River's Edge (manga)

River's Edge being by the author of Helter Skelter, I made sure to check it out. It's pretty much just the story of three people (well mainly one but two of her friends are major characters): The person mentioned in the parentheses who'se pretty much just a normal high school (I think...) girl, a kid who gets bullied with quite a few secrets and a model. Our main character, like I said, is just a normal person, and she's dealing with these other two unique people's insecurities and different ways of life. We also just have a normalish (and well portrayed) high school story of love and life and such. I dont think the characters are quite as well drawn as Ririko from Helter Skelter, but this story does have some memorable characters, not to mention a story you can relate to more than that of a declining model. Like Helter Skelter, we get a very dark outlook on how people are capable of acting, just this time with more familiar characters. I really don't think this should be missed; it's a bit more accesible to the majority in my opinion than Helter Skelter, and extremely enjoyable though. Just don't read it while you're in a good mood if you want to keep it. I'm on a pretty good reading/watching streak right now :D

Rating: 9.5/10