Sekai no Owari no Pen-friend
Pen Pal at the End of the World

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Woah, that was truly wholesome.
The art by Kento Matsuura (I met him thanks to "Honomieru Shounen") is beautiful. The drawings are simple but effective when it comes to conveying emotions and feelings, and at the same time, bringing this kind of "after the disaster" atmosphere.
It's a 54-page one-shot that feels fluid (and short) to read, with a "cute" development and a hopeful conclusion. With really few characters you can feel the message and the emotions they have inside them. The story was written by Sekka Iwata, the author of "Magilumiere", it was my first time reading a work of him.
It will only take you ... a few minutes to read it, so I highly recommend you do so. It's enjoyable.

Hello how are you?
I read this work attracted by the art of the cover where warm pastel colors are used against the cold and gray background. And based on that is more or less what the work is about. It's an intimate story that just needs someone to talk and someone to listen in the depths of an abandoned art store for you to feel comforted. It's a one-shot and in just a couple of pages the author managed to make me feel hopeful that even if the situation doesn't work out, the protagonists will be fine with that little link between them. It's a ... nice story, enjoy it.

°English Version°

Last night I read this One-shot called "Sekai no Owari no Pen Friend".
It is one of those short stories that have a unique charm, a pure magic that makes you smile in the midst of disaster. Three characters, two scenarios. The result? A beautiful ending. A lost gem out there.

"In a post-apocalyptic stationery store, a girl and a former animator exchange letters. A dystopian correspondence story."
That's the synopsis of it and you don't need anything else. An encounter between a man and a girl who yearn with magic for what they love so much or knew how to love.

To finish, I want to keep ... something precious that one of its protagonists said:
"No matter what, as long as there's one person talking and one person listening... that's enough to make a good story."
Never so real.

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°Versión en español°

Anoche leí este One-shot llamado "Sekai no Owari no Pen Friend".
Es de esas historias cortas que tienen un encanto único, una magia pura que te saca una sonrisa en medio del desastre. Tres personajes, dos escenarios ¿El resultado? Un hermoso desenlace. Una joyita perdida por ahí.

"En una papelería postapocalíptica, una chica y un antiguo animador intercambian cartas. Una historia de correspondencia distópica."
Esa es su sinopsis y no necesita nada más. Un encuentro entre un hombre y una niña que anhelan con magia aquello que tanto aman o supieron amar.

Para terminar, me quiero quedar con algo precioso que dijo uno de sus protagonista:
"Sin importar como, mientras haya una persona que hable y otra que escuche... eso será suficiente para hacer una buena historia".
Nunca tan real.