muse ✨'s manga / #MCD(5)

Two boys meet walking along a while line. You will cry twice: the first out of heartbreak but understanding, and the second out of grief and hope. The author included a final chapter that calms your heart, so you won't be miserable - you won't be miserable! These characters share a beautiful love, but this is a life-long journey we take with them, and life hurts sometimes. But mostly, their life is perfect.

Two men who have been in love since childhood choose each other over family and obligation in early 1900s Japan.

Well this was sad.

A multi-generational story of a family cursed to use a power that causes them physical harm, and the paper dolls - kami - who take on their pain. In good yaoi fashion, that means having a lot of sex. Also the puppets are made from human remains (for future generations, the remains of their own family.) Isn't yaoi fun. Among the stories, there were three I liked best: Genma and Himi (beware dub and noncon in their early days), Waki and Magane (because of the emotional challenge of being in love with someone who is bound to someone else), and Shoui and Asari. Theirs was, hands down, the best of the stories. The twins are awful. I skipped them on re-read. ETA: Considering I can't get this out of my head, adding it to the top 100 list. 4/25/20 - Still think about this a lot. Added a star. Skipped the twins again. They serve zero purpose and ruin so many poignant moments.

A bittersweet reincarnation story: they are fated never to remember one another at the same time.