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Sand Chronicles, Volume 5 (2009)

by Hinako Ashihara(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1421524635 (ISBN13: 9781421524634)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

VIZ Media LLC

series

Sunadokei

review 1: the best solidly realistic coming-of-age manga i know of. others probably have it beat all up (nana, saikano) but those have the advantage of settings and storylines that allow more scope. the art of sand chronicles is also fairly standard, though pleasantly rendered, rather than so finely expressive. but it's an excellent exploration of adolescence and at times truly heartbreaking (although i don't think Asihara has ever topped the first volume). a good manga to suck someone in with.
review 2: The story here is a very quiet one, yet it works because the obstacles in the path of Ann and Daigo's romance are real and significant. For Ann especially, learning to stand on her own feet and look for her own future is very important; she resists the loss of self that ... moredefines true love in way too many other shojo manga series. I can actually see this story ending up in a lot of ways--Ann/Daigo, Ann/Fuji, or even Ann/someone we haven't met yet--but I trust that Ashihara to tell any of those stories in a way that works.(Okay, I still suspect it will be Ann/Daigo, but I have a big soft spot for Fuji too. Though for Fuji's sake, it would be sweet to see someone fall in love with him the way he has fallen in love with Ann.) less

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