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Perfect World #5
Perfect World, Tome 5
Kawana est retournée à Matsumoto, renonçant autant à son amour qu'à sa carrière. Avec la distance qui la sépare désormais d'Ayukawa, leur rupture semble plus que jamais irrémédiable. Chacun, de son côté, commence alors une nouvelle vie. Mais le destin pourrait bien les amener à se croiser à nouveau…
168 pages, Paperback
First published March 13, 2017
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June 30, 2020
To be honest, the story is getting repetitive, and quite depressing at that...
The drawings are still beautiful, of course. But since I've started reading mangas, I've realized that this one tends to have a tiny writing, which can make it hard to read.
The drawings are still beautiful, of course. But since I've started reading mangas, I've realized that this one tends to have a tiny writing, which can make it hard to read.
February 6, 2024
[ Re-read in 2024. ]
This is the perfect example of how even if we mean well, sometimes it might not the right answer. As we’ve seen in the previous volumes, relationships are complicated, more so when one of them is in a wheelchair. Love might not be good enough and yet, even if it’s hopeless, we just hang on to whatever we can to make ourselves, and our significant others, happy.
In this volume, Tsugumi starts dating Koreda (a guy who I actually like ‘cause he’s been nothing but someone who does love her) in order to find her own happiness after Itsuki broke up with her. She’s back in her home town and there she meets with a young woman who’s also in a wheelchair. She’s real sick and well… she might not make it to another year.
This young woman is dating a serious chef who wants to make her happy by building her dream house but she’s so sick, she doesn’t understand why would he work so hard if she might not even see it. Why bother with all this struggle? But her boyfriend, despite his rough looks, is nothing but sweet to her. He even reaches out to Itsuki, so he can design their new home (something that would make her daily life easier) …only to come back with a brutal no for an answer.
Tsugumi and Itsuki are far from each other but… what if they come up together with an answer that will help this young couple too? I guess we’ll see it in the next volume!
This volume contains chapter 20 – 24.
Read it for #MiniMangaReadathon.
PREVIOUS REVIEWS:
Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volume 4
This is the perfect example of how even if we mean well, sometimes it might not the right answer. As we’ve seen in the previous volumes, relationships are complicated, more so when one of them is in a wheelchair. Love might not be good enough and yet, even if it’s hopeless, we just hang on to whatever we can to make ourselves, and our significant others, happy.
In this volume, Tsugumi starts dating Koreda (a guy who I actually like ‘cause he’s been nothing but someone who does love her) in order to find her own happiness after Itsuki broke up with her. She’s back in her home town and there she meets with a young woman who’s also in a wheelchair. She’s real sick and well… she might not make it to another year.
This young woman is dating a serious chef who wants to make her happy by building her dream house but she’s so sick, she doesn’t understand why would he work so hard if she might not even see it. Why bother with all this struggle? But her boyfriend, despite his rough looks, is nothing but sweet to her. He even reaches out to Itsuki, so he can design their new home (something that would make her daily life easier) …only to come back with a brutal no for an answer.
Tsugumi and Itsuki are far from each other but… what if they come up together with an answer that will help this young couple too? I guess we’ll see it in the next volume!
This volume contains chapter 20 – 24.
Read it for #MiniMangaReadathon.
PREVIOUS REVIEWS:
Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volume 4
January 2, 2023
OK YALL —-ahhhh I’m frustrated 😭😭😭😭so much heartache 💔💔💔💔
January 14, 2023
Van mejorando las cosas, pero SIGUEN SIN ESTAR EN EL LUGAR DONDE YO LOS QUIERO. Y eso me desespera un poquito, pero se que faltan todavía 6 volúmenes más porque son 11 de esta saga de Manga y bueno pues tengo que ser paciente, aunque no es mi mayor virtud.
Voy a pausarlos poquito porque quiero leer otras cosas, pero es que mi cabeza le sigue dando vueltas a toda esta historia. Me está gustando mucho y me estoy llevando una buena experiencia en mi primera saga de mangas.
PD: Ya aquí me caen mal los protagonistas por ser tan cabezotes y tan tercos y NO HABLAR.
¿Por que no hablan como la gente normal? Me dan ganas de darles sapes. Pero bueno...
Voy a pausarlos poquito porque quiero leer otras cosas, pero es que mi cabeza le sigue dando vueltas a toda esta historia. Me está gustando mucho y me estoy llevando una buena experiencia en mi primera saga de mangas.
PD: Ya aquí me caen mal los protagonistas por ser tan cabezotes y tan tercos y NO HABLAR.
¿Por que no hablan como la gente normal? Me dan ganas de darles sapes. Pero bueno...
