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This manga did not romanticise pedophila like some people here are saying. It showed that it was ugly, that it ruined lives and turned them inside out. It showed that the scars were permanent and painful to bear, and sometimes you couldn't bare them. It was raw and it hurt to read; I cried and I grimanced; I asked why and I answered my own question with another question.
Is this what the world looks like?
4.5/5
This is the type of manga that hurts you.
It is an onslaught of pain, tragedy after tragedy, sadness upon sadness, sorrow within sorrow. Our main characters suffer, and they don't always come out the better person. They make decisions some of us might not have made, say things that they probably shouldn't have said, and done things some deem unforgivable. They look like both monsters and angels, and in the end, they are human.
3.5/5
"Tragedy", is a fitting word.
Kimon illustrates the suffering and pain experienced by those incorrectly persecuted by the authorities, whether intentionally or not. Fear, lonliness and helpness become all-encompassing when it's you against the world, and December Rain forces you to look those emotions in the eye.
Mind your words, because a single accusation can lead to the end.
4/5
With war, comes suffering. And with violence, pain.
It is an undeniable fact, an unfathomable constant in our world. In their persuit for change, humans will always destroy. We follow two young children, personifications of innocence in a crumbling world, and we watch as they are beaten and corrupted by reality. The inevitability of loss becomes apparent, and we look on, helpless.
5/5
Nii-chan (harada)