We Were There, Vol. 10

僕等がいた [Bokura ga Ita] #10

by Yuuki Obata

R to L (Japanese Style). The award-winning series known as Bokura ga Ita in Japan!

Don't regret.

Do everything you can while you still have the chance.

That's what I think it means...

...to have a "happy heart."

Genres: Manga, Romance, Shojo, Graphic Novels, Slice Of Life, Comics, Comics Manga

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 26, 2006

About the author

Yuuki Obata (小畑友紀) is a Japanese mangaka.
She won a Shogakukan Award for New Mangaka category in 1998 through her first creation, "Rain Drops".

Reviews

[Roo Winchester · Rating 4 out of 5]

Estoy bastante frustrada con este manga y no lo puedo leer rápido, es demasiado para mi pobre corazón y es que ¿No le pueden dejar al menos al FUCKING perro al pobre de Yano? ¿Hay necesidad de ser tan cruel?

Definitivamente odio a la autora y tengo miedo por lo que está por venir.

Pocas veces me ha pasado que un libro me pusiera mal al leerlo a tal punto que necesito parar para tomar un respiro. Con este, necesito respiros al menos 5 o 6 veces por cada tomo... Y ¿Por qué rayos lo estoy leyendo? Porque el final del anime fue terrible, y la parte del manga en la que lo había abandonado era peor, así que simplemente lo estoy leyendo con la esperanza de que estos pobres personajes encuentren al fin su rayito de luz.

Pido un buen final para este Manga, ojalá así sea.

[Franchesca Nicole · Rating 1 out of 5]

I actually CANNOT with the second female lead. I forgot her name, and I can't be bothered to look it up, but I don't understand why people pursue others who are already TAKEN. Like do you not have any respect for the other person, or at least any self-respect or dignity for yourself? 😭 I just don't understand that kind of decision-making. It's ok if you can't control your feelings, but you can with your actions! Also, there are only 6 volumes yet. I just want to get this series over with.

[Jenny Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a lovely and sad manga. I can't imagine what Yano feels... I wish he woukd tell Nana though... I would also like to get back to the adult time rather than high school time. I feel like this volume should have been before the one where we see Nana almost graduated from college, but other than that it was good.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally I'm starting to full in the blanks about Yano's side of the story and why he disappeared from Nana's life!! His mother getting cancer was such a shock!!! And it also throws a HUGE wrench in Yano's life - she has to stop working so there isn't enough money, he has to look after himself by cooking and getting a part-time job, and he isn't sure if he can go to college anymore. I just wish he would tell Nana about it! It's so interesting that this manga focuses exclusively on Yano, whereas the previous one focused only on Nana. I hope their stories meet up! I also love the new character, Akiko, because she basically forced him to be her friend.

[CJ - It's only a Paper Moon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm cursing you out right now Yano.

[Evey Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este tomo me ha emocionado de nuevo. Los estoy dosificando al máximo pero están dejando un foso en mi que no podré olvidar. Cada vez que termino la lectura de uno me deja completamente k.o.

[Jenny Derochemont · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was definitely interesting to see Yano's version of things. While I don't understand what girls see in him I do somewhat have some respect for him as a person. He's working hard to try and make sure that things are okay, however, I think he should have eventually told Takahasi instead of letting it get to the point where he just stops talking to her. Sengenji is setting herself up for disappointment and is way to obsessed with Yano. I get she cares about him, but she also needs to think about herself and what's going to happen once they graduate.

As for Yamamoto I've already expressed my feelings on her. As far as I'm concerned she needs to move on from Yano and shouldn't have come to visit him. I have a feeling that this won't be her last appearance though.

[Gaby · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

Yano, Yano... sentimientos encontrados totales en mí. Por un lado, su situación es difícil, difícil y eso hace que simpatice un poco más con él (que antes al saber solo que desapareció); sin embargo, sigue sin gustarme como maneja las cosas con Nanami. Entiendo su lógica, al no querer decírselo, pero ¿es necesario llevar toda la carga solo? ¿No nota que eso solo lo alejará de ella, pues tendrá que mentir una y otra vez? Y podría acercarlo a alguien más...

Y la aparición de Yuri... realmente, no la soporto ya. ¿Por qué no entiende un no? Ojalá desaparezca de una vez.

Estoy intrigada por saber cómo continuará. Y, como de costumbre, preciosas ilustraciones.

[Kotomi PV · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ya empiezo a odiar a Yamamoto mucho más que antes: venir a casa de Yano, pretender quedarse en su casa, comprar lo que Yano quería para Nana-chan... Y además, su compañera de clase de Tokyo se está volviendo muy entrometida, la entiendo, pero pobre Yano, todas las chicas se enamoran de él y tiene que lidiar con ellas todo el tiempo

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I actually enjoyed this one a lot more. Yano's character (while I hate him with Nana), is a lot more bearable by himself. And the friends he has at his new school, along with the variety of personal struggles he's having, are actually interesting. Yay! Faith in the series renewed!

[Arwen84 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finalmente vediamo cosa è successo a Yano nei quattro anni precedenti!!!
Mi è piaciuto questo volume interamente dedicato a lui e anche al suo rapporto con Senjengi..

