Nico's Reviews > Children of the Whales, Vol. 4

** spoiler alert ** It's been a long, long time since I've cried over a character death and I still haven't fucking forgiven the author for it. It's that kind of death that throwing the book away doesn't help because you keep thinking about it every few hours and it hits like a sucker punch all over again. Ouni's my favourite and I just... Ugh. He wouldn't appreciate a hug, but dammit, Chakuro better do it anyways because this is going to be a horrible formative event in his life and he won't even have Nibi by his side to keep him steady. Ugh, I gotta stop or I'll start crying again.

Sufficed to say, I adore these characters and the the world and art are gorgeously creative. The message about emotions also hits hard. Love this manga.