At first I was thinking that this will be another typical romance manga. Nothing spectacular or original. The whole girl meets boy... falls in love when they're kids... grow up and meet again... and the drama begins. I thought that in the beginning once I started reading, but then things got REAL interesting. The focus of course is the love triangle with our main heroine, Haine, X, and X (don't want to give away too much!). Haine has all the typical characteristics of a shoujo heroine... only difference is shes not all sunshine on the inside... shes pretty damaged. Which makes her that much more real. There are quite a bit of other characters that all get their time to shine and you delve deeper into each of the supporting characters stories... which is awesome because you come to care for ALL of the characters. The manga touched on topics of acceptance, loneliness, selfishness, freedom, self-loathing, fear, and sacrifice. The chapters leave you wanting more due to cliffhangers (and plot twists)... which may keep you up late at night! (That's a good thing!)

The romance in the manga is the sweet, pure, and innocent kind. I'm actually used to some hanky panky in the manga I usually read... but this kind of romance is good too!

The art really is beautiful... but at times... it got tough to tell characters apart... which was why I gave the art only a 9.

All in all... each of the characters are searching for a way to come into their own... with our heroine being their guiding light... and her searching for a light of her own. It really is a touching story... with THEE "ultimate happy ending".