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It's beautiful.
Love Letter
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This was really good, and made me cry.
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So i cried and then i wanted to angrily rant, but decided against it...
MC's "love" was more akin to that of a pet's for his owner than a kid's for a parent imo
Also I hate MC's mom - deserves to go to hell
Edit:
I think the theme of this manga is the unconditional love of child-parent. As in no matter how mistreated the child is he will never harbor ill will so you should protect that.
But ugh, this manga tapped into such a muddy topic.
The real sad thing is that there are and will be such negligent and irresponsible parents and that's the really painful part.
MC's "love" was more akin to that of a pet's for his owner than a kid's for a parent imo
Also I hate MC's mom - deserves to go to hell
Edit:
I think the theme of this manga is the unconditional love of child-parent. As in no matter how mistreated the child is he will never harbor ill will so you should protect that.
But ugh, this manga tapped into such a muddy topic.
The real sad thing is that there are and will be such negligent and irresponsible parents and that's the really painful part.
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I forgot about this one... forgot how sad it is 
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fucking hell man
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ooooohhhhhhhhhh
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It's so sad. I'm crying. I shouldnt be. But i'm crying!!!!
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WELP. THAT BROKE ME.
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It's been a long time since a work of fiction moved me to tears. The author has a way with beautiful expression and imagery, especially with the montage
where the soul is reborn over and over again to be with the mom, even for just a few seconds. Such kind of pure, unconditional love tugs at my heartstring. It may feel irrational, stupid even, to love someone who did such a horrible thing to you. But that's the beauty of it all. He just loves her that much, despite everything. The soul chooses to remember their joyful moments together rather than dwelling in hatred. Either that, or the simple mind of that kid is simply incapable of hate, and he surely would have resented her if he had managed to to grow up. It's quite fitting that the soul is reborn as equally innocent things. And just like everything innocent, his subsequent reincarnations are all short-lived, lest the innocence fades away with time.
Naturally many people would hate the mom and condemn her actions, talking about what she could have done differently. I can see where that comes from, but I feel it's missing the point. This one-shot doesn't invite us to judge the mom or justify her unjustifiable deed, because no amount of condemnation or sympathy can undo what she did. There is no moral lesson, but simply a story of two intertwined souls, one who loves unconditionally and one squanders the love given to her.
There might be a different interpretation of this one-shot. If you cross out all the paradise segments (and with it the supernatural element), this could easily be a different story, viewed through the mind of a broken person. After all, people project their thought and feeling on their environment. From the woman's perspective, she sees her son and hears his voice in any soothing existence around her, whether it's the stray cat she hugs, the wild flower she takes care of, or the raindrops falling on her shoulder. Anything that can potentially gives her some fleeting moments of peace reminds her of the child she used to cherish, the same one she deprived of life. The sense of loss is even more palpable when those comforting little things, being ephemeral, just fades out of existence the next time she looks. It's the embodiment of her late child who is both constantly in her mind and forever out of her grasp.
Naturally many people would hate the mom and condemn her actions, talking about what she could have done differently. I can see where that comes from, but I feel it's missing the point. This one-shot doesn't invite us to judge the mom or justify her unjustifiable deed, because no amount of condemnation or sympathy can undo what she did. There is no moral lesson, but simply a story of two intertwined souls, one who loves unconditionally and one squanders the love given to her.
There might be a different interpretation of this one-shot. If you cross out all the paradise segments (and with it the supernatural element), this could easily be a different story, viewed through the mind of a broken person. After all, people project their thought and feeling on their environment. From the woman's perspective, she sees her son and hears his voice in any soothing existence around her, whether it's the stray cat she hugs, the wild flower she takes care of, or the raindrops falling on her shoulder. Anything that can potentially gives her some fleeting moments of peace reminds her of the child she used to cherish, the same one she deprived of life. The sense of loss is even more palpable when those comforting little things, being ephemeral, just fades out of existence the next time she looks. It's the embodiment of her late child who is both constantly in her mind and forever out of her grasp.
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God, this was one hell of a story. If y’all are passing by this comment, drop down a tissue because WE ALL NEED IT
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I wasn't expecting to cry today.
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@renokiru I get that you don't like it but you could've kept it to yourself or a at least say it in a nicer way :/
other than that, this story is a masterpiece. It makes you appreciate the good things in your life. I like the idea of how the little ghost staying by his mother's side in different forms. one day the ghost is a cat, the next a butterfly. It's beautiful.
other than that, this story is a masterpiece. It makes you appreciate the good things in your life. I like the idea of how the little ghost staying by his mother's side in different forms. one day the ghost is a cat, the next a butterfly. It's beautiful.
