Summary
Taiyo Matsumoto: Sani 2
Life in the orphanage goes as usual: in games, jokes, fights, scolding. Sei got used to the new environment and friends, Meguma and Kiko fantasize about the adult world, and in the meantime, another boy came to the orphanage. Little Toru gets used to the new stage of life, and Sei guides him through the rules of the orphanage. Toru has a hard time accepting the reality he suddenly finds himself in, as he misses his mother and his previous life.
The story then follows Haru's departure to Tokyo and his meeting with his mother. The boy is enchanted by the metropolis, his senses absorb the smells and sounds of the metropolis. At the end of the second tankobon, we discover how devastating the consequences of selfish decisions made by parents driven only by their own ambitions can be. In an ideal world, children would not make up that they were kidnapped by kidnappers in order to gain at least a little attention.
In an ideal world, eighth graders would not think of dropping out of school and joining delinquents. In an ideal world, parents would come to parent-teacher conferences, and mothers would not beg their children not to call them "mom". But, unfortunately, we don't live in an ideal world. Matsumoto points this out in the 2nd volume of his famous title Sani.
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