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thelakinator's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
barbie420's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
labunnywtf's review against another edition
5.0
::screams into the void::
This book gave me too many feeeeeeeeeeeelingsssssssssss........!!!
Jesus, this stupid book.
I have a hard time reading Manga. Even when I was reading Full Metal Alchemist basically steadily back to back, my eyes still bounced around too much to keep everything in a decent order. I can mostly make sense of the storyline, but a lot of nuance gets lost on me.
I lost a lot of nuance here. For which I'm grateful, since the story already gave me feelings heartburn.
This is the story of Taichi, a poor boy who is struggling to work and keep himself fed. He basically stumbles over Kohei after falling out of a tree. He apologizes profusely while drooling indiscreetly over Kohei's delicious looking lunch. Kohei offers him his lunch, then slips away, leaving Taichi curious. And well fed.
Turns out Kohei is hearing impaired, and has a reputation for being stand offish and antisocial. But he's a student in need of a note taker, and Kohei really appreciated the food, so a tentative friendship is born.
Kohei's hearing is rapidly deteriorating, but he can hear Taichi's voice. And his world "behind the curtain" starts to open up.
And that is the start to this RIDICULOUS BOOK. RIDICULOUS.
::flaps hands around unintelligibly::
This is such a sweet story. It's an easy story, but there's so much underlying tension that you can't help feeling. These boys understand each other, but don't, and you just want to reach through the pages and arrange things to help them both. Their relationship is so good, so sweet, so real. Again with the reaching through the pages.
I feel like the rep here is so important, so real, so painful. People want to help Kohei in all of the worst ways, including a girl who wants to take care of him LIKE IN THE MOVIES!
Taichi's reaction was my reaction.
Seriously, I need to stop listening when Jes tells me to read books that sound like they'll make me schmoopy.
This book gave me too many feeeeeeeeeeeelingsssssssssss........!!!
Jesus, this stupid book.
I have a hard time reading Manga. Even when I was reading Full Metal Alchemist basically steadily back to back, my eyes still bounced around too much to keep everything in a decent order. I can mostly make sense of the storyline, but a lot of nuance gets lost on me.
I lost a lot of nuance here. For which I'm grateful, since the story already gave me feelings heartburn.
This is the story of Taichi, a poor boy who is struggling to work and keep himself fed. He basically stumbles over Kohei after falling out of a tree. He apologizes profusely while drooling indiscreetly over Kohei's delicious looking lunch. Kohei offers him his lunch, then slips away, leaving Taichi curious. And well fed.
Turns out Kohei is hearing impaired, and has a reputation for being stand offish and antisocial. But he's a student in need of a note taker, and Kohei really appreciated the food, so a tentative friendship is born.
Kohei's hearing is rapidly deteriorating, but he can hear Taichi's voice. And his world "behind the curtain" starts to open up.
And that is the start to this RIDICULOUS BOOK. RIDICULOUS.
::flaps hands around unintelligibly::
This is such a sweet story. It's an easy story, but there's so much underlying tension that you can't help feeling. These boys understand each other, but don't, and you just want to reach through the pages and arrange things to help them both. Their relationship is so good, so sweet, so real. Again with the reaching through the pages.
I feel like the rep here is so important, so real, so painful. People want to help Kohei in all of the worst ways, including a girl who wants to take care of him LIKE IN THE MOVIES!
Taichi's reaction was my reaction.
Seriously, I need to stop listening when Jes tells me to read books that sound like they'll make me schmoopy.
violetheart34's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
zzz_is_reading's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
kaynova's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
vrybs's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
alina11_10's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
callylines's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.25
This was sweet, but as someone who has worked in manga translation before, the translation of this volume made me wonder if there had been a proofreader involved. Weird formatting and glaring grammar errors made me decide to read the rest of the series in Japanese.