Yoru to Umi

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Synonyms: Night and Sea

Japanese: 夜と海

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 3

Chapters: 19

Status: Finished

Published: Mar 29, 2017 to Apr 9, 2021

Genres: Drama, Slice of Life

Theme: School

Serialization: Comic Trail

Authors: Goumoto (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #11099²

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Jul 5, 2022

smurdles

Not Recommended

THIS IS NOT A GIRLS LOVE

There won't be any spoilers in this review :) I wasn't sure whether to give this a 3/10 or 9/10 score so here I go explaining what this series excels at and what it lacks.

Story:
The story is about 2 people in high school who try to understand each other and get along. So it's slice-of-life with a little drama to it.

Art:
Visually, this is absolutely gorgeous so although I gave it a low score, I'd still recommend reading it if you're looking for beautiful manga.

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May 18, 2022

NextUniverse

Recommended

(TLDR at the bottom)

Honest to God here, it's been a long while since I've read this manga. Whilst I remember the overall theme of it, I cannot quite examine this as I would do with other stories I've finished not long after relatively. I've simply been meaning to write something on this for a while. Forgive my incompetence. It is likely I will delete this review and re-read this story another time.

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Yoru to Umi is a drama about understanding one another, and the border that lies between two individuals.

When I first headed into Yoru to Umi, I didn't really pay heed to tags and thought ... it to be some girls' love story that hides in the manga medium. MAL tags aren't exactly the most reliable, but that's not the point right now. My speculation was proven wrong, what I received instead was a story of two girls trying to connect to each other closer more so in a way of friendship, rather than anything else.

Yoru to Umi follows a quiet Yano and strange Aya trying to connect with each other after a few first interactions. Their journey together is no straight line. It's bumpy, with the two having their fair shares of ups and downs all the while as their connection forges. They come across as quite human though, with both characters having their fair share of internal struggles, even those characters who don't play a major role fall into this category. It's nothing flamboyant and comes across as quite an honest feel. It didn't however push boundaries with these characters, and simply played it safe. In other words, it executes well but said core, concept and characters had no memorable quality to them for them to be perceived as top tier characters amongst the huge medium of manga. But for the most part, they are pretty good, and even their motifs are actually quite nice to think about.

The art of the manga is amazing. From character designs to aquatic double-page spreads, it was nothing to take lightly. Even after a long while, the cover jogs my memory with vague captivating pages of art that had my full attention. Everything was made with quality being the set goal in mind. There was nothing here that felt off with respect to design, neither did it have a cheated emptiness to it. It was just stunning.

TLDR: Good manga with strange characters having good attributes to them from realism to behaviour. Looks really nice too, as some aquatic stuff.

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But that's all I unfortunately have. It's a good story to spend time on if you have a few hours. It's one that is most powerful with its art but it allows for the substance to not be as weak as one would so believe it to be. In my time reading manga, this story is not entirely conventional, and to some extent may annoy users if you want to expect one thing from it. After all, it doesn't deliver in satisfying one particular element, but that is something you have to find out for yourself. It makes sense why such would not be delivered, however. Regardless, it is a nice niche story to spend time on and is pretty fast to read. I would recommend it to those looking for a hidden gem, perhaps. The hidden gem of the Night and Sea.

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Oct 11, 2021

Weebookey

Recommended

Preliminary (18/19 chp)

This review will contain spoilers.

"Even if a parting is inevitable, its not as if those memories would just disappear..."

The central genres of this manga are Slice of Life and School-Drama, NOT Shoujo-Ai. I will touch on about this statement later though.

STORY: 6/10
The story takes place between Yano and Aya and their day-to-day interactions during school-club activities. Yano Is a quiet and introverted girl who moves schools often because of her parents, she is the newest transfer student in Aya's classroom. She often doesn't socialise much and has learnt to not open up from her past and avoids personal interactions with people as she deems ... it to be all pointless. Aya is the complete opposite, she is child-like and an enthusiast for swimming and is constantly thinking of being in the water, she can actually swim too, unlike Yoru. Her thoughts go right through her head and tends to have no filter when speaking to people

The two are clearly polar opposites, and their dynamics are set to play off each other. I liked this with the many references to both the moon and the ocean, almost as if they hold a mirror to each other. A good metaphor for them both reflecting on their own thoughts on one another. I felt like this was focused too much on smaller nice details rather that the main themes. It felt very missing considering they didn't really come to each others issues that much, they kinda just floated around lol.

The pacing felt alright but the story wasn't long enough in my mind, with the way this was being written, this could have ended up as a 5 volume series at least. I hate to say I but it felt kind of rushed towards the end. I think proper arcs of the summer-break, festival, final exams and graduation/post-school could have all been way longer and would have deepened the story more. This would have fleshed out the characters, story and their relationships a lot more, was a bit sad over this to be honest. The other side-characters were okay. I wanted more time with them to feel a better connection so again, longer story. Drama between said characters also would have been less shallow if there was previous exposition for me to actually care about them, some things just seemed lack-luster due to having little panel time. The key themes could have been built upon more and GL should have been more relevant in their relationship thus couldn't give anything higher than a 5/10.

ART: 10/10
This series has some of the best artwork I've ever seen. If you enjoy other manga such as Ran and the grey world you'll for sure enjoy this one! The panel structure is also easily a Top 10 from any manga I've read, it flows very nicely and almost every page is beautiful. I love the symbolism in the art too, great to pull apart when reading.

CHARACTER: 5/10
This is objectively the weakest part of the series to be honest. I liked both characters as I could relate with them, but the progression of their relationship together was disappointing so to say. Not to mention they barely change, both as a "duo" and separately. My overall rating for this section wold have been higher but other databases listed this as a "Girls-Love" manga so I was kinda confused, could just be MAL being MAL again. Aya does show interest throughout the manga and literally announces her liking towards Yoru, yet nothing happens? It was really frustrating considering its labelled "shoujo ai" to begin with...

So I thought it was slightly disappointing to see not much happen in their dynamic together considering the tropes they were assigned from chapter 1. By the time there were a few chapters left she explicitly mentioned that "just because others said they get along well, doesn't mean we are friends." The final chapter we get a time-skip to them starting work, Yoru becomes an Oceanographer (dream job) whilst Aya becomes a Oceanic-Photo/Videographer, she doesn't show any affection towards her old friend.

ENJOYMENT: 8/10
Personally, I really liked the manga and its simplicity. The art is beautiful and each page is breath-taking. Thank god the author has more works. I enjoyed this a lot despite the lack of emotional-bonding with each other.
I'm just going to assume it got a rushed ending or something...
Its a good chill-out manga.

OVERALL: 7.25 (7/10)
Ironically, this manga only goes toes-deep with its theme on Girls Love, If one would even consider it that.
So, If you're the type of person reading romance stories just begging the characters to finally kiss one another and get together
then this isn't the story for you. Think of it more as a Slice-of-Life about misinterpretation, understanding others and self-doubt between some girls :3

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Jul 30, 2023

SeaCup

Recommended

I appreciate this more than I enjoyed this. It is trying to be something, something a little different to your typical 2 character manga. I'm not entirely sure it quite accomplishes it at a level where I could call it a good story.

Some stories can have quite unrealistic relationships, in terms of closeness, love at first sight, drop everything to be with this person you just met, unroot your life completely because of this dude, that can be quite overwhelming. This does the opposite, but veers too far in its own direction goes back to feeling too strange and frustrating. They want to be close, ...

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