nobile's manga / #interesting(156)

All the stories go 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, at first I really felt annoyed at Andrew, his attitude. Then I pitied him a bit, considering all anyone ever thought of him was "the Mayor's son", having been on a sort of similar position, I KNOW how angering that ends up being. Middle-school Paul was cutest out of ALL the characters in the entire series, I think... it was such a pity to see him all grown and changed :P Then the ending... gah. I REALLY feel bad for Andrew now, it's like nothing ever went right for him, life just kept shitting bricks on him and his lack of maturity just made things worse. I'm glad J has someone that cares for him deeply, but I think that that person could have been Andrew too, and the person for Andrew could have been Paul, you know, who knows, all three or I don't know! But it feels bad that only Andrew got the short end of the stick, all the way to the very end.

All the stories go 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, before reading this I _really_ didn't like J, not one bit. I saw him just as "that little brat that got in the way of Paul and Andrew", but now it's like... this poor kid had so, so many horrible things happen, lived such a pained life, grew up with no self-worth whatsoever because all everyone else saw him with was disdain. I'm sure that there's still a lot I can't really understand about J's circusmtances, I don't know if there was a real desire to be a woman and not just a crossdresser; in either case really, I'm pretty certain that there's a lot of nuances that went over my head or if even J's situation was really an appropriate portrayal of someone in that position, I don't know. I don't have anyone close to me that is going through anything even remotely similar, but if there were, I wish I could do something for them.

MOMO ️

The premise was good, I would've scored it higher had it not been for the near-incomprehensible translation, and the fact that the end felt like it happened a bit too early.

Absolutely adorable fairytale about a girl tortured by nightmares and the monster that eats them for a living. I really cannot stress enough how cute this is x)

What a beautiful story. The art might have looked weird at times but the story, character development, and pretty much everything else makes up for it by leaps and bounds. I can't say I'm personally close to anyone that's hearing impaired, so I'm not 100% certain that their representation is not just accurate but also tactful. Nevertheless, I have the feeling that they handled things tastefully and compassionately. At the very least, the mangaka managed to write a touching story that can inspire people to make the extra effort to understand those who are different than them. I truly loved it. It'd be great if "another time" came and we could get the younger siblings' story (:

I love this mangaka, they're able to tell pretty much any kind of story, and have you relate to the characters so well, as if it was you going through that experience. Incest is quite a delicate topic for me... most times I've seen it addressed in these stories, it's just a matter of overly emotional people letting their desire for each other get the best of them. But this story was different, you could see how they really struggled to come to terms with those feelings, their own prejudices and the ones from their family and outsiders. These kids had to pay a heavy fee for the mistakes their parents and grandparents made for their own selfish reasons, yet they never blamed them for that, even when said parents weren't supportive. But they still tried to work in a way that everyone would be okay with, even when they wanted to run away, they decided to grow, mature and move forward. There's no way that, as a reader, I wouldn't empathise with their struggle.

1sy story: spoiled girl falls for the one person that doesn't give her preferential treatment, they both influence each other to become better people.

Two great friends are separated, each is trying their best to reach out and sabe the other, but it seems like they're going on completely opposite directions.

Two broken men find in each other solace and a possible path to healing their wounds.