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Koe no Katachiis a good, but very uneven manga. The story is really about Shouya and him dealing with a wide range of issues that include low self esteem, depression and social anxiety and to that end the cast mostly serve as props as he deals with all of these issues.

In many ways, the story is quite idealized as Shouya never does anything reasonable about his situation, nor do any of the adults do anything reasonable like suggest he seek professional help. This is particularly jarring after his mother discovers he had intended to kill himself! On one hand you have to be forgiving about this because it's just light entertainment, but on the other hand it sends a strange message to young readers about how to deal with mental illness and depression.

All of that aside, the good parts of this manga is the awkward relationship between Shouya and Shouko, but the bad parts of it involve common manga tropes around people being oblivious to feelings and unable to communicate their intentions clearly. In that way, it's quite stereotypical, which for such an unusual set-up is a bit disappointing.

Koe No Katachi, despite it's unusual premise, isn't a very unusual story. It puts perhaps too much focus on the idea that "getting a long with people" and "being a good part of society" is the way for people to feel good about themselves, and is less introspective on the feelings that motivate people to engage in anti-social behavior. There is one shining example of a character acting like a normal human being and that's when a side character, Mashiba, stands up to an adult that is clearly in the wrong. Sadly Shouya doesn't really follow his lead, nor seem to really grow from the experience.

If you can look past the faults of this manga, there is an enjoyable and sweet story here that's well worth reading, but there isn't any real wisdom or messages that I think people should internalize. The good parts are really good, but ultimately Koe no Katachi suffers from some uneven pacing and simplistic moralizing.

this is just a quik breif review... mind my spelling im seem to be iliterate at the moment...

FMAA is about a story of 2 bros who lost their mother. So they did som alchemy whihc is a science which creates matter from pre existing mather, so if you were to make gold you had to take some thing that is of equal value and as the correct components (chemical sturture) in order to make it. So they used alchemy to bring her back, the bring back of the dead was a taboo of alchemy and they paid a price the younger brother loast his body and so he had to move his soul to a ody of armour in order to continue living. The older brother lost one of his hands and legs and got them replaced with metal body parts. Now they are on a quest to earn back their bodies and continue living.

BUT AFTER U FINISH THE MANGA READ THE MANGA FMA CONQORUR OF SHAMBALA AND AND ALL THE OVAS AND STUFF

what i rote above was important becuse there are stuff that are explained on the movies and ovas that arent in the normal manga=)

All aspects of this manga were amazing, the art the characthers and the story line were all amazing but the story line might be hard to comprehend at fierst cuz of all the commotion but ull get it soon enough

but as a waring you might cry and if you dont like gory stuff well there some of that but not to much the beginig was kinda gory but not to much s dont worry =)


HOPE U ENJOY and find this revie HELPFUL =)

my review of this manga (Life 2 Giver Taker)

i loved 'life' very much and i was thinking if she can make life 2 and here is it!

The art like other manga by Suenobu, Keiko it is cute and great and i like there eyes...and it is always the same face she didnt wrong on any face like other manga

The story is awesome and i love it , Sad and hope like manga life

i think this manga will be the best soon....

i cant wait for english .... i read it on japanese ...and it is was very easy
i hope if anyone translate it because i want everyone read it

The world ends with you is probably my favorite game of all time.
The manga on the other hand, is not very good at all. It leaves out a whole lot, doesn't really get the characters personalities correct, and doesn't really had a story all together... Really, if you had no idea about the game at all, i could imagen this manga leaving you very confused as to what, who and why anything is really happening.
HOWEVER, there were some things I find somewhat redeemable. I did quite like the art style it was drawn in. It's not anything show stopping or even unique, but i feel like it fit well with the look and kind of personality of the game and looked good over all. It's also short, which is both good and bad. Good because it didn't really waste to much time, and Bad because if it were longer, then maybe they would have put more effort or been able to do something to make it better. Lastly, and i might get some flack for this but... I did like the humor. As a big fan of the game, I rather enjoyed just something a little dumb with my favorite characters. I enjoyed the derpiness of it all, even though it wasn't clever at all.
So over all, if you're looking for something that will give you a little more then a giggle over Neku calling someone a cornflake as an insult, or Mr. H missing his chance to be in the comic, then I'd skip it.

