Bokura ga Ita
We Were There

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Well, hello. I will start by warning you first. This is hell. Or was as i have just finished it. I say that because as described it has drama. And the drama in this one is strong. If i am to talk about the story, it might not be anything spectacular. But it was good nonetheless. From this, i didn't actually learn something as i was occupied being too frustrated to think right. It was weird actually. There were many sweet moments, but many bad too. But so it's in love. The story flows in a way of it's own, you get sucked in their ... world and you can't contain the urge to just read the next chapter as to see more of them and the happiness that awaits them. The art style of this wasn't anything to write home about in the beginning, but i have to admit, there are some moments that just blow you away. If you do really read this one you might be impressed all the same. The most touching for me was Nana's prayer, and Yano's promise. Those panels just blew me away. As always i read this in one go as it's already finished, as it took me under 15 hours, there is something weird here. You easily spot inconsistencies or anything of the sort, but in this story that just made it all the better. The characters just go well one with another. There is a lot to talk about them, but in the end the idea is, they grew. From the beginning until the end the characters had good development and that could be felt very well in the ending chapters. The final i could say...well it's different for everybody. For me it was good, because it gave me all that i needed throughout the manga. If i were to speak about a lesson learned or whatnot, it would be just to never close yourself in front of your loved ones. As always life is hard, happiness is hard to acquire and everything else is hard. That's why we searching someone to hep us make those hard things a little more easy. Those loved ones. Life is long if you think about the future, and short if you think about the past. So don't be afraid of making mistakes when you search for happiness. Make yourself memories at which you will think someday looking back in the past. Giving the story my time, the time of the characters went forward. That's how it should be. I helped them go forward, they showed me their best. And now i am contented. If i would recommend this story to others? Maybe, if they liked drama and romance. Would i read it again? Hard to answer, probably not as i tend to remember what i read very well, and so it's a one time enjoyment. But even so, just that one time, i wouldn't exchange with anything else. That being said dear readers, go read and decide for yourselves. Be safe in your search for happiness from now on and we shall meet one day again. Farewell.

Story
Nothing was really unique about the story, it was simple and predictable, not as complex as it appears to be. But I like how the story was told, there was a lot of deep dialogues, you can easily understand how the characters are feelings.
The pacing was random, sometimes fast, and sometimes so slow with lot of unnecessary details. It could end with less chapters in my opinion.

Art
It did well to deliver the story, the expression were realistic. The background and places were drawn well, I was only hoping the character would be drawn more mature after they grow up, but in general I like it.

Character
Nothing ... is really special about them. I didn't like any character and I don't find them realistic at all. And I didn't relate to a lot decision made by those characters.
-Nanami is like any other shoujo character; She loves, she put all her faith on this love, no matter what happens she doesn't give up or move on, too sensitive and emotional, nothing new.
-Yano is someone who face some sad and critical events, instead of moving on and growing up, He make it a reason to torture himself and drown himself in regret, for too long time than those events deserve. And I don't think he did any wrong to regret and hate himself this much.
-The side characters are also bad, the typical second characters who insist on unrequited love for no reason even when it hurts them.

Enjoyment
I personally enjoy melodramatic stories, but it needs good reason behind all the drama, I don't think this manga deliver this reason for me, so I couldn't relate to the story. If you enjoy sad love stories (even if there is no real reason to make it this sad) then you can like this manga.

Story:
The story is both frustrating and boring at the same time. I wish I could go into details of why I think so, but I am afraid I would spoil the reading for anyone wanting to read this manga. All I am able to say is that it is a very slow pace story about stupid behavior, broken promises, lies and too little communication. I consider myself to be a sensitive person: I am many times crying by hearing beautiful music, reading love stories etc. This story did never touch me in that way, instead I was just filled with frustration.

After reading about half of ... Bokura ga Ita (33 chapters) I gave up and begun scrolling fast forward to get a glimpse of the rest of the story so I would know if it was going to change and then I gave up completely.


Art:
The artwork is good but there are times when I have difficulties to know who is saying something and sometimes I even mix up the main characters as they are a bit too similar.