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Piece 01

(Piece #1)

Hinako Ashihara

4.01 · Rating details · 152 ratings · 22 reviews

Sebuah telepon mengacaukan rutinitas Mizuho. Telepon itu mengabarkan tentang kematian temannya semasa SMA, Haruka Origuchi. Tak sampai di situ, Mizuho pun menghadapi kenyataan masa lalu yang mengejutkan tentang Origuchi.

Apalagi setelah Mizuho menyanggupi permintaan sang ibu yang meminta bantuannya untuk menguak rahasia sang putri dan kekasih yang tak pernah diceritakan pa ...more

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Published June 12th 2013 by Elex Media Komputindo (first published December 24th 2008)

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Jul 21, 2018 Gaia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: manga

one of my fav manga series ever... started it ages ago and finally got to finish it... it deals with so many heavy stuff and yet it can also make you laugh??? the mystery was so good too, even though at some point it becomes clear. i fell in love with almost all of the characters. they're all a little (OR A LOT) flawed and fucked up but i just wanna hug them and give them all a happy ending.
the only thing i dislike is the very ending... it's so ominous... i don't really get it
but it's definitely ...more

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Oct 19, 2018 Melanie Schneider rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed-and-read, mangas-and-graphic-novels-2018

Die Geschichte an sich ist durchaus interessant, aber ich komme noch nicht recht herein. Werde wohl noch Band 2 lesen und dann entscheiden, was ich mache.

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Nov 17, 2012 Maya rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series-on-standby

Review of volumes 1 - 4

You maybe wouldn't guess it, but Piece is as complex and intriguing as its title is plain and boring.

This is the story of a group of young adults who reunite at the funeral of a former classmate. A quiet and unremarkable girl, most of them barely remember. The plot starts moving when the girl's, Haruka's, mother asks our main character Mizuho about the ex-boyfriend of her daughter. Not only would nobody expect Haruka to have a boyfriend in the first place, but even worse, Review of volumes 1 - 4

You maybe wouldn't guess it, but Piece is as complex and intriguing as its title is plain and boring.

This is the story of a group of young adults who reunite at the funeral of a former classmate. A quiet and unremarkable girl, most of them barely remember. The plot starts moving when the girl's, Haruka's, mother asks our main character Mizuho about the ex-boyfriend of her daughter. Not only would nobody expect Haruka to have a boyfriend in the first place, but even worse, she was actually pregnant with his child ... ?!

Thus starts Mizuho's and her friend's quest to put together the puzzle pieces of Haruka's - and consequently their own lives.

If the first volume maybe starts out rather unspectacular, within just a few volumes the series reaches an impressive level of depth and complexity, which truly sets it apart from your average manga series and even general YA literature.

It's always a great feeling when you can tell that an author has given his story a lot of thought and knows where it's going. And Ashihara is a great storyteller.

The story of this series twists and turns, while the characters and the readers try to put the pieces together. Just when you think you found the missing one, it turns out to not quite fit or else just makes you realize how many other pieces are still missing.

The cast of Piece is rather large, yet most of the characters are impressively complex. This series is about human relationships in all their diversity and complexity. Family, friendship, love. It's about finding yourself and changing yourself, yet also staying true to yourself. I love how the story at times promotes a kind of individuality that doesn't equal selfishness. The main characters, but also the side characters pretty much all have their own story. And sometimes, these fit together and overlap in ways you wouldn't expect.

There are so many beautiful scenes and quotes I want to add once an official English version is out. I'm really glad it's being translated into a few other languages (French, Italian, German ...) and hope it sells well enough.

So, not only has Ashihara thought the story through and created endearing characters, she's also very skilled when it comes to present all this in a visually striking way. No panel feels wasted. Not to mention that I find her sense of humor hilarious and her SD characters and funny faces are adorable.

Basically, I've got almost nothing to criticize about this series. One character feels a bit too over the top, maybe more so because the others are all pretty realistic. Looking forward to seeing how this will develop.

If you're looking for a girls' manga that is not exclusively or even primarily about romance, that deals in a mature way with human emotions, relationships, growing up and that has an intriguing mystery to boot, you can pick up Piece without hesitation. Also a great choice for anybody who's not a regular manga reader and wants to see what the medium is capable of. ...more

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Mar 13, 2016 Hana Bilqisthi rated it really liked it

Shelves: manga, romance, mystery

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Sebelum mengenal manga online, biasanya untuk membuat keputusan membeli atau tidak sebuah komik, aku akan pergi ke toko buku dan kemudian melihat-lihat komik yang ada.
Setelah mengenal manga online, aku hanya membeli komik yang aku suka setelah membaca komik tersebut di manga online. Aku merasa cara efektif karena sekarang aku jarang sekali kecewa setelah membeli komik.

