narutolvr's manga / #tragedy(35)

The first guy was kind of weird...he was so aggressively douchey that it caught me off guard lol. So I'm type glad she didn't end up with him.

Really well done manga, even with the sad ending. The pacing was absolutely fantastic- very hard to come by in these types of series. More importantly, I love how the mangaka showed how tiny bad actions by a good person can create psychopaths, especially as children. At the end of the manga, no one was completely good or bad; even Izaku, as much as I wanted him to lose, I pitied him and wished he could survive and be taken in by Akiba and Kiyo who reformed him through love. So you can imagine the actual end made me a bit depressed lol!

I don't know if I liked it or not. It was pretty hard to tell the non dark haired characters apart, though.

Aww I remember reading this story! It was...pretty good I guess. There were quite a few inconsistencies (see comment below) but I find this author has a real gift for connecting parts of her stories in ways you wouldn't expect -the daughter thing really caught me off guard- so I certainly appreciate it for that. But it's nice to see that the author had more noteworthy works than just Red River, even though it is an amazing classic and can never be topped! Comment I posted when I read this a while back: This story went on for longer than it needed to, and had it's fair share of plot points that didn't make sense (Akira's siblings go from trying to kill him to being on his side over the course of maybe 20 pages without much explanation). Not to mention, the heroine was SO wishy washy and went back and forth for so long that I wanted to throw my laptop at a wall!!! And don't even get me started on how casually the "good guys" killed innocent people to accomplish their goals but were so against letting the oni take a few. But, all in all, I'm glad I finished it at least.

While I can't remember the fine details all that well, I did think it was a really good story. Kept me interested right to the end.

A really touching manga- the kind that could easily have been a novel remade into a manga, that's how vivid the characters' personalities are. This manga made me laugh, cry, and shove aside my computer in a fit of rage after cursing Kei (gotta admit he pissed me off sooooo badly sometimes) but I love each of the characters dearly, frustrating as they may be. Really good work mangaka-san!

Did I never put this in my completed list? Oops! :p. What can I say about this manga to accurately portray my love for it? Words don't seem to do it justice. It's stupendous, just absolutely breathtaking. This series will forever stand in my top 5 because the plot, characters, romance is so well developed it serves as an ideal many mangas strive to achieve. We get to see Yuri grow from a scared girl into a physical and mental badass. The side characters don't lose to the MCs by any means in terms of character complexity and awesomeness. The plot is never forced along- the characters' personalities and interactions drive the plot rather than the other way around. I could sing praises for years but I'd rather go reread it ^^

This story gets a solid A- from me because it was quite well done, other than the fact that I wasn't too big on who he ended up with but it made sense in the context of the story (though it did seem a bit sudden). The flashback scenes were really sad, and did shed a few tears towards the end. I wish we had seen more character development from Selena- we got to see everyone else pretty much come to terms with their past, accept it, and move on, but he just kinda stayed the same throughout the entire series.

This was really heartbreakingly wonderful; a gripping look at how society criminalizes and crucifies innocent people without even meaning to, simply for not adhering to some standard. I'm no good at pretty words so I'll just say it was great, but the last 2 chapters were what really made this manga stellar. And the thing I like the most about this author (aside from the non-fem ukes) is the fact that every chapter builds on the stories of her couples. No random one shots are necessary; she can give you a "new" feeling simply by showing the same characters in different atmospheres as they navigate through life and romance and each new story reveals something more about either their past, present, or personalities. Just a really great read!

So sad to see the good guys die so close to salvation!!!! The beginning with the rats really had me feeling some type of way since it seemed so possible but after random animals kept popping up over and over, I just started getting annoyed. I kinda got the feeling the author just picked whatever animal she wanted to eat people/get in their way just to add more drama. It was like a shorter, less organic version of BioMeat which I really liked (organic in this sense refers to developing the plot naturally rather than forcing it along), but may have been comparable if it were longer and therefore had more time in between infestations so they seemed less sudden/random. An interesting choice to leave the sensei alive at the end, and it certainly made for a nice comical scene to cut up the gut wrenching action up to this point. I also would have preferred to see more character development in the main character but considering the length and action heavy plot, the author did reasonably well with what she had.