I just woke up from a two hour cat-nap. I've enjoyed reading my manga, and maybe I'm gonna share it with you!
Sayonara Elevator by Maita Nao (Sorry, I don't know the real English name of the manga)
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| The Malay translated version of Sayonara Elevator |
Sayonara Elevator: Gift From Heaven
Oikawa Shino, a girl who doesn't know how to socialise, finds a lift in her school that's connected to another world, which was also said that a boy died in there. One day, she finds the lift operational and a boy named Shingo Kozue in it, the same boy who was said to die in there. He gives her a book Girl Notes, the words written over a lot of correction pen ink. With it, Kozue helps ShinTo socialise by getting around people with their usual habits. Later, Shino slowly realises that she is in love with him. Before Kozue leaves in the lift, Shino confronts him about the Girl Notes, which is revealed to be for her. He says that he had eyes for her, but he died before he could meet her. After hearing his story, Shino let Kozue go, promising she will never stop smiling, as it reminds her of him.
Sayonara Elevator: My Treasure
Young schoolgirl Miyako gets a postcard from her childhood friend and first love, Mizukawa Haruki, which wrote that after a very long time, he will come and visit her. When a friend asks about Haruki, Miyako replies that they are best friends since childhood, and always keep in touch with each other. She happily tells her friend that he will come and visit, after years of not seeing one another. On her way to the teachers' office, she notices that her school's long-abandoned lift is working again. She is shocked to see that Haruki comes out of the lift, in purpose of seeing her again. Miyako takes him to the school garden to catch up on things with him.
He then tells her that he wants to go to the usual meeting place, as that was the place where they would watch the sunset together. As they watch, Miyako claims that Haruki has grown taller and tries to touch him, but he nudged away, claiming that her sudden approach has surprised him. Later in school, a classmate asks Miyako why was she talking alone in the school garden the other day. She confronts Haruki, who finally confesses that he likes her and tells that he has to look for his treasure, but he needs her help, as he can't touch anything.
He takes her to a buttress tree surrounded by water, saying that his treasure is hidden there. Miyako swims to get there, but the current suddenly catches speed. She begs for help from Haruki, but he is a ghost, and he couldn't help her. He tells a drowning Miyako that spirits come to the world using the lift he used before to settle scores. He also claims that spirits cannot bring humans to the OtherWorld. He remembers her telling him that he is her beloved for ever, but the earth isn't eternal, so he is helping her get to the infinite world so they could be together for eternity. As he leaves her to die in a watery grave, Haruki says with a smile that Miyako is his treasure.
Sayonara Elevator: This Time It Isn't Wrong
Okimura Yume and Tsukui Nanase are best friends since childhood but as she reaches adolescence, Yume realises that she has developed feelings for him since they were children. As a little girl, she proposed to Nanase, but he rejects as they could not marry unless they were 18. Yume was asked to wait until they were 18, and she agreed, a promise she remembers till now. As she walks back to the locker room, she finds Nanase sliding an envelope between two lockers, which neither are Yume's. As he leaves, she takes the letter and threw it in the trashcan, before running out and bumping into Nanase, who is going back to the locker room. They have an idle talk before a car crash into them.
They come to and realise they are back in the school, using the abandoned lift. Yume over hears a conversation about her and Nanase being hit by a car, landing in a coma. They trace themselves to the Yonemura General Hospital, where they find themselves dead but breathing. Thinking that they will never wake up, Yume goes back to the school and goes down the lift, where Nanase stops her. She admits to him that she had noticed the love letter Nanase sent and threw it out, thinking that he loves someone else; hearing this, he wraps her in his embrace, asking why, in her opinion, that he turned back. He then tells her that he realised he put the letter at the wrong locker and says that it was originally for her. Nanase also tells that he couldn't wait to confess his love for Yume until they were 18. Hand in hand, they go down the lift and wake up from their comas.