April 4, 2021
This one felt like a bit of a filler, but not in a bad way at all! I feel like it was a necessary piece in the puzzle of this story. I always feel the same way after reading a new volume of this story...how am I going to be able to wait for the next one?!
June 5, 2021
Nooooo!!!! Cliff hanger and it’s the last one that I have!!! Instant gratification monster wants the rest NOW. 4, I need the next one now, stars.
January 7, 2022
Note to self: when you binge-read a manga it can be really hard to write reviews afterwards because all the storylines merge into one. So maybe chill out and don't binge-read it, no matter how enticing a prospect it might seem.
RTC soon... hopefully?
RTC soon... hopefully?
September 24, 2021
4/5 stars
I have such mixed feelings about this series. At this point, I feel like Kawana is just stringing Koreda along. Koreda still irritates me, and Nagasawa irritated me in this volume as well. Two side characters are introduced in this volume, Kaede and Keigi, and they're actually my favorites thus far! They're the reason this volume got 4 stars. I really liked this series at the start for many reasons, but all the drama is beginning to lessen my enjoyment.
Content: fade to black scene
I have such mixed feelings about this series. At this point, I feel like Kawana is just stringing Koreda along. Koreda still irritates me, and Nagasawa irritated me in this volume as well. Two side characters are introduced in this volume, Kaede and Keigi, and they're actually my favorites thus far! They're the reason this volume got 4 stars. I really liked this series at the start for many reasons, but all the drama is beginning to lessen my enjoyment.
Content: fade to black scene
March 18, 2021
Will there be a volume where I don't cry?
May 29, 2023
Me está encantando la historia mal, pero como las cosas sigan así voy a tener que dejar de leer porque me hace mal al corazón.
4 de 5 estrellas.
4 de 5 estrellas.
August 24, 2024
The tension and slow burn and side characters suddenly becoming main characters is really throwing me off but I love these characters too much to give up so I am giving it another volume in hopes we get back on track.
November 11, 2021
che angoscia vivere una vita del genere è una cosa pesantissima sapere di dover morire dopo pochi anni e lasciare sole tutte le persone a loro care e pensare che ci sono persone che si lamentano tutti i giorni per cazzate
bello bello
bello bello
December 14, 2021
Probably my least favourite so far. It’s still enjoyable, but I’m starting to tire of Kawana and Itsuki being separated. Obviously this period is a part of their love story, but I just want them to get back together already😭
I have a lot of hope for the remainder of the series, though.
I have a lot of hope for the remainder of the series, though.
June 30, 2021
Ahhhhh, el dolor.
Lo que me gusta de esta historia es que te da perspectivas: parejas que llevan muchos años, parejas jóvenes y, en este tomo, una chica que por una enfermedad degenerativa, se ve obligada a usar silla de ruedas y pasar demasiado tiempo hospitalizada, y su pareja que es superseria pero que la ama profundamente.
Qué duro.
Lo que me gusta de esta historia es que te da perspectivas: parejas que llevan muchos años, parejas jóvenes y, en este tomo, una chica que por una enfermedad degenerativa, se ve obligada a usar silla de ruedas y pasar demasiado tiempo hospitalizada, y su pareja que es superseria pero que la ama profundamente.
Qué duro.
July 15, 2018
Harusnya saya ngga baca manga seputar rumah sakit dalam waktu-waktu ini. Rasanya masih agak trauma dengan yang namanya rumah sakit, apalgi dengan penyakit yang susah disembuhkan, bukan dari jenis penyakitnya, tapi mungkin dari pasien itu sendiri.
Kawana, setelah pulang kampung di Mastumoto, menghabiskna waktunya di tempat kursus caregiving. Disana ia belajar bagaiman ia memberi pertolongan pada pasien lumpuh atau cedera hingga tidak bisa melakukan kebutuhan mereka sendiri. Disana ia bertemu dengan Keigo atau Kei yang memiliki seorang pacar dengan kondisi seperti Ayukawa. Kaede, pacar Kei memiliki mimpi memiliki rumah sendiri dan menikahi Kei. Karena kondisi Kaede, Kei berpikir ingin membangun rumah dengan fasilitas barrier free. Satu arsitek dengan kemampuan membangun rumah dengan barrier free tentu saja Ayukawa.
Dalam dialog antara Keigo dan Ayukawa, serta dialog realistis antara Kawana dan Kaede bikin sakit hati. Menjadi realistis itu memang pahit. Ayukawa tidak ingin Keigo menderita sendirian setelah kepergian Kaede kelak, Kaede menyadari bahwa jalan satu-satunya bebas dari rumah sakit adalah ketika ia sudah.... Hiks.... Adek saya menangis sesenggukan ketika kakak saya memberi pengertian tentang kondisi ibu saya. Menjadi realistis, menerima kenyataan dengan lapang dada adalah satu hal yang pahit, tapi that's the harsh truth :( Bagi Kaede, mimpinya adalah salah satu yang sulit dicapai, bagi Keigo, apapun akan ia lakukan demi hidup bersama Kaede. Huhuhuhu....
