It's interesting since one of the first comics that I remember making an impact on me as a child was Watase Yuu's Fushigi Yuugi. To fall in love with her all over again with her most recent haunting historical piece, Sakura Gari makes me feel somewhat nostalgic. It's almost as if my childhood has matured with me over the past decade+! ^^

I just read the most recent chapter, and was completely moved to tears! This has been her most powerful work to date, with a completely different atmosphere from her prior fluffy shoujo works. I've also completely fallen for the broken yet beautifully alluring "Western Doll", Saiki Souma! It's absolutely heartbreaking watching him so desperately try to grasp the protagonist, Tagami Masataka. Yet simultaneously, due to his distorted perception of the world, the more he tries to make Masataka love him in return, the more his desperation corrupts that innocence that drew him to Masataka in the first place. Masataka's fall from innocence is poignantly told as well and you truly get a sense of the raw pain that he feels.

I definitely recommend this work! Direct downloads can be obtained here: [link]

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