“I am Jack’s broken heart.” —From the movie “Fight Club”, also based on the book “Fight Club”.

I’m in on this one. This manga is gonna go places that moe won’t.

Sussy

Eerm...?

this is going to be painful, isnt it? well sign me up

last edited at May 29, 2022 10:26PM

you can't do this to me

Is it the supernatural or mental illness? Damn, I'm gonna cry about this one aren't I.

Speaking of mental,what in tarnation is that whacky credits' page name?

NO BECAUSE WHAT IF AT THE END IT'S REVEALED THAT THE ONLY REASON WHY SHE SAW SAKURA AGAIN WAS CUZ SHE DIEEDDDD.. I MEAN WE CAN KINDA SEE IT IN HER HANDS SHE SEEMS MALNURISHED SO WHAT IF THAT WAS THE CAUSE-

This can't possibly not hurt.

Something does not add up...

last edited at May 30, 2022 1:18AM

Confused Alice noises

Ooof, I almost didn't finish the first chapter because it brought up a lot of unprocessed pain from my loved ones dying on me. The ending though has got me just as confused as anyone here.

I love the author and their style, but do I trust them enough to turn Tragedy into Wholesomeness?

Reminds me of SeaBed

Page 15: "My company is soooo kind... they give ONE employee a whole month of vacation evey year!"
either that translation needs fine-tuning, or that company needs a nuking and that girl needs to read some Marx...
;-)

last edited at May 30, 2022 2:51AM

Broken Heart Syndrome is a real thing people

I'm in. Tragedy is always a great tag, beside drama and aaaaaaaaangst

Just fuck my shit up

huh, was the last part a hallucination or supernatural element?

Well, either way, this sure will be super sad, cuz the lover (Sakura) will only stay for a year to fill up the diary before disappearing again. I'm gonna be prepared to cry a lot.

Can't be worse than The Ends of a Dream, r-right?

Everyone deals with grief in their own ways, but this is definitely... unconventional

wait what was that? some hallucination or what

This is gonna hurt me isn’t it?

Is a ghost tag?
i suspecting she was victim of the pandemy

A number of people here are really expecting this to be some ghost or hallucination, but really with the type of story this seems to be it's probably more that she's just in Haruki's imagination, something she's given herself to help her through the stages of grief. And I can imagine that's going to be what this is about, and it will end with her accepting Sakura's death.

"This here is for you to die again (Haruki coming to terms with Sakura's death and accepting it) and for me to live once again (Haruki moving on with the memory of Sakura in her heart. or something. Wording it is hard)."

I imagine it as though the grief has her in a rut. She's pacing the same circle, over and over. This Sakura, the Sakura that "came back to life" through the journal, is her pulling herself out of that rut, only in the end to understand that Sakura would not have wanted her to simply waste away after her death in a perpetual state of grievance and despair. I can already see the "Thank you, Sakura. I'll be fine from now on" at the end. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to enjoy the ride in the meantime.

It's going to be bittersweet, but I bet it'll be fulfilling.

last edited at May 30, 2022 9:33AM