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Past & Current / Love vs Amnesia/ Mystery & Suspense

Imagine yourself standing in front of your lover or a person you secretly admired. But today, there is something peculiar about the person. He/she has a completely different personality (with no past memory) and you can never change his/her personality back. Will you still love the familiar stranger?

!!!Minor Spoilers!!!

Story: 9
If you have watched a movie called “The Vow”, it has a similar vibe to it; moreover, in the current state, vines of mysteries and suspense is going to crawl over your brain as the story progresses.

Since this manga is relatively new, I will give it a ... -1 for potential error; however, I have huge optimism for Mayuzuki’s work since she just completed a fantastic manga piece prior to this one.


Art: 10
The time-lapse style of drawing certain scenes and the Hong Kong-ish background/setting make it a magnum opus for this category :) So many details. Love it!


Characters: 9
Kujirai/ Kujirai
Kudou

Side character:
The Doctor

The character development is far from over, but we can see the character’s layers being peeled slowly as the story progresses.

Enjoyment: 10
Whenever I see this manga updates, I click.


Overall: 9
For readers who are impatient or first time reading Mayuzuki’s work, I have to warn that the manga’s story is relatively slow-paced and can be unpredictable. You have be to patient with the storyline. On the other hand, if you have read “Koi wa Ameagari no You ni” and loves that manga, then you shouldn’t be worried. Mayuzuki’s story telling is extremely detailed oriented and you won’t regret your decision by following this manga. But, the only common theme between this and her previous word only overlaps in the "romance" aspect. Other than that, these two works are extremely different from each other.

Enjoy the “fine dining” experience with this manga~


P.S. If someone is having a hard time distinguishing present and past, check out if Kujirai is wearing her earrings.

Being a relatively new series , the story of romance revolving around Kowloon walled city is most definitely a interesting , unique , mysterious and confusing one .

The story itself begins quite simple , yet as it slowly progresses the plot tenses , darkens and with each new chapter mysteries of Kowloon and it's residents starts to unravel . Past , Present , Death , Alive , Lies , Truth , Love , Hate is all but questions that awaits to be answered In the walled city of kowloon

The Characters themselves are full of mysteries , each character is decently well written and captures problems ... that can reflect some in the real world. With the dynamic between the characters are also quite fictional so it might not be for everyone. Yet I think they also do capture and reflect how those that once lived in Hong Kong's Walled city go about their daily lives , showing the struggles that once faced those within the confined city

The World that is Kowloon Wall city is nothing breathtaking as it mainly focus within the confined city , no breathtaking scenery, no grassy plains , no clear blue seas . The city it self is nothing but a walled slum. Yet I think it excelled in recreating that nostalgic feeling that was once Kowloon , the tight narrow space , the tiny rooms , traditional food , cramped walking space , leaking roof , trash everywhere , elders playing mahjong , not so great work environment, all truly capture the essence of Hong Kong.

Final Note

This series isn't for everyone , the story is indeed quite confusing but extremely in depth , the dynamic and character design is also up to personal preference , in my opinion the style is similar to mysterious girlfriend x so it also might not appeal to some. But I think the world of mysteries within Kowloon walled city is definitely something to be explored and discovered, the world itself truly captures the essence that was once Kowloon walled city. If you come from Hong Kong I world most definitely recommend this towards you . But definitely check out this series if you enjoy romance and mysteries as this series is pack to the brim with it.

So i just read this full recently, until latest translated chapter. And having it read before, this is the equivalent to The series called Lost.

In Lost, each episode you are bombared with new information and new lore. But what kowloon does not get a grip at is that they never reveal the lore, presumably in the last chapters of this manga everything will be explained.

Following is my opinion. Why tf is there gay seggs between a psychopathic male doctor and a most likely a modefied male human. And all of a sudden this now about the 2 of them solving this "CONSPIRACY OOGGAAA ... BOOOGA". From a romance between a beatiful woman, and a good man to homos. (I have nothing against homo manga, read a number of yuri stuff)

Back on track. It does really hurt me not knowing the lore explained. Although i know what is the lore and you find out the whole gig fast, it still needs to be explained lol. I like the characters, the setting, but i just cant get over how the author just does not want to explain the lore that is embedded within these characters.
Other than that, nice realationship, nice setting, yeah wow i did not expect such a cool setting, think of it as a old school cyperpunk ish.
And yeah i did read it before, remembered some things. And some things i guess have aged poorly. Might just be me.

Read it, i wouldnt reccomend. Wait maybe till the manga ends