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Cry Out For Love
Aki ist tot. Mit einer Urne in den Händen steht Sakutaro Matsumoto am Flughafen, um die Asche seiner geliebten Freundin Aki nach Australien zu bringen. Dort blickt er auf die Geschichte seiner ersten wahren Liebe zurück; die Geschichte einer unbeschwerten Jugendliebe, die überschattet wird von einer tragischen Krankheit.
192 pages, Paperback
First published April 6, 2004
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June 30, 2018
Il manga non è all'altezza del libro ma il mio forte amore per questa serie per stavolta mi farà dare un cinque. Ve l'ho detto ho amato tutta la cosa. Comunque letto prima del 2012 come il libro.
October 10, 2020
I cried, okay? I know that this has a lot of mixed reviews, and I was honestly expecting to just roll my eyes by the time I finished this manga, but it's very sweet and I did actually cry. I do have a copy of the novel, and I hope to read that now and see how well this was as an adaptation of the original book.
January 14, 2023
If you've read/seen A Walk to Remember, you've already read this story in more detail than this manga adaptation of Socrates In Love. It's so similar that if you squint, you can't really tell much of a difference.
Don't get me wrong, the art is good and pretty standard for it's time, but the story as it's presented here has very little depth as it tried to fit more than it's pages could allow. I think it would have benefited if it were to be a two volume adaptation since here it's a meet-cute and near insta-love going through snippets of their youth until the diagnosis and eventual death of the love interest, coming full circle to where it starts with our main character setting off on a pilgrimage to Australia in her honor.
Recently I've been trying to be diligent on acquiring manga from the 2000's, so if I hadn't seen this and remembered an advertisement for it in nearly every Shoujo Beat I read back then for awhile, I might've never read this and I don't think I would be missing anything.
2.5/5 stars
Don't get me wrong, the art is good and pretty standard for it's time, but the story as it's presented here has very little depth as it tried to fit more than it's pages could allow. I think it would have benefited if it were to be a two volume adaptation since here it's a meet-cute and near insta-love going through snippets of their youth until the diagnosis and eventual death of the love interest, coming full circle to where it starts with our main character setting off on a pilgrimage to Australia in her honor.
Recently I've been trying to be diligent on acquiring manga from the 2000's, so if I hadn't seen this and remembered an advertisement for it in nearly every Shoujo Beat I read back then for awhile, I might've never read this and I don't think I would be missing anything.
2.5/5 stars
September 14, 2018
Quattro stelle solo perché il manga non è stato all'altezza del bellissimo romanzo da cui è tratto.
Questo però non vuol dire che sia brutto, anzi!
Leggetelo, magari dopo aver letto anche il libro, e preparate i fazzoletti perché commuove.
Questo però non vuol dire che sia brutto, anzi!
Leggetelo, magari dopo aver letto anche il libro, e preparate i fazzoletti perché commuove.
April 16, 2023
Well, that was horribly depressing. But real. People lose their loved ones every day and sometimes, for no rhyme or reason. In the end though, it’s better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.
Aki’s love changed Saku’s life. Even if she couldn’t be by his side forever…
Aki’s love changed Saku’s life. Even if she couldn’t be by his side forever…
July 2, 2014
...You know, I've never been into sappy. To me, this is like any other sappy sad love story I've ever read. To me, it's like The Notebook and... You know, I don't think I've really read any other sappy books because I don't care for them.
Why'd I read this then? It was the shoujo manga book club's monthly read and I didn't actually read the description before starting it...
Anyway, it's essentially guy meets girl, they fall in love, girl is deathly ill, girl dies (note: Not a spoiler. They tell you this on the first few pages).
You don't get much character development. Heck, you don't even really get to see them falling in love. It's just a case of "a year passes and boom, love." About the only feel for the characters I get is that Saku is desperately in love with Aki and Aki desperately wants to stay with him and not die. Oh, and they want to go to Australia. There's not much else to it.
Also, we have a case of Movie Star syndrome. Aki seriously gets prettier the closer she gets to death. You'd think she'd look pale and like skin and bones and circles under her eyes, but nope. Her face is the same as it was at the start, she's got color in her cheeks, no dark circles... She looks perfect hours from death.
