Sora no Kakera (“Sky Shards”) by Fujimoto Yuuki

I have been a faithful reader of manga for years. As an immmature brat and novice in vast world of manga I started reading shoujo and I still stick to it till now. Though, to be honest, I occasionally betray this genre and wander in shounen or josei grounds hunting for something new, different, unique. As an impatient reader I hate long, draggy, seemingly never-ending series and rarely stick to it. But, of course, there are some exceptions. For this reason alone I LOVE oneshots or short series. But there is also another reason. Sometimes manga simply doesn’t need extension and serialization can unnecessary cause dropping of quality in plot, slow pace or bombing of clichés. So it’s not surprising my first review will be about 62-pages long oneshot.

Protagonists of this story are two ten years old boys, Nico and Jean. Both of them are orphans who grew up together in church.