Kizu

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Kizu or Wounds as it's know with it's 4 chapters would really touch something in you.It's a great peace of work despite it's size.

Story : The story is about a special class in which all the troubled kids are grouped.The main character Keigo has suffered a lot through his life and after a fight with another school boy who was bullying him he is sent to this class.There he meets a strange boy called Asato.At the beginning he could not understand him why Asato is so quiet and why he is always standing aside from the others.But after one day when Keigo cuts his arm ... and Asato uses his so called "power" to heal the wounds of other the story beggins.I won't spoil you more,so that you could really enjoy reading it.

Art: I really liked the art,I liked the character design,almost everything is well drown and really is beautiful.You won't be disappointed from the art at all.The main characters are great drawn,the little details are also drawn with a lot of work.

Character: I could say that there are characters,but the story is resolving only between Asato and Keigo.Their characters are deep especially Asato's.Their are well developed even for the one volume that the manga is.

Enjoyment: I really enjoyed that manga,I could even say that I have loved it.It's filled with a lot of feelings and really is a Must Read for the people that like it's genre.I felt really satisfied after reading it and I hope you will be too.

Overall: When you have free time try to read this manga.It won't take a lot of time and in the same moment it won't disappoint you.It's really beautiful in every part of it.

I like to read sad stories and Kizu is one of the saddest stories I've ever read. It's about friendship and love. That sounds a little bit cliche, right? Maybe it is. But Kizu has a very interesting premise and I found myself pretty involved in discovering this premise while the main character, Keigo, told me about his life. Here are the reasons why I appreciated this manga so much:

Story - I don't want to give spoilers to anyone, so I'll just say that Kizu made me think of the meanings of cruelty and kindness. How can some people suffer profoundly, I thought to myself, ... and still find a way to be good to others?

Art - The manga is beautifully drawn. It's not cute. It's not awesome in a shonen style. It's just beautifully realistic. This characteristic caught me in the first pages.

Character - The main character, Keigo, and his best friend Asato are just kids. But they proved to me how complex can be a child's feelings. Sometimes, they act like adults and this is touching.

Enjoyment - I had a pretty good time reading the manga. Can't think of anything I have disliked.

Overall - Kizu is a story I'd like to remmember. Although it's a very short manga, I really appreciated all its aspects and the capacity of Keigo and Asato continuously walk through the pains they have to face.

Note: the following comes from a video review, links on my profile page.

Kizu holds a certain premise, but, probably due to the author's self-professed reluctance in writing it, doesn't quite follow up to its possible potential. It introduces dark themes, but doesn't very much counteract them with a kind of release or catharsis, and in some instances seems to be illogical (e.g. in suggesting anything positive might happen, at the end, when proof wasn't forthcoming).

It is, in this sense a bit like Narutaru the anime, in that it is unfinished, but also presents a case of negativity with no definite conclusion. On the other ... hand, the concept of healing wounds is also presented in Esma's Frat, except that takes it to its logical conclusion. It's not that Kizu, as a story, isn't told well, but the macabre mood isn't bookended by a sensible closure. Why did Shiho leave? Why are Asato's siblings seemingly not able to see him? And, as he was on the verge of killing himself, would he do that in the future?

The ending doesn't work very well with what it presented earlier, and one might be left feeling that, despite the regular gloominess, its continuation and appropriate finish would have been better.