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128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009

I really have problem with how the story was told. For what I've come to know, this manga is an adaptation of a novel by the same name & I can't say anything about the original since I've not read it yet.
Good books don't give up all their secrets at once - Stephen King.
That's not what happened here. I found the story was really choppy throughout the volume (chap1-3). In chapter 1, we basically get to know Haruka's backstory from the first few pages. However, there's a need for that so the plot could move. In chapter 3, we get to know about Saitou's & I don't find anything to backup the sudden revelation which I found out of place. And we're told through conversation between the MCs (we're not taken to the scene of their backstory). I mean, look at Harry Potter for example, readers don't get the story of Tom Riddle's childhood & Dumbledore's sister until the later books. The mystery aspect was so-so.
The art is the typical shoujo manga art & it's quite nice.
I don't know if this is how it was originally written, but in Japanese culture, for someone you hardly knew, you don't address them by their first name. Saitou called one of the ghost by her first name while Haruka called her by her last name. Is it because Saitou can see her? That's it? I don't buy that.