Watashitachi no Tamura-kun
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Watashitachi no Tamura-kun is such an underrated manga. It is fantastic!
I found this manga because of the author of "Tiger X Dragon" and "Golden time", I really like the story made by this author and didn't deceive me at all!

To be honest, the love triangle in this story is such a masterpiece, I know some people really don't like this ending and some really like it. The main character (Tamura, Yukisada) hesitated between 2 girls and he made his decision and gave up one of them.

Many people think the main character is such a coward for making theses two girls sad but I think it's ... a very normal behavior for him to act like that. In real life, it does happen to love two girls in the same time but you know you can't choose two of them and you have to make a decision, even so you're still not able to make a decision because you just can't give up one of them. You don't want to make any of them sad, you want to be with them both and the best way to make them happy is to concentrate on one of them and make things clear.

The main character was still in junior-high school, he doesn't know how to act about it. Especially if there's a girl beyong them which happened many thing between you, loved you, made a promise but you have to separate from each others. You don't know if he/her still likes you, you don't know if this feeling is fading away or will you still feel the same when you meet up the person again? You're confused, you don't understand your feeling.
Especially if you met up another girl you love and many story happened between you and her too, it's a very hard decision to make.

In conclusion would you choose a girl that happened many event with you, over a year and made promise to meet up again but you don't know if she still likes you OR a girl you met not long but many thing happened between the two of you too and you know she really love you.
It's a very hard choice to make especially if you love both of them.
I really loved the ending of this story, he made it clear, told them the choice he chose. It really hurt when you have to abandon one of them if they are both important to you and it hurt for the one who got abandoned too. But he still showed his courage, he doesn't want to make them sad and making them wait anymore. Yes, it is very cruel for the one he gave up but it's the best choice? instead of waiting for him forever without a answer, it's the best wait to release her from this pain.

This manga was nicely written. It was not predictable and it didn't preach. The characters were flawed and real, made good and bad decisions and suffered the consequences. Being someone who had to go through similar situations and emotions, I thought those were played really well.

Up until the ending, that is. I found it quite cliché and unbelievable. I found it forced into the type of ending that would please the crowd and rather than the one which followed the storyline. It was like the mangaka felt the need to change the course of action too suddenly for me to be satisfied.

Still, ... I enjoyed this manga a lot. The relationships in this could be seen as childish and immature at times, but considering the age of the characters, I'd say it was fitting. They also surprised me with their maturity at times, which was great. The adults were likeable and played nice roles in this, however brief.

The art was great. Story-wise it was a typical slice of life piece revolving around a love triangle, with a good male lead (who although very confused and annoying at times, seemed real enough) and two female leads that had personalities of their own and added a nice dichotomy to the whole thing. It became hard to choose between them, to be honest, as both were quite likeable in very different ways.

There were also sidestories to distract us from the main drama, which was cool. I found them enjoyable as well.

Overall, I'd say Watashitachi no Tamura-kun was good. It forces us to think about choices, misunderstandings and the power of communication in relationships, but also the effect we have on others and how we are able to change their lives in the smallest of ways. It also makes us ponder on the importance of life, love, family and friendship and how we are all interconnected. How it's hard to stay true to ourselves without hurting others in the process, and how that step is sometimes inevitable.

Despite the initial idea, I think Watashitachi no Tamura-kun is actually quite deep in the sense that explores those ideas and morals in a very light manner, allowing us to skip the judging and focus on the important things. I would have liked it to have a little more progress but maybe it was better this way. I just needed a bit more closure to really be completely satisfied.

Also, this is completely readable in a few hours as it's quite short. Enjoy.

Really everyone that likes a good romance story should read this! Really! The plot is not complex or anything, but the way the mangaka tell it, is just so amazing that it can get everyone to cry. The character development was really good, they overcome difficult situations and learn wit their mistakes. I had an amazing time reading this manga, while reading the last chapter, I eventually caught myself in tears because of the story. It's really amazing, and my score for this manga is a solid 10. Anyway, I recommend this for every single people that like Romance+School Life+Shounen. Thanks and I hope you ... guys enjoyed my review (Ps.: Sorry if there are any mistakes in the text, I tried to put my feelings into words after reading this.).