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Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan  
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Description
From Psycho Pandas:
"I have something I don't want to lose—
So much so that these terrible feelings have grown."

A pianist who attempted suicide 3 times, Juri, is taken to help her aunt at a prison where murderers who killed indiscriminately are sentenced to death. There, she meets a man named Yuu who took the lives of 3 people. A mother's antagonism--a brother's death... Together they embrace the violent rebellion in their hearts caused by the large, deep scars they carry. However, before long, they both embrace an earnest hope in their hearts. "I want to live..."

An adaptation of a novel by South Korea's most popular female novelist, Gong Ji-Young.

Type
Manga

Related Series
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Associated Names
私たちの幸せな時間
우리들의 행복한 시간
Maundy Thursday [film title]
Our Happy Hours
Watashi-tachi no Shiawase na Jikan

Groups Scanlating
Psycho Pandas
Storm in Heaven

Latest Release(s)
v.1 c.8 (end) by Storm in Heaven & Psycho Pandas (1399d ago)
v.1 c.7 by Psycho Pandas & Storm in Heaven (1452d ago)
v.1 c.6 by Psycho Pandas & Storm in Heaven (1483d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

User Reviews
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Forum
1 topics, 1 posts
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User Rating
Average: 9.2 / 10.0 (1280 votes)
Bayesian Average: 9.14 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 19th 2013, 1:14am PST

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Genre
Drama  Psychological  Romance  Seinen  Slice of Life  Tragedy 
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Author(s)
GONG Ji-young
SAHARA Mizu

Artist(s)
SAHARA Mizu

Year
2007

Original Publisher
Coamix

Serialized In (magazine)
Comic Bunch (Coamix)

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #204 decreased(-30)
Monthly Pos #91 decreased(-4)
3 Month Pos #105 increased(+8)
6 Month Pos #102 increased(+34)

List Stats
On 423 reading lists
On 1011 wish lists
On 2649 completed lists
On 16 unfinished lists
On 383 custom lists

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 Really Good   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Chira00
August 26th, 2009, 1:30pm
I really liked this story. I cried so hard at the end. I am also very grateful that there is no death penalty in my country. Yes, there are probably some who cannot/won't change and may deserve it, but what of those who can/will change? Just an opinion. Nothing personal.
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 Amazing.   
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by DiamondDust
August 21st, 2009, 1:32am
I really liked this manga. Even though it was short, it felt really long. You wait and you'll see, you'll feel the pain just as they do and smile just when they smile. Ending feels like its unpredictable but once you are nearing the end, you know what will happen if you see behind the painful moments you know that that was the right ending.
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 OH MY GOD.   
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by boycrazy92393
August 21st, 2009, 1:02am
SO FREAKING SAD!!!! but very very good. Even if you hate sad stories you have to read this. Because its the kind of story where you shed a tear but you smile at the same time. :')
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 heart warming sad and slice of life   
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by mileen
August 21st, 2009, 12:43am
Everything and I love the story. So much. Its heart aching and the plot is drawn well. Even though most of the panel were filled up with 'mute' character, their face expression express everything.
The story is amazing, truly amazing with out standing main two character relationship. In fact, I felt the pain too.

The ending is unpredictable.
-spoiled-
Sometimes, in other manga we seen the character been saved before the death penalty but not in this manga. Yuu died and a slight moment before he died really teared me badly.

Very great. I praised the author for the novel and I also love Sahaza Mizu to turn it into something in person.
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 Touching and sweet   
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by rita
August 20th, 2009, 11:00am
I haven't read an emotional manga in a long while. The subtle drama and sentimental plot just draws you in immediately. By the end all the pent up emotions you end up feeling is just released, and you are left feeling exactly how Juri feels by the end. This was such a touching, emotional, and sentimental story that I would recommend people to read. You will not regret it, besides the artwork really nice and unique--(it's got Mizu's signature all over it XD).
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 Another fine one   
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by herseil
August 20th, 2009, 10:25am
Yes, a great one overall

Kinda slow at the beginning, but the whole story evolved nicely and ended greatly (I finished it in 1 reading) The link between protagonists is greatly formed. Deep character buildings through flashback and past story telling which lead to nicely formed characters. Emotions are nicely projected agony, loneliness, sadness, wrath all those dark and angst feelings are nicely put into the story.

