This is my third favorite story in the volume, after "Erich and Theo" and "Friendship." By the way, these two have been married for 8 and a half years, and they're still hot for each other. Wilhelm and Dorothea have a quiet morning in bed, reminiscing about their first meeting and their married life. This was a sweet story, tied, I think, with "Friendship" as my favorite story in the volume. Mori not only did a fantastic job of drawing Theo (my favorite panel is the one where Theo is relaxing on a tree branch), she did a fantastic job of showing him acting like a real animal. I also couldn't help but smile when Theo did little squirrely things, like gnawing wood off a tree, finding and burying an acorn, and grooming himself. I found myself worrying about the little guy, who was just one mistake away from becoming some bigger animal's lunch. There are lots of lovely, wordless pages showing Theo exploring a little area of the forest and meeting (and evading) other animals. Theo's reunion with Erich was so cute - if you've ever lived with and loved an animal that's at the bottom of the food chain, you know how awesome it is when that animal comes to trust you as much as much as Theo trusts Erich.Įven if I hadn't owned rats before, however, I think I still would have enjoyed this story. I love this story! Part of that may be due to the fact that Theo reminds me a little of the pet rats I've had. Erich and his family can't go back for him until morning, so Theo has to spend an interesting and somewhat dangerous night on his own. The Molders (the "o" should have an umlaut, but I don't know how to type that in Blogger) spend a nice afternoon in an area near the woods and, when they head home, young Erich is unaware that he has accidentally left Theo, his beloved pet squirrel, behind. Now, on to the synopses and commentaries. (Little nitpicky annoying thing: Um, isn't the family Emma used to work for the Molders/Moelders? Whoever wrote the back cover description for this volume was not aware of that, because he or she referred to them as the Merediths - which isn't even close to being a German name, by the way - not once, not twice, but three times.) Do yourself a favor and read the series in order. If you haven't read the first seven volumes of Emma, it's possible you might still be able to enjoy this volume, but you'd probably miss out on a lot, because Mori doesn't bother to include reminders of who everyone is and how they fit into the story. I think Mori's "okay" is better than some manga author/artists' "good," though.Īs I have done in the past with anthologies, which is what this basically is, I have no plans to list read-alikes or watch-alikes - it's just going to be synopses and commentary. I found 3 of the 5 side stories to be fantastic, and the other two to be okay. Although I liked volume 8 well enough, the side stories weren't really to my taste. This is the second of three final volumes that contain only side stories. I'm back to wanting to own as many volumes of this series as I can find at a reasonable price. Maybe especially when nothing much is going on. I had forgotten how incredibly good this series is, even when nothing much is going on. You know how I said I probably shouldn't buy any of this series, because there was a good chance I'd never get it all, and then my completist soul would scream in agony? Yeah, I said all that because it had been ages (a year ago, according to my blog posts) since I read the last Emma volume.
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