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幸色のワンルーム
69
11
Finished
Sep 30, 2016 to Dec 21, 2022
9.3/10
Average Review Score
87%
Recommend It
15
Reviews Worldwide
It's the journey and not the destination that matters As much as you may hate the ending, you can't deny it's a great series and the ending makes the most sense. The message is that people are meant to be stepped on and used so other people can be happy. It's a very sadistic message. But that's the charm of the series. Unafraid to dive into human toxicity and explore touchy subjects like abuse and trauma. The best part of the series is how authentic the characters feel. The trauma, the despair, and angst. It all felt real. As well as the scarce moments of happiness. Crushing thosehopes of a fake, idealistic happiness is what makes the series a 10 for me.
A 14-year-old girl has gone missing, and the police are looking everywhere for her. Her parents are desperate and wish for her safe return home, afraid that she is suffering in fear and tremendous pain. However, that is not the case: in reality, she has agreed to live with her kidnapper and a previous stalker, a young man whom she lovingly calls "Oniisan." She has no desire to go back to her parents—the ones who abused her physically and mentally—nor go back to school, where she endured heartless bullying. As time goes on, their bond grows stronger, and she asks Oniisan to give her a new name: "Sachi." Despite being aware of how unconventional their relationship is, the two make a promise to get married if they successfully escape both the police and Sachi's parents—or die trying. Clinging on to the littlest bit of true happiness they have found in each other, the two hold on to their only source of hope in this cruel world. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
What a ride Sachi-iro no One Room was, starting off strong and continuing to do so for a while. It's an emotional ride that doesn't exactly make you sad to the point of crying, but for you to empathize and understand what types of relationships there are. After finishing this manga, I can confidently say... It's good, but almost completely ruined by the ending. Crazy that other reviewers only read 3 chapters or so and make a full review on a manga, but I'll try to write this diligently. Story: 7 As I've said, the story starts off in a way that hooks you immediately. You startwondering why she's hurt, why he kidnapped her, and why she's fine with it. The story continues in this psychological manner that slowly molds and gives you small pieces both from the inside with the characters, along with the outside world slowly, we see the progression with time from their situation. Especially later on as the story slows down, you get to see these characters changing due to their environment and other, outside interactions. It's not exactly a Stockholm Syndrome kind of setting or story. I won't go too deep into it, but immediately you'll see why. There are still critiques I'd like to bring up. I'm going to bring up a few early points. The bullying plus abuse doesn't really make much sense and should've been delving deeper into it. They did at some points add a few more characters to help with the "bullying" topic, but felt out-of-place, as if the author wrote themselves against a wall, and needed to add more characters to make the story more engaging. For example, they met one other character in a similar situation purely by coincidence, and also coincidentally helped one of our main character's gather their resolve because of that. I can't really get into many spoilers, but I think it does a bit poorly around that topic. It also gets a bit shaky at a few plot points where you'd need to suspend your disbelief. There are also moments of not much happening for a few chapters. Obviously to build things up and to dive deeper into the characters, but sadly didn't always meet expectations. Hard not to spoil, especially a few chapters toward the ending, but sadly the manga took a nose dive by a certain action in the manga. Luckily, most of the manga has been written remarkably well and entertainingly so. Yet, there was a moment that felt very unjustified, and especially felt like the author wrote themselves into a corner. It wasn't a horrible thing, heck, we expected the manga not to end up in perfectly. Even throughout the early chapters, it was foreshadowed to end in tragedy, and one of our main character would try to lighten that up, no matter what. Despite being foreshadowed, the issue is for me, how it happened. Being foreshadowed should live up to it, not to show a knife in the background multiple times, and have you expect it to be satisfying to have a knife suddenly hit you. It's as if in Romeo and Juliet, the deaths caused was by one of their families throwing knives at them both. Sure, the theme and metaphor would still make sense. You'd still feel the out-of-place situation if a knife suddenly got thrown. It takes you out of the story, not because it happened, but that there's a knife's existence, and the reason why it was the cause in the first place. I need to remind this point; it's not the situation of the ending that's the problem - it's how it was handled. The execution, for me, just didn't sit right. And while the author did well in pulling you back in, at the end of the day, it was still a cheap way of doing it. Despite that, the author did really well trying to wrap it up. Essentially and to simplify the issues I had, it felt like the author, for all the foreshadowing, had it noted. Sadly, that also wrote themselves into a wall. Despite that, I respect the author for following it through. The