I Had That Same Dream Again · review
This is an inspiring story about a little girl in search of happiness. It tackles the obstacle of the question itself: "What is happiness?". Through the whole manga the little girl tries to find the right answer or, as it turns out, more of them. She doesn't want and is not satisfied with a simple answer, even though she is aware that happiness is also found in eating sweets and delicious food, she is digging deep to find the real, core meaning. What is even more interesting is that she is so very young to be facing such a difficult question in a difficult way thatshe choose to tackle it. Making a presentation about happiness was something they had to do for a school project and it's very fun to see how the majority of kids interpret it and how she does. The contrast between her and ohter kids is evry strong and it is defitintelly an aspect of this story that should not be overlooked.
At the first glance everything seems very normal, with the fact that she is, in a way, very mature and eloquent for her age (even though there are moments when she definitely acts like a kid she is). However, there is a twist, or a few! The ending itself blew me away and I love how the name of the manga plays a very big role through it and especially at the end. It is genious. She keeps looking for answers through others and mostly herself - which definitelly sends a big message across, even for adults: happiness lays inside of us and in people around as, as well as in the little things.
*The only complaint I would like to point out is very vividly shown self harm which is not necessary and there should be a TW, as well as censorship, in my opinion.