So I just got done with a one-volume manga titled, Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan (Our Happy Time). It's a painful, but very beautiful story, and to my surprise, many of its themes resonated a lot with recent events in my life.
Not sure if I ever wrote about it here, but I visited a women's prison for a couple days while in S.Africa. This manga illustrates very well the most important thing I learned while over there:
...that sometimes the only thing separating a prisoner from a 'normal' person is literally just the fact that one person is behind bars while the other isn't.
Even that aside, the story explores several other heavy themes, a few of which have had a big impact on my life as of late. And from what I can tell, the manga deals with these issues in a way that is truthful without being exploitative or overdramatic.
To top things off, the last chapter contains one of the most emotionally affecting scenes I have ever read in a manga. The last time I cried that hard was over a year ago, literally.
brb tissues ;__________;
