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| It was really a great story. Remind me a lot of the tragedy in Bokurano... 9/10 ! |
| I think it really deserves its position as #1 in MAL. Though the ending was quite predictable, I somehow wished for Yuu to be pardoned or anything like that. (=_=) Perfect ending anyways. :) |
| You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down |
| ouch, my head hearts ...I can barely see the keyboard with all my tears. I new this wa gonna happen at the end but it still got to me good TT_TT Emelikku-san said: It was really a great story. Remind me a lot of the tragedy in Bokurano... 9/10 ! I watched the last episode of bokurano a few days before reading this and thought they were simmilar too. |
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| It was very sad, but i was expecting something like this from chapter 2 or 3. >.> still, it was decipted very well. :) |
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| How is it that a story can simultaneously break your heart while putting a smile on your face? This manga was truly beautiful. |
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| I want to read this, but I don't want to cry my eyes out T_T |
| Best short I've read in a while. |
| Second time reading, second time crying. |
| That was beautiful. A lot of memorable quotes in these 8 chapters (though I would imagine they stem from the original novel). Of course, everything that happened was quite predictable, but the way it was presented was just overwhelming. |
| Whoa, everyone is so...sentimental. I can't say i was really touched by the story, not that kind of drama i like. (mostly i was interested only because wanted to see what the hell i this thing that threw Berserk away from #1 place) Bu-u-t the good side i want to mention, this manga teaches a very good lesson about don't judjing person by the look, status and what others says about this person. I'll give it 7 or 6/10. It has a good sides but not enough for being called masterpiece, really. |
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taterhead said: Cried rivers Life really is complicated. :c I cannot move on from this for sure. :c *sigh* |
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| Lol, overrated as hell. It's good, but I don't think it deserves to be #2 here. Kurosawa has much more impact than this. 7/10. |
| An exceptional bittersweet and powerful story, a rare jem of a manga. Of course I cried so much too. |
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| I had some stuff in my eyes. |
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| I hate that during that entire time, I was clinging to the hope that he would be released... but he didn't get the chance to say that he loved her... T_T Only 8 chapters... but so good. T_T |
| I played Ludovico Eunaldi, thinking it would be appropriate. I'm glad it ended this way, any other ending would look forced onto us. |
| Really sad ending, just when things were being a bit happily. :( -Masterpiece |
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| that was absoloutly beautiful, probably the most powerful and saddest manga im probably ever going to read, that was truly a pleasure to read, and yes like many before me, I couldn't help but cry, his words in that letter just tore at my heart! If possible im going to be buying this manga! I hope I can! Will be looking for this man's work in the future! 9/10 (purely just because the ending literally killed me aha) |
taterhead said: Cried rivers ^ |
"People fall in love with a person, not a gender." |
| I finished this manga during class (yes, I'm a bad student) but this manga is so sad that my tear could not stop flowing out (imagine me being in my room, I'd flood my house) good that I have a cold today, I blame my cold for making me cry. 10/10 I really wish that he didn't die...I really wish he didn't. This manga is short, but it is also one of the best I've read. |
| I came up this manga totally by accident but it was the greatest way how I could spent this 1,5 hour. Great pics, great plot, great message, unfortunately great ending, but I wish, as everyone, he wouldn't have died TT^TT If only I could read it again without knowing the end! |
| I literally cried a river. My mum was like 'WTF, your eyes are red and puffy. What happened?!' me: 'I was reading this manga and *explains to mum about the manga* and the ending was really sad.' mum: 'You cried? At a manga?' me: 'YOU HAVE NO SOUL!'. |
| This isn't the greatest manga ever by any means, but damn if it wasn't beautiful. Almost teared up in the last chapter. |
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Noura said: I just finished it, I never cried while reading manga but I'm crying now :( This goes for me, too. This is probably one of the mangas I will always remember. 1 hour and 15 minutes that I'll never regret. |
| That was an incredibly powerful ending. Truly a masterpiece. |
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| This was so sad. Isn't that always the way? People become happy and overcome their pain, and then they don't get a very long time to live that. I really love this manga, though. |
