Today's post is on Perfect World, volume 1 by Rie Aruga. it is 173 pages long and is published by Kodansha Comics. The cover has the two main characters on it. The intended reader is someone who likes emotional, mature stories. There is no foul language, no sex, and no violence in this manga. The story is told from the third person close of the main female character, Tsugumi. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the ebook- Perfect World is Rie Aruga’s touching drama about the romance that develops between an abled interior designer and her first love, whom she re-encounters one day only to find he is wheelchair-bound.
26-year-old Tsugumi Kawana reunites with her first crush from high school, Itsuki Ayukawa, at a get-together between an architecture firm and the interior design company she works at. He sends her heart aflutter, until she realizes he’s now disabled, and in a wheelchair. At first she feels she couldn’t date a guy in a wheelchair, but then her feelings begin to change …
Review- A good start to a touching, realistic love story. Tsugumi re-meets her first love but he is not the same person in more than just being in a wheelchair. He has been changed by the accident and has had to fight for things that were just easy before. One of the major themes of this manga is life as a disabled person and all the problems that brings with it. Tsugmi has to deal with her prejudices about being disabled, about herself, and about life in general. As she interacts with Itsuki, the more she has to think about her life, how she lives it, and what does she want from her future. The art is good, the pacing is very believable, and the characters feel very honest and real. I look forward to this journey with Tsugumi and Iysuki.
I give this manga a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.
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