Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu
Socrates in Love

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Realistic and bittersweet. I feel like if you experienced such great loss at a young age, either you grow to be resilient or you stay broken for a very long time. These kinds of stories prove that there are no certainties in the world and whatever you desire in the future can be broken that's why it's always good to live life to the fullest and do things that gives you memories, may it be good or bad. I guess all of us has gone through pain in any way, shape or form and dealing with it takes a lot of time and depends on ... a person on how long they will hold on to it. In Saku's case, it took him a pretty long time to move on. I was even happy that at the end it shows that he has somebody by his side to share his life with. The part where he opened up about Aki to his new girlfriend and showing her about the ashes was really brave, he even expected he might get dumped. People could take it differently too - jealousy or deep love. I am glad we was able to finally move on, spread the remaining of Aki's ashes to the sky where she will part, and hold on to memories (good and bad) that they have together even though soon he may forget. But in the time being he was respectfully paying homage by going back to his hometown and letting it all go to start anew.

Continuing my resolve to review every series I read, here's SIL.

The story is touching, sweet, and heartrending all at the same time. The story is very well done, the characters are incredibly believable. Some of the actions are a little bit of a stretch, but nothing detracts from the story.

The art is good, and the different panels effectively guide the story.

Characters are the strong point of this One off manga. They all come across as believable, and the actions of the characters follow what you would expect the characters to do. Not in a predictable, plodding way, but as yeah, I could see that ... happening.

The story was enjoyable - as enjoyable as the inevietable end can make it. Overall, an uplifting story, even with the sadness from the main plot.

Well worth a look for Slice of life fans

I've read the book and I totally love it, so after I've read this manga. I don't like it so much. The story is complete, the same as the book, but I don't like the drawings. Although the story is complete, I advise against this manga, because the drawings, in my opinion, don't transmit the same emotions of the book.