Farewell to My Alter: Nio Nakatani Short Story Collection
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- Author：Nio Nakatani
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Summary
Nio Nakatani， known for her delicate and heartwarming portrayal of girls’ love， presents a marvelous collection of short stories that span her whole career。 With works including her striking debut title Farewell to My Alter， enthralling tales from the Éclair anthologies， and a hauntingly captivating piece penned exclusively for this volume， Nakatani explores the deeper nuances of loss， identity， and matters of the heart。
Reviews
Jillian -always aspiring-
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I do like these one-shots a lot， but I wish some of them could have been longer。
Katja
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This time a short story collection hit so many right places。 All the stories are good， some a little more， others a little less so。 A big chunk of them are Nakatani's contributions to Éclair series of yuri anthologies。The title story was interesting and a little bit chilling and the last one， drawn for this collection， was the best one in my opinion。 I also liked there were short comments from Nakatani about each story。 This time a short story collection hit so many right places。 All the stories are good， some a little more， others a little less so。 A big chunk of them are Nakatani's contributions to Éclair series of yuri anthologies。The title story was interesting and a little bit chilling and the last one， drawn for this collection， was the best one in my opinion。 I also liked there were short comments from Nakatani about each story。 。。。more
Galatea
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Nio Nakatani is a master of the craft of making manga。 Each short story in this book， whether it deals with heavy topics such as death， or mundane， slice-of-life plots， is drawn， laid out， and written with a delicate nuance。 The works here are all amazing， and there is little I can find to gripe about here。These are the stories that are told in such a way that the reader comes back to it every time getting something different。 I'd recommend this to anyone， even to my friends who've never touched Nio Nakatani is a master of the craft of making manga。 Each short story in this book， whether it deals with heavy topics such as death， or mundane， slice-of-life plots， is drawn， laid out， and written with a delicate nuance。 The works here are all amazing， and there is little I can find to gripe about here。These are the stories that are told in such a way that the reader comes back to it every time getting something different。 I'd recommend this to anyone， even to my friends who've never touched a manga volume。 。。。more
Voltin
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Quick and easy， this doesn't really want more as they are pretty much the perfect length for some mostly low stakes but nice human drama。 Quick and easy， this doesn't really want more as they are pretty much the perfect length for some mostly low stakes but nice human drama。 。。。more
Jenna
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An interesting mixed bag but， being one-shots， we didn't have time to get into the character and relationship development from the author's main series， Bloom into You。 Which I now might reread。。。 But they were quite varied in terms of plot and theme， so it was nice to see the diversity there。 An interesting mixed bag but， being one-shots， we didn't have time to get into the character and relationship development from the author's main series， Bloom into You。 Which I now might reread。。。 But they were quite varied in terms of plot and theme， so it was nice to see the diversity there。 。。。more
Brandon
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Nio Nakatani is a fantastic mangaka。 These stories can be silly little slices of life， to tragedies， to romances， and everything in-between。 I haven't read much of Nakatani's previous work so all of this was new to me and most every story blew me away。 But if you're someone who has been following Nakatani's career closely， particularly if you've been reading her stories in the Eclair anthologies， half this book is going to be reprints and you might not be as surprised as me。I loved the titular f Nio Nakatani is a fantastic mangaka。 These stories can be silly little slices of life， to tragedies， to romances， and everything in-between。 I haven't read much of Nakatani's previous work so all of this was new to me and most every story blew me away。 But if you're someone who has been following Nakatani's career closely， particularly if you've been reading her stories in the Eclair anthologies， half this book is going to be reprints and you might not be as surprised as me。I loved the titular first story， Farewell to My Alter， about a set of twins who share their lives and live as one。 It breaks your heart from the first page and sets a wonderful tone for the anthology。 I also loved Happiness in the Shape of a Scar which is about jealousy， envy， and confusing feelings of malice that spark something more。 And then the final， new original story for this volume， I Want to Be Kind hit a special place for me and reminded my of a high school memory close to my heart。 They were my three favourites， but the whole collection is a stand-out。 。。。more
Bentgaidin
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A collection from Nakatani Nio; not just romance， but always interesting looks at the inner thoughts and feelings of her characters。 Her art's really cute， too！ A collection from Nakatani Nio; not just romance， but always interesting looks at the inner thoughts and feelings of her characters。 Her art's really cute， too！ 。。。more
Mark
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Nio Nakatani is the mangaka behind Bloom Into You， currently my all time favourite manga series and the only one that has ever made me tear up while reading it。 This is her short story collection， so please be advised my bias is pretty heavy going in。Let’s get the bad part out of the way - the majority of these stories are reprints from the Eclair yuri anthology and if you’re current on those （hello！） then you are getting a paltry three stories in here that you haven’t read before。 So a real dea Nio Nakatani is the mangaka behind Bloom Into You， currently my all time favourite manga series and the only one that has ever made me tear up while reading it。 This is her short story collection， so please be advised my bias is pretty heavy going in。Let’s get the bad part out of the way - the majority of these stories are reprints from the Eclair yuri anthology and if you’re current on those （hello！） then you are getting a paltry three stories in here that you haven’t read before。 So a real dearth of new material for that reader。Okay， that’s the bad part。 The good part is that Nio Nakatani is an amazing creator and knows how to tell an actual proper short story。 So many times in manga anthologies I complain that there’s no ending and stories just stop。 None of these do that and that’s a skill worth lauding。All the Eclair stories are great。 I’ve really come around on the piano playing girl whose love interest accidentally forgets to be careful what you wish for - there’s easily a two to three volume series in this one。 There’s also a fun fox girl story， a cute idol story， etc， none of these are bad。 Interestingly， outside of those Eclair stories there isn’t any yuri to be found， showing that Nakatani shouldn’t just be pigeonholed into one genre。 They’re good at writing anything。Of the new stories， I really like one of their first works， the titular Farewell to my Alter， which involves twin girls （it amusingly drifts just this close to where you think it will and then shrugs and says ‘nah’） who function as a single entity and has some interesting thoughts on identity and love。 Shades of a certain manga series…The fantasy story is more straightforward， but no less pensive， with a pretty obvious point about people， but what appears to be a much more subtle one about maybe not ascribing too much nobility to somebody’s actions without knowing the details。 It’s good， but I would peg this as the least interesting of the book。The last story contains a suicide， so， content warning， but is a lovely little piece about two people who have very different perspectives on the same actions and the desire to be a better person。 It’s really charming， in its way， amidst all the melancholia， and I really like the way the two leads interact。4 stars for me， just because I read most of this content before。 For the neophyte， I really think every story here has worth and there are some really cracking ones to be found in these pages。 That’s a hit to miss ratio that most collections would kill for， so I heartily recommend this one on that basis alone。 。。。more
Craig Schorling
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A nice collection of short， one shot stories ranging from the funny to the more emotional。
Suppi
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Nio Nakatani， you absolute COCKTEASE。 The only reason this is getting 4 and not 5 is because I want most of these short stories to be full ass stories godammit！
Eressea
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短篇果然不太行。。。誰來都差不多吧
Cell
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