Comments on: We Were There 4

By: Connie

Connie — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:23:15 +0000

Yes! It’s quite good, and I’m so happy it recently resumed in Japan. I was ogling the new Betsucomi cover just before I wrote my review tonight. I was going through and looking at the covers for the series, too. Yano and Nana always look happy on them, so I keep hoping that something magical will happen sometime in the future. As much as I like the realistic sadness, I’d also love to see if the series could turn itself around and do happiness just as well. That may cause it to lose something, though.

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MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Manga by some American guy to come to U.S. — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:14:23 +0000

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By: aentee

aentee — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:43:23 +0000

Yup, whereas I get mighty frustrated sometimes with the characters in Sand Chronicles, I just get really sad when I read We Were There.

I’ve put off reading We Were There until recently because it was on hiatus in Japan for the longest time and I dislike things without an ending. Luckily the mangaka is now back! I’m so glad as this series is so poignant and awesome, it’s one of the most realistic shoujo I’ve come across.

By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:07:23 +0000

ame: I think I prefer the art in We Were There a little better, but I tend to prefer sketchy, minimalist art sometimes. We Were There does have particularly plain art and uninspired character designs (to be honest, the only thing worth noting are the strangely good cover illustrations), but it somehow fits with the nostalgia vibe it gives off.

By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:01:05 +0000

Sara K.: Wow, I think I’ll leave that, because it truly is an amazing typo. But perhaps there’s something to be said about the sandness in Sand Chronicles. Maybe it’s a quality that only that series has.

Eh. Nope, I got nothin’.

By: ame

ame — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:01:54 +0000

i like sand chronicle’s characters and character designs better. however this series is really getting good.

By: Sara K.

Sara K. — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:03:52 +0000

“SAND Chronicles forces its SANDess, whereas this just has the sadness welling off of every page.”

On the one hand, this feels like brilliant wordplay, on the other hand, it looks like a typo. Still, I like the idea that SAND Chronicles has a lot of SANDess (with sandess being a particular type of sadness), though I admit I haven’t read it. Does We Were There also have a lot of SANDess?