Manga Review: Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan

Name: Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan
Author & Artist: SAHARA Mizu
Status: Completed
Chapters: 8
Genres: Drama, Psychological, Romance, Slice of Life, Tragedy
Plot:A pianist who attempted suicide 3 times, Juri, is taken to help her aunt at a prison where murderers who killed indiscriminately are sentenced to death. There, she meets a man named Yuu who took the lives of 3 people. A mother's antagonism--a brother's death... Together they embrace the violent rebellion in their hearts caused by the large, deep scars they carry. However, before long, they both embrace an earnest hope in their hearts. "I want to live"...
Review:
I'm the type to avoid tragedies because I don't like crying XD
But I really recommend this to everyone, even people who avoid tragic endings. The title roughly translates to "Our Happy Hours" which is quite contrary to the overall sad and depressing undertones of the story.  Everything about this story is so meaningful and heart-wrenching. The characters have a lot of depth and darkness but they somehow retain childlike innocence especially in the romance department. It has a feeling of realism rather then your typical shoujo, fluffy romance (and if your look for that kind of story then I wouldn't recommend this). There's not much else I can say about this, it just left me thinking about it for awhile and left a deep impression on me. Just read it to get what I mean :D

It was based on a novel by Gong Ji-young and there's even a korean movie adaption of it which I have yet to watch. Take a look at the Maundy Thursday Trailer below:

My thoughts To The Beautiful You (Korean Version of Hana Kimi)

Hana Kimi has got to be one of my most favourite shoujo mangas of all time. Despite the common shoujo manga cliches I feel that the story is solid, entertaining and just darn good. I've never watched the j-dramas (which someone has been pestering me to watch) to the t-drama but as soon as it was going to become a k-drama I was ecstatic.

I am a big fan of SHINee (Minho) and rookie group EXO so I was excited to know they were casted along with f(x)'s Sulli and various other professional actors. Here is the extended preview:

The thought comes to mind as to whether these idols are competent enough to play their roles.

Manga Review: Flowernoid no Shuufukushi

Name: The Repair of Flowernoid
Author & Artist: Sakura Roku
Status: Completed
Chapters: 3
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Shounen
Plot:
From AQUA Scans: "Flowernoid", dolls created with the special nature of flowers, and who devotes themselves to a master. This is the story of Satsuki, a master flowernoid repair specialist whose daily life changes by happening upon a lovely flowernoid. "From now on, I belong to you" the flowernoid claims.
Review:
The interesting story was what first caught my eye, I'm not a a big fan of the fantasy genre because the plot can get messy but I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
I know it is classified as shounen but honestly I feel that it is aimed at a female audience. Although the problem with this manga is it has so much potential and so much other things it can build on but I guess the author and editor chose not to. It has references to the tragic pasts of the two leads, which I think they should consider delving deeper into it and revealing and resolving those issues.
All in all, a great short read that will make you want more. I shall definitely be keeping an eye on this mangaka.

I'm back... for now

Hello there everyone, it has been over a year since I've visited this dead blog I've mine. There are just a few things I want to post such as the upcoming Korean version of Hana Kimi, various other manga discoveries and probably just me talking about crap. Look forward to it I guess.