Kimi no Iru Machi AKA A Town Where You Live. I actually read this amnga as it was first coming out, but the young me just didn't appreciate a love story, so I put it down for a year or so and then got back to reading it. I can say that I absolutely love this manga. This manga is very similar in terms of story and of course art to the artist's former work Suzuka (But i will get to that later). To sum up this story in a nutshell, you will be in for one hell of a ride when you read this
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manga. I would definitely recommend this manga to anyone looking for a good love story. Now that my thoughts on the manga as a whole are out of the way time to get down to the individuL topics.
Story:
The beginning of the story starts off fairly slowly like in most romances. The main character(s) Haruto and Yuzuki are introduced as well as Haruto's friends and family. The romance part of the story doesn't really start until Haruto confesses to Kanzaki and he realizes that Yuzuki was actually a girl from his childhood and that she came all the way to Hiroshima just to see him. From there the story picks up the pace and things start to get complicated. And just when you think everything is good and that Haruto will now be with the one he lovez the author drops a bomb and throws you into another loop wondering what happens next. As I mentioned before this manga is very similar to the author's former work Suzuka. The parts that really stood out to me were the fact that the main character will fall in love and date more than 1 girl throughout the story, the girl that the protagonist trully loves will be together with him as well as break up with him but in the end they are together because they really love each other. I especially like references to suzuka put into the manga; it made me feel like I was reading a sequel to Suzuka except with new characfers and is a couple years after the events in Suzuka. Anyways I digress, the plot really conveys the characters' emotions clearly to the reader and made me laugh and cry. This plot is similar to Suzuka's but the author really increased the quality of it which sets it apart from its predesscor. All in all this is a most enjoyable story that will make you cry your eyes dry, laugh until it hurts and cringe your teeth to see what happens next. Definitely a good read.
Characters:
As with all good mangas the right type of characters can differentiate a good manga from a bad one. As for Kimi no Iru Machi, the characters are realistic and easy to relate to. The main character(s) also grows throught the story by being more truthful to him/herself. The story also shows the lengths the main character(s) will go to to ve with the one they love. For example Yuzuki going all the way to Hiroshima just to see Haruto and when Haruto went all the way to Tokyo because he was worried about Yuzuki. The supporting characters also show some growth but not too much. They are used for many comedic scenes as well as scenes that imply sexual actions (I'm looking at you Rin). The characters may not be the most unique in the world but they are realistic enough for people to relate with and have empathy for them.
Art:
As I mentioned before the art is very similar to Suzuka's except it looks more clean and crisp. I don't need to struggle to figure out what the artist is drawing and to me that is whats important. The expressions ont he characters add to the climax of a scene and irs easy to tell the emotions the characters are feeling. The backgrounds are nicely drawn and don't take away from the characters or stand out in major scenes. It is to be noted that this manga is ecchi and will have a couple nude scenes but most of the ecchi scenes are either implied through the text or just drawings of female underwear. To sum up the art is nice and easy to see.
Once again I must say that this manga is amazing to be able to convey so many emotions with just words and pictures. Do I think this manga deserves an anime? Hell yeah. I know that there are 2 OVA's for it but I have watched the first one and I say it does a poor job of representing the manga. I feel that the colour and drawings were off and tye voice actors didn't sound right. That why I want it to have an actual anime. Well thats all I have to say about this manga. Hope you enjoyed my thoughts on it and thanks for reading!
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Kimi no Iru Machi AKA A Town Where You Live. I actually read this amnga as it was first coming out, but the young me just didn't appreciate a love story, so I put it down for a year or so and then got back to reading it. I can say that I absolutely love this manga. This manga is very similar in terms of story and of course art to the artist's former work Suzuka (But i will get to that later). To sum up this story in a nutshell, you will be in for one hell of a ride when you read this
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