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Aoi Hana


Alt Names: alt 青い花alt 青花alt 蓝花alt 푸른 꽃alt Mavi Çiçekleralt Sweet Blue Flowers
Author: Shimura Takako
Artist: Shimura Takako
Genres: Drama DramaRomance RomanceSchool Life School LifeSeinen SeinenSlice of Life Slice of LifeYuri Yuri
Type: Manga (Japanese)
Status: Complete
Description: Fumi and Akira were best friends when they were little, with Akira always looking after the crybaby Fumi, but that all ended when Fumi's family moved away. Several years later, Fumi's family returned, and she and Akira happened to bump into each other on their way to school. They became friends again, quickly slipping back into old patterns. Shortly after, Fumi began dating a cool, attractive upperclassman who, coincidentally enough, had ties to Akira's current school, the prestigious Fujigaya Girls' Academy.
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Just finished this, for what I can read in the comments this might not be the best story to read monthly, the time skips and flashback (and even flashback to completely new or random characters out of nowhere) are the worst thing for me but above all I think it was a great story... and once again I'm glad I'm reading this now and now when it was serialized, my heart wouldn't have survived vol 7

I guess Fumi chan was mature (forcefully and I'm still mad) for her age when it comes to love and A chan was too naive at the moment.

Please don't missunderstand (I love this manga!– And it's waaay better than the anime adaption I watched some years ago.), but those minimalistic backgrounds seem kind of atypical for manga. I wonder how much of that was intentional.
This manga is VERY Shimura Takako. In other words, 50% atmosphere, 25% confusing non-linear storytelling, and 15% forlorn heartbreak. I don't know about the last 10%, it happened offscreen.

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I didn't dislike the story, all told, but it started to lose me after a while. I think the manga had the strongest impression in the beginning, before it got bogged down with side characters and subplots that don't really go anywhere. I don't mind wide casts, but if you're going to introduce a diverse group of characters all with their own individual stories and perspectives, it'd be nice if those stories actually made it out of your head and onto the page.

Damn, Shimura Takako is amazing at doing subtle expressive faces. That alone makes up for some of the flaws in story-telling and art (so many panels are just black background with some text), and really carries. One of my favorites.

TheShawn--that would be the main weak point I would have mentioned in the long post I gave up on. It tends to meander, to the point where when they finally get back to main characters I've forgotten what the fleep is going on. And it rarely wraps up the side stuff either, so if I do find myself caring about them I'm annoyed that they've been left hanging, but then by the time it goes back to those same side characters again I've forgotten what their deal was. I suspect this would be an even better read if you came to it complete, ideally in paper in a large format, and could read it all the way through and flip back and forth and stick some bookmarks in it.

I read it all in one go, and it's good like that. It's nice seeing the lives of the side characters too and what's going on in their lives rather than it being a universe designed and centered around two individuals with everyone else being placeholders for people. It probably would have been confusing if I'd read it over a period of months/years though.

It's good. Seemed quite angsty at first but it's actuallly pretty light hearted. Probably because there are always optimistic and energetic characters around no matter the situation.

 

I loved how the drama was not mainly based on gender but actual feelings for one another. 

All the damn feels.. 

 

Very good story. But like some already pointed out an epilogue or something would be nice.

I honestly had to give this up at chapter 32 or so, I don't mean to say that manga should be dumbed down or anything but damn, it takes way too much effort to follow all the characters and random time skips/interludes in this. 

Well, that just about killed me. My heart. It hurts. It hurts so good... I would have loved a bit more definitive - and I'll admit it, erotic - if an ending. But it fit the theme of their relationship having gone full cycle, which was appropriate... Appropriate in that the series was determined to deliver one heartache after another. Damn it. Still hurts.

It's the ending I wanted, but at the same time...

 

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The story is great, but it sure took a lot of effort to figure out the chronological order of the events, time skips are the theme of the day for this manga along with what I presume are flashbacks. Nonetheless the story plot is not terribly hard to follow, though I would prefer if it hadn't sidetracked so often to the side characters. The ending isn't quite what I wanted but it works well. I definitely recommend this manga to anyone reading the comments to see if its worth the time. 

Why must it end so suddenly :( 

 

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That's pretty oblique and flashbacky.

Ah, well, I'm still really fond of it.  And here we have the finale.  Kind of sudden, but oddly in keeping with the whole thing.  I'd say I'm more satisfied than I feared.

OK, does anyone understand what Akira's motivations are here and just what her status is with Fumi?  Because I'm lost.

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But did I miss the part where she actually said any of that stuff to Fumi or is the mangaka just way too addicted to referring to everything indirectly?  Gah!  So annoying.

this http://vatoto.com/read/_/171752/aoi-hana_ch49_by_hime/21 is when akira told fumi that they should breakup

OK, does anyone understand what Akira's motivations are here and just what her status is with Fumi?  Because I'm lost.

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But did I miss the part where she actually said any of that stuff to Fumi or is the mangaka just way too addicted to referring to everything indirectly?  Gah!  So annoying.

For goodness sake, Fumi go find yourself a better women that can love you back. I'm tired of all the damn drama.  Those lame girls don't deserve you anyway. And I damn hate that Sugimoto girl. 

i really want to see  a real happy ending and no an ambiguous one  and thank you Hime

Very cool, thanks a lot for the new chapter Hime!!!

I'm assuming my translation of chapter 48 keeps getting deleted because of this comment. Just to make it clear, I did not use the free translation from yuri-project for my release. I translated this from the original Japanese and I'm pretty sure if you compare them side by side, noticeable differences should be evident.

 

If this is the case, maybe you should make a thread in QA forum, asking the mods not to delete the chapter. Including the link to the free translation of yuri-project might be a good idea too, so the mods can compare them

Chp 48 is out, courtesy of the chill ppl on /u/. Don't upload it here please. Scanlator used a free translation from yuri-project and didn't ask for credit. If you find this post just read it, tell your friends, and move on. (link in forum post)

I'm assuming my translation of chapter 48 keeps getting deleted because of this comment. Just to make it clear, I did not use the free translation from yuri-project for my release. I translated this from the original Japanese and I'm pretty sure if you compare them side by side, noticeable differences should be evident.

oh boy, i hope ch50 is not the last ... 

it's ending in July, so 52 will be the last.

oh boy, i hope ch50 is not the last ... 

Chp 48 is out, courtesy of the chill ppl on /u/. Don't upload it here please. Scanlator used a free translation from yuri-project and didn't ask for credit. If you find this post just read it, tell your friends, and move on. (link in forum post)
Sadly Lililicious already dropped this series :(


"Chapter 47 is the last chapter we're doing of this series. The download will be taken down in a couple of weeks."

is what they said... all the links except for ch.47 are taken down.
it seems like Jmanga has licensed this manga. Lililicious will probably not continue scanlating it.
lets hope I am wrong...

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