Habataki Ein Märchen

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This manga is an adaptation of a short story from The wind has risen ( a collection of short stories ) by Hori Tatsuo published in 1938, therefore, it has a very peculiar style in it’s story, the pacing is quite fast, it doesn’t take too much time to explain thing, events just happens, the style is very metaphorical, poetic. The result is a harsh and beautiful story that I enjoyed a lot.

The art is very well done, it’s in my opinion the best point of the manga. There's really good work with the background and the character design especially for their outfit which ... try to correspond to the period the story takes place in and it’s a very nice touch because alongside a lot of other details, it creates a great aesthetic for the manga’s visuals. I also really like the way some pages are composed, the structure. It really had something in terms of storytelling and atmosphere. There are, for example, some pages where the character is lost when dreaming and that art does a very good job at losing the reader too.

The ending is quite well done, it keeps this harsh and poetic style in its resolution and I was very satisfied with it. I also find it interesting and pretty good that the author of the manga decided to have some new elements of their interpretation to this ending.

For short, I found this manga to be a very good experience, it was short and because of its origin, it’s also not a style of writing I’m used to reading in manga and I really liked it. Some points of the story did feel kinda weird with no real explanation but it was still very enjoyable and the drawing was for me what really made that manga for me. I don't think it's a style for everyone but personally, I really liked it.