Namun ternyata cara tersebut ada kekurangannya (emang ya.. ngga ada yang sempurna di dun ...more

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Nov 12, 2013 Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ} rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: manga, mystery, comfort-zone, quarterly-book-club-1st-quarter-18

There is so much going on and I've only read two volumes. All I can say is that this has the most riveting, suspenseful storytelling and plot. Ashihara seems to be a master at pulling out a wrenching mystery that both reveals character and plot and hides it all in one. It's strange, at first there's nothing much going on except that Mizuho is set on the path of discovering who Origuchi's (Origuchi is recently deceased) boyfriend was. And piece by piece (as the title shows) she puts together the ...more

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Apr 16, 2020 Julie J. rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

„Pieces“ stammt aus der Feder von Hinako Ashihara. Sie präsentiert hier eine bewegende Geschichte, die mit viel Feingefühl einen Einblick in die Psyche ihrer Charaktere gibt.
So kitschig dies auch klingt, dennoch möchte man bereits vorm Lesen das Mädchen am Umschlag in den Arm nehmen, es vor der Welt beschützen. Es sieht einen direkt an, mit einem Blick voller Leid, Schmerz, aber auch ein wenig Hoffnung. Ein wunderschönes Artwork, das gerade durch seine Einfachheit und die wenigen Farben überzeug „Pieces“ stammt aus der Feder von Hinako Ashihara. Sie präsentiert hier eine bewegende Geschichte, die mit viel Feingefühl einen Einblick in die Psyche ihrer Charaktere gibt.
So kitschig dies auch klingt, dennoch möchte man bereits vorm Lesen das Mädchen am Umschlag in den Arm nehmen, es vor der Welt beschützen. Es sieht einen direkt an, mit einem Blick voller Leid, Schmerz, aber auch ein wenig Hoffnung. Ein wunderschönes Artwork, das gerade durch seine Einfachheit und die wenigen Farben überzeugt.
Bereits der deutsche Untertitel gibt einen Hinweis auf den Inhalt – „Erinnerung an eine Fremde“. Die Geschichte beginnt mit einem Begräbnis. Jenes der 19-Jährigen Haruka, die an Brustkrebs gestorben ist. Ein ruhiges, braves, introvertiertes Mädchen, das keiner der Klasse wirklich kannte, welches maximal Opfer von Spott und Hänseleien war. Auch Mizuho geht es so, die gemeinsam mit ihren ehemaligen Klassenkamerad*innen am Begräbnis teilnimmt. Auf diesem wird sie von Harukas Mutter angesprochen, da Mizuho angeblich die beste Freundin ihrer toten Tochter war. Was jedoch nicht der Fall war. Mizuho wagt jedoch nicht, dies zuzugeben. Darum wird sie von Harukas Mutter gebeten, ihr mehr über die Vergangenheit ihrer Tochter zu verraten bzw. Diverses rauszufinden, etwa wer der Vater von Harukas abgetriebenem Baby ist.
Mizuho macht sich auf die Spurensuche und gerät in eine Spirale, gesponnen aus ehemaligen Klassenkameraden, persönlichen Geschichten, Emotionen und der Aufarbeitung ihres eigenen Lebens.

Im Original gibt es bereits 8 Bände. Mal abwarten, ob die Folgebände auch so schön sind, wie der Einstieg. Die ersten Seiten des Mangas, die man auch online als Leseexemplar finden kann, geben leider nicht viel her, sie wirken eher eigenartig, trocken und zeigen nur sehr wenig von der Tiefe, die diese Geschichte ausmacht.
Es mag vielleicht wie eine „Geschichte für Mädchen“ wirken, dem ist jedoch nicht so. Es ist eine berührende Geschichte für alle, gespickt mit den unterschiedlichsten Charakteren, gefüllt mit Emotionen und Tiefe, und der Aufforderung über sich und seinen Umgang mit seiner Umwelt nachzudenken.

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May 31, 2020 Bill Johnston rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: japan, manga, finished-series

When a 19-year-old woman dies of cancer, her mother asks a high school classmate to find out about the parts of life she never told her parents, like who the boyfriend was who got her pregnant. The classmate, Mizuho, takes on this task and spends considerable time and effort putting together the 'Pieces'.

It isn't all mystery solving. Mizuho is rather a cold fish who matures and grows emotionally through the story. The plot and mystery are complex, and keep you guessing until the end. So much for ...more

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Jun 30, 2019 Susan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Started as a soap-opera-ish mystery and then went REAL intense, like a literary novel if it were about high school girls instead of middle aged white men. Then went briefly back to soap-opera-ish again. The execution is competent, though sometimes the text layout makes reading a little confusion. I still don't know how I feel about the ending -- it is certainly realistic in the traces of lingering dissatisfaction. When you reflect on the story, it certainly seems like one of the better endings t ...more

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Apr 07, 2018 Noninuna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: manga-comic-graphicnovel

4.5 🌟

After Koe no Katachi & The Town Where Only I Am Missing (Erased #1), I've been searching for the same slice of life+mystery manga and a lot of manga had failed me until this one.

The description really intrigued me. Tho the story started with a solemn note; a death, it's not depressing kind of reading. It's more mystery & nostalgic vibe. Through out the story, we get a lot of humor too(sometimes, at random places). So far, I'm liking what I see.

