Okay, let me just say this first.
This contains some spoiler so be warned and if you don’t want to be spoiled,
just read the first paragraph. The plot of the story was really good, it showed
the point of view of the society of how Taboo homosexuality was during the
early days, as well as the characters involved and their inner private point of
view of themselves. In this manga, “New York New York” by Marimo Nagawa-sensei,
Kain was a closet gay and was afraid of being discovered because of
circumstances like bigotry, which we couldn’t deny that is still present at
this modern period. His struggles and indecisiveness was shown descriptively
and the changes afterwards after meeting Mel took a great part in reforming his
beliefs and feelings towards himself. I believe that his strong emotions led
him to weigh which was more important to him and made him the person he became.
Sensei made a very nice elaboration expressing the step by step actions the
character made in reaching the person who could proudly say and admit his
sexuality. The art was good and I was really satisfied with it because I
believe that it fit perfectly to the setting and the characters. I strongly
recommend that you read it guys.
It’s been a long time since I’ve
written something about the mangas that I’m reading. There’s been a lot that
happened and I’ve been very busy but anyway. At first I didn’t thought I would
come to write something about the manga I’ve just finished reading. The title
is “New York New York”. When I had put it into my bookmarks or let’s say when I
found it and saw that it was labeled as tragedy I got the feeling that I didn’t
want to read it for a while so it took me a little more time to have the
courage to read it. I’m really easily drawn to angst but even though it’s like
that, I still avoid reading them sometimes but I always ended up reading them
anyway. While reading NYNY, I thought “ah—I have to prepare myself. I need not
to attach myself to the character too much because this manga has a tragic end”.
But then while reading it, I just couldn’t stop myself feeling affection
towards the characters. The feelings they have for each other and the strong
desire and hope during the trials they were passing through was really great
that I always thought that it was such a waste for it to have a tragic end. I
had already braced myself for the tragic end but then as I continued to read
the story and got out of that particular dangerous and scary scene, I thought,
“Maybe it was labeled as tragedy because there were a lot of killings”. I was
really happy that there weren’t something like Kain dying or Mel dying in that
traumatic events. When I was reaching the end, the story took turn and it made
me happy of the development of it. They were very happy despite the traumatic
past that had happened. But what really moved me was the great love they had
for each other; that despite what they had been through, they were able to stay
together and be truthful to each other. I love the character of Kain, strong
and willful. I love Mel’s gentleness and the way he looked the future with a
smile and was able to cope up with everything. Really, but what moved me to
tears was the end of the story where, at their old age, they were still as
lovely as the newlyweds they were, loving and tender to each other, that
despite one leaving, one was able to accept and continue life. I love it so
much. Especially the last scene where they were both reunited, I couldn’t
control my emotions I cried so much because I was sad yet happy at the same
time. Now I’m really happy that I read New York New York. It was an amazing
experience and it has been a long time since the last time I cried over a manga
(a few days ago, I cried over a novel tho it wasn’t as bad as this time). So
anybody out there, I’d recommend your read New York New York as well and
witness such an amazing story about homosexuality, murder, acceptance, hope and
specially, a love so strong it could conquer
even as dangerous as life and death.
summary from mangatraders:
Genre: Action, Drama, Psychological, Slice of Life, Tragedy, Yaoi
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