Ever Green

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Alternatives: Japanese: EVER GREEN
Author: Dowman, Sayman
Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 1
Status: Finished
Publish: 1996-08-01 to ?

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Alternatives: Japanese: EVER GREEN
Author: Dowman, Sayman
Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 1
Status: Finished
Publish: 1996-08-01 to ?
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4.0
11 Votes
18.18%
63.64%
18.18%
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Ever Green review
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Elegade9
Apr 09, 2021
tl;dr: A manga that's mostly standard melodrama filled rom com, while slowly building up to a pretty intense and interesting finale. 

This manga for the most part it's a pretty standard drama filled romcom where no one understands each other and misunderstand each other's feeling leading to bouts of melodrama. I could sympathize with how much of a pessimistic insecure wreck the protagonist was but it didn't feel like there was much there in terms of character development. I also liked moments of Niki a great deal where she was quite cool, but overall thought she was a bit flat as well. Of the side characters, I also liked On's personality and her character in general, though I didn't particularly think Soga made a good match for her and overall thought the whole arc involving them was kind of weak. This pretty standard phase which is semi-decent and pretty generic takes up about three fourth of the series, with the focus on building up the relationship between Hotaka and Niki pretty slowly into being in a pretty good place, and I suppose it does a decent enough job of it. However, this is all just build up, as the main plot begins after that. There's a plot thread that's built up in the background that comes to the forefront, and things crank themselves up to 11, the tone takes a pretty major shift, and things gets really crazy, very far from generic, and super interesting. How it was built up was actually pretty good, in that it hinted at it strongly enough that I was sort of expecting it, but partly because of the tone and other reasons I didn't feel they would go through with it, so when it was actually revealed and it went in that direction I found it tremendously interesting. This whole phase was really messy and rushed, but I thought it was a pretty good story told pretty well with some really solid character relationship development at the end, which contributed to an ending that while ridiculous I was satisfied with. The art was also pretty solid. 
Ever Green review
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Taiga_Ryuji3
Apr 09, 2021
The most honest review you will find about this one manga. It really follows through on the tragedy, no one physically dies but I promise you two characters hearts die and most likely you heart will also die, maybe a lot maybe a little.

The story is about a boy who I would say is somewhat gloomy meets the #1 chick in the school and she says yes. They both undoubtedly love each other and regardless of what you hear in other reviews and in the story believe me they love each other. They cant be together, or else it would be a travesty of mankind and human nature, its simply not meant to be (you'll find that out within the last 3 chapters)

The art is hella good. The cuteness shines in all the chicks and all the dudes are either plain, handsome, or gloomy (MC).

The characters develop fast and well and can easily be understood until the eventual plot twist which leads to tragedy.

Loads of enjoyment before the last four chapters cause its a really soft hearted romantic love manga then you soul gets crushed and you hate the author and wanna raise pitch forks outside their house.

Overall, if you aint into tragedy and find sadness in manga hateable skip this, seriously SKIP THIS NOW!!! or else always know that the feeling of when you love someone so much that you cant imagine living without them to the point where its so pure that if it doesn't happen youll stay in forever heart ache. This manga delivers that feeling in the very last image and leads up to it throughout the manga.
Ever Green review
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Ani_Love6
Apr 09, 2021
Honestly, this gave me mixed feelings.

Story: 8
The start of the story was intriguing, with the protagonist having a cliche crush towards a popular girl and portraying their own personal troubles within the first few chapters. The flow of the story was chill, flecks of comedy really upped the ranking. The set up for the story was definitely enjoyable, seeing how Hotaka's and Niki's interest towards each other built up was cute. Story telling was pleasant and poetic, it was very unique in that aspect. I think around the final volumes was when the manga had rushed to reveal truth about the characters and their stories, extremely twisting a lot of the already built-up love and respect I had for the story.. The ending can definitely leave you feel many things but confusion would really be one of them. I'm not saying that stories like these do not exist irl, and while they certainly do, the ending (especially last chapter) to the manga was sketchy and did not feel very meaningful as it should have.

Art: 6
Nothing much to say here, the art was pleasant to look at and the artist very certainly portrayed each character great. Everything was anatomically correct, panels were done alright and the effects were often very expressive. It did not appeal so much though, the art style was nothing out of the ordinary and it seemed very standard. It is a 6 not a 5 only because I think the backgrounds were nicely drawn and objects, such as (minor spoiler) Niki's motorcycle, the keyring she had, etc. The pool, school, buses, and water when Niki dives in or swims in is shaded with a lot of effort.

