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Sand Chronicles

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Sand Chronicle is one of the manga that made me can't stop reading when I started. This manga tells about a girl named Ann who returns to her hometown with her mother. After a few days in her hometown, her depressed mother finally disappeared and was found to have committed suicide. Her mother's death had a major impact on Ann's character in the future. When she was sad because of her mother's death, there was a boy, Daigo, who helped Ann to rise from adversity. long story short, they both end up falling in love and dating each other. However, their happiness did not last ... long when Ann's father came and asked Ann to live with him in Tokyo so that a long-distance relationship between Ann and Daigo began which would later be faced with many obstacles.

Sand Chronicles, in my opinion, is one of the most realistic manga I've ever read. how they deal with long-distance relationships and the arrival of a third person, and how they deal with their respective traumas are well written and feel real.

In Sand Chronicles, we have 3 characters that are often highlighted. First, there is the protagonist of this story, Ann. Ann is quite an interesting character, we are shown her struggles in making decisions and obstacles in her relationship with Daigo. Her character development is also quite good, she was initially traumatized and afraid of losing her favorite person due to her mother's death in the past, finally managed to move on and keep looking forward, who at first always depended on others, finally able to be independent. The next character is Daigo. Daigo is Ann's childhood friend and first love. Daigo is a kind and loyal man, even when Ann's actions hurt him, he remains firm on his feelings for ann. You could say Daigo is my favorite character in this manga. why? because his characters are very realistic and different from the male leads in other shoujo manga. he's not the typical bad boy or playboy, nor is he a popular guy. just an ordinary boy who is kind and loyal to ann. The next character is Fuji who is the third person in Ann and Daigo's relationship. I hate this person. He is your typical male lead shoujo who is rich, handsome, but has a dark past. You could say that the root of all the problems that occur in this manga comes from Fuji's cowardly and arbitrary actions. Fuji is a coward, he takes the opportunity when Ann and Daigo's relationship is strained.

Overall, I enjoyed this manga. it's frustrating yet I can't stop reading until finished the rest of the manga. I'm so satisfied with the ending, maybe it feels a bit rushed. but it's not a problem anymore because all of the conflicts have been cleared. for anyone who looking for a story with a realistic relationship, then this manga is for you.

Maybe they forgot to tag this under psychological genre.

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This manga has a light beginning but things getting super unstable right after her first break up with the boy she thinks he is the everything she needs. The plot has a a lot of emotions development of a girl from 12 turn 30 years old. As I read through the whole thing in a night, I come to understand the whole emotion roller coaster was due to the psychological trauma she had after her mother committed suicide. The more she doesn't want to be like her mother, the more she becomes. The pain ... comes slowly but haunting. I'm glad that she overcome all the hurdles after knocking herself in all wrong places.

Three things that I don't sit well with it;
1. I did not appreciate chap 16 (about her cold hearted ex/he can disappear for all I care).
2. Fuji-kun's relationship with his cousin. I'm very very skeptical about this. This new romance development after his breakup with Ann is way too fast and doubtful. Initially, I thought the cousin is genuinely worried as a family. Tbh, I'm also biased towards Fuji over Daigo. Maybe because he was always around and tried really hard for Ann. But after that, he choose to marry his cousin? Dude, you shouldn't just settle for anyone close to you when you're weak.
3. I think the ending could be more elaborated on her emotions. After the suicidal accident and reunion with old love, the manga just skipped to their married life where she becomes more composed and settled. More like she have accepted her fate. ??? I'm confused. I want to know how she took care of her crazy emotions. Haha

P.S: This manga is not your rosy shoujo.Its considered quite dark, subtle disturbing and requires so much energy.This is my own tags for this manga; Shoujo, Romance, Melodrama, Psychological
I would still prefer Cat Street.

I loved the beginning, it had what felt like the start of a story with some actual depth and characters that didn't fall completely into stereotypical roles of shojo. But towards the middle it just became so... cliché, so... disappointing. Ann goes back and forth between being utterly and madly in love with Daigo and being depressed about her mother. In the beginning she had other characteristics but midway those two things are all she really is: obsessed or depressed. And the side characters that you got to know in the start of the series are suddenly doing things that make absolutely no sense, and ... there's no proper build up or explanation. I also hated the ending so much, it made me feel like Ann was being jerked around and played with until they said "okay... I guess that's enough, come on." I didn't feel any happiness or relief, just annoyed and disappointed. I guess I was hoping to see some sort of growth with Ann or at least see her be happy, but I don't feel like either or those happened. Its a strong start, but a sad and cliched mess about halfway.