The artworks aren't really satisfactory, but still good enough. Some of Sahara Mizu's other works have better artwork than this one.
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 Oh my god it ended   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by ForbiddenAngel
August 20th, 2009, 10:15am
It's a perfect ending. The way it ended, I mean. (no spoilers Dsmile
I love Sahara Mizu's artstyle, and it really fits her stories, which usually carry a hint of sadness in them. This story is very educational in many ways, and from the start to the end, it was nothing but perfection. biggrin
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 Beauty?   
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by AgentSanSan
August 1st, 2009, 3:28pm
This story isn't simple. I'm glad its more straightforward than what I've seen from this author. The art is as wonderful as usual.
What strikes me is that the relationship between the two protagonists is so fragile, yet so strong. It's difficult. And tragic. I can only imagine what kind of sad ending this series will have.
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 It's only okay.   
Rating: 7.8 / 10.0
by yumemiru
June 21st, 2009, 3:30pm
Hmm. Well, the summary for this manga certainly sounded very pretty. And I love Yumeka Sumomo, so I had to give this one a chance. When I first read this, I thought: okay, the beginning's a little slow, but I'm sure this'll get somewhere. And it did. Juri and Yuu slowly begin a relationship. But by the sixth chapter, I don't feel like much has happened at all. We learn about their past secrets and all, but I feel like knowing about it doesn't give me much feeling. I mean, compared to the thousand other mangas, there's always practically someone with a past horror. It feels a bit cliched now.

Now, I could have withstood this cliche, if there had been something enlightening or whatever about this manga, but it doesn't feel like there's anything. It doesn't, not at all. There's no brainfood here in this story for me. After every chapter, I don't feel myself thinking or wondering over the story. I just finish it, and that's all.

I want to feel inspired, or at the very least, feel something strongly over the story. But nothing strikes me in this story. Nothing at all. Yuu looks like any other hero in Sumomo's other works, and Juri is just another disturbed woman.

I'm sorely disappointed by this plot, but I'll finish it to the end, because this is Yumeka Sumomo work. Perhaps the ending will be more satisfying?

... Last updated on June 21st, 2009, 3:30pm
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 A mixed bag...   
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by VampireBanana
April 24th, 2009, 7:39pm
Hmmm... this is a mixed bag for me. Sahara Mizu's art is as fantastic as ever and I certainly have no quibbles about it as all the characters are well-drawn, the backgrounds nicely depicted and the art doesn't really interfere with the story.

Now as for the writing:

On one hand, a fair bit of the writing is rather excellent and the characterisation is pretty good for it portrays the tensions and other feelings between the entire cast quite well. And the manga even does a decent job in conveying the oppressive and aloof atmosphere of prison-life. The reasons for the characters' roles are rather believable too as opposed to feeling artificial and over-dramatised for the sake of series length or melodrama.

On the other hand, I find some of it fairly pretentious and preachy due to a fair amount of moralising where the characters keep spewing sentences about "how the system is bad with few or limited evidence and examples", "the reader/character must feel sympathy for a certain person 'cos I said so", which usually runs contrary to their personalities. To me, that detracts from the maturity and level of the topics and discussions the manga hopes to tackle 'cos I don't believe in judging someone or something based on only 1 to 2 people's oral accounts.

That said, it is still rather enjoyable, just not as much as I'd have liked it to be. A shame, though, as I suspect the novel was likely more refined, elegant and expansive on these topics.

Btw, for those clamering for more of such interesting titles with thought-provoking themes, this would be an interesting one: "For Those of Us Who Don't Believe in God" from Endo Short Stories.

... Last updated on May 3rd, 2009, 8:26pm
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