Flow of Time

I don't normally writing about manga -- mainly because I don't consume this kind of content as much as I do anime -- but Kodomo no Jikan has ended, and this is one manga I have stuck with for quite a while. I started the manga a few months after the anime ended, because I was interested in the plot and the anime never really got to the meat of what actually was the main story in the manga. Soon enough, I got really into the manga, and caught up to the more recent issue -- despite the several volumes establish years before the anime even aired -- and soon followed the monthly issues that would come out monthly.

Since these were monthly, I had a difficult time remembering what happened last chapter and would have to read back a bit. As a result, I didn't really feel satisfied with the ending -- not to say it was bad -- it just felt like something was lacking.

I really like the fact that both the children -- Rin, Mimi, and Kuro -- and the adults -- Daisuki, Reiji, and Sae -- learn something from each other, and got over their troubles by working together in a symbiotic relationship. The three pairs had very similar struggles, but in different points of view, that let them see their own flaws clearer and learned to live with it, or just finally came to a resolution.

It really did feel sweet and was well thought out, but it felt too vague to really feel completed, making me feel less content with the ending. Maybe I need to re-read the full manga in whole, without the wait of these month gaps to fully appreciate the story.

Overall, this was still one of my favorite manga I've read -- even with the very limited backlog of manga I have under my belt and Kodomo no Jikan's heavy presence of lolicon.