Alright, let’s talk about this “love shot manga” thing, whatever that means. Sounds fancy, like somethin’ them city folks would jabber about. But I reckon it’s just about love, ain’t it? Love and stories, that’s somethin’ everyone gets, even us old hens.
Now, I ain’t read no fancy books, mind you. My readin’s mostly limited to the Good Book and the seed catalogs. But I hear tell of these “mangas,” pictures and words all mixed up together. Sounds like a whole lotta fuss to me, but if it’s about love, well, that’s somethin’ I know a thing or two about.
Love, it ain’t always easy, you see. It ain’t like them fairy tales where the prince and princess live happily ever after. Sometimes it’s a mess, like a chicken coop after a fox got in. Sometimes it’s quiet, like watchin’ the sun set over the fields. And sometimes, it’s just plain confusing, like tryin’ to figure out why the rooster crows at 3 in the mornin’.
- One thing I know for sure, love ain’t always straightforward. I heard tell of one story where this fella, Ishigami, loved this gal all along. But it wasn’t no simple lovey-dovey stuff, see? It was complicated, like tryin’ to untangle a ball of yarn the cat got ahold of.
- Then there’s this other story, somethin’ about a cupid and a girl named Han Tae-hee. Sounds like a whole lotta trouble to me. Cupids and arrows and folks fightin’ over who loves who. Reminds me of that time the Johnson boys fought over who got to dance with Mary Sue at the county fair. Ended up with a black eye and a broken nose, that did.
And what about them stories where things just don’t end right? Like that one fella, Haruki, who finally agrees to go out with Akihiko, but then the whole thing just… ends? That ain’t right. A story needs an endin’, like a good quilt needs a border. Otherwise, it just feels unfinished, like a half-plowed field.
Then you got these doctors and plastic surgery folks. Now, I ain’t never had no plastic surgery, mind you. Wrinkles are just proof you lived a good life, I say. But these stories, they sound like they’re about more than just fixin’ noses and liftin’ faces. They’re about changin’ lives, about folks findin’ love in unexpected places. Kinda like findin’ a ripe watermelon in the middle of winter.
I even heard about one story where the author just up and quits! Leaves the characters hangin’, like clothes on a line in a windstorm. Now, that ain’t fair to nobody. If you start a story, you gotta finish it. It’s like bakin’ a pie. You can’t just put it in the oven and then forget about it. It’ll burn, sure as shootin’.
But I guess that’s what makes these love stories so interestin’, ain’t it? They ain’t always perfect, they ain’t always happy, but they’re real. They’re about folks tryin’ to figure out this thing called love, just like the rest of us. And even if they end up messy or sad or just plain weird, well, that’s life, ain’t it? Life ain’t a straight line, it’s more like a winding dirt road with bumps and potholes along the way.
So, this “love shot manga” thing, maybe it ain’t so different from the stories we tell each other around the kitchen table. Stories about love and loss, about joy and heartbreak, about folks just tryin’ to make their way in this world. And maybe, just maybe, that’s why we keep readin’ them, keep watchin’ them, keep tellin’ them. Because love, in all its messy glory, is the one thing that keeps us all goin’.
Love, it’s a powerful thing. It can make you do crazy things, happy things, sad things. It’s like a wild horse, you never know where it’s gonna take you. But one thing’s for sure, it’s a ride worth takin’. And that’s the truth, whether you read it in a fancy book or hear it from an old woman like me.
Tags: [Love, Manga, Romance, Story, Relationships, Anime, Heartbreak, Life, Characters, Ending]