is a
one-shot
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Japanese
manga
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written and illustrated by
Fumi Yoshinaga
is a Japanese manga artist known for her shōjo and boys' love works.
Life
Fumi Yoshinaga was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. She discovered amateur manga, doujinshi, in junior high school, when a friend showed her a doujinshi depicting a roman ...
.
Biblos
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released the manga in March 1997.
It is licensed and published in North America by
Blu
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on August 14, 2007.
Reception
Pop Shock Culture's Katherine Dacey criticises the manga for her feelings of
déjà vu "with its recycled character designs, clumsy socio-political lectures masquerading as conversation, and the “I didn’t realize how much I liked you until you forced yourself on me!” epiphanies that her uke characters experience". Coolstreak Cartoons's Leroy Douresseaux describes the "mix of poignancy and surprises" in the manga as "engaging". Mania.com's Danielle Van Gorder commends the manga's "character's expressions, which can convey volumes without words".
Jason Thompson, writing for the appendix to ''
Manga: The Complete Guide'', noted that ''Truly Kindly'' was one of Yoshinaga's early works, saying that "some of the plot twists feel arbitrary", and her art feels "flat", but the rest of the anthology "are just plain good relationship stories".
See also
*''
Lovers in the Night'' - another anthology by Yoshinaga which contains a story about two of the characters from this book.
References
External links
*
1997 manga
Fumi Yoshinaga
Josei manga
Manga anthologies
Romance anime and manga
Tokyopop titles
Yaoi anime and manga
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