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164 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2016




To put it simple: there are no words in my vocabulary to express how much I loved this volume! This had everything in store an entertaining and catching story needs! I’m still so blown away and 20th March truly cannot come soon enough! I’ve already pre-ordered the 3rd volume.
I’ll get a tiny bit deeper into the plot. After volume 1 ended with such a surprise, more like a shock that Taki and Mitsuha didn’t switch another time, I actually expected to go this story like this: Both of them trying to find the other, seeking contact but somehow they never succeed and only in the very end after many many years of development, happenings, choices and changes they coincidentally bump into each other. (Again, I need to underline, I haven’t watched the anime and I don’t plan to do until the manga adaption got to an end.) Therefore, the actual happenings in this volume really shocked me! I felt moved by Taki and Mitsuha realizing they’ve developed feelings for each other and I totally was into this relationship and wanted them to love each other so much. This is why I was overly happy when Taki felt the urge to search for Mitsuha, I was all in for a love story! Those two friends who accompanied him were a funny addition but I wouldn’t have been sad or disappointed, if he’d gone alone. However, it took him some time to determine Mitsuha’s location and when he finally found it — there was the first shock! I didn’t expect it, didn’t see it coming in any way! Maybe this is why it took me like that! Woah. Suddenly the love story I’d thought to get had turned into something impossibly touching. After some further gathering of information, the worst case was verified. I must say, after the first shock I had already braced myself for a second one that might come, so I didn’t catch me thaaaat off guard. Nonetheless, I felt so sad and sort of empty inside and everything felt too late, unchangeable. Seriously, it’s such a hurtful emotion not to be capable of change, to be too late. I can only imagine how Taki felt and his up-coming ”quest” and the scenes that followed only intensified my feelings. Thinking and writing about it right now brings back those feelings again.
I loved the way the plot took after those shocks and how...hope was returned. Now I’m all pumped up for their ”mission” and here I must say, I truly admire how motivatedly Tesshi and Sayaka (Mitsuha’s best friends) willed in to help, despite all doubts they might harbor. This is true friendship! I honestly hope they are going to succeed, from the depths of my heart!
🇫🇷 Un second tome à couper le souffle, avec une histoire qui se dessine au fur et a mesure et des personnages toujours aussi attachants. J'ai hâte de lire le troisième et dernier tome!
🇬🇧 A second volume breathtaking, with a story that is emerging and characters who are endearing. I can not wait to read the third and last volume!
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