Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
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Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place
Japanese: 雲のむこう、約束の場所
English: The Place Promised in Our Early Days
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 8
Status: Finished
Published: Feb 2006 to Aug 25, 2006
Genres: Drama Drama, Romance Romance, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Afternoon
Authors: Shinkai, Makoto (Story), Yumeka, Sumomo (Art)

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Score: 6.731 (scored by 630630 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #134212
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Popularity: #7318
Members: 2,854
Favorites: 13

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Preliminary Spoiler
Jul 17, 2017
Mixed Feelings
The manga adaptation of 'The Place Promised in Our Early Days' is a rather poor one at that, to state this plainly. While its retelling of the narrative is rather shoddy, the artstyle and characterization is almost as good as, if not as good as, the original movie's.

[Story - 5]

While the film was able to (almost) pull off telling the story of 3 childhood friends and their reunion through uncertain circumstances, the manga barely achieved it. It covers 2/3 of the events, so unfortunately we don't get a perfect resolution to the arcs of both the 3 protagonists and the overall story. The world-building is ...