The Miracle You Gave Me
Schoolgirl Kaito Remi has a gift where she could tell when a person is lying. She meets a boy with a chronic disease, Yorito Asuka, who is a classmate whom she has never seen before, yet she claims that he shines like the sun. To their classmates' discomfort, Asuka confronts Remi about her ability to detect lies. He tells her about him being admitted to the hospital half-a-year before because of his illness. He takes her to the the hospital he was admitted to, begging her to tell if the nurse who treats him is lying. Remi reveals that the nurse lies, and the truth is it will be a problem it to do a surgery without a suitable donor for Asuka, since he has only one year to live without it.
Later through the story, he goes to school and faints in class. His classmates lie about worrying about Asuka's condition. Remi, who couldn't stand any of this, fights back before running out. Asuka, after being slightly healthy, gives her a ticket to a theme park, inviting her to go dating with him as soon as he is well-conditioned. Of course, Remi could sense that he is lying, and lets go of the ticket, letting it get blown by the wind. She sulks on a bench beside a bush, in which Asuka is in, his hand clutching the ticket Remi had let go. He tells her that he will get better, and he will go with her. Remi senses his lies and cries. Asuka confronts her and tells her that even though they might be lies, he wants to believe them, because he knows what's right for him and he wants to be with Remi.
A year later, Asuka has healed completely and he and Remi become a couple.
A Wish Upon A Star
Right after having her love being coldly rejected, Hayasaka Kanou gets killed in a road accident. A month later, she returns to her school to seek revenge for her love, Natsume, who is the only one to notice the now spirit- Kanou. She remembers her words the year before, she said when there is a falling star, a person will be reborn, because if a person dies, he will become a star. Everyone didn't believe her and turned to Natsume, a member of the Astronomy Club who said that it was a fascinating story.
One evening, Kanou notices Natsume is still in school, sleeping on his desk. She sees that he is still wearing his headphones, and is curious to know what he is listening to, which turn out to be radio transmissions. As she wonders why Natsume would listen to radio transmissions, she falls asleep on the floor beside him. When she wakes up, she notices that the sky has grown dark. She is surprised to see Natsume hasn't returned home. When she asks, he replies that he has a book to read. She remembers the headphones and asks why was he listening to radio transmissions, and he simply replies that it is his hobby.
One day when Kanou sneaks into class, the teacher explains that we can hear when there are falling stars, because when this happens, radio transmissions will become unclear and if the transmissions still become unclear, that means the stars have fallen. She notices Natsume in the class. When he notices her back, he looks away. After class, she confronts him that he has hoped for her to be reborn. Natsume confesses that he has loved Kanou for so long and when she died, he has been listening to radio transmissions ever since.
Hearing this, Kanou starts to disappear. Natsume grabs her and their lips meet in a kiss. As he lets go of her, Kanou vanishes, resulting in Natsume's tears starting to fall. The radio transmissions from his headphones start to sound fuzzy. He looks up to the sky and sees a falling star. In another place, a sound of a crying newborn baby is heard. Natsume still hears Kanou's words ringing in his ears: We will meet again someday... I'm certain of it...
Well, there you have it! I got extremely sad when I read about Kanou and Natsume; I literally cried after that! Yuri couldn't help but laugh. So much for being girlish, eh? I've also read Shokora no Mahou ~creamy sugar~, where a new chocolate maker named Blanche is introduced. She's the complete opposite of Shokora: she wears white clothes, has white hair and looks very kind (but the Gothic Lolita style still sticks). Heh, I'm trying to catch up with Aren; she is interested in Japan's mangas, which is the heart of Japan! I do too, and I do a little homework about Japanese instruments and fashions and stuff; like the furisode, koto, shamisen and other things.
Resu thinks she knows about Japanese stuff too, because I can hear her talking about it in class, saying that furisode are the hot things there. Yes, but the only people who are wearing it are geisha!! She practically hates me. (What can I say? I'm the person who most people hate) But the problem is, she tries to be nice with me with the talk of Japan gig. That doesn't work, because one: she talks about it with a very sarcastic & mocking tone, and two: she doesn't like it, she just does this just to be good in everyone's books. She's got that covered, since she's the overlord of everybody, even if I am Head Girl and not her. =-=;
Till then, Bye-Bye!
Smileys all around,
.:MIMI TACHIKAWA:.
~AJISAI HaNa~
