Mangaka : Yamazaki Kore
A 12 chapter manga portraying a love story between 2 similar people.
The story follows the relationship that blossoms between a two bookworms who are unable to deal well with people.
Kanako reads books because they remind her of a time in the past when she was happiest. Itou Akio who has always read books to escape from a lonely reality. They both end up finding a better reality in each others presence.
It's a straight-laced manga no matter how you look at it. It's about these two individuals and their love for each other. No sexualisation, no oneesan play, just love. I really like stories like that.
But when you stop time think about it it's kinda crazy that no one in the manga found it weird. Akio Itou is a middle schooler ( I would assume that he is 14-15) while Kanako is a university graduate( 20years old minimum 22 is more likely). This age difference alone is enough to invite 3volumes worth of griping from all the supporting cast and somehow, no one has a problem with it.
It's like the bubble of love ( the euphoric time in the earliest part of the relationship) has never broken for them.
The harsh realities of the world has not made its way into their personal world and while that makes for some cute material it also makes the story unrealistic.
Kanako is a cute young lady who is gentle and kind. Zero bitchiness, Zero cruel streak, zero domineering personality, zero jealousy, zero unreasonableness.
Ideal girlfriend material.
The fact that the art renders her looking of a similar age to Itou-kun may be a major factor in why we are not conscious of their age difference.
By comparison Itou Akio, inspire of being the younger one, is more mature, at least insofar as taking care of himself is concerned (he cooks).
Theirs is a relationship of equals (rare as fuck in any story) with each person contributing to the relationship for the others sake.
I guess what impressed me the most was that this manga showed a relationship that is the epitome of what I consider love should be like. It is when two individuals are drawn together inspite or maybe even because of their flaws and are able to make each other better and happier than they are.
Recommendation : Read it. At 12 chapters long it's not a manga that is worth missing.
Truth be told it's not a great manga. But it is a nice story.
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