Perfect World 1 (PERFECT WORLD GN) Paperback – Illustrated, 23 April 2020

The art is beautiful and the story is heart felt and touching. While reading it you can understand the feelings of the characters.

I was intrigued about this book knowing that it was a romance between an able bodied person and a disabled person. I haven't seen it a lot, especially in manga, and I absolutely loved this manga and I can't wait to read more from this series!

A fantastic start to this series. The author has handled the difficulties of living with a disability wonderfully well and it's wonderful to see these two growing closer together.

Perfect World is my very first graphic novel! I was encouraged to give one a try by the Metaphors And Musings blog post Why I love Graphic Novels and Comics and surprised myself by actually enjoying the book. I spotted Perfect World on NetGalley shortly after reading Kristen's post and specifically chose to download it because it features Disability On The Cover - also a topic Kristen has discussed so it seemed like fate!No sniggering from experienced GN readers please(!), but it did take me a few pages to understand exactly how to read this book. The dialogue mostly flows from right to left across the page and different speech bubble shapes differentiate between spoken words and thoughts. I was impressed by the software used. My review copy of Perfect World was created as a pdf which I could easily read on my Kindle Fire with no bizarre formatting.The story itself is lovely and not at all what I had expected from Manga. Aruga's doesn't shy away from the physical and emotional realities of living with a spinal cord injury and also shows how the uncomfortable reactions from other people can impact on sufferers and their companions. I liked that initially Kawana can't really see beyond Ayukawa's wheelchair and it takes a big effort for both to accept that a romantic relationship could be a possibility. Aruga conveys tremendous emotion through what are often quite stark pencil drawings. I loved the atmosphere she creates for these characters and the strong realities of their story.This GN is the first of six volumes although the only one as yet to be translated into English. The rest do already exist in French, but I'm not sure my colloquial language skills are quite up to this yet so I shall eagerly await the English volume 2!

This is a beautifully illustrated josei manga. It’s a love story between a woman in her mid-twenties and a disabled man. Very realistic and very transparent about problems/obstacles that people with disabilities face in their day-to-day life. Sweet and heartbreaking at times, but nevertheless So worth reading. I highly recommend it. You will fall in love with complexity of the characters and with the interesting plot.