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A review by ruthsic
The Golden Sheep, Vol. 3 by Kaori Ozaki
4.0
Warnings: mention of suicide attempt, child neglect, child death, animal death
This book brings the friends back together, after they have each changed and grown through the story, with some confrontation, some recollection and some realizations. While Tsugu and Sora have been living with her grandfather in the city, Asahi is starting to get a taste of her own medicine when her friends freeze her out. She comes to realize how awful it was of her to do the same to Tsugu out of jealousy. We also see where her complex came from, when in childhood she felt like the fourth wheel of their group, not that it justifies her resentment towards Tsugu but goes in some part to explain it. Yuushin also confronts his own anger and works on his own goals. Tsugu is made to understand that helping out your friends sometimes just means being there for them. Sora confronts Yuushin properly and tells him about how he had been hurt, and they mend their relationship a bit, but he doesn't forgive him completely (which I felt natural considering the circrumstances). It brings the four teens back together as a group, but with more understanding of their relationships and their own selves, leading to a slightly rushed but good conclusion.
Included in this was also a short story "Love Letter" in which a soul chooses a young woman to be their mother, and keeps coming back in different incarnations to be close to her. It was...interesting, and the topic of child neglect is viewed from a different angle.
Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review from Kodansha Comics, via Netgalley.
This book brings the friends back together, after they have each changed and grown through the story, with some confrontation, some recollection and some realizations. While Tsugu and Sora have been living with her grandfather in the city, Asahi is starting to get a taste of her own medicine when her friends freeze her out. She comes to realize how awful it was of her to do the same to Tsugu out of jealousy. We also see where her complex came from, when in childhood she felt like the fourth wheel of their group, not that it justifies her resentment towards Tsugu but goes in some part to explain it. Yuushin also confronts his own anger and works on his own goals. Tsugu is made to understand that helping out your friends sometimes just means being there for them. Sora confronts Yuushin properly and tells him about how he had been hurt, and they mend their relationship a bit, but he doesn't forgive him completely (which I felt natural considering the circrumstances). It brings the four teens back together as a group, but with more understanding of their relationships and their own selves, leading to a slightly rushed but good conclusion.
Included in this was also a short story "Love Letter" in which a soul chooses a young woman to be their mother, and keeps coming back in different incarnations to be close to her. It was...interesting, and the topic of child neglect is viewed from a different angle.
Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review from Kodansha Comics, via Netgalley.