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hangngt_'s review against another edition
4.0
I actually quite enjoy this.
I love the character, and the dynamics between them. and can I just say I love the mom!!!
and honestly I thought it would be much more painful, cause I heard from someone it was really that it’s hard to read. but although yes I agree there’s lots of hardship, it’s not as dark as I expected.
i love love love this story so far. like the plot. although it’s a little fast pace, the romance part, i still think it’s rly good. and the topic that is discuss in this manga, I personally think should be discuss more often. because this really shed light on many hardship that are undermined.
though I must say, I didn’t really enjoyed the discrimination against disabled person in the beginning, but it get less insulting but more concerning.
•read this in the vnm version•
I love the character, and the dynamics between them. and can I just say I love the mom!!!
and honestly I thought it would be much more painful, cause I heard from someone it was really that it’s hard to read. but although yes I agree there’s lots of hardship, it’s not as dark as I expected.
i love love love this story so far. like the plot. although it’s a little fast pace, the romance part, i still think it’s rly good. and the topic that is discuss in this manga, I personally think should be discuss more often. because this really shed light on many hardship that are undermined.
though I must say, I didn’t really enjoyed the discrimination against disabled person in the beginning, but it get less insulting but more concerning.
•read this in the vnm version•
misshoneybug's review against another edition
5.0
This is a romance manga, but if you paid close attention to the cover, the guy is on a wheelchair, so that is your first sign that this isn't your typical story. It's really nice to read a story not based on cliché plots with rich guys, damsels in distress and teenage love triangles. This manga offers more than just romantic enjoyment; the story lets you see the physical and emotional struggles of someone with spinal cord injury. From the girl's perspective, you can see her frustration for not knowing how to help the guy she loves and her reactions as she discovers more and more about his condition. From his perspective, you can see his frustrations and life expectations.
This type of story is better suited for those who like more serious dialogues and thought provoking situations. His condition is not sugar coated: bed sores, excretory disorder, phantom pain and UTI are mentioned in this volume as well as how society treats him. Having said that, it still has your typical romance tropes, light fluffy moments and emotional punches to your heart that will keep you hoping nothing bad happens to him in the next 100 years because they are both so sweet and deserve all the happiness in the world. Now I really need to know how this story will end.
I requested a review copy from Kodansha comics. Thank you!
This type of story is better suited for those who like more serious dialogues and thought provoking situations. His condition is not sugar coated: bed sores, excretory disorder, phantom pain and UTI are mentioned in this volume as well as how society treats him. Having said that, it still has your typical romance tropes, light fluffy moments and emotional punches to your heart that will keep you hoping nothing bad happens to him in the next 100 years because they are both so sweet and deserve all the happiness in the world. Now I really need to know how this story will end.
I requested a review copy from Kodansha comics. Thank you!
love_lauren's review against another edition
4.25
this was really beautiful. I think it was fairly introductory (like it can be surface level at times) but I think this is perfect for people who don't have and/or don't think much about phsyical disabilities and how they affect not only the people living with them but also those who love them.
It's also a lot of food for thought about mindsets of people when a romantic partner becomes disabled, especially in Japanese society that really rejects disable people and doesn't make a lot of space or accomodations for them.
Overall this was a great start and I'm looking forward to continue and I hope it goes a little more in depth in the coming volumes!
It's also a lot of food for thought about mindsets of people when a romantic partner becomes disabled, especially in Japanese society that really rejects disable people and doesn't make a lot of space or accomodations for them.
Overall this was a great start and I'm looking forward to continue and I hope it goes a little more in depth in the coming volumes!
albanueva's review against another edition
4.0
Un manga qui explore de manière très réelle la vie des personnes en fauteuil roulant. Une touchante histoire d'amour.... j'ai hâte de lire la suite !
willow_garden_3697's review against another edition
3.0
This was an interesting series to read. The main male lead is wheelchair bound (my first manga with such a character, let alone as one of the main characters). This provides momentum to the story, and also an interesting insight into the world of disabilities and living with a disability in Japan. This series made me think of some of the many things I take for granted as an able-bodied person, as well as consider some of the hardships, concerns, and conflicts individuals with a disability may face in life.
Additionally, there is the interpersonal drama of two people who’ve liked each other since high school and are reunited as adults.
Additionally, there is the interpersonal drama of two people who’ve liked each other since high school and are reunited as adults.
jessi_readss's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I love the premise of this manga so much and I feel like the disability representation was handled very well and with care. I did feel like some panels were a tad bit juvenile, but the author themself says this in their note at the end as well. So I am sticking around and cannot wait to see how this one grows. ❤️
mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
I received this manga from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.
