Webcomic Review: Your Letter by Hyeon A Cho
Quote: The letter contained the key to the rabbit hutch along with a note asking me to visit early in the morning.
Sori-Lee a brave and kind middle-schooler moves to a new school in her old city from her grandmother's, after she stood up to bullies for someone, and facing bullying herself.
In her new school, assigned to an unoccupied desk, soon she finds a letter addressed to her; containing names of her new classmates, school map and a clue for the next letter.
From one letter to another Sori moves into a world that she can't explain. There is a witch gardener in school who offers her tea. She walks seven and a half steps with closed eyes and ends up finding a magical hideout. From ordering delicious food to school to jumping into the pond to retrieve the letter she and befriends Eugene Park. Eugene an archer is having a hard time concentrating on his sport. So they become partners to uncover the letters.
Each letter is just not words but a task ahead that helps Sori, and Eugene later or both just having a magical time together.
The story is sweet; it's about courage, it's about having faith and it's about the timelessness of friendship and about the fragility of life.
They constantly face obstacles while looking for their letters, from the wet letter to the moment when another bully burns their letter, they never give into despair. They overcome the obstacles by wit and logical thinking, and their belief in their pen-pal never weavers.
The art and storytelling of Your Letter is like a blissful marriage between Makoto Shinkai's narrative detailing and Miyazaki's magical adventure in ordinary life. The beautiful transition from childhood to adolescence and the friendships triangle is so well balanced. There is no hint of 'love', but affection for
each other and the art helps enhance the curiosity of the characters by ten folds.
Your Letter is only ten chapters long, and each chapter is bewitching. My personal favourite scenes were; Sori and Mrs. Kim having tea, Sori receives a thank you letter from an old friend, the jump into the pond was simply gorgeous!
This is a perfect story for people who crave Miyazaki and Shinkai stories on paper.
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