A review by softghoul_jpeg
Boy Meets Maria by PEYO

dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

what a beautiful one-shot. don't know why i kept putting this manga off, honestly. maybe it was because everyone's stated how sad it is. and i didn't think i was ready for the emotions i would be feeling while reading it. needless to say, it was stunning as a one-shot--it would have been even better if there had been a few more volumes to flesh out the story even more. i would have loved to see taiga and yuu's relationship flourish! i loved both of these characters and would have loved to see them grow more. but as is, this story was heartbreaking in its depiction of love, gender-identity, and ways in which we metabolize our trauma. my heart broke reading into both yuu's and taiga's pasts. they both went through a lot in their own ways and tried to manage as best as they could with what they had and with what they knew. i'm usually a huge crybaby, but i managed to hold back streaming tears. don't know how i did it, honestly.. and. uuuummmm, the internal scream i had when it was revealed that taiga's dad saved yuu?!! wtf! i would have loved for taiga's father to realize that yuu was the child he saved! ahhhhh!!!!!
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