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I noticed that this series didn't have any reviews and thus decided to write one. I just read "Return" yesterday and really enjoyed it. I found the romance sweet, but there wasn't much depth to the story. It's a light read, and is good as such. What lowered the score for me is the ending. I really really didn't like the ending AT ALL and it pretty much knocked everything down a level. That ending was just horrible.

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I started reading this series many months ago. At the time only 39 chapters of the 41 were available. I revisited the series two days ago when a new chapter was released. I am now waiting in anticipation for the final chapter and the conclusion of the series.

I really enjoyed this manga. The main characters are cute together and I like how the plot progresses. It's a fairly quick read, and good enough that I simply had to reread the series after reading its newest chapter. I plan on rereading it again once the final chapter is out. It's that good! And that sweet ... :)

I'm not much of a reviewer and am only writing because this has zero others. I recommend this series to anyone that likes shojo that's not sugary sweet to the point of cringing. It has plot, and direction. The characters aren't dramatic or assholes just for the sake of of it. The female lead is strong, but not in the obnoxious way. As an old series, the art isn't the most fantastic, but the series as a whole is more rooted. The archetypes aren't as present (though they're still there).

Hope you enjoy it :)

it wasnt sad enough honestly. Originally when i read the plot of this anime, i was expecting tears. When i started watching it, it amplified the thought. It was heartwarming and tear inducing. (not literally but im not an easy crier- so for anyone else it would make them teary eyed). Unfortunetly, the only thing that truely threatened tears, was the plot. The beginning helped formulate the storyline and exposed how depressing and traumatic the experience would be for those kids. As you go through the episodes, there are some sad moments, but after you go through half the series, it's not as touching. The ... individual stories are definitely heart breaking, but it never felt like the deaths of the children prior had any permanent or lasting effect to the kids that were left. The anime never emphasized how each one of them was TRUELY gone. As the anime progressed, i expected them to show how one more chair was empty, but when a character was gone, i didnt really miss them. It felt like once the characters died, it was like they never existed.

I have conflicting feelings about how they progressed the story. Like i said above, they never emphasized how hopeless the situation is. After each episode, a kid would disappear. It personally didnt seem like the characters remembered them anymore. I would rather see how the kids were tormented about their hopelessness, but the story seemed to focus on acceptance and each individual kids problems and resolving them before they died. The anime focused more on individuals instead of friendship.

I gave this anime a solid 8 because it was a great anime indeed, but it didnt focus on what i personally wanted to see. Like i said, i wanted to see a little more of how they reacted to the characters before them gone. The individual stories were amazing in itself, and maybe they didnt create character ties because they didnt have enough episodes. (24 is a set i think- ...) Maybe if they had more episodes they would have been able to emphasize how death amongst friends impacted the characters.

EDIT:
my gradebook is slightly different then most- but even if i gave it an 8, for most others it probably would have been a 9.

im bad at explaining myself but to wrap it up and repeat myself for those that STILL dont understand what im saying:
what i expected to watch was a little more trauma between the deaths of their friends- but the plot only expressed the trauma on their own deaths. The characters were heartwarming, but the ties between the characters were almost non-existant.