Stereotypes in high school are common. Other kids will give you labels based on your preferred activities. You either get to be the jock, the queen bee, the nerd, or the teacher's pet. But what if you are too shy and don't mingle around much? You're either a wallflower or a boring nobody, which neither applies to Sawako Kuronuma.
Kimi ni Todoke, or Reaching You, centers on a shy girl named Sawako Kuronuma. Sawako Kuronuma's nickname in school is unique. Due to her shyness, and her resemblance to the popular horror film character in The Ring, her classmates call her Sadako. She's too shy to correct the misconceptions, so she just accepted the nickname. She has difficulty in expressing her emotions, and the more she tries hard, the more she resembles Sadako. Her classmates tend to whisper that she knows witchcraft and brings ill omen to whoever opposes her.
Sawako has two goals in her high school life: to search for good friends, and to do one good deed each day. She is a good daughter and a studious student, always ready to extend a helping hand. A popular boy named Shota Kazehaya noticed her and started to get friendly with her, treating her like any other normal people. He encourages her to open up to other people, and little by little Sawako became friends with Ayane Yano, Chizuru Yoshidan and Ryu Sanada.
High school life is full of surprises for Sawako as she gradually warms up to her other classmates. She started to volunteer to school festivals, offer help to students having difficulty in their lessons, and even lends her clean notes when exam season rolls around. Other people started to flock around her when she joined a gardening club and began growing herbs with medicinal values. Although her classmates still call her Sadako, she doesn't mind it. They even exploit her reputation by creating themes around her growing popularity for the school festival, and Sawako is more than happy to help.
Being a shy wallflower, she didn't realize that she began to like Shota Kazehaya more than a friend. Due to inexperience in love matters, she thought she was just being selfish to want Kazehaya more to herself, so she just ignore her growing feelings. She thought she was just being grateful for all the help and support he gave her, now that their fellow students recognize her unique abilities and sweet nature. But what about Kazehaya? Does he feel the same for Sawako?
You'll fall in love with Kimi ni Todoke's simple plots and twists. This manga has an air of freshness unlike any other, because it deals with everyday problems faced by teens without getting too heavy on drama. Once you started reading this, you'll get an exclusive look in the lives of not just Sawako, but also her other friends' dilemma. The manga doesn't give illusions about love and defeat, but gently explains and give examples on how to deal with your problems through the author's simple illustrations that speak in volumes: life may be fraught with big and small problems, but in the end, the only thing that matters is love, friendship and compassion.
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