Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Vertical Comics
Release Date: September 2019
Volumes: 3.
Spoilers?: Hints.
Buy it here: Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository. RightStuf.
Volume: 2.
Goodreads Synopsis:
Golden Sheep features
story and art by Kaori Ozaki the author of The Gods Lie. “They say if
you write down your wish, bury it under Sheep Tower and then dig it up
after 7 years and 7 months, your wish will come true…” Tsugu Miikura, a
high schooler who loves to play guitar, due to family circumstances,
moved away from the rural town where she had spent her childhood. After
several years, she’s back in her old hometown. She reunites with her
childhood friends—Sora, Yuushin, and Asari—the friends she’d buried a
time capsule with back in elementary school. Tsugu is overjoyed to be
with her friends once more, but the bonds that she thought would never
change have in fact started to grow major cracks…
Review:
I didn't know what I was getting into when I started this volume.
The volume starts in a very drastic place, and then goes backwards a
bit. We meet Tsugu, who moved away from her hometown and best friends
when she was younger, and is suddenly able to move back. There've been
some family circumstance changes, and now that she's back, she wants
everything to be the same. At first, it feels like it could be. But,
slowly, the pieces of teen angst and change start showing through.
There are some very serious themes explored in this volume. Bullying,
in particular, is harsh and awful, and we even get to see two
different sides of it. And suicide, though I won't go into detail on
that one, but warning none the less.
Tsugu is really the bright spot of this so far. She's optimistic, but
also blunt and doesn't hide from things. When she discovers what's
happening with Sora, she doesn't hide from it, and she doesn't shy
from being there for him.
This volume took a very dark turn for a while in this volume. It's
realistically harsh, and I definitely think it's well done in that.
It's realistic in how it portrays being a teenager, too, while also
being thoughtful about it.
I'm also glad to say that things seem to be looking up at the end of
the volume, though. And knowing this is a short series, I'm hopeful
that it won't go too dark and dreary in the end.
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