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May 29, 2018 Fifi Fauziyyah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I love this book. so muchhhhh!!!!!! gua udah baca beberapa jenis komik dan entah kenapa komik ini bener-bener bikin gua jatuh cinta. Kalau beberapa komik biasanya punya jalan cerita yang lingkupnya satu aja, kalo ini semuaaaanya jadi satu. kehidupan, cinta, pertemanan dan keluarga. pas baca komik ini entah kenapa langsung DEG ke hati.

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Dec 07, 2019 Cate Sky rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 4-stelle-e-mezzo, cartaceo, manga, manga-in-ita, manga-in-possesso

4,5 stars

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Aug 21, 2014 Carmen8094 rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: manga-e-fumetti

Ammetto che ciò che mi aveva spinto a mettere Piece nella lista di manga da acquistare fosse il fatto che i protagonisti fossero degli universitari: avevo voglia di leggere una storia i cui personaggi avessero qualche anno in più rispetto al solito.
Ma Piece si è rivelato davvero bellissimo, e non per questo motivo.
Una ragazza diciannovenne, Haruka Origuchi, muore, e tutti i suoi compagni di liceo si recano al suo funerale, anche se pochi si ricordano di lei, e quasi nessuno le ha mai rivolto la ...more

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Dec 14, 2012 HaveYouSeenThisGirL Denny rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: manga

I want to give it a 5 star rating but I gave it a 4 star. Why? Because I haven't finished reading it yet, I'm still waiting for the next volumes to arrive in Italy. (I'm reading it in Italian)I don't want to give off a 5 star that easy especially when I have not seen the end of the story yet. But Piece deserves a high star rating because it's a good manga. It's not your "ordinary shoujo" where girl meets boy, boy meets girl and there's the third person to ruin everything blah blah blah. It's a m ...more

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Feb 27, 2014 Sandra (Page by Page) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: manga, contemporary, mystery, 5-star

Aaah~ (satisfied sigh) Bagus banget dah! Seneng banget bisa jodoh ketemu komik ini. Mudah2an bagus sampe tamat.

Padahal baru volume 1 tapi udah banyak banget aja gitu konfliknya. Sebenernya sih lebih ke konflik internal karakter2nya, dan itu tuh ngena banget men. Bikin gw ikut berkontemplasi juga.

Ini tentang Mizuho yang dimintain tolong ibunya Haruka untuk nyari tau pacar Haruka semasa SMA. Haruka sendiri baru meninggal dan dikenal sebagai 'bukan siapa-siapa' oleh teman-teman SMA-nya. Haruka peny ...more

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Oct 20, 2012 Jascha rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: german, manga, own, cover-i-love

As I said I decided not to mention mangas I´ve read on goodreads, actually... But this one is also really good. It´s about a young woman (Mizuho), who doesn´t show her feelings often. That´s why her boyfriend dumbed her and even then she didn´t cry or so. The question: What is love? is a big theme in there.
When an old classmate and outsider(Haruka) dies, the dead girls mother tell her, that Haruka told her always that Mizuho was a very close friend. But when Harukas mom also tell, that her daug ...more

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Feb 12, 2014 Soobie's scared rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: language-italiano, geo-japan, ce-planet-manga, josei-manga, series-completed, first-in-a-series

I precedenti lavori di Hinako Ashihara mi erano piaciuti parecchio. E sono stata molto contenta quando è apparso Piece.

L'autrice ha un modo molto tenero di raccontare. La trama principale di questa serie s'incentra su Haruka Origuchi, una ragazza morta di cancro a 19 anni. Questa povera ragazza era stata maltrattata ed esclusa da tutti durante il liceo. Il giorno del suo funerale Mizuho scopre che la povera Haruka aveva raccontato alla madre che lei era la sua migliore amica. E proprio la madre ...more

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Oct 16, 2016 Dewi Wulandari rated it it was amazing

Ashihara Hinako adalah salah satu mangaka favorit saya, khususnya di genre ini, err lets say tragedi atau cerita dengan konflik yang dalam. sebelumnya pernah baca sand's chronicle juga suka.

plot, twist, developing character dan banyak line yang quoteable..juga gaya gambar Ashihara-sensei yang saya sukai. recommended lah. gak rugi aku beli set komik ini. *berdoa butter and bread terbit di indo*

5bintang saya persembahkan untuk kesepuluh buku píece. ...more

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Aug 18, 2014 Hanae rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: manga

3,5/5

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Jun 08, 2014 Winna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: manga-graphic-novels

Begitu baca langsung tertarik.
Ada misteri, ada persahabatan, ada cinta, ada komedi.
Love.

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May 16, 2015 Linda Hamonou rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

It's exactly like the drama, so cool! ...more

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Jul 26, 2014 Uthi rated it liked it

Shelves: manga

surprisingly good.

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Hinako Ashihara

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Debut with "Sono Hanashi okotowari shimasu" in 1994 on Bessatsu Shoujo Comics.

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Shoujo (17) Romance (14) Drama (11) School Life (6) Slice of Life (5) Sports (2) Comedy (2) Historical (1) Mystery (1) Mature (1) Gender Bender (1)

Japanese name: 芦原妃名子 ...more