I know, I know, you're all going, "But this is supposed to appeal to your emotions!It's all about their perfect, beautiful love! It's beautiful!"
...Yeah, not buying it. We get no development to their love, so it might as well be instalove (I'm not going to shelve it as such because it "technically" isn't).
The art is really the redeeming factor in this manga, which is why it got a two. Other than Movie Star syndrome, the art is fitting and lovely.
Why'd I read this then? It was the shoujo manga book club's monthly read and I didn't actually read the description before starting it...
Anyway, it's essentially guy meets girl, they fall in love, girl is deathly ill, girl dies (note: Not a spoiler. They tell you this on the first few pages).
You don't get much character development. Heck, you don't even really get to see them falling in love. It's just a case of "a year passes and boom, love." About the only feel for the characters I get is that Saku is desperately in love with Aki and Aki desperately wants to stay with him and not die. Oh, and they want to go to Australia. There's not much else to it.
Also, we have a case of Movie Star syndrome. Aki seriously gets prettier the closer she gets to death. You'd think she'd look pale and like skin and bones and circles under her eyes, but nope. Her face is the same as it was at the start, she's got color in her cheeks, no dark circles... She looks perfect hours from death.
I know, I know, you're all going, "But this is supposed to appeal to your emotions!It's all about their perfect, beautiful love! It's beautiful!"
...Yeah, not buying it. We get no development to their love, so it might as well be instalove (I'm not going to shelve it as such because it "technically" isn't).
The art is really the redeeming factor in this manga, which is why it got a two. Other than Movie Star syndrome, the art is fitting and lovely.
June 6, 2022
cried my eyes out 🙂
December 26, 2022
I almost cried in the Manga Café I was reading this book at
April 4, 2017
Este mangá não consegue, de todo, fazer jus ao livro.. ainda para mais, está um pouco confusa... Gostei de recordar, mas não foi nada de especial..
November 14, 2012
Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com
This book was actually written in Japan and was first published in Japanese. It has only been available in English for a few months, but SOCRATES IN LOVE is the best-selling hardcover of all time in Japan. This book is like the Japanese version of THE NOTEBOOK.
In this story, Sakutaro, an average high school boy, falls in love with a girl named Aki. They grow into an inseparable couple and they do everything together. Aki and Sakutaro have some wild adventures, and fall into true, head-over-heels love. They plan to get married and have children together until Aki is diagnosed with leukemia. They don't know what they will do without each other when she is gone. These are the kinds of characters that you want to see succeed and be happy.
I liked this book because it has such an amazing storyline and the characters are so well introduced that you feel like you know them. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to read about true love, whether they are male or female, as everyone can truly enjoy this book.
This book was actually written in Japan and was first published in Japanese. It has only been available in English for a few months, but SOCRATES IN LOVE is the best-selling hardcover of all time in Japan. This book is like the Japanese version of THE NOTEBOOK.
In this story, Sakutaro, an average high school boy, falls in love with a girl named Aki. They grow into an inseparable couple and they do everything together. Aki and Sakutaro have some wild adventures, and fall into true, head-over-heels love. They plan to get married and have children together until Aki is diagnosed with leukemia. They don't know what they will do without each other when she is gone. These are the kinds of characters that you want to see succeed and be happy.
I liked this book because it has such an amazing storyline and the characters are so well introduced that you feel like you know them. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to read about true love, whether they are male or female, as everyone can truly enjoy this book.
June 1, 2007
As a one-shot, this story leaves much to be desired. The plot develops slowly at first, introducing the reader to the two main characters. But soon after that, the story pounces into full-speed mode and shudders to a finish after an unsatisfying build.
If this had been a serial manga instead of a one-shot, the story might have had time to shape itself into something worthy of reading. As is, I'd check out the text-only version of this story (which swept Japan, yadda yadda) before touching the manga--not a usual recommendation!
If this had been a serial manga instead of a one-shot, the story might have had time to shape itself into something worthy of reading. As is, I'd check out the text-only version of this story (which swept Japan, yadda yadda) before touching the manga--not a usual recommendation!
