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| THIS IS A MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER. ---------------------------------------- Sunny charmed me in every possible way from the beginning. It is a hard and dramatic story, but told with an adventurous sense of humor and boundless imagination that made me greatly enjoy every page. For me this was a cult comic, a jewel for its excellent script and drawing. Sunny is a partly autobiographical work that again makes Matsumoto's talent clear; unclassifiable author, as versatile as virtuous, who combines folkloric elements with poetic passages to shape an emotional portrait of childhood. I love Taiyou Matsumoto for many reasons, but Sunny takes the cake, it has definitely stolen my heart. |
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| The image of the bleak life in a foster home makes it clear that sometimes the small sufferings hurt the most. What probably hits the hardest is that the hardships that the children went through were beyond any help. Even some of the adults, as motivated as they were to make such a life more bearable, couldn't do much to lessen the pain of abandonment and the implications it brought upon. It would be hard to judge the parents as well, as their lives are messed up to the point that they struggle providing for themselves, much less raising a child. Haruo's mom might be somewhat an exception to that, but we only catch a glimpse of her circumstances, so it's hard to say anything. Still, it irked me somewhat that she didn't want her own son to be overly familiar with her. Overall, an excellent read. As I understand, the work has a biographical background, so the inspiration for some characters probably stems from real people. Even if it were heavily based on real events, it's hard to pull off a masterful transition of realism into fiction as it was the case here. Definitely recommended. |
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| Loved it. It was fun and it was hard. Yet it was a very faithful story. I read it is based on Matsumoto-sensei childhood, and that breaks my heart. |
Edaniel said: Loved it. It was fun and it was hard. Yet it was a very faithful story. I read it is based on Matsumoto-sensei childhood, and that breaks my heart. thats a very long neck |
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Peak. I was wondering what the last chapter would be after finishing the previous chapter and yet again, a very realistic turn of events. |
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