nobile's manga / #sad(79)

might be tragedy

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.

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.

Kind of tragic story of how "the old man in red giving gifts one night a year" came to be. I really hope the last panels were meant as hints that they ended up staying together and that it wasn't just a sad ending :/

Main story is about a grim reaper that becomes enchanted by an infinitely kind human, the very one whose soul he was supposed to recollect. After spending time with her, he decided he'll do everything in his power to keep her from Death's door. I had read some comments about how the "last chapter was too sad" and I spent way too much time attempting (but failing) to prepare my heart for the sad to come. - Fortunately it wasn't that story that had that. The second story (and a one-shot, fortunately) is about an exorcist who, out of kindness, ends up helping out a succubus that doesn't want to behave like other succubi. Happy that her powers had no effect on him, she agreed to marry him, unaware that every kiss they had fed his soul into her.

I think the stories just went downhill. I liked the first story, it was kind of cute. The second story was alright, although it was a bit too sad for me, since you're quite aware that nothing really solved anything at all, and the thing that was so romanticised would become moot in the end. But the stories after those two... all consecutively worse than the previous one. One-dimensional characters, shallow feelings glorified and set on a pedestal as if they really formed deep bonds.

First chapter is the full story of http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/adolte_and_adarte/ I had only seen the first half of this story, I'm so glad that there was a continuation! Oh but... it's so sad... Ardolte must've lived pretty miserably after Ardalte left. Kinda wish Ardalte Sr., would've decided to stick and help Ardalte Jr., now that his "dad" was gone. The following chapters (2 and 3) are about a King and his aide, and then about the aide's past life (chapter 6 - onwards). Part of the King and his Aide's story is in http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_king_and_the_attendant/ This book should be renamed Sad Stories About Twins xD

So many stories, this book compiles two other books (and a handful of other related stories) so that you can read everything in one go. I discovered that many of those stories were actually connected to other ones, I was quite pleased. Also, many of the stories here seemed to be sort of like a dark take on famous fairy tales, I loved that.