A Town Where You Live

Since last time I covered Suzuka, obviously I would cover Seo Kouji's current manga,A Town Where you Live, next. Seo decides to throw the reverse from Suzuka, which had the main protagonist moving from rural Japan to Tokyo, and decided to make the lovely Eba move from Tokyo to rural Japan! Eba moves into Haruto's house, since her father was an old family friend of Haruto's family, and she decided she wanted to go to high school in the country. Haruto objects right away, cause really, what guy wouldn't object to a beautiful young girl, same age as you, moving in with you for the next four years. Yeah, Haruto's a bit slow when it comes to love, but he does have a crush on a girl in town named Nanami. She is also in the same grade as Haruto and Eba, and has gone to school with Haruto since forever. The series, as of today, just hit is 200th chapter! The road they travel down these 200 chapters and a long and boundless road, full of heartache, promises, lost chances, hope, friends, lost loved ones, and plenty of pretty girls smiling. I'll have to say that it is pretty hard to predict what exactly will happen next at time, which is why I enjoyed this manga so much. One or two things you might say, "yeah, could have seen that coming", but while you were waiting for the one even to happen, a cascade of other events unfold simultaneously. I'll have to say I feel I actually like A Town Where You Live, more then Suzuka at this point, mainly because this manga is always evolving and changing, and it feels a bit more realistic because of this fact. I don't think this manga takes itself as seriously as I just made it seem, cause there is a ton of humor throughout, and fan service for days, but I think this manga really does hit some hard life situations that shake the characters and the readers. All in all, I suggest you start reading this manga as soon as you can, because its one of those manga's that comes out on Wednesday, and has you itching to read the next issue from Thursday till next Wednesday.