a solid story, but that epilogue was so trite it kind of spoiled it for me. would do better without it - the tonal shift was so weird. the characters were all pretty convincing, although I'd have loved to see more of why

she fell in love with Ryu, apart from him just being ... nice to her?? as a pseudo-father figure?? it felt a little bit... iffy to have her fall in love with someone like that, playing into the stereotype that women want men to fill the gap of a father in their lives... just very uncomfortable on all sides and didn't make me sympathize with his death and her mourning. girl, free yourself!

the action scenes were pretty cool, especially the final few. other than that... yeah. just a good book, nothing especially outstanding to me. translation was very well done, I think.