Sakura's manga / #Historical(14)

Exceptional art ! Unparalleled for real to this day. Twisted and unhealthy as can be. Oh my is Seungho hot !

I've binge read this all night until almost noon, my eyes are puffed but my soul is replenished ╮(￣▽￣)╭ I struggled for the first 15-20 chapters where I almost drop it because ooooh boy ! were the two main characters for one the epitome of foolishness, naivety and stupidity; and for the other the jerkest jerk ever ! But i'm so happy I stuck with them !!! After that this story has it all: incredible character development, great pace and story, drama, romance the kind you remember fondly and are sure will never happen to you but still (≧∀≦) ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ (づ￣ ³￣)づ, tragedy, suspense, angst (oh so much angst !), comedy worth laughing out loud like a mad person on your own in the dark, tears from the inexistant heart, and heart-stopping confessions and love scenes (a lot !). Oh, I forgot to add the serious psychological issues of one of the main characters which probably leads to the obsessive possesiveness of their relationship but is really nicely portrayed and the creepyness is overseen by sarcasm and laughter, no big deal (=・ω・=) Haaaaa, i'm just glad I was stubborn enough not to drop it before the 20th chapter when the previous ones didn't please me at all, 'cause one should finish what has been started. Goes straight to my list of "beautiful pieces I read" and are re-read worthy !

Very good story of multiple characters evolving in the very traditional and rural 19th century east to middle Asia. The pace is slow but it feels nice not to be rushed. The daily hurdles in the villages and clans (marriages, alliances, struggles around land ownerships etc...) are perturbed by the threat of foreign invasion. It's basically a very good slice of life with all the elements of life: family, friends, enemies, love, sadness, struggles, happiness...

Well, that was oddly great ! I've never read such a thing and it's a masterpiece. A strange historical and mystic story of a soul-eater that grants wishes in exchange for ones soul. That backstory is the pretence to a series of beautiful one shot romances/yaois/tragedies. The whole thing is brilliantly written ! Even if the different stories seem independent, they are linked by the main protagonists, the chronology and general setting. There is no suspense but It's still thrilling and I would like to read more because it's done with talent and i have unanswered questions still about the protagonists.

A very very good read. I love historical settings! A traditional doctor find à half dead yakuza young man in the snow and inadvertantly savez his life, though he would have rather a dead corpse. That's the start of their story. It's very well written ! The characters are unique and lovely, the pace is just right (you can read it in one go or come back to it, the pleasure is the same), it's fun sexy and still holds a lot of depth. It's just an intelligent and beautiful work, brilliant and one of a kind. There's this feeling of melancholy (?) all through it but It's not sad.... really it's a wonderful happy story, puntuated by life's dramas. I love it.

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