Compared to recent works by the author like Chi no Wadachi and Happiness, his art here is very weak, as well as the story itself. Not least because this was one of his first manga so it justifies art to be weak.

Suspense exists, but the characters are totally stupid and do not act according to the situations, which ends up totally breaking the suspension of disbelief of the reader. It may even have the purpose of showing how humanity can be bad when there are no more rules or things like that, but everything is so gratuitous and unreal that this premise is broken.

The manga comes down to characters acting stupid at all times, cartoon characters taking unreal actions, gratuitous violence and rape all the time, with no context behind it. In short, a story that only serves to satisfy people with rape fetish and gratuitous violence.

"Heartbreaking, captivating, bittersweet..."

To put into words, the manga depicts the bittersweet story of families, told through the younglings, their romance and relationships. At times, things turn really sad but it is so much contrasted by the characters' resolve that you are captivated to keep on reading for their sake, to find out how they deal with it.

The story tackles the psychological topics of mental illness, volatile relationships, sisterly relations, family and student life. The reactions of the characters to the situations are intriguing to follow while also preserving reality as much as possible.

The manga goes through the lengths of love to heartbreak, the happiness of birth to despair of separation, and to the sorrow of death to tell the interweaving story of how hope can shape the lives of people who have lost everything to keep on living.

"Is suicide a sin"

Now this is the moral of the manga it's one of those books where people love it or people hate it, and to think the author Negi Haruba drew the manga 3 years before making 5-toubun no Hanayome I was just confused, but for now I'll try not to be discussing Negi's other works.

The manga starts off how you would believe it starts, the Nanase, Makoto commits suicide; If your talking about how I thought of this it was actually hard to turn each page it wasn't the story it was just a little I honestly don't know how to explain it. (Probably it was because just seeing the numbers of how many people commit suicide in Japan)

The story continues he has to save 6 people, going further would show spoilers but oh well.

If your talking about my opinion I would 100% recommend it if you love this kind of manga, yes you have to make a search for 9 chapters if you are reading it on manga dex but it's definitely worth a try even if you hate it or can't put it down.


Ratings
-Story 9/10 The story was unique and interesting
-Art 8/10 The art gets better through the story
-Charater 8/10 if you continue onto the 2nd arc there are more unique charaters
-Enjoyment 9/10
-Overall 9/10

STUPIDEST MANGA EVER.
One minute she's like "Oh he's sexually harassing me" (which she does nothing about) then the next minute she's like "Omg I love you".
The art is good. Thats all.
The story is cliche and the girl is stupid and weak. The guy is manipulative.
STUPIDEST MANGA EVER.

i love arina but this is not her best work. it's probably from when she first started. it's 4 short stories. the first 3 are ok, firecracker, the love affair, and romance in afternoon but the last one, the 2nd time in love, i didn't really like. the art isn't very good here either.

Cappuccino is an enjoyable light josei read.

The story is based on a realistic premise and develops with realistic action. Despite that, girls will feel enough empathy for the protagonist to feel suspense and read the next chapter for developments in the relationship.

The characters seem realistic as well, but the manga does not explore the emotions deeply enough to compensate for their realistically limited transformations. On one hand, this makes the characters (especially the protagonist's lover) seem slightly flatter than they might be ideally, but at least it's a change from the heavy dramatic tone of a lot of other josei manga.

As it is only 7 chapters, the pacing seemed a little quick for a story that spans 5 years. The author does a good job of limiting the choppiness, though, and if it had more chapters, the story would seem drawn out.

Overall, it's decent. You won't connect deeply with the characters, but you will be drawn in. Cappuccino will leave you with a tinge of bittersweet, like the faint smell of coffee beans. :)