nobile's manga / #dark(50)

From creepy to dark all in less than 10 pages.

I feel bad for Kana-chan. Kaga-san deserves being played by that jealous dickweed.

I wouldn't say it's depressing, I actually laughed a bit at the end.. sort of like, I knew it HAD to happen, and I actually REALLY loved how it was so sudden and so "final", like no excuses, no explanations, just get there because that's what's meant to happen. This was really good.

All the stories were truly amazing,... They ranged from cute and "sunshiny" to dark and thought-provoking. Definitely became a favourite.

Beautiful short stories with no happy endings.

Two stories: the first is a tragic love story across generations between a vampire and his attachment with a certain human girl. The second story is a romcom about a girl whose dream is to have an ikemen ghost boyfriend but can't because she uncontrollably repels them, and the very much alive ikemen classmate that is constantly being haunted by ghosts. I definitely feel bad about Kagari, yes he did say some callous things, but it was because he thought it would be best for Kirie if she wasn't near him. Sadly, it backfired an spoiled his only chance for a happy ending with her. I can only hope that he can get along well with NeverForget CrossDressing-kun, and that they both can find his imouto and that she likes Kagari back. -- Actually I just realised that last bit is the intro for the that story's sequel named Heaven's Will. I feel terrible for poor abused Miyama, it seemed as if he ended up developing Stockholm Syndrome Dx

A girl that is haunted by oni, a boy with a deathwish that exorcizes oni with his dead sister's exorcizing fan, and a vampire that can turn into a wolf, work together to exorcize evil oni. I feel pretty down after finishing reading... it's nice, but I wish that the story would have continued if only just a bit longer, just to avoid this huge hole I feel in my heart after reading this. It's sad that there's nothing conclusive with all of Seto's relationships; and what's even worse is that if you already know Kagari's backstory, it's quite depressing that he will never be happy again. Thinking about that makes my chest hurt a bit :/

I love, love the mangaka's art style, it's beyond beautiful. And I really like the use of colours on some stories, it really complements them well. There were SO many stories... Some of them kind of sweet, others a bit dark, some were pretty sad actually, and there were a few that just were a bit too confusing for me. Still, even despite that, it's a definitive 4/5 volume.

First chapter is part one of a 3-part story, I'm not sure why the rest wasn't uploaded. I really don't want to pass too harsh judgement on that first chapter without reading the rest of the story, but it really is a bit too "troubled" for me The other chapters belong as a "side story" to another series. It goes like this: 1) Barairo no Hoo no Koro 2) J no Subete Vol.1 3) 2 Shuukan no Adventure 4) J no Subete Vol.2-3 Man... what a rollercoaster of emotions, I feel sooo bad for how much so many of them had to go through. I'm quite fortunate to have been alive in this time, when issues true equality is able to be fought for a bit more openly than back then (we still have a long way to go, but we've definitely gone a long way since those years). This series definitely is worth reading, it touches on several topics that are still quite relevant today and really makes you see how much the characters suffered throughout their lives, not just by other people's hands but by their own "demons" as well. For this particular section of the series, I feel bad mostly for Gerry than Eugene (or even his wife). We don't really get to understand Eugene's real reasons behind his betrayal back in school, we don't even know if his claim that Gerry was "becoming scary" was even true or not, so in this regard I kind of side in Gerry's position and well.. he probably felt very hurt and confused by Eugene's actions, he obviously still loved him even after he did that to him, but decided to give him space, to honour his supposed wishes. After all that, he comes back to his hometown(-ish?) and does a good job as a doctor there. It was Eugene who didn't give a flying fuck at the fact that he got his wife pregnant (yeah, it wasn't a marriage for love, but he still played his dutiful role as a husband? Or yeah, he could hate her for it, but it was still his OWN child!!!), I feel bad that Gerry was caught between those two spurned "lovers". Everyone's happy at the last chapter, but do we really know for sure how long ago that letter was sent... I can't help but feel a bit cynical about how things sort of concluded for Gerry, Eugene, and his wife.