Gold by FUJITA Kazuko

This is the second last thing ive read and the last thing I've compeleted as of 22 Oct 2023

Okay this one might be long and i might come back and make many edits of it and change how i feel but considering that ever since i did complete it i've already started rereading it shows 4 sumthing lol. This is also considering that i picked up the mangakas other manga right aft which is rlly good but like idk this one js is close 2 my heart and i already know once like ive cleaned up this website more its instantly going to the favs page 4 comics lol

I havent started talking abt it yet which will no doubt be a theme in not only this entry but the website as a whole but anyway i feel context is majorly necessary 4 this bcos as much as i want 2 believe like 5 yrs down the line i'll read this n reread gold n b like wow! my opinions havent changed at all! i also am terrfied i'll h8 it and have nothing 2 show 4 it so unnecessary context is needed ok,, So if its me reading obv ull know what im talking abt so i'm gonna b a little vague bcos i'm terrified of sum1 irl finding this. But this was the manga i read on the flight to ... 4 uni, i dont have 2 tell u how much of a bad time it was and is 4 me and how i'm already planning 2 move back once the sem is over 2 get my life back on track. This was the manga i read on the 13 hr flight next 2 my MOTHER listen if udk anything about this manga u should know that theres alot of sex scenes ofc its tasteful but its still naked men n women,,,, it is p funny thinking back on it but it was a nighttime flight so i didnt wanna disturb the people ard me by watching a movie so i decided to read this but every 5 pages id have 2 quick swipe down and check that no1 saw, its p funny considering every moment i wasnt reading i was properly crying and tearing up bcos i guess inately i js knew this wasnt the right choice for me but more on that on my diary lol ANYWAY thats how i read the first few chapters and i was honestly hooked then i finally came here and cried everyday 4 approximately 2 weeks but funnily enough the only thing that helped me through it was reading it and not in the escapism way it was more of the taking strength from the characters way, it may sound corny but even now (and i have a feeling in 5 yrs) mars, bronte and even mischief continue to give me strenght esp Mars. Anyway i should start talking about the story now,,,

So the story, no im not giving a recap lol u read it and it impacted u this much id b disappointed if u 4got lol. Apparently its an adaptation of Ann Major's novel, "Secret Child". i havent read it so i cant account 4 that but i kinda wanna lol mainly bcos i wanna know if its fujita who made this magic or ann major. That aside i was genuinely hooked frm the first chapter idk if it was the beautiful art style or th fact that the story was allowed to be so unapologetically itself like it was exactly itself without any making fun of itself of sarcasm about it, it made me feel more inspired about my future stories and what direction i wanted them to go it also majorly made me more motivated to get btr at drawing. But it felt like a story that understood that it was allowed to take itself srsly, i feel like that js smth i dont see in modern romances and honestly it kinda cheapens modern romances for me... like for example her meeting Mars 4 the first time in a wedding dress in the storm while running away from people looking for her bcos her groom left her at the alter is smth that people would say is cliche even more so when hes also running away from people(the cops lol) but it js takes itself srsly wihtout a hint of mockery of itself in my eyes it becomes a beautiful first meeting. I know people have thier issues