February 2, 2014
Based on a novel by Kyoichi Katayama also made into a movie "Crying out love in the center of the world." (2004) Also later made into a Korean Drama "My Girl and I." A touching story about young love which ends tragically.
September 9, 2016
Nyari bacaan manis+sedih, dan lagi-lagi gagal...
Pengarangnya salah, di awal cerita seharusnya jangan diungkap dulu kalo ada yang mati.. kan jadinya ga mengejutkan, ga bisa ngundang rasa simpati, dll..
Pengarangnya salah, di awal cerita seharusnya jangan diungkap dulu kalo ada yang mati.. kan jadinya ga mengejutkan, ga bisa ngundang rasa simpati, dll..
October 16, 2010
Reminded me of A Walk To Remember, which is one of my favorite books.
January 9, 2016
My kokoro <3 3
February 27, 2020
L'ho preso su Ebay senza aver la minima idea di cosa fosse. E quando l'ho ricevuto, ho letto solo la prima riga del riassunto sul retro per non rovinarmi la lettura.
Non mi aspettavo che si parlasse di . Non sono una fan di libri che trattano questi temi…
Nonostante tutto, questo adattamento mi è piaciuto. L'ho trovato scorrevole e chiaro, anche se alcune recensioni affermano il contrario. E non ho letto il libro da cui è tratto e non ho visto né il film né la serie TV.
I disegni sono un po' sotto lo standard anche per gli shojo che leggo. L'autrice disegna figure molto tonde ma poco dettagliate. Fortuna che ha pochi personaggi da mettere in scena.
Il mio preferito è senz'altro il nonno si Sakutaro con la sua idea di andare a rubare le .
Acquisto azzardato ma riuscito.
Non mi aspettavo che si parlasse di . Non sono una fan di libri che trattano questi temi…
Nonostante tutto, questo adattamento mi è piaciuto. L'ho trovato scorrevole e chiaro, anche se alcune recensioni affermano il contrario. E non ho letto il libro da cui è tratto e non ho visto né il film né la serie TV.
I disegni sono un po' sotto lo standard anche per gli shojo che leggo. L'autrice disegna figure molto tonde ma poco dettagliate. Fortuna che ha pochi personaggi da mettere in scena.
Il mio preferito è senz'altro il nonno si Sakutaro con la sua idea di andare a rubare le .
Acquisto azzardato ma riuscito.
October 22, 2025
★★★★★ (5 out of 5 stars)
This book lives rent free in my head. I picked up Cry Out For Love as a kid, thinking it would be a cute shoujo romance, and lol I was so wrong. What followed ripped my heart out and scattered it in tiny pieces. I’ve reread it a bunch of times over the years and I still cry every single time. It’s been on my shelf for about 15 years and it never gets old.
I’m not usually into sappy stuff, so that says a lot. I found it in the library shoujo section, didn’t bother reading the blurb, and got blindsided by how painfully real and sad the story is. It’s about loss, about how people keep losing the ones they love for no reason at all, and it handles that with a tenderness that actually stings.
Yes, people have mixed takes on this one. I went in expecting to hate it, but instead it surprised me with how sweet and devastating it is.
This book lives rent free in my head. I picked up Cry Out For Love as a kid, thinking it would be a cute shoujo romance, and lol I was so wrong. What followed ripped my heart out and scattered it in tiny pieces. I’ve reread it a bunch of times over the years and I still cry every single time. It’s been on my shelf for about 15 years and it never gets old.
I’m not usually into sappy stuff, so that says a lot. I found it in the library shoujo section, didn’t bother reading the blurb, and got blindsided by how painfully real and sad the story is. It’s about loss, about how people keep losing the ones they love for no reason at all, and it handles that with a tenderness that actually stings.
Yes, people have mixed takes on this one. I went in expecting to hate it, but instead it surprised me with how sweet and devastating it is.
May 2, 2018
In questo fumetto vengono esaltate tutte le peculiarità del disegno dei manga e degli anime che non mi piacciono: facce ed espressioni stereotipate simili a emoticon; occhi giganti e acquosi e bocche esagerate; goccioline di sudore e lacrime che sgorgano a fiumi; capelli drizzati in testa per la paura; martelletti che schiacciano i personaggi quando fanno una figuraccia o sono imbarazzati; aloni neri attorno al corpo per simboleggiare il malumore...
