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[katikat]

I just finished reading Marimo Ragawa's manga series called "New York, New York" (4 volumes) and...

I cried my eyes out. Literally. Never before made me a manga cry. I mean, I hoped that after all that Kain and Mel went through, they would get their happily ever after and growing old together etc. etc. And in some way, they did. Kain saved Mel from the serial killer and they moved to Boston and Mel went back to school... But then there's the fast-forward through the eyes of their adoptive daughter and we see that Mel died of cancer, being barely 52. Kain survived him by 30 years during which he never stopped loving Mel. It was too sad for words, really :'(

And then there was the gen stand-alone story "From Me to You" about a young man who didn't realize how much he loved his best friend, until the friend died suddenly in an accident. Another cry-worthy story. What is it with Ragawa and her characters dying?

And now, I picked up Piers Anthony's "On a Pale Horse", the first part of his "Incarnations of Immortality". Hm, sounds interesting...

Comments

[castalie.livejournal.com]

New York, New York was the second yaoi translated in French and I bought it as soon as it came out Back Then, and I remember crying too when I reached the end.

That ending was very sad, wasn't it? But to see them reunited in death, looking so young and healthy and happy and knowing they'll be together again for all eternity after being on ther own for so long, well, it made me feel better. I liked that idea better than them being separated by death, I have to say.

I wish I still had my Kain/Mel icon now!

[katikat.livejournal.com]

It was terribly, terribly sad :( It just didn't feel fair that after all that they went through, they couldn't grow old together *sniff*