I'm going to preface this by saying this is mainly just me rambling about a manga that I've come to love, read on if you want! There are heavy spoilers ahead.
I absolutely loved reading this, it had such a nice atmosphere of mystery to its world while telling a very down to earth story of two girls doing what they can to survive and hopefully reach their goal.
For the whole time I was reading it I felt like nothing was going to go wrong, Chito and Yuri had everything they needed, food was never an issue as they often found more just before running out, they had an abundance of ammo and even explosives, water and fuel where everywhere as well, its like the world was set on helping the girls get by. But there had been this lingering thought in the back of my mind that something was going to go wrong, I couldn't think of what it was but it was there lying in wait and as the story progressed it was constantly getting louder and louder until the chapter where the girls met the rest of Nukos group and received the warning about the end at which point the warning was so loud I couldn't ignore it any more. Then to my horror, it came to be, things started to go wrong, it was small at first with it only being the clothes getting broken but then it just snowballed, the bike broke down and they had to abandon it with any gear they couldn't carry, the options of what to burn for fire leaving only the books, getting left in the dark after running out of lantern fuel, the food, the water, all of it just started to go wrong and at that point I knew what was coming and I was dreading it.
Chito and Yuuri reach the top, the goal they have had for the entire run without really knowing why, and its empty...
There is no way for them to keep on going, there are no new resources and then the worst happens, Chito starts to have regrets about completing the journey because she realises they can no longer go on.
When abandoning the bike Chito made sure Yuuri brought one explosive charge with her, I didn't think why at the time but this was the point where my dread fully took hold and the tears started to flow, it shouldn't have come to this, they did it, they reached the goal and yet here they were ready to end it. The girls settled down for one last night together and that is how we are left, not seeing what happens to them next but with the sad implications left on the reader.
How did we get to this point, how did the cute journey between two girls and the stragglers they met along the way end it such despair.
I hope I never forget this story but if I do I hope to get to experience it all again and have it leave me they way I felt to first time all over again.