Ahhhhhhhhh, this was just fabulous, sweet, heartbreaking, beautiful. Really, I would warn everyone to bring tissues when you are reading this one. You will need those. Tears were just streaming down my cheeks while reading. I am still all teary from this beautiful volume.
Tsugumi reunites with her crush from high school, Itsuki, during a get-together from her firm (interior design) and his firm (architecture). She is happy to see him and her love is immediately rekindled, but then finds out that her crush isn't having such a good life as she thought he was having. He is in a wheel chair.
And from that moment the manga truly begins as Tsugumi wonders about if a relationship with a wheelchair-bound guy would work. Can you be with someone who can't do everything you can? Can you handle the care, the worries, the fact he can get sick at any moment, even die in a few years? It is a very loaded subject, and we see how Tsugumi tries to find an answer while falling deeper and deeper in love with Itsuki. She tries to help him out whenever she can, she is there for him when he is in the hospital a few times, she tries to show him that she really cares, that she really wants him as he is. That she knows that it may not last long, that it won't be easy, but that she just loves him.
Of course it isn't an easy road. Itsuki is not doing well, despite just continuing with everything. While I was impressed that he never gave up and I could also understand that he wanted to continue as he is getting great chances at the firm... at times I wanted to shake him a bit to tell him that it is OK to take a break at times, you don't need to go until your body collapses, until everything shuts down.
Haruto's story was heartbreaking. The poor guy, I hope that with what Itsuki has done for him, showed him, that he can pave a new road to something awesome. Plus I hope he can accept his girlfriend again, she has waited for him. She has been visiting for a year now, waiting, waiting. I think you don't need to be worried she may run away from you (like Itsuki's girlfriend in college did after the accident).
I am also happy, well if you want to call it that, that we not only see Tsugumi's perspective, but also Itsuki's. We see him not being able to sleep due to the pain in his legs (phantom limb), we see him hurting. But we also see him fall in love with Tsugumi.
The ending was just perfection, I am so happy for both of them, and I hope that their romance will continue for a long time to come. Though... given several things, and I have read enough other manga, I fear that we may be going for a bad ending. I already cried tons while reading, I am not sure if I can handle a bad ending should one appear in the next volumes.
We also see how people react to a guy in a wheelchair and I frankly wanted to shake up some people. :|
The art is pretty decent, at times I felt the style didn't exactly fit with the story and the heaviness of it all.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Ahhhhhhhhh, this was just fabulous, sweet, heartbreaking, beautiful. Really, I would warn everyone to bring tissues when you are reading this one. You will need those. Tears were just streaming down my cheeks while reading. I am still all teary from this beautiful volume.
Tsugumi reunites with her crush from high school, Itsuki, during a get-together from her firm (interior design) and his firm (architecture). She is happy to see him and her love is immediately rekindled, but then finds out that her crush isn't having such a good life as she thought he was having. He is in a wheel chair.
And from that moment the manga truly begins as Tsugumi wonders about if a relationship with a wheelchair-bound guy would work. Can you be with someone who can't do everything you can? Can you handle the care, the worries, the fact he can get sick at any moment, even die in a few years? It is a very loaded subject, and we see how Tsugumi tries to find an answer while falling deeper and deeper in love with Itsuki. She tries to help him out whenever she can, she is there for him when he is in the hospital a few times, she tries to show him that she really cares, that she really wants him as he is. That she knows that it may not last long, that it won't be easy, but that she just loves him.
Of course it isn't an easy road. Itsuki is not doing well, despite just continuing with everything. While I was impressed that he never gave up and I could also understand that he wanted to continue as he is getting great chances at the firm... at times I wanted to shake him a bit to tell him that it is OK to take a break at times, you don't need to go until your body collapses, until everything shuts down.
Haruto's story was heartbreaking. The poor guy, I hope that with what Itsuki has done for him, showed him, that he can pave a new road to something awesome. Plus I hope he can accept his girlfriend again, she has waited for him. She has been visiting for a year now, waiting, waiting. I think you don't need to be worried she may run away from you (like Itsuki's girlfriend in college did after the accident).
I am also happy, well if you want to call it that, that we not only see Tsugumi's perspective, but also Itsuki's. We see him not being able to sleep due to the pain in his legs (phantom limb), we see him hurting. But we also see him fall in love with Tsugumi.
The ending was just perfection, I am so happy for both of them, and I hope that their romance will continue for a long time to come. Though... given several things, and I have read enough other manga, I fear that we may be going for a bad ending. I already cried tons while reading, I am not sure if I can handle a bad ending should one appear in the next volumes.
We also see how people react to a guy in a wheelchair and I frankly wanted to shake up some people. :|
The art is pretty decent, at times I felt the style didn't exactly fit with the story and the heaviness of it all.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
animasoul's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0