Garden Dreams

Garden Dreams (彼は花園で夢を見る, Kare wa Hanazono de Yume wo Miru) is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. The manga is serialised in Shinshokan's Wings. Shinshokan released the manga on September 1999.^[1]

It is licensed and published in North America by Digital Manga Publishing on October 24, 2007.^[2][3]

Reception

Coolstreak Cartoons's Leroy Douresseaux commends the author's on her ability to "emphasize the emotion and mood" by focusing "often a single character" in every frame.^[4] Pop Shock Culture's Katherine Dacey comments on the lack of "smut", "engaging talkfests" and detailed artwork in Garden Dreams, that usually peppers Fumi Yoshinaga's works.^[5] David Welsh at Comic World News comments on the drop in the author's standards compared to her other works: Antique Bakery, Flower of Life (manga) and Ichigenme... The First Class is Civil Law.^[6] Shaenon Garrity, writing for the appendix to Manga: The Complete Guide, felt the yaoi elements were toned down enough for a non-yaoi fan to enjoy the book, and praised Yoshinaga's character designs, calling them "some of the most handsome men in manga".^[7]

References

1. ↑ "彼は花園で夢を見る (Wings comics)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-04-16. 
2. ↑ "DMP licenses Megami DX, Garden Dreams". Anime News Network. 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2009-04-16. 
3. ↑ "Garden Dreams". Digital Manga Publishing. Retrieved 2009-04-16. 
4. ↑ Douresseaux, Leroy (June 6, 2008). "Fumi Yoshinaga's Garden Dreams". Coolstreak Cartoons. Retrieved 2009-04-16. 
5. ↑ Dacey, Katherine (March 14, 2008). "Garden Dreams (DMP)". Pop Shock Culture. Retrieved 2009-04-16. 
6. ↑ Welsh, David (April 16, 2009). "Lonely People". Comic World News. Retrieved 2009-04-16. 
7. ↑ Garrity, Shaenon (1 January 2010). "365 Days of Manga, Day 108: Garden Dreams". Suvudu.com. Retrieved 3 January 2010. 

External links

• Garden Dreams (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia