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こもれびの国 ~le duché
39
4
Finished
Feb 26, 2009 to Jun 26, 2012
6.7/10
Average Review Score
67%
Recommend It
3
Reviews Worldwide
Komorebi no Kuni is a manga that you may be overlook for. As the synopsis said, this a story around a high-school girl Lulu, the heroine of the story. Taking the background in Europe industrial era, most people may start looking into it as the art is surprisingly beautiful. Story: 7 The story itself is never meant to be spectacular. Lack of drastic turn of pace and twist of plot are understandable as the author may want to deliver a peaceful teenager daily life story. Therefore in the end, you may completely forget what is this manga storyline. Art: 10 This is the main reason I read the manga.From the chapter 1 to the end, the art quality is fully colored & impressively toned. The scenery is drawn very well & the detail is great. The author consistently keep the quality of the art, even though I could spot some flaws. In the end, I am truly satisfied with the art. Character: 8 The total number of character is limited. Dominated by girls, we could see people who have direct influence to the Lulu & two of her close friends, Collet & Rem. Therefore we would focus to their interaction. Enjoyment: 8 I truly enjoy this manga as I continuously read it without being lost. The conversation topic is so simple so that I don't really need extra effort to comprehend it. At the end of some chapters, I re-read the entire chapter just to re-enjoy the art. Thank you for reading my review, and sorry for my grammar.
Manga about the everyday lives of Lulu and her little adventures in the late industrial revolution era. (Source: Batoto)
Will try to make this short. Story - 7 Art - 8 Character - 7 Enjoyment - 7 "Komorebi no Kuni" or "The Country of Sunlight Filtering Through Tree Leaves", feels like a special treat to the manga medium, a treat that all show go and enjoy regardless of what your tastes may be. It is one of those manga, that despite minuscule attention it receives, it will remain as a long memory you can keep, whilst you go over the manga medium. With many s.o.l, there is no end goal. Though I really don't think that matters. Although the narrative in itself within each chapter isn't as great as others.o.l, it still feels as if the different chapters tell the story in such an intensified manner. This mostly related to the art as well, giving it that life needed to make it feel alive. But the mix of the two give of this atmosphere of clarity whilst reading the story. There isn't much out there that I have seen done such so well as this. Characters are in the same boat too, they feel as the story feels. I feel like the characters match perfectly to the story giving it the feel that it radiates off. No complaints there. This is a full-colour manga, and it is made really well in that sense. As said before, the full colour genuinely helps intensify the mood, just stare at a piece of cake (a literal one) in the manga and see how blissful it is, and how well it integrates with the world around. Sweet (quite literally too) stuff to view. Makes me want to hop into that world. Overall, this is very enjoyable and quite nice to spend the time with. I read the whole thing in about 2.5 hours plus/minus 30 mins. If I can do it that fast, anyone can. Would recommend 100% though don't expect anything groundbreaking. It is a nice refreshing take. I mean, I also got a best girl to love from this manga. You might too. Never know what happens. Overall - 7.25 (7) Yes, Remm best girl.
The primary redeeming feature of this manga is the art. All four volumes are full color and gorgeously illustrated. The backgrounds are full and well detailed. Unfortunately, everything else about the manga leaves something to be desired. The description says that it takes place during the late industrial revolution, but you would hardly know it from reading the manga. There's not really anything in the story that has to do with the industrial revolution. For some reason, there are also armored knights, which were long outdated by the late industrial revolution. When you have a slice of life manga, thesetting and context are more important, since there is less plot development. Here, however, it feels like the setting and context are completely superfluous to anything happening in the story. Another important part of slice of life manga are the characters. Here the characters are typical moe-blob. They don't have strong personalities and they don't really have any meaningful development and there's not much that challenges them. The characters look and act like modern (manga-based) school girls, so there's nothing that really places them as "industrial era high school girls." You might say that it's an example of 'cute girls doing cute things' but they don't really do much. The manga briefly touches on some developments that the characters could have, but none of them are pursued to any satisfying extent. The four volumes are a quick read, but I would only recommend this if you are in the mood to enjoy some full color illustrations without really expecting much beyond that.