Sand Chronicles, Vol. 10 , Vol. 10

Hinako Ashihara

Sand Chronicles, Vol. 10 Hinako Ashihara Can the sands of time bury the pain of the past?

Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for T+ audiences.

Final Touching Volume!

Daigo digs up the time capsule he buried twenty years ago when he was only ten. What message did Daigo leave for his future self? And what does it take to live life fully and without regret?

Sand Chronicles, Vol. 10 Details

Date : Published January 4th 2011 by LLC (first published August 25th 2006) ISBN : 9781421528083 Author : Hinako Ashihara Format : Paperback 200 pages Genre : Sequential Art, , Romance, Shojo, Comics Manga, Graphic Novels

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Kevin says

[Daigo finds out that Mrs. Koda has been lying not only t

Kayla Loewen says

So loved every page!!

Bryn (Plus Others) says

I liked seeing the afterwards, and I loved hearing what Daigo thought about the journey.

K. O'Bibliophile says

3.5, SERIES REVIEW

I wasn't a huge fan of this when it was running in Shojo Beat, but the magazine was canceled before the characters aged in the series. As a whole, I found the series an interesting human drama.

We follow Ann (and her friends of similar ages) from the time she's 12 to the time she's 30 at the end. I'm not a big fan of teenage drama (which the first half of the series is full of), but it does show the characters growing and maturing with each year.

Part of the appeal is Ann herself. Her [probably clinically] depressed mother commits suicide when she's 12, and Ann has the hardest time escaping that for the rest of her life. We follow her love life, with its ups and downs that thankfully don't reach normal shojo drama levels--all the characters have their own personalities and their own issues, so the relationships are actually between two people, rather than between crushing airhead and a prettyboy.

The last two volumes of the series are essentially extra. Volume 9 is backstory, from before Ann and company were even born, but it gives insight into Ann's mother, a key player by her very absence for most of the series. Volume 10 shows Ann at age 30, settled into her new life, and details the lives of those she's still close to. I absolutely love when I can see what happens *after* the main story (although since the story was a 28-year journey of Ann's life, this is probably more of the same, but it feels like an epilogue) .

Travis says

I love this so much. It's complicated and realistic, and the focus stays solidly on An. This is her story, and while there are some subplots with guy angst, it never takes over and becomes a story about the guy and his angst, like so many shoujo series do. I loved the characterisations here, too. There are strong women and weak women and women who struggle and become stronger over the years. It is also one of the few shoujo series where I was honestly not sure whether or not it would have a typically happy ending.

I highly recommend this. The series is ten volumes total, with the main story being the first eight, and some side stories taking up the last two volumes.

The basic story is about a woman named An. It starts off with her finding an hourglass in the closet and reminiscing about when she got it. The story then goes back to when she was twelve and her parents had just got divorced. She and her mother moved back to the boonies to live with her grandparents. That's when she meets Daigo, Fuji, and Shiika, who will be lifelong friends. That's also when her mother commits suicide, something that affects An immensely and which she will never really get over (in fact, you could say the story is much more about An and her mother than it is about any of the romances). The story follows her through the years until it meets up with the point where she found the hourglass, then goes on a few years after that. The main side stories we get are one about An's mother, Daigo's mother, and Fuji and Shiika's mother when they were young, one about An's little sister, and one set a few years in the future from the end of the main story.

As I said above, this is really a story about An and her mother. It's a story about how some boy can't make it all better, no matter how much you love him or he loves you. I love that it's not easy for Daigo, either, to love someone like An, that even once they're together for good, he can never not look at her and remember all the bad times, too. I love that even when he rescues her when she slit her wrist, he doesn't really rescue her. He's not heroic. He stands there gaping at her lying on the sand while the taxi driver is the one who says get her in the car, hold her hand above heart level, let's get to the hospital. I love that she does eventually accept that she couldn't have saved her mom, and that her mom committing suicide doesn't mean she didn't love her. I love the moment at the grave, when Chii (her half-sister, who is 19 years younger than her) asks if her mom died because she was sick, and An thinks about it and says yes. I loved the backstory we got for her mom, and the contrast between her and Fuji and Shiika's mom, both so different, yet they both ended up fucking up their kids pretty well.