| Great manga, it had a amazing story, best part was when yuu said to live and Please find a way, to be happier than anyone else.. There were some parts that were sad, mainly the part where they knew they loved each other, but fate in death separated them. |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| This is such a bittersweet manga. Really touching. Juri and Yuu's pasts were very saddening to find out, especially for Yuu. The last chapter was so sad though and I (as many of you) cried rivers. Probably one of the most touching manga I've read ever. A masterpiece in my honest opinon. I was supposed to be finishing off my holiday homework but spending an hour or so reading this manga was so worth it. Amazing job to the author of the light novel and this manga. <3 |
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| Great manga.. Truly touching as we'll :') |
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| This was pretty good. I really enjoyed it. 8/10 |
| I haven't read much manga at all, but wow. I don't think I'll ever read something this good ever again. This manga really makes me rethink my stance on the death penalty, being supportive of it. I had to stop several times, take my glasses off, and just bury my face into my hands in an attempt to stop my sobbing. I am so glad I read this, it is a true masterpiece. 10/10. |
| Impressive. That's all I need to say about this series. I prepared to read this series thinking that it was just an overrated manga that's ranked 2 on MAL, but now I know that definitely doesn't give this series justice. I've never been able to cry while I'm reading something. Without music creating tension, I can't get my eyes to water into tears. However, this manga has brought me the closest to tears in my whole life. I felt the tension just by the words and the art. The characters made me want to fall into despair with them and cry in the corner. 10/10 for sure. |
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| Amazing story! I cried pretty much all through the last chapter. 10/10 |
 "Only the dead have seen the end of war". ~Plato~ |
| Damn this made me feel like a little bitch, such a damn sad ending. I was hoping for something more happy but damn. This made me rethink my stance on capital punishment and Jail in general. Such a strong and emotional story, that touched on many grim things like rape, suicide, prostitution, murder, and poverty. One of the best manga I've read. 10/10 |
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| Just awesome. It's been long since I cried so much reading a manga! The final is so well written and drawn. Of course I would have liked a happier final, I don't know how, but I didn't want him to die! :( Anyway, the story is just amazing, I truthfully recommend to anyone. She couldn't have done it better! The film is excellent, but the manga is awesome. I can't wait to read the novel!! =) 10/10 with no doubt |
| So this was like a wet dream for the girls who fantasize about bad boys who are all fragile and tormented inside. |
| What an ending! this manga was great (: Yuu dying nearly made me cry :'( 10/10 |
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| truly an masterpiece!! 10/10 without any doubt |
mecharobot said: So this was like a wet dream for the girls who fantasize about bad boys who are all fragile and tormented inside. >implying that someone who did that wouldn't be tormented inside. LOL. |
| It was amazing. So many emotion, and just a single volume... |
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| well what i can say about this short manga:filled with emotion of two scared human beings made me cry at the end >.> |
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| Um, yeah, it was okay, but didn't really affect me emotionally at all. This was actually my foray into the manga world. Maybe manga’s just not my cup of tea… I've never been into comics. I didn’t really get attached to the characters, and whether that’s solely due to the medium or not, I don’t know. For example, I don’t understand the character of Juri at all, and why she’s so depressed. I mean, I get it, the rape, the mom, but… really, I find it all way too weak to justify the level of her depression, to justify the withdrawal and desire for such an extreme as suicide for someone as old as she is. Don’t understand the aunt either, and the mother wasn’t developed at all. To me, Yuu was the only good character. It’s not that I’m emotionless; there’re plenty of anime that brought me to tears. It’s more that I can’t empathize with characters I don’t understand, or characters that aren't developed enough for me to form an attachment. The story also felt way too short to me. I’d really like to see more development in the characters and in their relationship. And with such brevity, the plot didn’t really have time to break more than one dimension, a dimension that felt pretty contrived honestly. |
FauxAznMar 28, 2013 2:14 AM
| I might have to agree with the above poster here. It was beautiful, but I definitely wasn't crying rivers. Maybe it's because I read Deep Love last night so this just didn't impact me as much. I couldn't feel much empathy for Juri I guess. 8/10 |
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