This review might contain major spoilers for the manga Strawberry Fields wo Mou Ichido is a shoujo ai manga done by Kazura Kinosaki released on a less known magazine named vitamin without the space. I managed to read this manga in a day which normally doesnt happen with myself just because of how unique and interesting this concept of story in a GL manga was introduced. The story follows Akira an otomegame lover who rejects the concept of being in love with a 3D person. Now for something completly different this Akira girl meets a new transfer student whose name is Pure. Who happens to declare that Akira is her lover in the future and this is the beginning of the narrative. I was expecting a longer approach to the story but somehow these 22 chapters actually manage to compact the narrative well. If you are still clueless about this yes this GJ manga grabs the time travel as one of the main themes of the story. With various resources including in media res analepsis and prolepsis that manipulate the time of the narrative. That way of storytelling was satisfatory the characters were alright the big focus here are the relationships between them and how they relate to the backstory. I didnt expect this manga to be emotionally strong but somehow it made some tears leaving my eyes while I was reading the last chapters. Even though the story lacks some points that I think could be important maybe I am being a bit picky but the timeline gets a bit messy with the prolepsis that is an analepsis at the same time if it wasnt for the extra chapter 22.5 explaining the timeline at the end I couldnt understand it properly. Plus theres the relationship between Akira and her brother Ruri which could be better yet this maintains a big part of the narrative in question. Now the artstyle. There are some really strong panels/pages but overall looks like your average romance/shoujo ai manga artstyle even though cute girls can help digest the most heavy parts of the plotline previously mentioned on the last paragraph. The next two images are from the same chapter two pages that together give a really strong impact while reading the story: No amount of words could express this scene in question in my opinion the mangaka did a great job at this exact situation. Therefore the art manages not only to lighten the mood behind the narrative but also manages to give you a dry punch in the gut when it can. In the end the manga was alright I couldve enjoyed it more but I feel 7 is the appropriate score for this. Even though I highly recommend you to give it a read. I really do recommend.
70 /100
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