Loouser's manga / #drama(3)

Hoshi No Koe

Complete | Shinkai Makoto,Sahara Mizu | 2005 released
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Given

Ongoing | kizu natsuki,Gusari | 2013 released

This is the BL manga that I don't treat as BL, I don't know if it's a subconscious thing for me to seperate BL from other genres, but I do. A lot of BL feels like I'm reading a "guilty pleasure" sort of manga - but Given feels different. It deals with the topic of loss and mourning incredibly well and has fairly accurate depictions of relationships and what it feels like to be in one. Furthermore, not only is the art beautiful, but the couples are all very adorable in their own right, in a lot of romance genres, I skip the side-couple(s) but Given does a great job at making the couples interesting and the dynamics between them fantastic. Seriously, I need more.

Houseki no Kuni

Ongoing | Haruko Ichikawa | 2000 released

This was... wow. Insane in ways I can't describe. The development of characters are unexpected to say the least. Quite true to their situations but nevertheless, terrifying. Its quite emotional in many aspects and definitely made me feel various emotions and I'm in a state of shock at how the story has developed. The simplistic art style really highlights the more complex ones and the panels together, work incredibly well. Needless to say, the storyline is fantastic.