Tai's manga / #Shoujo(8)

is the anime better? yes. (its more ambitious for one). but this manga still slaps and its still hella gay. so A+ (there's some big gaps in my memory though so i only gave it 4 out of 5 but its a 5 out of 5 in my Heart)

noisy short boy and noisy tall girl fall in love. hijinks ensue. i laughed. it was cute. read it or dont. lol

i read this so many times in my Youth. its such a teen soap but damn was it addictive af. (and their chemistry? outrageous). its tragic but it does have a happy ending fyi. massive TW for childhood s*xual abuse tho.

teenage me would have died for Yuki Kaori. also because of her ill always have a soft spot for super pretty boys with dark streaks. (not irl tho cause no boy irl looks that ethereal and beautiful so im Safe lol). anyway this manga was dark and creepy and had that excellent gothic romantic aesthetic. and the fact that the whole series is just various darker takes on traditional fairytales...well tbh alot of thee fairytales are already dark in their original incarnations but she does her own thing with them. finds a way to involve Ludwig in all of it somehow. hey Yuki can u make another one of these? her recent fare is less Goth and im sad about it.

so pure, so wholesome, so perfect in both anime and manga form. formative af

first half is from her perspective and its great. proper shoujo hs romance shenanigans. the second half is from his and is a melodramatic MESS. also that ending with their daughter having a thing for their adult best friend? YIKES

the anime is better tbh

i dont remember 90 percent of the story lmao. i mean i remember the big dramatic bits? anyway ill watch the anime reboot some day and that will prob jog my memory. i wish it could just skip ahead to the back half tho