Sad Masterpieces

"For a greater good" is too complicated of a reason for even an adult, let alone a hurt child to comprehend. I'm glad there are aspiring authors like Zen who draws attention to the devastating effects of wars, how it can torment and break us and our loved ones both physically and mentally. Understanding the characters' pain, I hope it sheds light on our generation's compassion so we will work together to protect world's peace.

It broke my heart into pieces, esp the ending.

It quenched my heart. Understanding why or not, both characters feel like they live in a dark daze, one that prevents any light, any indicator of how to escape. It's a oneshot so maybe, just maybe, they will have a better future - one where them both can learn to stand on top of hardships, build strong relationship and embrace happiness.

Someone whom you love so much, and who loved you dearly as well and one day they never remember the reason they are with you, the memories you shared together, the mutual bonds you had.. It's, with little doubts, the cruelest punishment for the one left behind in that journey, mourning and grieving over what could have been better done in the past, swallowing the tears that have dried on whose painful expression, waiting for an eternal dream that will bring us together again.

I'm sure it's not meant to this but I can't help feeling sad after having finished reading. Those sweet and faintly audible yowling at the last panel struck sth in me that I can't quite fathom atm. The shading that illuminates old infrastructures makes it feel like a distant memory long left untouched, of sth that has always been in us but we seldom think back too, yet in our dreams they remain so vivid.