Huh. The ratings are pretty average, but I'm really liking this. The high stakes and the letter from the future thing make it stand out from the typical shoujo, plus I like the characters quite a bit, they're good folks.
Edit to add: I figured out that the rest existed in other places and went and read it. It's really good.
Fun shoujo, if you can ignore uneasiness permeating the whole thing, coming from realizations sparked by stuff revealed in latter parts of the story.
"Mirai"'s not great, but it really does flesh out
alt-Suwa's
reasoning, only hinted at in first five volumes. It also does allow a glimpse into the other timeline's past, and
events that led to eventual branching
, so it's probably worth reading (or watching i guess, since there's also a movie).
You can own whole thing new for about thirty five bucks in the US, so i don't know, go and buy it? It's not super cheap, but significantly cheaper than volumes bought individually.
i was in love with this series since it was released but the ending was disappointing, it felt rushed and it was better to leave the way they got to send the letters a mistery, the explanation created was totally off....
also, i was hoping for a better development with the romance, Naho should have ended up with Suwa, they could save Kakeru without getting him and Naho together for real.. it would've been better if it turned out that Naho would eventually fall in love with Suwa anyway..
Short, sweet, to the point and effective. Enjoyed it from start to finish. The ending is fine, nothing wrong with it. Only criticism I have is the explanation on how they got the letters. Should have remained a mystery instead, or have it be spiritual. The explanation we got is... Not good.