People who read Dear Friends

naicchan

If you’re reading this then your parents will die in 5 years. To undo this curse you have to paste this comment on 5 more Manga. I’m so sorry please forgive me. I didn’t want to risk

Kono dio da

ive never cried so much omg

Mee

Gave me chills and feels

Yourzaddy

you will eventually almost cry or cry most of the pages.

RoseMary

"Because we're...friends" - Tragic story about friendship and life lessons from the same author of Deep Love series. It portrays serious topics such as cancer, paraplegia, imminent death, suicide attempt, self-harm etc.
[Containing spoilers] Reading this, one may think that what happened to Rina is karma...what goes around, comes around. Well, she was a very selfish girl at first, certainly not a likeable character, but I wouldn't wish cancer to anybody...TBH I'm relieved that she recovered! And I don't think the author wanted to convey the message "you were bad, so you got cancer" neither. That's a cruel thought. Rather, I think we needed to know more about why Rina had such a low consideration of friendship, why she believed that friends are just for convenience and are not really necessary. Anyway, thanks to Maki she understood that what she believed in wasn't right. And she suffered as well. Of course, because of her illness, but not only. It was also sad when Yuosuke, who said to her "I love everything about you", walked away after having seen her body without one or her breasts. And, after having finally realized what true friendship is, she first lost Kanae and later also Maki, who is the true heroin of the story. She showed Rina the true meaning of being friends and to never give up: everyone needs someone to give them a hand, even someone like Rina, who at first said "I'll not rely on losers like you"...she actually needed help and Maki was there for her. A true friend who stayed in the difficult and dark moments, despite Rina's initial rejection! And she saved her, indeed! So yeah, her illness played a big part in making her change, but she learned about the true values of life because she had Maki with her. If it wasn't for her, she would have thrown away her life. She changed because of her and later she took care of her until the day Maki died.
The central message is obviously about cherishing friends and at the last two pages, that is what the author wanted to say. [...] "Do you have someone you could call a true friend?"
I really liked the story and the message it carries. I recommend to watch the live-action as well. Some details were changed a little, but it was touching and I really liked it.

SomethingAboutReading

this is why i don't read tragedy because it can seriously get you down in the dumps...its really sad ending too