This is one of the best mangas I've ever read (and I've read a lot and there are specific reasons for that:
firstly - it's organized, no chaos, no meaningless chapters and epizodes
secondly - characters - they are originall and not boring, they act instead of dwelling on and on
thirdly - concept, plot doesn't have weak points
forthly - length - it's perfect, it's not too long and not too short, and everything is explained
fifthly - when you start you have to end it, when you leave it in the middle its pointless to even begin

It leaves a warm felling, you feel full and satisfied, what it tells, how it tells it, and you can't help but love it in the end. It leaves you a happy feling

lol, i wonder if thats even understandable, but well pretty much everything of how wonderfull this is has already been said, lol.

Now, for those (and i've seen theres quite a lot them) that stoped reading it, well i can of agree i hated arisu and i hated rin, i hated gyokuran (i really really hated him) i hated shuu, well i've hated almost every main character at some point, yet, i've come to be fond of them, they're just so human that you can't help it, they have their flaws and ups and downs and well.
I can say just as a lot of you, i almost stoped was it not for the intriging plot lol, but by the end, you just come to love them all so, you don't really have to worry, unless you like perfect characters, cause theres none in here lol.

... Last updated on January 7th, 2011, 1:09pm

I started to read this manga and then stopped at around vol 3/4... It was just plain weird/boring. Then about a year later by chance I gave it another try. In the end I regretted that I hadn't continued reading much sooner, of course!

This manga has drama and plot, that's for sure.

i went to the manga after finishing the anime which the anime ending was cut and left you hanging.
i loved the beauty of this manga, the artwork, all the emotions and characters that she manga-ka poured into. However i felt that it was incredible draggy at parts which made it difficult to read on, but then again it might just be because I read it in one-two sittings.
I actually got so into the past characters that i ended up liking them better than the present ones. Imo Alice was annoying...and i couldn't get into rin. i was always sad when a person woke up and stopped the flashbacks I'm a huge fan of mokuran and shion. I wish there'd be a manga just completely focused on them..or in the moonbase time. Personally i would have liked that better XD

... Last updated on April 18th, 2013, 1:50pm

An intense psychological romance story, the sci-fi/fantasy parts are really engaging once you get into it and the characters are very vivid. Admittedly the first few volumes were of a lower quality than the rest, I found it difficult to relate to the main character and the whole thing just didn't really interest me, so I stopped reading the first time, but something of it stuck with me and I went back to read the rest. The main character, despite being a crybaby, is really strong and I ended up liking her a lot. The climax is really great, action and angst and love all mixed in there, there are some really great twists and something of the message behind it will definitely stick with you. I would recommend it to anyone, even those who don't normally read shoujo but appreciate sci-fi and psychological themes. Just persevere if you're finding the first few volumes a bit rocky and I guarantee you will find something worth your time.

love love love love love love love love love love love it.It's really subtle with the plot of the characters in the future that are introduced and focused on for like 2 volumes - which kinda gets unnerving. The background story with Shion and Mokuren, etc. though is really interesting, and it draws you into the plot so well in the last few volumes. The problem with this series is that while the background story leaves a huge impression on the audience, the future/present story does not, so it feels like 60% of the story is just a side-story.

at first, i just read it to kill some time, but something about the manga made it...really interesting in a way. It's art had improved subtly throughout the series, and, although, it may seem simple at first, the drawings were actually quite complex and fun to look at.
The plot was complex and interesting, but it wasn't the type of plot, where, you had to go back and think "Ok...so who was this person with again...??"
The story just kind of grows on you.
I also love how it isn't just about Sakaguchi, and how, more than half the story, it's about the other characters and how they dealt with everything both in past and present.

Well, I probably didn't make much sense, but I definitely recomment this series.

It's an intense drama-manga really.
And the characters are very engaging.
I actually finished these 12 volumes in a row
I don't know why but I feel heart-wrenched after finishing it.
Especially Shion's. I agree, he's not that great, and he seemed to deny his feelings until the end, perhaps caused by incredible loneliness and the inability to receive and perceive love, which I found really really painful. And that really gets me.

great work. I feel like this is so similar to Kaguya Hime (one manga I love dearly as well). U might want to check it out if you love PSME

This manga is so good. Some of the plot can be draggy at times. Or more like scientific explainations, I always skim through those, they are so long. But overall I don't think anything big hinders the plot and a lot of things are cleared up at the end.

I really liked the parts where they showed the childhood of Mokuren and Shion. It's incredibly sad.
The OVA was pretty good too, although they finished halfway (or less) of the manga. I didn't mind. The music was really good.