Friday, September 30, 2011

Kimi ni Todoke: Volume 5

by Karuho Shiina, 185 pages

Ryu's birthday is coming up and Chizu can't wait, but not just because she wants to see him open the present she bought him. As Yano breaks up with her possessive boyfriend and Kurumi finally accepts Sawako as a rival for Kazehaya, unvoiced and unrequited feelings take center stage.

Sawako learns that friendship and love are both complicated as she examines her own heart and observes those of the people around her. The reader can sympathize, as she thinks she wants everything to work out a certain way, too. But reality rarely fits so neatly into our expectations, and Sawako, being the open-minded, loving person she is, chooses to be ok with that and do what she can to support those closest to her, whatever happens.

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