idea for the ending is great, but the execution for it is less, as it ruins both a character, somewhat simplify the messages and themes. Characters: 7.5 Our two protagonists are incredibly interesting with how they're written. They are inseparable due to their situation, but also in the sense of dependence and reliance on each other. We start off seeing how broken these two characters are, slowly getting pieces of puzzles with each chapter what they've gone through, and what they became. We also see how the early chapters; the dependence, and reliance with each other start to become toxic. Having re-read it, you see dialogues that show how much they built it up, in addition to the foreshadowing. It's also fun to read throughout, that the characters cope through comedy. At some level it's a bit unnatural, but it still makes sense and not random. Their ways of conversing especially makes the manga interesting, as it shows more of the cracks. In the beginning, it feels childish but somehow fits into this eerie feeling. It builds upon their characters and shows that they are still humans living at the moment, something that they didn't have. Later on, the dialogues and thoughts almost feel philosophical, where they discuss in a deeper and more realistic approach how their relationship and existence impact others and themselves. As the story progresses, it becomes less "light-hearted", and much more tense. With the mystery unravelling and our kidnapper and girl start changing for the better, we see them able to stand up for themselves and become more genuine with themselves. We get to see other characters as well, which adds more and impacts their relationship dynamic, situations, and decisions. The other characters have a few clichés, and some that really doesn't really exist much but to serve a purpose. They definitely still bring something into story and especially our two protagonists. It's fun to read how our main characters react and bounce with everything that's happening. Smaller pieces that I found interesting are the public's reactions to it all; how they get used and constantly swayed. Sadly, later on, it does lose a bit of purpose and is relegated to only that, but overall I think it's a nice touch to have. One of the biggest issues I found, a few characters get a bit side-lined or almost forgotten such as the father, but this is due to both the rushed later chapters of the story, and also because another character that has been secretly revolved around - the mother. Once they fully introduce the mother, we start to understand just how nasty she is. She starts off incredible, with a weird air of mystery as if she's everywhere watching our victim as if she's an omnipotent being. This might be a bit spoiler-ish, so be careful reading further. Sadly, it all comes crashing down - the mother as a character, along with the nonsensical death of another character. Portrayed as a smart individual, the mother makes weird decisions in the latter part, that feel rushed along with the story. Then, for some reason as if it was needed, trying to explain why she did such things and why she was like this, in just barely a chapter. Having a grandiose villain, explained in a single chapter for a backstory, is just cheap. No matter how you twist in saying that it makes sense for her actions, there's just no sprinkling of her as a character. Just a sudden drop. The mother as a character completely twists the story in a way that, while not ruining the theme and story, definitely twists it as well. Her existence is fine; great even for the story. You genuinely get pissed off at her, but also a mysterious and terrifying presence. This illusion is quickly broken, and the fault sadly lies within the rushed writing. Her actions, later on, felt very much out of place, and sudden. This plays very well into the foreshadowing, you expect that the ending parts not being perfect and beautiful. But the issue is how it happened. I can't give the Characters section more than what it deserves, mostly due to this, as she plays too large of a role later on in how the story cheapen itself by the ending. Art: 6 The art compliments this eerie feeling with the manga's atmosphere, along with the characters' expressions. While the art style is the typical anime/manga look you've seen before, the artist does pay attention to the character's faces and their subtle expressions that often lead to interpretation, although their inner monologues do help lead and hint at what they were currently feeling. One large critique I have is towards a "detective". While obviously, they look young for a reason, I really don't think it was needed to make cheap jokes. There is also a little bit of the same face syndrome these characters has, as if to make all of them "handsome" in some way. It doesn't make it so you can't tell which characters are who with the help of distinct characteristics, along with only having a few characters introduced at a time. Overall: 7 Despite my complaint in the later parts, I can still recommend this manga to those that enjoy an emotional thrill or can relate to such situations. The art, while nothing crazy, does its job and does it well, to compliment the story and characters. Our two main characters showed how you could find hope in each other, but also ride the line of overreliance, in additions to the themes of self-love, abuse, and much more - which is done well through the conversations and internal monologues. I'd still recommend this manga to some, but I can completely understand if people get put off later on. Overall, it was an enjoyable ride with really interesting characters put in unique situations.
