Review: For those of you who are not familiar with the film, thats fine because this story covers all of it in its entirety. Garden of Words, in my opinion, is one of the most touhing love stories out there.The fact that it is all a single volume means there is a lot to take in, in a shorter time which makes the message and mindset of the characters all that stronger.

Takao's mindset relates to that of most teenagers these day, believing that there are no adults out there who believe in him, even his older brother. This belief is what has hardened him when it comes to most adults in his life. Being the dreamer that he is, Takao also becomes hardened to adults believing that they would only hinder his spirit and his dream of becoming a shoemaker. Further indications of his stubborness and strange rebellious instict can also be noticed as he creates his own rule of skipping first period on days where it rains. These rebellious feelings and philosophies that Takao shares from his narrator perspective, definitely is something that most readers can empathize with. It highy appeals to me as it should to other readers as he becomes a character who wants to follow his own dreams and ensures that nobody can hinder his goals.

Yukino, on the other hand, is the perfect counterpart to Takao since she is an adult with a childish personallity. Due to her peculiar tastes for chocolate and beer when we first discover her, you can already kind of sense a strange kind of air amongst her that can be taken to either be immature or childish,  both of which accurate yet on two different sides of the same spectrum. While being exposed to Yukino's character for a long time, most of the information about her is loomed in mystery up until the climax of the story which, for most of the story gives her that kind of mysterious and non-adult-like personality.

For those that have seen the film version of this series, this manga brings one of Makoto Shinkai's latest and most beautful masterpieces into a brand new form. While the character designs may look different from what you may have seen in his film but the designs and illustrations done by Midori Motohashi fit perfect into the manga's own work. One great thing about the manga is how it is able to go more in depth to the film as if the viewer is discovering deleted scenes never before put into the movie. The depth makes this series even further pull at my heartstrings as it brings in more detailing towards the characters. It is through this extra amount of story that we are able to notice more in the mindset of both Takao and Yukino.

 On one note, some of the wording and placement might seem a bit off at first even for those who consider themselves experienced in reading manga, but once you get used to this fresh style of manga-writing you are in for a ride. The ending of the story also has cute mini-comic that I liked and thought was an excellent touch, making me love the seres even further. I truly enjoyed reading this manga and was able to feel it come to life as I continued to read which made it feel all as much as real to me. This one is truly a title worth being in any manga fan's collection!