Pertentangan batin dalam hati Ayukawa dan Kawana masih terus berlanjut. Jika sampai di volume berikutnya mereka masih saja galau, rasanya manga ini bakal berkurang daya tariknya. Semoga tidak sih. Saya masih suka dengan pasangan Kawana-Ayukawa, tapi Kawana Kore-eda juga tidak buruk. Jadi saya tim mana ya? Entahlah hahahaha....
Kawana, setelah pulang kampung di Mastumoto, menghabiskna waktunya di tempat kursus caregiving. Disana ia belajar bagaiman ia memberi pertolongan pada pasien lumpuh atau cedera hingga tidak bisa melakukan kebutuhan mereka sendiri. Disana ia bertemu dengan Keigo atau Kei yang memiliki seorang pacar dengan kondisi seperti Ayukawa. Kaede, pacar Kei memiliki mimpi memiliki rumah sendiri dan menikahi Kei. Karena kondisi Kaede, Kei berpikir ingin membangun rumah dengan fasilitas barrier free. Satu arsitek dengan kemampuan membangun rumah dengan barrier free tentu saja Ayukawa.
Dalam dialog antara Keigo dan Ayukawa, serta dialog realistis antara Kawana dan Kaede bikin sakit hati. Menjadi realistis itu memang pahit. Ayukawa tidak ingin Keigo menderita sendirian setelah kepergian Kaede kelak, Kaede menyadari bahwa jalan satu-satunya bebas dari rumah sakit adalah ketika ia sudah.... Hiks.... Adek saya menangis sesenggukan ketika kakak saya memberi pengertian tentang kondisi ibu saya. Menjadi realistis, menerima kenyataan dengan lapang dada adalah satu hal yang pahit, tapi that's the harsh truth :( Bagi Kaede, mimpinya adalah salah satu yang sulit dicapai, bagi Keigo, apapun akan ia lakukan demi hidup bersama Kaede. Huhuhuhu....
Pertentangan batin dalam hati Ayukawa dan Kawana masih terus berlanjut. Jika sampai di volume berikutnya mereka masih saja galau, rasanya manga ini bakal berkurang daya tariknya. Semoga tidak sih. Saya masih suka dengan pasangan Kawana-Ayukawa, tapi Kawana Kore-eda juga tidak buruk. Jadi saya tim mana ya? Entahlah hahahaha....
January 27, 2023
Me gusta la historia y el golpe de realidad que te da pero a veces, no comprendo algunas actuaciones de la protagonista tan inmaduras...
August 21, 2023
Oof, this volume was super messy!
At first, I didn't really didn't see the "drama" in this series, but this volume made me really upset because of Tsugumi's actions. I can't say it's unrelatable in that she is looking to move on, but I really really feel she is using Koreda in this relationship. I'm pretty confident he also knows he's being used because he even says at one point that he wants her to be the only one she has eyes for.
Insert big sigh I think?
Despite that I'm upset with her choice, I really really liked the new couple in this volume! It's surprising how much of a big difference there is in this relationship compared to the Ogawa's relationship in the previous volume. While I'm not super happy where things are concerning the romance, I'm so glad that Tsugumi is in a position where she can hopefully help make a difference in another couple's lives because she has been there too (and felt the effects of choices that weren't made by her).
Nagasawa's role in this volume was an interesting one. Not sure how else to expand on that except the end left me nervous with her, but I liked that we got to see who she was as a nurse and how instrumental of a role she played in people's lives.
Going onto the next volume with quite a bit of angst…LOL
At first, I didn't really didn't see the "drama" in this series, but this volume made me really upset because of Tsugumi's actions. I can't say it's unrelatable in that she is looking to move on, but I really really feel she is using Koreda in this relationship. I'm pretty confident he also knows he's being used because he even says at one point that he wants her to be the only one she has eyes for.
Insert big sigh I think?
Despite that I'm upset with her choice, I really really liked the new couple in this volume! It's surprising how much of a big difference there is in this relationship compared to the Ogawa's relationship in the previous volume. While I'm not super happy where things are concerning the romance, I'm so glad that Tsugumi is in a position where she can hopefully help make a difference in another couple's lives because she has been there too (and felt the effects of choices that weren't made by her).
Nagasawa's role in this volume was an interesting one. Not sure how else to expand on that except the end left me nervous with her, but I liked that we got to see who she was as a nurse and how instrumental of a role she played in people's lives.
