book was FUNNY! This a cute set of oneshots, some of them good, others a little weird,
Midnight Fax Letters
A cute high school love story in which the couple interact through fax, but ignore each other in school.
They are very selfconscious about their relationship and each other, Its a perfect mix of sweetness and realism,
Kochan's Email
A strange 'love' story about a girl who escapes the pressures of family and school with an email correspondence with Kochan, who supposedly went to America and made something with himself.
I didn't really care for it, but I feel that the josei component made it passable,
Lovers on Planet Icarus
A bittersweet love story that isn't about the main character.
It is actually about a dead brother's video love letter to his girlfriend, delivered by the main character, who has resented his brother even after his death.
I loved the angst and final realization in the living boy's memory of his brother, Also the memories of the dead brother's love story are hilarious, but it essentially ended openended, I really liked it though,
Summer Foam
Supposedly this was the extra story in the book and I honestly didn't get it.
I didn't like the girl and the ending sucked,
Secret Exchange Notebook
The high school couple is afraid to make their relationship public and keep a correspondence in a notebook.
They are new to the game and ave trouble determining whether the other person cares for them the same way.
Its very cute and another favorite,
Metal Moon
This is a new take on a love story, It follows a male high school student who likes a girl and is rejected by her often, An acquaintancefriend watches this and gives him an inane CD with a confession note attached, This makes the boy feel flattered, but he doesn't know what to do since he doesn't like her, But slowly, he falls for her before he confronts her about the letter, This is the best story in the set, I loved the awkward courtship and it made a lot of sense,
./Stars
I liked this collection of short romance stories much better than the first volume! Of course, that being said, volumeshared many of the same problems as volume, but as a whole I found it to be more enjoyable.
The stories were slightly more developed, and the romances were really cute, A couple of the stories weren't all that great, but hey, you can't win them all, VolumeStoriesbonus short story not letter related "Summer Foam"
This volume is a direct continuation of Love Letters, in that the stories start at, since Volume's stories stopped at, but the characters are all different so it can be read as a standalone as well.
"Midnight Fax Letters" Araki sends Wada a letter through a fax machine, This is followed up by latenight exchanges of games and jokey sketches between the two, humor that disguises a secret growing romance.
"Kochan's Email" Natsume, the mayor's daughter, emails friend Ko Minamida Koichiro, who she hasn't heard from in quite awhile, not since he said he was headed to America to pursue a music career.
"Lovers on Planet Icarus" After the death of his brother Koichi, Kenji finds his brother's digital camera and a note asking Kenji to deliver a video message to Koichi's secret lover, Yuin.
Her version of their relationship actually ends up being pretty disturbing,
"Secret Exchange Notebook" NoBuo Tsutsui catches the eye of Tachibana Kaede, They exchange messages in a notebook passed back and forth,
"Metal Moon" Kaneko's requests for a date with Meike keep getting shot down, To his surprise, he receives a confessional letter of attraction from friend ZeZe,
Bonus story: "Summer Foam" no exchange of letters involved here, but still a light romance about Tsurukawa, a swim team star, and Katagiri, the girl who joins swim club for the opportunity to be near him.
Reading this second volume, I was left with pretty much the same feelings as what I had
with the first still very much enjoy the artwork style, and the interesting relationship setups, but ultimately most of these stories fall a little on the flat and somewhat depressing side of things.
I think I did like this collection just a little bit better than Volume, My favourite story in this collection was the one with the fax machine, and the one with the secret notebook was really cute as well.
I didn't like the story about the dead brother, because it felt like it was trying to excuse, or at least make light of, problematic behaviour attempted rape/stalking.
ラブレターがもたらす恋の奇跡の物語!
ラブレターがもたらす恋の奇跡の物語!LETTERヒミツのFAXレターで彼に大接近するけど!LETTER失踪した恋人から突然携帯メールが入り!LETTER兄が死の直前弟に託したビデオレターとはほろ苦い青春の恋を描いた名作夏の泡を同時収録,