of the manga was to see chiyuki get to paris but we never really ...

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May 20, 2024

alkga

Not Recommended

Preliminary (64/194 eps)

everybody has their own taste in manga and this is definitely not mine. every single chapter up to 64 is full of drama and the struggle of the main character, it's seem good to some extent but this on is just pure drama. the story is quite complex and hard to predict, at least to me with little interest in fashion. the build up is good, and so is the pacing. we can tell the background story of each character and what is their problem. it's all started with really good story and introduction, but as i read further it become a problem. this manga ... is pure drama, it really has no 'seasoning' like comedy or romance or school life story. it just drama, drama, and drama about their sruggle in their life and how to overcome that to reach their dream. it might be good if i know fashion, but sadly i have no interest in it.

the art is looking good, it look clean too. but really, i just don't understand fashion, every character seem to have their own fashion in this one. also sometime there's full page about clothes but i don't understand what is going on, like is this clothes good or not, it look same to me. sometime there's some drawn effect that highlight some clothes or models, that want to emphasize this is looking good, but i just don't see it. also there's nothing to remember for background as this is fashion centered manga. the characters looks normal, nothing unique or different with other modern manga.

for the characters, this is the worst. i though there's 2 mc, but mostly for me it just around the male mc. which i don't mind, but how can i enjoy the story when i don't know whats going on with the other one. the male mc is portrayed as weak, indecisive, crybaby. while the women is more strong, blunt, and have never give up mentality. of course as the story progress their personality also grow, the male starting to become more confidence, while the female also start to showing some weakness. the support character however almost everyone has this one trait, negativity. almost all of them seem to be negative about the mc or life in general. which is adding more to the issue with the pure drama storyline. while other people might found this good, it just depressing for me.

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story : 3/10
art : 5/10
character : 4/10
enjoyent : 2/10

overall, i don't like this manga as it has pure drama story with character that don't really suit for my taste. not to mention the lack of comedy, romance or even youth event/school life make it no appeal for me, even more so when i have no interest in fashion. for you who want to see good design, process of making clothes and the struggle to sell their product with character development, maybe this is for you. and for you who don't like drama with no 'seasoning', better read other manga.

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