Aug 16, 2015
THIS MANWHA IS A FEEL TRIP AND IT WILL MAKE YOU CRY. IF YOU HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED ANY TYPE OF SAD ROMANCE MANWHA, YOUR LIFE WILL BE HELLA SAD AFTER READING THIS...but you will feel completely and utterly satisfied and fulfilled.
In simplest terms, this is a story about a blind man and a deaf woman. These two disabled individuals find solace and hope in each other, and eventually fall in love. Throughout their time being with each other, hardships are frequent and conflicts arise with other people. This is due to them not having faith in themselves, despite having faith in each other, and also
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because of other people not believing in such a relationship. Even so, like the title says, they may not be able to see and hear, but the only thing they can do is love. This is what makes the manwha beautiful, as the manwha is exactly what the title is. It never lies to you and it also gives you an excellent image of a situation that may appear to be difficult and is difficult, but something that is not impossible to achieve.
For those who have never read Korean manwha, art style differs greatly from Japanese manga. In my personal opinion, Korean manwha is more simplistic in terms of drawing and has more involvement with color. The way things are draw are more about the least strokes of the line, the image depicted with the strokes, and the manipulation of colors that bring the story to life. The way the artist uses color is indeed very important and how they do it can affect how something looks. With Nasty Cat, or Yeong-Hun Go, the author of Can't See, Can't Hear, But Love and also his well-known Trace series, color is all around, but there are merely sections of color.
While CSCHBL has beautiful environments, Nasty Cat focuses his colors mostly on characters, which are what he wants you to focus on. As this is a manwha that is depicting the lives and relationship between two disabled individuals, how they see the world is different. In order to understand them, one must focus on how they live with their disabilities and other people versus how they interact with the world. For Geun Soo, he is blind, so most of his world white or a bit dark. For So Ri, who is deaf, she can still see the world just like any other person, so environments are full colored. She also is the positive influence and light of his life, so this is why her colors are very warm and his are very cool. The artistic choices in this manwha are not only very smart, but very intuitive in terms of how the characters feel and what they are going through.
With the characters, everyone has a backstory that is quite sad, except for the president. The characters are expanded upon and they interact quite nicely. The character development is strong with this one. Each character has their own flaws, but since this a romance manga about a blind person and a deaf person, the problems that characters have to overcome or solve are 1) their physical or mental disabilities, 2) their emotions, and 3) their will to continue on. The reason why I say #3 is because the ability to persevere and the likelihood of giving up comes wiith any situation, whether it is having a disability, being uncertain about love, or not being able to do what you enjoy.
I believe Nasty Cat wrote this story and drew these characters in hopes that the audience is able to understand their hardships, how to overcome them and accept them, and to show that you can also learn to love like this, learn to persevere in the darkest of times, and that nothing is impossible. Relationships can be difficult, but life is already difficult, so you don't have to do it alone and maybe your connections with other people can help you believe in yourself again. Love and having faith are very strong symbols in this story, especially in this type of circumstance that Nasty Cat reveals to us. Believing in yourself, in your own ambitions, and in others can help achieve many things. You may not be able to see a new start, to hear the end of sad times, but love and belief in that love can bear fruit to many other good things.
This was a good ride and a hell of a feel trip. I highly recommend this manwha and also Nasty Cat's other work. Please support him.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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