In terms of romance, I love that everyone found happiness - and that that happiness was not necessarily a romantic relationship. I mean, Shiika. Wow. She got over Daigo, got away from her family and the fucked- up-ness there, made her own way in a foreign country and made a career for herself there. All without a man. I even thought that it might end with An by herself, too. I don't think I've ever thought that about a shoujo manga before. Usually they're so predictable, yet here I really wondered. When she got with Fuji, I thought it really might work out for them. When she got with Sakura, I thought it really might work out for them, too (well, I had more doubts about that one, but I thought maybe!). And then when An finally made her peace with her mother, I really thought that's where it would end.

And yet at the same time, I'm happy she and Daigo did get back together in the end. I would have liked it the other way, too, but this didn't feel disappointing. Their relationship overall felt much more realistic than you'd expect for a couple who met when they were twelve and started dating when they were fourteen, and I think the fact that they weren't together most of the time is responsible for that. I love that they had a long distance relationship and it didn't work out.

This is just such a great series. Just the right length, too. It didn't feel like it was dragging on forever to keep the story going. And I really liked the art. Katie says see full review @ Katie's Corner

Right now, as I’m writing this review it’s the end of December, though I’m sure it will go live either in February or in March. I started reading it back in November during my midterms and because there are only 7 volumes uploaded on mangafox (it’s licensed right now so go to mangahere.co), I had to wait until Christmas to get the remaining 3. However, the main story ends at vol.8 and the last 2 volumes are bonus stories.

I remember I was quite reluctant to start this manga as I thought it only had 2 chapters, but when I finally scrolled to see the chapters I saw that there were 7 complete volumes. I started right away and regretted it immensely. I finished it in one day and was sulking for the net 2 weeks because I didn’t have all volumes, typical me. The story has this weird charm that sucks you in and don’t let go. The author covers the lives of her heroes from 12 to 16 year old, each chapter is a different timeline and it makes the story so much more fascinating. You can clearly say that it is a psychological romance story. It’s not the relationship between Ann and Daigo that makes you want to read on, though that too, but the psychological aspect of the story. The character development, Ann’s numerous breakdowns and the break-up is just too hard to comprehend. All the little things make this story astonishingly realistic and make you wonder what if it was you? Or is that I portrayed there?

I remember when I finally finished the story some part of me felt completed. It is not your average romance. Every character is broken and rebuilt numerous times and the happy ending is so satisfying. The author stresses a lot on the characters and especially on human weaknesses, the tragedies that happen in this story are very real and could make you think about yourself and your surroundings more. However, in order to understand everything that is happening in this story you’ll have to read it. You need to witness that fantastic relationship that Ann and Daigo were building, and you have your heart broken numerous times, because, come on, that’s like this story captures the life with all its ups and downs. Are you ready to experience this life? Trust me once you finish you will become addicted to Hinako Ashihara’s works, well I surely did, though the next review will not be coming soon as the story is not fully translated and I might have to buy the German volumes to read it to the end. But forget about that!

Sand chronicle is a work that I believe should be read by everyone. Enjoy it to its fullest and don’t forget to share your thoughts below! Stay tuned for more reviews as well as promos. Don’t miss your next favourite book or manga! Happy reading!

XOXO

Katie

J. Kirsch says

This was a fitting end to a great series. In the world of often bloated, lengthy manga series I found it a breath of fresh air to read a complete, well-developed story within just 10 volumes. The way Ann and Daigo's relationship matures was touching, believable, and showed how both of them had to grow as people over the course of the 10 volumes. And yes, I will admit that the final volume did make me cry. I mean that in a good way, and I am not ashamed to say it.

Amanda Setasha Hall says

This series was great and full of feels. It broke my heart a ton of times, but it was worth it. I'd read it again.

Starbubbles says

I was waiting for some inspirational message that Daigo left for himself, and what did I get? What did I get?! "Don't Cry!!" Saying I was disappointed would be an understatement. I also don't get how a teacher who was caught in a lie about her estranged husband would victimize her students. Wouldn't she be the victim and possibly anyone who went way above and beyond just being polite for the lie? One lie doesn't and shouldn't discredit a lifetime of good work.

Kelsie says

I loved how the series ended!

Alison (AlisonCanRead) says

The final bonus volume of Sand Chronicles is more like an epilogue than a bonus. It continues the main story. Daigo and Ann are now 30 years old. They're happily married, although I don't think they have kids yet.

As the summary states, Daigo digs up a time capsule. This opens up many memories from the past and also many things to teach his students now. Daigo's teacher at age ten was Mrs. Koda. He admired her greatly - worshiped might be a better word. She believed in him and made him believe in himself. It was fun seeing snippets of Daigo as a ten year old. He was a big cry-baby. Always fighting with Fuji. Mrs. Koda told Daigo and his classmates that the most important thing they could do was to become somebody that they liked - to like themselves.

