Rating (Out of 5): ~3-3.5
Publisher: Vertical Comics
Release Date: 2014
Volumes: 1.
Spoilers?: No.
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Goodreads Synopsis:
Can a poem save your
life? Words are powerful. Insults and rumors can derail a career; a bit
of encouragement can give someone the strength to pursue their dreams.
When a high school boy skipping class to sketch shoe designs and a
taciturn woman drinking a morning beer meet in a Tokyo park, they say
little, but the woman bids farewell with an ancient tanka poem. Will the
boy figure out the poem's meaning-and its corresponding response-before
it's too late?
Review:
This is about a
school teacher who had to take a break, and a teenage boy who wants to make
shoes. They end up meeting under a gazebo when it rains, where they take cover,
read, eat, take a break from things. They start talking before they know who the
other is, and slowly start falling for each other.
I will say that the
romance wasn’t very intense, but it was meant to be subtle. It’s sad, what
happened to her. And while the teenager wants to help, it’s in the past, and he
can’t fix it. And their romance can’t work from the beginning, when she starts
teaching at his school again.
I liked the
subtleness of the plot and characterization. I didn’t connect as much as I
would have liked, but it was enjoyable. And I liked the ending.
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