Ao Haru Ride, Vol. 3

Their art is so visually stunning. The boys are all unstylishly attractive, and the girls... ahhh, the girls. With their big, deep doe-eyes & ruffled hair. Such beautiful girls. I simply love this author's style. They are amazing with watercolors. The page with the black oil-paint background is also intriguing. Another thing I adore about this mangaka is the stories. So easily relatable to anyone of any age. After all, no matter how old we get, we never forget our youth, our "glory days", if you will. Whether we look back with fondness, derision, or a bit of both, we all remember what it was like during those days. The mountains of homework. Our crushes. Our favorite teachers. Bullying. Making friends. Falling in love. So, I really admire this creator for being able to create interesting, engaging stories of youth that we all easily relate to. Art, well, as I said, this mangaka is one of my most beloved creators, so I can't really give an objective rating. Same goes with dialogue. I so easily fall in love with this author's characters that they could spend the whole series quoting hip-hop, & I'd likely feel it to be on par with Shakespeare. Characters, believable, likeable, relatable, oh, are they ever relatable!

The story is deeply emotional, a slice-of-life. It might seem this is just a simple high school love story. But it shows grief, friendship, hardships and making memories. It shows we have to live in the moment and let go of the past. Time heals. Besides the story, the art is mesmerizing, I have yet to see another manga with characters drawn so beautifully.

Oh my god, Murao's bonus story was so great, haha! Especially because she says so little during the main storyline. As for the main story, I feel like all the characters are finally becoming more developed in this volume. The friendships have gone from ideas to reality, and Sakisaka uses humor or sweet moments to reveal quirks or conflict.

Great packaging, was taped securely and decorated with stickers cutely. Book is in amazing condition, would recommend and buy again from seller. Also additional sticker and candy freebies.

Fast shipping. The items was in fantastic condition. My package was personalized and included a small gift which truly delighted me. I very much appreciate this store services and I will definitely be back fore more volumes!

everything was good shape. i recommend buying this.

You can tell that Futaba is getting things figured out with her crush. But the only thing that bugs me is why can she do things for herself.

Fantastic packaging! excellent condition 👍🏻 The best service thank you🙌

Didn’t knew it was used but well it came in great condition and packaging overall good

Just like the picture.

Très belle histoire décrite par l’autrice. J’ai bien aimé le relire en anglais, plusieurs fois afin de voir les différentes points de vue de chaque hero/héroïne. Ça touche les thèmes de la morte, perte d’un être cher (père, mère), le deuil, le premier amour, l’amitié, les faux-semblants, la vie de lycéen japonais, le soutien, et bien d’autres

Granddaughter loves these so bought her 4 for xmas good quality great price .