Hadashi de Bara wo Fume

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Genre: drama romance
Author: ueda rinko
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Year: Nov 5, 2007 to Mar 19, 2012
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Status： Finished

Sumi Kitamura is the second eldest in a family of six, with no parents. One day, after her older brother leaves town, her younger siblings are taken away. The only way for her to bring them back is to make a lot of money quickly. On her quest to find money, a man offers to give her the funds if she marries him. (Source: Esthetique) Edit Background "Stepping on Roses," originally titled "Hadashi de Bara wo Fume," was published in English by VIZ Media under the Shojo Beat imprint from April 6, 2010, to February 5, 2013.

Associated Names

Japanese: 裸足でバラを踏め
English: Stepping on Roses

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Ashida Sumi

Main

She is a very poor girl who lives with her elder brother and a lot of other kids that he brought home. Sumi is a very kind hearted girl that does everything for her family. Although she has feelings for Nozumu, in order to save her brothers from starvatio...
Ashida Souichirou

Main

Souichirou is a very rich man that needed to find a wife so he could receive the inheritance from his grandfather. He's very ambitious and marries Sumi without loving her. Eventually, he falls in love with Sumi because he realizes that he needs her....
Ijuuin Miu

Main

Nozomu's wife from an arranged marriage by their parents. She is devoted to Nozomu but he is unfeeling towards her. She is good friends with Sumi at first. Because she had not known of Sumi and Nozomu's previous relationship, she didn't know about Nozomu'...
Ijuuin Nozomu

Main

Nozomu is a rich man, but he has a kind heart. He is one of Shouchirou's best friends. He was also the first person to help Sumi when she was poor. Later after he discovers who Sumi is he falls in love with her. He becomes almost addicted in sense and hal...
Kitamura Eisuke

Supporting

Sumi's older brother, who has a terrible problem with gambling; Any money he makes, he ends up wasting rather than than using it for his siblings or for paying rent. He gets a job at Soichiro's company and does manage to pay 10 years worth of the bills ho...
Komai Gengorou

Supporting

Komai is Soichiro's butler, even when he was a kid. He is a kind, funny and loyal person. He does chores in the house and helps Sumi with lesson like writing, reading and etiquettes. When he accures a maid and Soichiro doesn't believe him, he quits. Asham...