narutolvr's manga / #Slice of Life(33)

Kanemochi-kun To Binbou-kun

Complete | hideyoshico | 2012 released

This was really touching somehow! The art wasn't the greatest but somehow the character designs just made them more endearing. And the grandfather was so adorable, holding on to his love for so long! I wish I could have gotten to see more of his past and his reunion with Misaki's grandpa in heaven!

Itsuka no Tsuki de Aimashou

Complete | mitsuki kako | 2000 released
2015-12-02 02:20 marked

This is the sort of touching tragedy story that makes my heart hurt! It was really sweet TT^TT

Koi wo Shimashou

Complete | nishida higashi | 2000 released

Very psychological but still interesting. I disliked some of the stories, liked others, and felt nothing for others but, in the end, I'm still happy that I took the time to read this.

Tonari No Kare

Complete | Kinoshita Keiko | 2007 released
2015-12-03 23:09 marked

Odd semi-resolution but I still liked it. This author has a talent for making all her works seem like fluff, even when they're not. I wonder what it is? There's just this aura of peace in her works, even when it's about dramatic subjects like lover/sibling death

Kimi to Harujion

Complete | kinoshita keiko | 2000 released
2015-12-04 04:23 marked

It was a nice enough story, even if the end/them falling in love was pretty rushed. What got to me was the quality. I'm not particularly picky and can deal with double pages, but the person who scanned didn't try to scan all of the words properly so a ton of pages had text that just couldn't be read. It was pretty annoying.

Birthday

Complete | Sugimoto Ami | 2000 released
2015-12-07 22:03 marked

This was a really beautiful and sad story. I'm glad they at least got to make worthwhile memories together before he died.

Silver (fujita Kazuko)

Complete | penny jordan | 2000 released

What! Never marked this as read?!!! I read this twice already, will probably read it again at some point, and I just loved it! Even though I just love stories that involve long revenge plots, this really set itself apart due to the characters' depth. I even found myself feeling sorry for Charles at the end, despite hating his guts for nearly the entire manga!

Crossroad

Complete | Mizuki Shioko | 2003 released

SPOILER!!!! Like everyone else in the comments, I really had preferred her with sensei. It's not that I'm against her relationship with NAtsu, I just don't think it was ever healthy. I never really saw the transition from childhood bond into adult love, so it was hard to tell where the MC's childish selfishness/sibling love ended and romance began, which made their relationship really unclear for me. I don't mind that they ended up together, I just wished she'd really and honestly tried to go out with sensei and tried to love him, instead of just using him as a replacement father. I'm also not too big on when stories end with a time skip that shows everything wrapping up super neatly- like all of a sudden everyone's married and happy. It's the pain they overcome to become happy that I find more worthwhile to read so it's sort of like a cop out to just give a picture perfect ending lol. But, all in all, it was a peaceful read- I think it expressed the impatience of a teenager really well.

Seinen wa Ai o Kou

Complete | HINO Garasu | 2000 released

This author has a talent for painting things bittersweet, so that even when the characters are happy, you feel their anxiety over how the future will turn out. I particularly like how she shows their envy of women and rejection of themselves due to their sexuality. Tres bien!

Orange (takano Ichigo)

Complete | takano ichigo | 2000 released

Oh good just so touching! I knew this would be a great story from the first 3 chapters, and it just kept hitting with the emotional punches all the way to the end! TT_TT I still feel...not let down, but I do wish we had seen a bit more of Kakeru overcoming his demons and moving on a bit more since, even at the end, he was still a bit unstable. But the way it ended was also very meaningful, since we did see that he had the desire to keep on living. Guess I just wanted to watch them all grow up a lil longer. This must be how parents feel lol