Character: 7
Now each character was definitely unique and realistic to some point, but imo the side/minor characters definitely popped out more. On-chan's and Soga's comedy subtle romance (and Shake and Soga's little rivalry over her) was adorable and hilarious. At this point they were more interesting to me than the actual characters. Because of that, they're not just some random side or filler characters to enlarge the story of the protagonists; they're so full of life and have their own story develop.
The protagonists, Hotaka and Niki, were realistic as both of them share family problems and trauma which is what brings them together eventually. This family aspect is so important in their character that it adds depth to understanding their personalities more. I also like how the creators try to bring in as many sides to their traits, like Niki's roughness (badass attitude) when she is annoyed at herself or a student accusing her wrongly, lol, which nicely contrasts the anxious rounded Hotaka that can barely muster courage.

Enjoyment: 8
I personally enjoyed the story, whilst it wasn't the best it could have been, it did keep me flipping the pages. However, others might not exactly like it because of the twists at the end and the ending explains the truth but explains little of the solution to how the whole...situation ends? Story telling was great but around the final chapter it did not elaborate enough.. The series was pretty memorable but it would not be something I'd want to willingly re-read.

Overall: 7
It did not reach its full potential, at a time I felt like the writer was not sure where to go with the story and hence it ended with mixed feelings. Characters were a strong point and probably one of the few reasons I'd recommend anyone to read this series.
Ever Green review
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alidan10
Apr 09, 2021
Evergreen is not your casual non-concequince anime incest garbage anime, like ''KissxSis'' or ''Oreimo;''it genuinely blew my pants off with its twists, and i'll be mentioning a few of them, so spoiler alert is in order here, i suppose.

Story: It's not really any different from the usual, ''pathetic protaginist aiming for a girl way out of his league, without even realising it's love'' anime/manga plot on the surface. It's the sory of Yoshimatsu Hotaka and Awaya Niki, with Hotaka being the president of the lazy manga clun and Niki being the ace of the swimming club. Hotaka enjoys admiring her from above and below, at the same time literally and figuratively, at the same time. After he's told he has to do a swimming test to continue as a student, i believe, he ends up having to be around the girls from the swimming club and they watch the poor little guy pathetically embarass himself in front of them, and most importantly Niki, with her actively helping him with the test like the best friend you'll ever have, starting an great relationship.

Honestly, the story seems, as i mentioned, generic and overdone, but the twists and plot points revealed later on will definitely surprise you. I won't reveal the most amazing one(even if i did warn for spoilers, but shut up)because it'd ruin the whole story for you. I'll give it an 8/10, for being great but not too ambitious.

Art: Damn, i love how Kasukabe Akira drew this series, from the attractive and appealing body designs on all the characters to the beautiful background, nice-looking actions and the petrifyingly real emotions portrayed through the art style. I mean, i felt Hotaka's pain for a second when he cried desperately and rolled around in be-- I'm making this sound bad, aren't i? 9/10, nonetheless!

Characters: Here's where it gets real: Takemiya Yuyuko's pretty well-written characters that are generally believable and likeable. Hotaka, for a prime example, is a slightly anxious, slightly depressed student who just strives to interact with Niki, as if she's this...beautiful sun he can't reach(bad example, since he sees her as a lion, but eh). Niki herself, however, is not that simple to understand. She's energetic, beautiful and friendly...when she's happy with life, per say. When falsely accused, Niki goes all bully-like and could even resort to violance, going back to how she feels because of her past and all. The two side-chararcters that confused me a little, Hitachi On and Soga Shinsuke, who are also the side romance of the story, are hilariously fun to watch at times; On is Hotaka's kouhai an arguably his therapist. She's a smartass most of the time and enjoys pretending to misunderstand Hotaka just so she can see his reaction, and she's quite great in my opinion. Soga... The hell was the point, really? I mean, he's necessary so On doesn't remain alone and such, and their sub-plot was adorable beyond belief, but in the end what do we get from him? He shaves his haircut so he can prove he's gotten more serious about his studies and he realises that he likes On more than his 12 and a half thots at the school. He's not really...deep or interesting to any extent, but the other ones are great to me, so have a 7/10.

Enjoyment: I realised i spoiled what i didn't want to spoil by mentioning ''KissxSis'' and all, but nevertheless i LOVED reading this reletively short read. The ending is basically where the story began, but in a perfectly done way, with the character arcs fulfilled, and Hotaka finally feeling satsified, even if he can only watch Niki from afar and keep her back subtly. 10/10 in enjoyment, nothing else to say there.

My overall enjoyment with the seies was immense. Like most series i finish, am reading, put on hold or just drop, i found it randomly by browsing the ''Lovely School Life'' section, and i was happily surprised. Full recommendation, it's satisfying, the twist was straight-up brilliant and while Niki's 180 personality shift was literally the biggest bitch move i've ever read about, it worked perfectly and made sense. 8/10. Thanks for reading and i say give it a read, you might like it! Bye.
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