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It's been 20 years since "The Last Love Song on This Little Planet" aired. It's dated and yet not. Surely the Manga style art may throw some people off and the premise of a "Girl Weapon" is a bit silly, but if you can, I recommend giving this a watch. The Japanese are good at digging around in the human soul and pulling out the core of what it means to be human. Our weaknesses and strengths. The anime is about Love and War and with all that is going on in today's world maybe the anime is now more timely than ever. Oh, ... and I cried. a lot.

Saw a reference to this manga in OtakuUSA a week and a half ago. Something in the description piqued my interest so I picked it up. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. This one consumed all of my limited free time until this morning when I woke up at 5am, came down stairs and finished the last volume.

Fetishes aside, I have to say that this story, while not perfect, was very very good. Unlike many manga/anime that I've seen where the characters are very... um 2 dimensional? Hideo and Kurumi are very human. They are at times selfish and at others ... caring, sometimes stupid and at others brilliant.

The characters for the most part are reasonably developed, though I really would have liked to learn more about Kurumi's background which is hinted at several times but never fully explained.

Overall I really enjoyed this manga though it's not for the feint of heart. It was a roller coaster ride of emotions while watching the raw unfiltered very private parts of the characters lives. Having read this, I think I have a hint of the true meaning of boundless love.