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joined Jan 6, 2018

Uhhhh… that’s a blow…

543633_50
joined Sep 10, 2022

Enjoyed that. Presents something to think about. Also loved the connection between the opening, ending and it's themes. Felt like reading flash fiction. I'm becoming a fan of this author.

last edited at Jan 11, 2024 7:07PM

Him
joined Feb 21, 2013

Damn. I appreciate the emotional sentiment of this manga. The way people who might have been nothing more than acquaintances can have an effect on your life and find their way into your thoughts through little things that remind you of them.

I still think about old classmates who have passed whenever I see something that reminds me of them, wondering what they might be getting up to if they were still around.

joined Oct 21, 2013

Now what I need is a spinoff from Ellie's perspective after being isekai'd.

Couple_under_the_stars
joined Nov 7, 2022

Huh. That leaves me a vague feeling... As in page 5, "that's such a loss", but without the grief that more dramatic approaches to loss in stories usually.

That's... kinda nice ?

AristocraticRose
joined Apr 3, 2016

I feel like the tags don’t prepare me for the sadness I felt reading that

1453e55cc3ab545974cae651c20afaf3
joined May 28, 2021

Welp, now I'm sad :(

Gt00pn-odpc
joined Sep 30, 2017

Did she trip on her heels and broke her neck?

543633_50
joined Sep 10, 2022

Damn. I appreciate the emotional sentiment of this manga. The way people who might have been nothing more than acquaintances can have an effect on your life and find their way into your thoughts through little things that remind you of them.

I still think about old classmates who have passed whenever I see something that reminds me of them, wondering what they might be getting up to if they were still around.

Exactly. Makes you think about those memories that linger from really small things.

last edited at Jan 11, 2024 10:25PM

Slime
joined Feb 22, 2023

I feel like the tags don’t prepare me for the sadness I felt reading that

Ikr hits right in the feels :‑<

joined Mar 15, 2015

Did she trip on her heels and broke her neck?

That thought came to my mind, too, if only because it would tie in to the heels.

Then again, car accidents (not just car-on-pedestrian, but car-on-car and car-on-object) are a common way to suddenly kill off someone in a random way, which is probably why people made memes about being hit by a truck sending you to an isekai even though it's not all that common outside of parodies of the genre.

I find it interesting that not only did the story kill off Ellie, but it also had the protagonist hook up with someone else, albeit implying that she might have had feelings for Ellie.

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joined Apr 25, 2020

brooooo what that went from 0 to 100 real quick loooool (insert skull emoji here)

joined Oct 4, 2023

This is my favorite of the three I’ve done for this book so far. Usually vague feelings are hard to handle and end up feeling weird or unsatisfying. But in this case it feels real to me. What do you say about the passing of an acquaintance/community member/girl you went on a quasi-date with once? How do you feel? Incredible sadness might not match well but neither does an absolute lack of emotion.

I also like that the story illustrates how things and people stick with us even if our time with them is brief. Ellie’s heels are on the main character’s mind even before the reveal, and I have a good feeling she’ll be remembering Ellie years and years from now.

It’s really hard to sun up but I really like that it’s partially about community and missed connections and the weird way life shakes out. There’s no indication the main character is into Ellie in that way (and not indication otherwise either) but clearly she was a person of interest. A fixture in the community. Moving on to the other, this is less present in the story but, personally, this makes me think of what ifs. Looking back and seeing a different life that you missed out on. “What if I had done this?” “What if I had gotten with that person?” “What if I had stopped that?” It’s not really super on the surface but it gives me the same weird feeling.

In the end life is strange and hard. Unexpected terrible things happen to those we know without knowing. People make lifetime impressions in a single night. An item becomes inextricably tied to someone. And all that’s left is to go on and deal with what comes, externally and internally.

joined Oct 4, 2023

Given the nature of this chapter I didn’t want to put a credits page at the end. But this is the halfway point for the book! There’s one fair-length chapter, one short one and the 60-page feature story at the end. The next one is the book version of Water Colored and you can find the doujin version on this site. Given what’s left it might be a month or so before you see more. Thank you for your patience.

If you like what you’ve read so far please consider buying a copy on bookwalker (title:琥珀の貴方) or even getting a physical copy on CDJapan. I have one and it’s very nice quality. Miso has been on Pixiv since around 2017 and has had stories in magazines but this is her first major book, which could make or break her career.

Lastly, it was fun to take the main characters replies, which were pretty dorky, and make them even more dorky (“wow, heels sure are useful!”) I like to imagine that’s what charmed Ellie that one night.

last edited at Jan 11, 2024 11:12PM

Kgprv5p
joined Aug 28, 2016

Oof.....

Homumug
joined Jan 13, 2015

btw she died lmao

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joined Apr 25, 2020

btw she died lmao

that was hilarious no cap, 0 build up lol oh you looking for jane? yeah she's dead bro :/

joined May 10, 2021

That was pretty abrupt huh..

joined Jan 14, 2020

Then again, car accidents (not just car-on-pedestrian, but car-on-car and car-on-object) are a common way to suddenly kill off someone in a random way, which is probably why people made memes about being hit by a truck sending you to an isekai even though it's not all that common outside of parodies of the genre.

If a young adult in the US dies, the three most likely causes are (1) accidental drug overdose, (2) fatal accident (mostly cars), or (3) suicide.

If you need your young adult character to die, without being a drug user, cars are in fact the most likely cause of death.

I expect Japan is similar, though maybe suicide beats cars, I dunno.

Sachi_say
joined Feb 21, 2023

btw she died lmao

that was hilarious no cap, 0 build up lol oh you looking for jane? yeah she's dead bro :/

I seriously laughed out loud.

joined May 3, 2014

btw she died lmao

that was hilarious no cap, 0 build up lol oh you looking for jane? yeah she's dead bro :/

I seriously laughed out loud.

which makes the one shot kinda meh, not something to even remotely make me feel something

1532187299570
joined Dec 21, 2016

*Ellie died on the way back to her home planet

I like the idea behind this oneshot, but the reveal of Ellie's death was underwhelming.

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023

I have a hard time thinking about this story outside of the context of the book it released in.

Knowing this was released together with Chandelier (which also deals with loss from a different angle) by the same author certainly makes for a contrast. Even though I'm unsure whether it's positive or negative.

Internet_lied
joined Jul 15, 2016

The MC is mourning not so much what was, but what could have been. An interesting concept, but not nearly as emotionally intense as (the original) Chandelier or as twisted as Their Paradise. I am interested to see if all the stories in the collection form some kind of conceptual album.

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joined Oct 14, 2014

This was awesome...
People who wanted it to hit harder or something ought to go find something that isn't a five page oneshot LOL

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