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lezreadalot's review
4.0
MY HEART IS FULL TO BURSTING.
And the CHARACTERS. Gah. I have clearly been rooting for Mirai and Hatsu from the very beginning. Every time they touched hands or shoulders or those super emotional moments where Hatsu pressed her forehead to Mirai's back... AHHH. I LIVED for those moments; the quiet moments that we've been getting since day one, where we see the friendship build and grow, and the little moments become bigger moments (THOSE HUGS) until it evolved into the conclusion I almost didn't dare to hope for. GFS!!! Also I LIKE that Hatsu had to think about it before saying yes to going back with Mirai (I mean I guess there are people in time travelling stories who would drop everything and leave, and Hatsu just isn't one of them) and I LOVE that she wanted to, and DID bring her mother. Oh man, I teared up.
(I mean, I'm a little fuzzy on what happens with the timelines now. But I kind of love that Mirai was just like 'welp I'm bringing my new gf and her mom back to the future, what are they gonna do, send them back?')
Really really liked the conclusion, it just made me so happy. Looking back at my review for volume 1, I said, " Mirai/Hatsu 4ever but Gilbert can stay too." And that's exactly what I got. ♥
I'm ending the year on a great note, and it feels good.
Spoiler
This was a GREAT ending to the story; tense, emotional, and action packed. For some reason I always get so shocked when time travelling stories actually do things that change history/the known timeline, but I love it every time haha. And hey, this book is fantastically queer and it filled my heart with joy. A couple things that I love in story-telling are actually sympathetic villains (not just "this person is legit terrible but hey a sad thing happened to him when he was eight") and super heartfelt heroes. I got that from Azai and Mirai (though I'm not sure I'd actually call Azai a villain; more like an antagonist). I loved Azai's story with Hiroshi (THE LOYALTY KINK). The pivotal moment in the story, where Azai has Gilbert hostage, was super well done. Speaking of Gilbert: oh man! The twist! Didn't see it coming, though I figure I should have guessed he would be involved on a deeper level.And the CHARACTERS. Gah. I have clearly been rooting for Mirai and Hatsu from the very beginning. Every time they touched hands or shoulders or those super emotional moments where Hatsu pressed her forehead to Mirai's back... AHHH. I LIVED for those moments; the quiet moments that we've been getting since day one, where we see the friendship build and grow, and the little moments become bigger moments (THOSE HUGS) until it evolved into the conclusion I almost didn't dare to hope for. GFS!!! Also I LIKE that Hatsu had to think about it before saying yes to going back with Mirai (I mean I guess there are people in time travelling stories who would drop everything and leave, and Hatsu just isn't one of them) and I LOVE that she wanted to, and DID bring her mother. Oh man, I teared up.
(I mean, I'm a little fuzzy on what happens with the timelines now. But I kind of love that Mirai was just like 'welp I'm bringing my new gf and her mom back to the future, what are they gonna do, send them back?')
Really really liked the conclusion, it just made me so happy. Looking back at my review for volume 1, I said, " Mirai/Hatsu 4ever but Gilbert can stay too." And that's exactly what I got. ♥
I'm ending the year on a great note, and it feels good.
eyelit's review
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
nwhyte's review
3.0
https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3495734.html
It's an interesting story of Japan just before the Meiji Restoration, with a woman from 2042 masquerading as a samurai and a time-travel screw-up potentially erasing our version of history. The plot is intriguing enough, and has some good gender-bending twists, but I'm afraid I found the art (also by the author) rather deficient; it was difficult to tell several of the key characters apart, and they sometimes seemed rather awkwardly posed, which rather distracted me from what was going on.
It's an interesting story of Japan just before the Meiji Restoration, with a woman from 2042 masquerading as a samurai and a time-travel screw-up potentially erasing our version of history. The plot is intriguing enough, and has some good gender-bending twists, but I'm afraid I found the art (also by the author) rather deficient; it was difficult to tell several of the key characters apart, and they sometimes seemed rather awkwardly posed, which rather distracted me from what was going on.
ranaelizabeth's review against another edition
3.0
So, story: loved this, fascinating detail, and excellent characters. The ending was delightful, not something that I had expected at all.
My minus stars issue is that I struggle with blank and white line drawings in graphic novels. And this is one million percent my own personal problem. It takes some brain workings on each new panel or page to confirm which character is which. Each character has some distinguishing marks (hats, scars, hair style) but there were definite points at which I really had no idea who was talking. Some of that I got from context but not all the time.
Other than my issues with the characters and how they were drawn, I loved the rest of the artwork. The larger panels depicting the towns or nature were wonderful and were vivid enough, even in black and white, to really be able to envision the scene.
My minus stars issue is that I struggle with blank and white line drawings in graphic novels. And this is one million percent my own personal problem. It takes some brain workings on each new panel or page to confirm which character is which. Each character has some distinguishing marks (hats, scars, hair style) but there were definite points at which I really had no idea who was talking. Some of that I got from context but not all the time.
Other than my issues with the characters and how they were drawn, I loved the rest of the artwork. The larger panels depicting the towns or nature were wonderful and were vivid enough, even in black and white, to really be able to envision the scene.
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