#she doesn't remember how she felt so bad for chika at the time. she doesn't remember how mad she was at the kids who caused it.

[drop--pop--candy]

chika should get to have a childhood event. as a treat

[alyazahra00]

𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 book review 𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧

☆Type of books: Manga

☆Book Title : Kono Oto Tomare! Sound Of Life

☆Author: Amyu

☆Genre: Music, A slice of life, Comedy, Drama

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This manga is about a sole koto club member who has to put together a crew of koto players to make sure the koto club does not get disbanded, starting with a delinquent and a musical genius. As time passes, other unique members enter the club for different reasons but in the end, they all have the same goal, to enter the koto nationals competition.

What I like most about this manga is the art style. The art was so beautiful that I could feel a lot of emotion while I read it, such as anger, happiness, and even sadness. The other reason for my linking to this manga has to be how the story was told and how each character felt like a real person rather than just a character from a book. For example, one of the teachers, Akira Dojima is introduced at first as someone who was ordered to ruin the koto club, but as the story progresses and as she gets to know the koto club members, she can't help but care about them and wants to help them achieve their goal.

This manga greatly impacted me when I first read it when I was 15 years old. The characters with the biggest impact on me are Kudou Chika and Sei Uzuki. Kudou Chika, the main character of this manga, is initially seen as harsh and has a strong personality, but as the story progresses, he is shown as someone who is kind at heart but bad at communication and has a tough past. Chika who was raised by a single father who was absent throughout his life was given love by his grandfather and was supported by his best friend in his early days, but it changed once his grandfather passed away, and he was blamed for his grandfather's death. Chika taught me that to grow I have to face my past properly and accept them, not so I have to suffer every day remembering them, but to learn from them and understand them. The next character is Sei Uzuki, who is one of the causes of Chika's suffering. He makes a lot of mistakes and even makes Chika suffer for a reason where he wants Chika to go back to his old self. He has a past where he has no one to depend on leaving him in a state where don't have emotion, tho his past can't make up for the mistake he made, I can't help but root for him to make a change. He teaches me that just because you make a mistake in the past, doesn't mean you have to keep being stuck in a loop and continue them, if you want, you can try to atone for them.

This manga is still ongoing as of right now. the update is once a month, so the reader's patience is really being tested. I rate this manga 10/10.

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[infiwrites]

3, 18, and 20 for the ao3 wrapped!

3. What work are you most proud of?

See, I was gonna say Getting The Point, but then I remembered that Crumbs of the Whole was posted this year and then I felt really fuckin tired bc damn. That really WAS done this year, huh? How time flies 😂

In GTPs case, it was a bit of an undertaking I didn't expect to be so wordy, but. Y'know. Meat on the bones and all that jazz. I think it's one of my more outstanding fics in terms of actually being cohesive and consistent! And it's a fun fic to read! Nagisa's bad at flirting! Saori has issues! Aoi's not paid enough for this! Tsubaki's not paid enough for this AND Aoi's clownery! Something something Nagisa cannonballs into a lake. Fun stuff.

In CotW, it was a fic that aaaaalso got away from me. But it's a fun fic where Nagisa commits dumbassery until she realizes Aoi is also commiting dumbassery and then there's Trauma. There's also pocky. It's the pocky fic! What's not to love, besides me smashing everyone's teeth in? :3

18. The character that gave you the most trouble this year?

Oh god, that's a hard one. Well, disqualifying my secret santa fic, it's probably still Chika. She is but a simple little Chika, and my god do I not understand the inner machinations of her mind. I'm too much of a pessimist and stoic, man! I do not wrap my mind around the bubbles that well!

20. Which work of yours have you reread the most?

Soup Doesn't Fix Everything (But It Helps). The soup fic. My beloved soup fic. My beloved Aoi angst. My beloved soup. It's definitely that one, but CotW is a pretty close second!