Wild Strawberry

Look, it's not a bad manga. The art is truly great, and the premise is solid. However... I'm not sure if it was due to a lack of confidence from the mangaka, or in the mangaka, but it's a rushed story. For those old enough, it's like Star Wars Prequels. You are not reading a story, you are being told a story. You are not introduced to the characters, they appear and go without much thought whatsoever. So, even if the premise of the manga is great, they got a strong foundation, whatever else they built on was extremely flimsy. The mangaka wasn't able to followthrough with what was proposed initially, couldn't develop characters, couldn't address motives, nor anything else. The last few chapters are just something to not leave the story without an ending, so you will read - a lot -, and not experience whatever it was they had envisioned. Overall, it's a great example on how not to tell a story, a great case study if you are into writing. Otherwise, I don't see a great value added after reading this one.