How do you cope with a world that hates you? How do you cope with a world that hurts you? How do you cope with a world that misunderstands you? Sachiiro no One Room is a story that breaks your heart and puts it back together again. It is a story that makes you feel everything - sadness, anger, sympathy, hope - and nothing at all. It is a story that shows you how life can be cruel and unfair, but also beautiful and meaningful. Genuinely, nothing else has etched a hole in my heart as deeply as this manga has. The synopsis frames the character's relationshipas a willing abduction, but both the characters are unreliable narrators, and their narration is used to shine light on the worls that left them in such circumstances. Just keep a look out on what the foundations of their supposed "romance" and "abduction" is. Story & Characters coz I can't talk about them separately: The story follows a young girl named Sachi and the mysterious young man she calls Onii-san, who she seems to be willingly staying with despite supposedly being her kidnapper. It's a story about two individuals who have slipped through the cracks of society, isolated, helpless and deeply resentful of a world blind to them. A girl who has been abused and neglected by everyone she knows. A boy who has lost his purpose and his identity. A pair who had nothing but each other finding each other in a world that doesn't want them. Because even tho it is Sachi that is the runaway, the refuge in each other they try so hard to protect is, in fact, an escape from their pasts and their problems for the both of them. However, the ongoing search for Sachi keeps pushing them into further and further corners, blurring the line between their desires for companionship and their desperate escape from their troubled histories, entwining their relationship into a deeper and deeper state of codependence. It goes without saying, but happiness, especially for marginalised people like them, is not easy to find or keep. They face many challenges and dangers along the way. Over their journey, they have to hide their faces, their names and their feelings. They have to lie to themselves and others. Deal with their traumas, insecurities and doubts. It's hard to imagine how harsh Sachi's life was before we meet her in the story since she seems to so readily discard her previous life for someone whom her happiness with can't even be assured (branded kidnapper and all). Yet, they forge ahead, making grand promises to one another, such as marriage and a shared fate in death. Deep within their hearts, however, they recognise the ambiguous and uncertain nature of these vows—a façade designed to uphold their false sense of security. A lie they tell themselves to keep moving forward. Because humouring their cohabitation under a twisted all-or-nothing facade of romance is the only way they can define a role and place in this world with a future by each others' sides. The characters constantly refuse to address the false pretences under which their relationship lies, and they struggle to reconcile their desires for a place in the world with the dire reality of their situation. However, the events of the story constantly demand them to face themselves. Is it love or dependency? Is it healthy or toxic? Is it enough or too much? They make promises they can't keep. They hurt each other without meaning to. They wonder if they are better off together or apart. Despite their deep connection, the happiness they experience together under their fake promises and facades is ultimately fragile, and with the many moving outside factors intertwining against them, there's an anxious aching to the way everything they built could come crumbling with a single misstep. A reminder that, in a world that has been so cruel to them, even their moments of happiness are fleeting. This uncertainty creates a sense of urgency and desperation as we find ourselves hoping against hope that they will somehow be able to overcome the obstacles that stand in their way and find a way to be happy together. The narrative evokes a mix of emotions, simultaneously rooting for their bond while desperately wishing for them to find solace beyond the confines of their current circumstances. They act as if the value they see in each other is all they need, but could there be more? (Plz let there be more.) Over the course of the story, the two main characters show each other what it means to be seen, heard, understood; alive, hopeful and grateful. But ultimately, it is in the presence of those who reach out and genuinely see them for who they are that they begin to find