Land of the Blindfolded: Volume 2

by Sakura Tsukuba and Tsukuba Sakura

Book Overview

"First published in Japan in 2000 by Hakusensha Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401205259
• ISBN13: 9781401205256
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: DC Comics
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

This manga just keeps getting better!

Volume one left us with Arou-kun telling Kanade-chan that he "really liked" her. Kanade doesn't know how to respond, and this strains her relationship with him. Her best friend, Eri, helps her out teaching Kanade a new way of "seeing" the one you love, when she explains connection to her boyfriend, Ezawa: "Ezawa-kun's the only guy who has, like, an aura around him. Even if the world were in black-and-white, I'd be able to pick him out by his sparkliness and even when he's far away, I can find him in a jiff." This lesson floors Kanade. After seeing another girl confessing to Arou, Kanade realizes that love isn't something you figure out by thinking, it's something you know without thinking (and this realization helps her to see Arou's "aura"). Chapter five deals with Namiki, who now is dealing with his attitude about seeing the future (that is, use it for your own benefit). He learns a valuable lesson from Kanade when one of his visions involve an adorable puppy left in front of the school. The whole episode delves into Namiki-san's past and how people in his past treated him like this abandoned animal. He puts his health in danger for this puppy, but unlike his past associates, Kanade and Arou don't leave him to suffer alone with the consequences of his actions. Namiki also makes a confession in this chapter that angers Arou and flusters Kanade. After this episode, I "almost" like his character...not quite, but he's growing on me. The last chapter starts with a ghost story Eri tells to Kanade about the biology lab they are cleaning. Apparently, the teacher died in the lab, and no one found the teacher until after summer break was over because it's in the very end of the south wing. Finally deciding on a club, Arou becomes the only member of the gardening club after "seeing" how much it meant to its past members. Because the club is tied to the tea ceremony club, Arou gets roped into performing the celebratory tea party for the seniors. The result is that Arou isn't able to spend as much time with Kanade as he prepares for the party all by himself. The girls in the tea ceremony club don't think that Kanade is good enough for Arou and feel sorry that Namiki likes her as well. They don't bother to hide their feelings in front of Kanade either. Kanade starts to wonder if they're right, but Namiki tells her to stop listening to those girls and "trust Arou's smile". Even though Namiki could've taken advantage of Kanade's misgivings to steal her away from Arou, he didn't, and that makes me like him even more. When Kanade gets left to clean the lab by herself and almost meets the same fate as that past teacher, she gets some "ghostly" help alerting the guys to her situation. We get to see some of Kanade's past here and how she's changed since meeting Arou and Namiki. I absolutely love Tsukuba-sensei's special extra stories! One is about Kanade and Arou's date to an amusement park. Namiki interferes, naturally, and, despite Arou's