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3.0

This second volume of Kabi Nagata's diary comics deals mainly with mental health, depression, self-harm and hospitalization. The drawing style gets looser and looser as it goes along, which feels very appropriate given the subject matter. This is an intimate and raw portrait of someone whose life is completely falling apart, with periods of intense psychological pain punctuated by stretches of boredom and brief hope. By the end of the book she is once again living at home, having given up alcohol and formed a much stronger bond with her parents. I hope she's doing alright now, and keeps drawing comics.