I’m at a loss for words. Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan is really short manga that I decided to read out of boredom and wow, I’m in pieces. 8 short chapters yet I feel like I submerged myself into a whole new depressing world between the sweet love of two characters.

This whole story is about a woman, Juri, who hasn’t lived a great life and has already tried committing suicide a few times due to her past. And another man, Yuu, who’s an inmate with a death sentence from taking the lives of 3 people. He too, has had many suicide attempts due to his unfortunate life back when he even was till a child.
The story continues with both of them crossing paths, and as they get to understand each other, they realise how alike they truly are, ending up in a drastic change between both of their lives.

This isn’t your typical type of romance manga. It doesn’t have much panels of the characters romantically bonding with each other in any sort of way, but rather you get to feel the strong connection between the two as you see how well Yuu and Juri end up understanding each other just by their words. (With Yuu being a death row inmate, they can’t exactly communicate so much either) For two people who thought of themselves as worthless beings and as they find each other, you get to understand their hardships in how much they’ve suffered in their lives and how they have tried to help one another.

The story gets more suspenseful with Yuu having a death sentence, not knowing when in the world when he’s ever going to die, but he is always ready for that day to come. However as he met a person like Juri, will he actually want to feel like living longer for once? For Juri, will she get back to her old suicidal self now knowing that someone just like her, may be willing to live longer for her?

I tried to make this review as spoiler-free as possible, but I definitely give this manga a 10/10 because of how deep & passionate the story is. This manga actually impacted me in such a way & I really recommend it to anyone out there. 8 chaps, a short story yet such meaningful one with a lot to learn from it.