Natsu no Zenjitsu
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Synonyms: The Day Before Summer
Japanese: 夏の前日


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 5
Chapters: 38
Status: Finished
Published: Nov 7, 2008 to Jun 7, 2014
Genres: Drama Drama, Romance Romance, Slice of Life Slice of Life
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: good! Afternoon
Authors: Yoshida, Motoi (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.581 (scored by 42584,258 users)
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Ranked: #24052
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1537
Members: 12,913
Favorites: 205

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Mangagood! AfternoonYoshida, Motoi (Story & Art)
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Volumes: /5
Chapters: /38

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The only thing in Tetsuo's mind is art. The beauty, the nature, and the quality of art. One woman watches him handle his art. Her name is Akira. She watches as he constantly tries to draw day after day, and she oversees the completion of his work at a local art exhibition. Akira apparently has become interested in Tetsuo's love for art and his work. One rainy night, Tetsuo notices that Akira left her umbrella and he decides to deliver it to her. He finds her and gives her the umbrella and doesn't use it as he claims that the umbrella isn't his. As Tetsuo leaves, Akira tells him to wait. He turns around and finds Akira bringing her lips towards his... Love has bloomed in the middle of a rainy night.

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Aizawa, Akira
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Aoki, Tetsuo
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Inoue, Eriko
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7 Recommended
1 Mixed Feelings
1 Not Recommended
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Apr 12, 2023
Milisco
Recommended
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This is a very interesting one. Unlike a lot of current romance manga, it is unapologetic, bold, painfully realistic and most of all very objective and sharp in its writing.

The story is most the time almost uncomfortable for how real the emotions feel. The paralels and metaphors with art inside the story are on point and work through a surprisingly large range of human emotion.

The characters feel incredibly layered and alive, being at the same time, incredibly consistent from a writing stand point, while feeling as unpredictable as any alive person, and without ever giving the sensation it was a writing choice, but rather, ...
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Jan 4, 2018
nazxz
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (12/38 eps)
Spoilers for begunning of story present!!!!

I did like it at first because the story was progressing, the characters were likable and the romance was there. I still like Akira's character because she puts up with all of Tetsuo's shit, but she should abandon ship like I did. My reason for dropping it is that it didn't go anywhere from the first chaptets. I can't seem to find the driving force behind this story besides that the main character is whiny and has problems. He seems to be good at drawing, as mentioned by several characters in the story, but he has zero confidence and seemingly ...
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Mar 22, 2018
Stranger_Hanyo
Not Recommended
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THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

You might be wondering why I gave Natsu no Zenjitsu a 2. It is because I loved it, binged the whole thing in an hour only to read the last chapter and flipping off my laptop in anger. Yes, the ending totally kills it.

I don't know if you guys like tragic stuff and what not, but I hate them. Our brilliant stupid MC Tetsuo is a genius artist. He is shy of girls, until he meets Akira. Akira is the beautiful, slightly older and caring woman, and they fall in love. But do they really?

Akira loves her, but Tetsuo is kind of ...
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