Okay i went back to read Strobe Edge again,
which is a bad choice cause i stayed up reading it.
Ren-kun <3!!!!
Super love this manga.
For the artwork, the plot, the emotions.
I wonder if the mangaka (Sakisaka Io) went through alot.
To have so much meaningful insights into relationships
and friendships..
Each time i read the manga, it makes me tear at
the same exact page.
I think the most significant chapter will still be
the one where Ren and Mayuka ends their relationship.
I guess its just how the mangaka builds up the emotions
and feelings till that exact moment.
I teared not when Mayuka raised the break up,
but when Ren himself shed a tear.
It's the way she drew out the scene.
and I find myself trying to understand how he felt
at that point of time, having put in effort by
accomodating his time to her work schedule,
doing parttime jobs so that he could bring her out,
always being there for her.
But Mayuka is right in that both of them were
just making effort to keep the promise they made
when they were young (which is to be together).
They were not making effort for the sake of themselves,
it was just for the sake of the promise.
Then it becomes meaningless..
And I like the part when Mayuka said that she
always worries that Ren will spread wings and
leave her one day. And at the last moment where
they bid goodbye, Ren imagines seeing her with
the wings. To him, she's the one who's leaving
because she no longer wants to be dependent
on him.
It's incredible that as a reader, I don't rejoice at
seeing Ren and Mayuka's breakup.
Logically I should be glad cause I want Ren to be
together with Ninako (the main lead).
Then again I always hoped that Ninako will
accept Andou!
haha oh well that usual painful one-sided love.
(It's so prominent in this manga with Ninako liking
Ren, and Andou liking Ninako).
I'm still halfway through the manga,
but i foresee i'll cry again for Andou.
Gaaaaaaaaaaah i really wanna learn how to
draw manga.
I need to get my life more organised.
Beatbox!
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