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"Do you have a wish?"

I don't think myself able to write an objective critic to HakoMari, not while the last volume is still so vivid in my mind. As such, this is not a review, but a love letter to this wonderful novel.

HakoMari is, in a nutshell, a wild ride. A crazy, reckless and downright cruel wild ride.
The story, while thought out really well, is really just a container. It's the playbox where all the characters are thrown into while being told "Now do what you want".
And the characters are really what makes this series so worthwhile and unforgettable.

Characters who love each other but ... end up hurting each other.
Characters who hate each other but end up realizing how much they resemble each other.
All of them, unmistakably broken.

HakoMari is not supposed to be a "feel-good" novel. It has the wonderful gift of being able to present characters who are hurt, broken and in despair without looking edgy or try-hard.
Because at its core HakoMari is a story about many different things.

A story about regrets.
A story about envy.
As tory about boredom.
A story about misunderstandings.
A story about loneliness.
And a story about "love"

They all wander clumsily through the story, while searching for their real value, their real self, their real "wish".
And you are there with them, watching as they laugh, cry, and get hurt.
And, before even realizing it, you too have a "wish".
That at the end of their struggles, some kind of "good end" will await them...