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I really loved this manga. I've read it twice and both times it made me a bit teary. It's very touching..

Story: Earth discovers extraterrestrial beings called Tarsians, and from their findings they are able gain a huge advance in their technology. For the benefit of Earth, they go to war against the Tarsians and send out people to further explore the land of these aliens. People are chosen at random to take on this mission.. and sadly, Mikako is one of the selected few. When she leaves for the mission, she leaves her close friend, Noboru, behind. They try ... to keep in touch by text messaging, but as Mikako travels deeper into space.. the time between her and Noboru gets farther as well. This story is mainly about how the two friends cope with the growing distance.. Will they forget each other and move on? Or can they overcome it somehow and see each other again?

There is a lot of emotion in this story. You really get the feeling of their longing and how much they miss each other as they constantly reflect on the times they spent together. The story is also pretty philosophical as it reflects on issues on how people may view the world.. and how the characters find a bigger meaning to their lives as well.

This story is about a long distance relationship if you are interested in stories like that.. And it's pretty short so give it a try :) You might like it as much as I did.

Well a friend had recommended this anime to me since I love dark themes and horror. I decided to give it a try since he seemed to really like it. However.. I really started to get bored after a couple of episodes. I tried to give it a chance and force myself to watch more but it just got... really.. boring. I only had about 5 episodes left to finish but I didn't bother anymore.

It's basically about a closeknit town with a lot of secrets. Everyone seems normal, and yet they all have something to hide and act suspicious when the ... main character tries to get answers (he's new to the town). It seems to be connected to the Dam operation that was to take place in the town a long while back, which never happened because all the workers and people involved were murdered.

Let's just say.. it's very repetitive. After the first couple of episodes, you'll basically be bombarded with the same story and characters over and over and it can be a bit confusing. It wasn't even scary and it was like.. you'll know what's coming.

What I mean by that is.. basically the series is divided into several episodes as having their own stand-alone story. However, these stories use somewhat, similar plot and characters to re-tell a seemingly new story. Think of it as watching different horror stories with the same setting, characters and such. The story and characters are not linear but the setting is.

Maybe I didn't have enough patience -shrugs-.. Perhaps there was a big twist in the end that may have made up for all the bore before it.. If you don't mind watching similar plots multiple times over then you may be able to endure this. If you make it to ep8-13 and still feel hooked as you felt in the beginning then you're good to go.

I didn't enjoy this, but maybe you will.