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Layla... "Darling, won't you ease my worried mind?" (Layla, Eric Clapton) Em um barzinho medíocre, nas margens de uma...
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“I hardly see stories set in Ancient Japan (which go back before the unification by the Yamato people - or at least that's what I could imagine). In my opinion, it is a vast universe to work in and also unknown, giving freedom of creation. Japanese mythology is more mysterious than it seems and there is a huge gap in the legends and myths of this country. Hikari could very well be an official legend about the first Japanese Dragons, once seen as beasts and feared by the population. An allegory recreates in my mind that Japanese Dragons (like Western dragons, curiously enough) are attracted to things that shine. It deals poetically with this attraction that Umetsuya has for Hikari's shining soul/personality. All I can say, summarizing this text, is that this oneshot honors the history of my ancestors. And I say this with all the sincerity in the world, without overestimating the simple writing that the author uses to describe the story. And when I say simple, I mean it in a good way, because legends are told without many details so that they spread to the four corners of the world, enriching the imagination of those who read or listen. Congratulations Layla! And as I said in the reviews: I would like to read more oneshots like this. (First recommendation I make in all these years of Nyah! I hope I did well haha)”
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