Ad aggravare il giudizio, la trama. Lacunosa e commovente a stento, se non si è letto prima l'omonimo romanzo (che già, nonostante il soggetto strappalacrime e ad eccezione di qualche bella descrizione di dettagli, mi è sembrato freddo e impersonale, scritto con il freno tirato sulle emozioni e guastato da protagonisti adolescenti filosofeggianti fino all'assurdo).
Faccio sempre più fatica a valutare positivamente gli autori giapponesi.
Ad aggravare il giudizio, la trama. Lacunosa e commovente a stento, se non si è letto prima l'omonimo romanzo (che già, nonostante il soggetto strappalacrime e ad eccezione di qualche bella descrizione di dettagli, mi è sembrato freddo e impersonale, scritto con il freno tirato sulle emozioni e guastato da protagonisti adolescenti filosofeggianti fino all'assurdo).
Faccio sempre più fatica a valutare positivamente gli autori giapponesi.
March 11, 2024
This was a fast paced manga, would be better if this was at least 250 pages *my opinion xD
I liked it! But to tell the truth, I loved the South Korean movie that was inspired by the novel, the reason why I looked, bought, and read this manga.
I'm hoping someday I can read the original novel that inspired this manga and the movie. And for now, in any case your looking for a shoujo manga, read this! Specially, for the Nicholas Sparks fans that are also a manga fan or looking forward on entering the world of Japanese manga.
I liked it! But to tell the truth, I loved the South Korean movie that was inspired by the novel, the reason why I looked, bought, and read this manga.
I'm hoping someday I can read the original novel that inspired this manga and the movie. And for now, in any case your looking for a shoujo manga, read this! Specially, for the Nicholas Sparks fans that are also a manga fan or looking forward on entering the world of Japanese manga.
September 21, 2024
I first read the novel this was adapted from nearly two decades ago. The story itself paints the perfect storm of innocent young love and the injustice of disease; it's a tear-jerker for sure. The manga did an adequate job of capturing the complex emotions from the novel, but it may have been better served if it was longer or came in two volumes.
Still one of the saddest stories I have ever read. I get why it was a national sensation at the time.
Still one of the saddest stories I have ever read. I get why it was a national sensation at the time.
October 18, 2025
Socrates in Love is a touching Japanese novel or uhh manga?? Bruh..about the story of Sakutaro and Aki, two high school students whose having this sweet romance cut short when Aki falls ill which is leukemia..Oh my goodness.
The writing is really simple yet it captures the innocence of first love and the sorrow of saying goodbye. A tender story that reminds readers how love, even when lost, can shape us forever.
The writing is really simple yet it captures the innocence of first love and the sorrow of saying goodbye. A tender story that reminds readers how love, even when lost, can shape us forever.
August 26, 2020
Non sapevo cosa fosse fino a che ho iniziato a piangere per la commozione e l'intensità di ogni scena. Ha molto e poco a che fare con il romanzo, ma ciò nonostante ha la sua grinta ed intensità emotiva a tutto tondo. Un gran capolavoro per una storia reale e convincente che non manca di stringerti il cuore anche quando non vorresti che lo facesse!
December 23, 2018
I loved the story and the artwork. The story was so touching and made me cry. Sakuchan tried to take Aki to Australia before she died but at least she got there eventually. Great book.
December 5, 2019
3,5 stars
October 21, 2020
O mangá é fofo mas achei bem comum. Não consegui me apegar aos personagens, acho que foi pela corrida que a história tomou depois da metade.
March 8, 2022
Don't let the cover fool you, this is incredibly depressing.
May 12, 2022
E' bellissimo, ho pianto tantissimo. All'inizio si può considerare la solita storia inerente a persone malate di cancro ma... la fine è spettacolare.
Gridare amore dal centro del mondo!
Gridare amore dal centro del mondo!
September 28, 2023
🌸Es una adaptación realmente genial!! Del libro, las whislist raciones son geniales y bueno el guión me dejó satisfecha! ♥️
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