Ashita Dorobou

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It's good - the MC and heroines' development was excellent, though, not so much for the side characters, and the romance between the MC and heroine isn't delved into deep enough. Still a good read though, makes you forget that the author writes horror manga, probably a 7/10.
 
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This whole manga didnt make much sense.
So her pent up frustration manifested as a all powerful ball... And and... Urgh... My head.
 
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The whole concept of the UFO is very rushed and it doesn’t seem like a lot of thought was put into it overall, but the romance was still really fun.
 
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Decent, but could have been so much better had it been longer. This manga deserved filler chapters to flesh out the romance b/w the two MC's. Worth a read, but not good enough to reread.

7/10.
 
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I always loved re-reading this over the years. I only just now realized how similar to Sphere (Michael Crichton) this is.
 
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Indeed this was a good read, it should've been longer towards the end it got rushed.
And yes this is totally sphere Jajaja
 
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My only gripe with this manga is that we don't see enough of Ashita's side of the story until the final acts. She was just as, if not more, wracked with regret over the relationship ending. I can't tell if Ashita's ability to remain in good spirits until the final act is bad writing or really good writing... On the one hand, she seems kinda detached from reality whenever she's around Kyouichi. On the other hand, she might be able to remain composed because she unconsciously knows that it's all gonna work out in the end... since she literally wrote how everything would happen 10 years before the events transpired.

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The concept of the UFO retroactively makes sense because it's a physical manifestation of Ashita and Kyouichi's regrets and desires.
The UFO only appeared because Ashita was so wracked with guilt while writing her story "Ashita Dorobou."

Was the UFO under-utilized? Definitely, but it made sense as a plot device.

She willed her story into existence.
 
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I liked this story, but it definitely felt rushed in the end. At the very least it wrapped things up, and that’s more than most stories.

A big lingering question is why did the UFO appear specifically for these two characters? Being a manifestation of regret is cool and all, but it’s just never explained why these two are special. Everyone has guilt and regrets, and a bad breakup isn’t really the worst thing to happen to a person in the grand scheme of things.

There was also a hint of it happening in Russia a long time ago and that’s why the “soldiers” knew about it. They kind of dropped that plot thread and the perpetrators got away with it anyways.
 
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I really shouldn't have read the comments hahaha I spoiled this story for myself. To future readers: Don't read the comments *Spoiler Alert(s)!*
 
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The second work I've read of this author, the same deal. Its a nice story, but feels like between this and that I missed a whole story. Also the ending feels rushed and leaves a lot unexplained.
Still a good read .
 
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I always love this kind of art style. Like how the others say, the story could've been fleshed out. Other than the glaring SF plot holes, pretty good rom-com story
 
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Havent started yet but i have a question: how tf do you squeeze all those themes into one manga?
 
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Nice casual story with good drawing.

Although in the last half it feels like authors didn't know how to handle the plot and development is inconsistent.
 

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