Going onto the next volume with quite a bit of angst…LOL
March 8, 2023
It was better than volume 4! However, I had to skip a few pages with things getting a little to much with Koreda and Kawana; that’s what brings it from 4 to 3 stars for me.
Koreda gets on my nerves so much oh my gosh. Like, the fact Kawana looks uncomfortable at times. Not gonna lie, Nagasawa got a lot better this volume.
I loved the new couple introduced a lot! Those additions are the only thing keeping up going with two FULL volumes of separation. But there’s hope. 🥹
Kawana, break up with Koreda like right now and remember you love Ayukawa (and vise versa with Nagasawa). 💀
Koreda gets on my nerves so much oh my gosh. Like, the fact Kawana looks uncomfortable at times. Not gonna lie, Nagasawa got a lot better this volume.
I loved the new couple introduced a lot! Those additions are the only thing keeping up going with two FULL volumes of separation. But there’s hope. 🥹
Kawana, break up with Koreda like right now and remember you love Ayukawa (and vise versa with Nagasawa). 💀
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 23, 2020
Rie Aruga disecciona a la perfección la psique humana a través de los personajes de esta historia. En esta ocasión el foco recae en Kaede y Keigo, es frustrante como todos hacen esfuerzos por Keigo cuándo él es completamente consciente de lo que hay y quiere hacerlo.
March 20, 2021
Ugh this series is so upsetting. It's always so sad.
I really don't like Koreda and I really hope a relationship doesn't form between Nagasawa and Ayukawa... I can feel it going in that direction though. I just want Ayukawa and Kawana to be together, but I know it's difficult and there's reasons. I just really love them together so much.
This series is so painful, but so amazing. You can tell the mangaka put so much work and care and research into it.
I really don't like Koreda and I really hope a relationship doesn't form between Nagasawa and Ayukawa... I can feel it going in that direction though. I just want Ayukawa and Kawana to be together, but I know it's difficult and there's reasons. I just really love them together so much.
This series is so painful, but so amazing. You can tell the mangaka put so much work and care and research into it.
May 15, 2021
I understand why the things that happen in this series are happening, and why these characters need to do the things they need to do, but I just want them to have their happy endings! (This was all me trying to not spoil anything.)
I absolutely can't wait until the next volume!
Happy reading!
I absolutely can't wait until the next volume!
Happy reading!
June 4, 2021
Nonostante fossi in possesso dei volumi successivi, andare oltre il volume 4 è stato difficile.
Mi sono finalmente decisa a continuare.
È un colpo al cuore ogni volta. Inevitabile rimanerci male. Ma bisogna affrontare questi volumi per poter proseguire.
Tsugumi io credo in te!
Mi sono finalmente decisa a continuare.
È un colpo al cuore ogni volta. Inevitabile rimanerci male. Ma bisogna affrontare questi volumi per poter proseguire.
Tsugumi io credo in te!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 14, 2025
Three and a half stars rounded up to four (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5) because this volume did hook me again, but OMG it is really just pure melodrama at this point. It’s a vibe, I guess?
I complained in my review of the previous volume that the author never lets the main characters catch a break. Well, they sort of do in this one, but only because the author finds another couple to torture.
I mean to manipulate in an emotionally jarring way.
Ahem.
For some reason though, this one pulled me along. I guess I kept expecting something to happen that would resolve the primary conflict between Tsumugi and Itsuki, but clearly the path back together is not a straightforward one.
I complained in my review of the previous volume that the author never lets the main characters catch a break. Well, they sort of do in this one, but only because the author finds another couple to torture.
I mean to manipulate in an emotionally jarring way.
Ahem.
For some reason though, this one pulled me along. I guess I kept expecting something to happen that would resolve the primary conflict between Tsumugi and Itsuki, but clearly the path back together is not a straightforward one.
March 4, 2019
I feel like this series doesn't pull its punches when it comes to the important things! Love this story! Need physical prints in the US!
Can't get enough! This dialogue is so important!
Can't get enough! This dialogue is so important!
October 13, 2020
Questo libro mi ha toccato profondamente..?anch'io sono in carrozzina e sto con ragazzo "normale" quindi lo apprezzo e lo capisco! Molto bello
March 28, 2021
Heart pounding emotion and another great couple introduced in this volume. Definitely brought tears to my eyes a number of times!
May 5, 2021
Didn't care for the character development in this volume.
May 26, 2021
Cried AGAIN!!
January 22, 2023
4.5
Cette série est entrain de me broyer le cœur.
Cette série est entrain de me broyer le cœur.
September 21, 2023
I just want them to be happy, is that too much to ask 😭
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