Natsu wo Oboeru

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It's a jewel!

There are two broad kinds of stories in the world. Fun ones and realistic ones. The second kind is rare in manga because most of it that gets translated is aimed at children and teenagers, and is meant only to amuse. Sometimes, though, someone translates a bit of real seinen, and this is one of those rare cases.

This is the story of a teenage boy coming of age during one steamy summer, and it's fascinating because it demonstrates how innocent Japapese boys are! We all know that, really, due to the fact that most of the boys in manga are completely passive in ... their relations with girls and women. The boy here is that way, but in this story he get the first imtimations that there is more to women than he knows.

Natsu wo Oboeru is fine. Unfortunately, that's all it is: fine. More eloquently it is a slice of a not-very-interesting life. A guy hangs out with his friend, his teacher, his other friend, and his teacher once more. Words are said, awkward nudity is interspersed.

Much like the author's other works, it is difficult to recommend Natsu wo Oboeru because while passable you could just read almost anything else and have a more fulfilling experience. Still, Natsu wo Oboeru is short and determinedly inoffensive enough that if you have managed to stumble upon this page then you might as well just read the thing.

Story - I don't read very many slice of life mangas because it just doesn't appeal to me to me reading about someone else's boring life when im trying to forget about my own boring life and engulf myself in a story... that being said, I have no idea what i just read lol... I know slice of life have no main plots but this seemed to be the slice of life to... slice of life... nothing happen felt like it was ended before it even began don't bother picking this up unless you are very bored and just want to read from what ... i saw an could've been an interesting story of a teacher/student relationship however it ends before it began...

Art - the art reminded me of Matsumoto, Jiro's drawings with many shadings
however not as detailed as his since when you see his drawings you don't get confused between the characters each of them are unique in their own way... however in this i was confusing the characters

Characters - no character development was 2 short they just threw characters at me seldom if any back story to any of them

Enjoyment - Well if actually kept going and progressed into a story perhaps i wouldn't have felt so let down at the end...

Overall - I gave it a 6 since the story seemed like it could be interesting so i did enjoy it while i read it but when i finished it i felt myself thinking "thats it...?" this is something i expect from Oneshots but not from a manga