Kimi ni Todoke
Alt. Title: From me to You
Shoujo Manga by Karuho Shiina
Released 2006
Kimi ni Todoke is about the strange, ghostly teenage high school student Kuronuma Sawako. She is a quiet person, has a long hair and often, if not always, seen by her classmates as ghost, thus her nickname Sadako. Some of her classmates even thought “Sadako” is her real name and she really is a ghost. The beginning of the story is quite funny as she was imagined by her classmates as someone so scary.
Sawako has always been alone because of this little social problem but it soon faded as she got into friendship with the two slightly delinquent girls of her class. It soon went forgotten when the rest of the class start to notice her and see her as a studious, quiet but kind, and really industrious classmate.
Meanwhile, there is one guy in the room who has never seen Sawako as someone strange and scary. Kazehaya, a ‘refreshing’ guy, and good looking too, always greets herr by her real name ‘Sawako’. He always smiles and very jolly and kind towards his classmates. He had a problem though. Inside himself lies a secret admiration for Sawako.
The manga is the story of how Sawako finds friendship and love in high school. Sawako and Kazehaya’s feelings for each other is one that’s pure, innocent and so refreshing. All the tiny moments can make you teary eyed and fly in pleasant fuzzy feelings. The story lines of the other characters are very interesting as well.
I started this story through the anime series but later turned to the manga for updates.
I highly recommend this for all young ladies. 4/5 🙂
On the Couch, Eating Potatoes 