the strength to confront their circumstances and propel them beyond the confines of their codependence. Some of their encounters are kind and helpful, some of them are cruel and pieces of shit, and some of them are somewhere in between. And I suppose it is part of my obligation to point out that one of these pieces of shits and the topic explored through them involves SA, which while it does tie into the manga's themes, plot, characterisations and stuff, it probably could've been handled with a wee bit more delicacy? Tho everything ties together and pays off at the end. (But honestly, y'all can nitpick every flaw you find in it but Sachiiro will always be peak fiction in my heart.) One of the things I appreciate about this manga (I appreciate everything) is that despite how much you end up rooting for them, the manga does not glorify or justify the main character's relationship. It does not pretend that it is normal or healthy. It does not ignore the fact that they are breaking the law and hurting other people. It does not shy away from showing the pain and trauma that they have endured and inflicted. But it also does not condemn them. It does not paint them as monsters or victims, nor deny them their humanity or their feelings. Instead, the characters are simply allowed to exist, dealing with their issues as clumsily and flawed as human beings do. At times, you get a feeling that their relationship is gonna be doomed and that there's no way they'll end up happy (fuck me), but also how the joy and meaning they found through each other is worth betting everything on regardless. It's an appreciation of how they were able to grow and change as individuals, even if their futures can't be assured. That even so, they must cherish those who were able to see and accept them, in fierce defiance of a world that will not extend the same to the two of them. Overall: Overall, Sachiiro no One Room is a story that will make you (me) think and feel deeply. It is a story that will challenge, inspire and stay with you long after you finish reading it. It is a story that shows you the power and beauty of human connection with characters who walk down non-black-and-white paths, whose actions are not just good or bad but complex and flawed. It's a tragic tale highlighting the harsh realities of life and the unfairness of the world, especially for those who are vulnerable and marginalised, but also how two people can find each other in the darkest of times and light up each other's lives in spite of that. It shows you how two people can love each other in the most unconventional and unconditional way. A powerful reminder the fact we all have stories to tell and that we all need someone to listen. A story that makes you ask yourself: How do I cope with a world that hates me? How do I cope with a world that hurts me? How do I cope with a world that misunderstands me? And how do I live in spite of it? I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to experience something different and meaningful, because genuinely from the bottom of my heart, I have a mental breakdown every few days thinking about it and I think you should go through it too coz fuck you and the world and everything but also ily.
I actually teared up at this series I loved the set up and how you can tell something was up, and later in the series everything was set up in a realistic way that you could tell, And the characters leave such powerful and honest messages about them and others And don't even get me started on all the characters experiences and how it actually feels so real, like the characters experience have shaped them into who they are and you get to see them develop slowly in a series This series is beautiful and I can not recommend it more Thank you Hakuri for thisamazing piece I won't forget it for a long time
When I first read it, I thought it was an ordinary, unimpressive story, but I think it is a very meaningful story. It was a good process, even though there were parts where I got bored. I wish there were more characters. I also wonder what it would be like if it didn't end like this. The reason why I gave the series a 9 is the mark it left on me. Normally, I would give it a maximum of 7.5, even though the drawings are nice. Because even though the topic had a good message, it was a classic topic. Still, the message andemotion conveyed by the series were good. I hope the person who reads this comment can have an idea about the story. I thank the author and the illustrator immensely.I hope everyone gives this book a chance and remembers that happiness can come at unexpected moments.