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From Manga Traders:
In a quiet area of France during WWII, a very young orphan boy was left on the steps of a large mansion on the same day that a daughter was born to the bourgeois family living there. From that day on, Francis and Natalie grew up together and found themselves falling deeply in love. As talk of their marriage began to stir, Natalie suddenly lost her parents to a plane crash, leaving her aunt as her guardian. This aunt, vehemently opposed to Natalie's engagement to a mere orphan, drove Natalie and Francis to run away together.
Unfortunately, they were caught. Rather than be torn apart from each other, Natalie and Francis decide to spend eternity together by jumping off a cliff. Through a cruel twist of fate, however, only Natalie survives...Is there even a smidgen of hope that Natalie will somehow be able to find her love once again? An amazingly well-developed, emotional work of art from Ichijo Yukari.
for me, that's this story about. Oo my god, what a cruel story it is. Eventhough I declare myself as tragedy-lover, this is so... hnng... I thought I've read many tragedy mangas, but really, no matter it's ended in tragedy or happiness, maybe Suna no Shiro is the first that I found torturing the protagonist to that extent... For a manga though, since I do not watch movie or TV that much (because below someone saying it's much like soap opera, but I never followed one.). Not to say she made Natalie's characteristics like that. It's rare there's a moment of happiness in a story moved me that much, but this one did, since there's so much tragedy happened to her I even wished a happiness to her... Well, I like how the mangaka is consistence in presenting the protagonist's nature, passing her feeling and emotion very well, and reasonable. Consistence, where her (Natalie) reaction to an event is really, really suited her nature. Her unstability, mellow, weak-minded, negative-thinking... Haha, where could you get a protag more suitable to a tragedy than Natalie? And IMHO, the mangaka told it very, very well. IMHO, a very good characterization .
My thoughts for ending (this IS SPOILER)
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
Oh god whyyyyy Ichijo Yukariiii how could you be that cruelll
Well, it could not (though almost) bring tears to me, but if you want a truly depressing story, give this one a try.
i hate sad mangas. i know that when I picked it up. which is why I gave it a ten cause it is so MELO that I can't put it down. Its like a piece of your heart shattering into pieces and being trampled upon. or worse than that. I hate it.... and i love it all at the same time. Awwwww.... T_T
Alright, I read a lot of 70s shoujo manga. 70s shoujo manga is, as a rule, incredibly melodramatic. That is established. But all of that melodrama is downright mellow compared to Suna no Shiro. Compared to Suna no Shiro, Oniisama e is a light comedy. I am not even exaggerating.
The plot is cliche and unlikely (and a little icky), the characters downright unappealing. And I absolutely adore it. What it lacks in pretty much every area it makes up for in gorgeous art and emotional insanity.
Suna no Shiro isn't for everyone. In fact, it isn't for most people, assuming that most people don't enjoy soap operas so ridiculously over-the-top they seem to be parodying themselves. But for those that do, man, this is nirvana.
I read this with my japanese friend i swere when he told me about each page i was emotionally distorted, it hurts so much like a needle pokin ur artery. definitley a ten
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