5.08 Kimi Ni Todoke

So like Fruits Basket, this is also another manga which I have read, and let me tell you, obviously my favorite manga ever to read. And if you're more the tv/computer type, then you should definitely watch it. 

Kimi ni Todoke means, "Reaching you." In this story, there is a girl, Sawako Kuronuma, but she is not like all other girls. She has the perfect, sweet parents, the money, but Sawako? Well, she might have turned out good if everyone in class had treated her the right way. But no, the first day they saw her, they made fun of her and cast her aside, calling her the demon and all sorts of hurtful names, while Sawako took it all in. But you see, Sawako is a beautiful being. She didn't scream or shout, she didn't pray that her classmates died. She took it all in and smiled and loved them even when they hated her. Life for Sawako is the same until a classmate of hers, Kazehaya, the most popular boy there says hi to her and smikes at her. From their, Sawako's life changes. It was the first friendly gesture shes ever gotten. Little did she know that Kazehaya had fell in love with her from the beginning. Because of Kazehaya, Sawako gets to experience many things she never would have experienced. She experiences love, friendship, jealousy, betrayl...but through it all, Sawako loved the people around her and never gave hope, even when people like us tends to give up without a second thought, Sawako give not two chances, two-hundred chances. And sometimes i believe as humans, thats what we need to do. 

Personal Reaction:
My reaction to this mkanga is that I absolutely aodre it. Sawako is just such a beautiful character. I know she's fake, but it's relieving to know that their are people that innocent out there, and it makes me want to become a better person altogether. The author's intent was to entertain us and also give us an emotional feeling by giving us a story about a girl who did nothing but love and in the end got loved. And also to show and teach us a lesson, that maybe we should believe in happy endings. 

The pattern of organization I observed was Chronological Order.

Message In A Bottle

Message in a Bottle, by the ever-loving Nicholas Sparks, is already taking me in. I'm only on Chapter 2, but the book seems really good. 

So there's this woman named Theresa. She's now single, after she found out her husband was cheating on her and left her. Her husband wasn't a bad man. David paid child support, called once a while, and loved Kevin, her little boy, to death. But cheating...apparently he had fallen out of love with Theresa. Things just hadn;t gone well, hence the divorce. But when she takes a look at her best friend, Deanna and her relationship with her husband...she just has to wonder where she went wrong. 

So it leaves Theresa walking along the side of the beach thinking about what she really wants in life. She feels terribly alone, even though she has her best friend and son. But what could she do? All she wanted was a long and healthy relationship with her soul mate. But soon enough, she comes across a bottle in the ocean, and inside it, a beautiful love letter, so beautiful it brought Theresa to tears. Maybe, just maybe, there is such a thing as pure, innocent love.   

Personal Reaction:
My reaction to these chapters was predicting. Like, how would Nicholas Sparks make this turn into a beautiful story. It already looks like a good one though. But this story was intended for adults, but I'm already liking this, even though I prefer book targeted or has teenagers, this book really pulls you, and it just has a mystery, a twist, that'll make you want to read it even more. The author's intent was probably first to pull the reader into reading this, hence the bottle Theresa found in the ocean. It is written in Chronological order, everything occuring in time. I definately recommend anyone and everyone to read this wonderful book.