Daigo is thrilled to meet up with Mrs. Koda again twenty years later to open the time capsule. He still thinks of her as one of the most important people in his life. But Mrs. Koda has a secret. Can Daigo still accept her even if she isn't the perfect person he always envisioned? (Who are we kidding...of course he can).

Daigo imbues Mrs. Koda's strength. He imparts her words and wisdom onto his students. He believes in them and provides them with opportunities to learn and succeed. He is a great teacher.

We also get a few moments with Ann. She's more of an afterthought in this story - thrown in because she's a main character in the rest of the series - but I still liked having her there. We see how she's become an equal to Daigo. Able to stand on her own feet and support him as much as he supports her. I'm very sad to see Sand Chronicles end. Every volume pulls at your heartstrings. Ashihara knows how to create characters you love and put them into situations that challenge them...and pains the reader to endure. I highly recommend Sand Chronicles.

Sesana says

Meh. Not exactly the way I would have liked the series to end. It is a sort of epilogue to the main story, set just after Daigo and Ann get married. This time, the focus is actually on Daigo, and Ann plays only a minor part in the story. There's not much to say about the story, that feels overly long for what actually happens. I'd say that you could skip this volume entirely and miss nothing but seeing that Fuji does indeed end up with his own happiness.

Sarah Hayes says

Originally posted here at Radius.

The Sand Chronicles manga series by Hinako Ashihara has never been a typical title of the shoujo genre. The romance between Ann and Daigo was intertwined with their respective life histories as well as the drama of life in Daigo's sleepy rural town and Ann's city life. Their courtship was troubled and filled with twists and turns and at several points it looked like they were never going to get together at all. But here we are, at the edge of the end of the series, and not only are Daigo and Ann together but they are married to boot. Typically, married life - as well as life in general - is not without its complications, as Daigo and Ann both go through the trouble of looking back at the past while also looking ahead towards the future.

This volume of Sand Chronicles is just as beautiful and wonderfully written as the rest of the series, and it is also surprisingly poignant as it wraps up the series as well as the story of Daigo and Ann as we see more of their new lives as a married couple and as two working individuals. This volume is more Daigo's story than anyone else's - his work as a teacher as well as his memories of Mrs. Koda dominates the narrative but never to the point that we forget Ann is there or how we got to this point in the manga's story. Hinako Ashihara is a master at telling a story that can bring a smile to your face even as your eyes are brimming with tears, and every page of Sand Chronicles' finale proves this is true. It also helps that the artwork is absolutely gorgeous as usual, especially the scenes in winter - there's just something about how Ashihara draws characters walking through a snowy landscape that gets to me every time.

The ultimate question of the final volume of Sand Chronicle's manga is whether or not it will satisfy long- term readers who love the series and hate to see it come to an end, despite how inevitable it was. As a long- term fan of the series myself, having started the series late last year, it delivers like few series' finales do. There are plenty of fitting callbacks to the important events in books past, Ann and Daigo end up together but without seeming forced or a perfect happily ever after, and we go into a place few shoujo series ever dare to tread - seeing our beloved characters as they will be in the future, and the lives they will live in that future. Not gonna lie, from what little we see of Daigo at age fifty, he ages pretty well!

Hinako Ashihara has given shoujo manga fans a series to love and remember for many years. If all ten volumes of Sand Chronicles aren't already sitting on your shelves, hopefully they soon will be. Once you start reading about Ann and Daigo, you won't want to stop until you've reached the end - and what an end it is.

Kristine Hansen says

A Daigo story that acts as epilogue. We see him with his own students creating a time capsule. I like the interaction with Daigo and the children, and I like seeing this portion of the story, but this really doesn't add to the main storyline at all, or even give us anything that feels even remotely satisfying as a conclusion to the story. Ann is a side character but did she ever relax...CHANGE? Will she be OK? Or will she someday do to her own child what her mother did to her? I'm left feeling uneasy and hopeless.

Hania says

This is a review for the serie as a whole. I have to say that this was a great manga series. I loved that it wasn't just happy all the time, but it was kind of depressing sometimes, and that's what made it so real. I loved all the characters and all the bonus stories. Particularly in the ninth book, the bonus story that took place thirty years before, it was really interesting. I'm also glad that there was a happy ending, even with all the depressing stuff, all the characters; loose ends were tied, and it was just really heart-warming and a great ending to the series.