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

What can I say, I really enjoy this series! It's filled with love, though choiches and a lot of drama, but I am addicted to it! This volume was not as good as the last ones, but I enjoyed the story.

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Chelsea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just a continued unhealthy binge on this wildly tragic yet heartwarming series.

[-moonprismpower- · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yano just can’t catch a break! Life just keeps moving… This series has stayed interesting the whole time. I especially love the conversations these characters have. They seem so “real”.

[Claudia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chapters 36-39

[kuristina- tabreez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yano is put under a lot of pressure when Yuri Yamamoto runs away all the way to Tokyo to visit Yano and try again to win him over, and when his newest closest friend, Akiko, makes it harder on him by allowing Yuri to stay at her house when he tries to force her back home! Yano eventually gets Yuri to return home after she begs him not to act like their hookup after Nana-san died never happened. Every time he says nothing. Later, she sends him another letter and he throws it in the trash. Yano has also picked up a night job, getting home at five in the morning, four days a week, trying his best to save up to visit Nanami when out of the blue (to him, his mother knew this was coming) his mother is hospitalized with stage six pancreatic cancer. The doctor tells Yano that she has only a 13% chance of survival. This entire incident with his mother started the very week he was supposed to visit Nanami, and not only was his chance taken away but he has to support his mother now and pay her medical bills. He picks up another job and with his grades dropping, he has began to consider not going to college at all...

In this volume we get to see how Yano lived after he moved to Tokyo, the friends he made, and the hardships he faced. At this point, I'm starting to think that his mother most likely died, and also that Yano in unknowingly pulling away from Nanami. I don't know what it was about this volume, but I didn't really enjoy it as much as the previous two. Although I do really despise Yuri Yamamoto, and she was in two or three chapters in this book, so that may be the cause.
Also, it seems Yano has unwittingly made Akiko fall for him by simply being himself. By the way she feels, he may very well be her first unrequited love...

[Mehsi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume is all about Yano, when he just got in Tokyo.

I already disliked Yuri Yamamoto, because she apparently doesn't know how to stop, how to get the hint that Yano doesn't want her. Never. That it was just a mistake back then. But now again, she is here, suddenly and apparently expecting things from Yano. God, that girl is really dense and annoying. Glad Yano finally said something to her, brushed her off. Let's hope for all that is good, that she will understand it, and that we won't see her in the story again. :\

Sengenji, is a very cute girl, I really liked her character, atleast she understood that she doesn't have a chance with Yano, and backs off (for most of the times). Tries to be just friends and even brings her dog around since Yano misses his dog. Though I am glad she said what she said about Yuri, she was totally right. Eventhough it might be not something of her business, still it was brave that she dared to say it, it was really needed.

Aww poor Yano, his mother works so hard, and now she is ill (that she never found out that she was already that far in the stages).

It was a very emotional volume. This series is soooo good.

[Soobie is expired · Rating 1 out of 5]

Numero tutto dedicato a ciò che ha fatto Yano dopo essersi trasferito a Tokyo. Ovvio, se già Yano sta poco simpatico... Non so, non è che migliori leggendo del suo passato. Alla fine, ci viene mostrato un ragazzo che è in difficoltà, perché la madre è malata - e non è in grado di chiedere aiuto. Non si fida di nessuno e allora prova a salvarsi da solo. Nessuno sa che la madre è malata, nessuno sa che ha bisogno di soldi... Ciò non lo rende un eroe.

Mi dispiace per Yuri. Neanche lei mi è mai piaciuta come personaggio ma la scena in cui prega Yano di non negarla è straziante. Lei gli dice che il fatto che siano stati insieme ha per lei immenso valore, ma lui la liquida a male parole. Tze!

Va beh, la meta è vicina.

[Softreflection · Rating 5 out of 5]

The books are always surprisng to me, with thei different points of view and changing emotions. One moment Nanami is like, fuck no, I'm not going to see him or care about him, then shes like, I love him so much! I miss him!
She needs to get her priorities straight.

[Rosario Rolon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yuki Obata why do you like hurting my heart?!
I never felt a knot ,with holding it tears in public reading this .
I cried like a baby.
Wishing ,scared of what will happen to them ,can't just tease us with this cover .

[Kimikimi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Full review on last volume

[nidah05 (SleepDreamWrite) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Back story this time. And geez series, how can you pull so many emotions left and right. Not fair, not fair. But wow just...getting better it seems. Now and then anyway. Still, it has its moments.

[Jace · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first and the best shoujo manga I have ever read nothing made me feel what I felt the same as We Were there did.

[La Revistería Comics · Rating 4 out of 5]

No, no estoy llorando. Es que justo se trabó la cortadora de césped y me llenó la cara de pastito... De ese pastito que te llega hasta el alma y te estruja el corazón.

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edición argentina que traduce los capítulos 36 a 39.

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too many throwbacks. I want to see Yano and Takahashi together again T-T

[aliyah · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[ale (taylor's version) everett · Rating 3 out of 5]

s.o.s