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Sparrow commends the manga for " a healthy amount of additional storylines, characters and dialogue have been added to this manga " compared to the film.

He further comments that manga artist " Mizu Sahara's artwork brings a bit of clarity to scenes that might have come off as muddled in the anime ".

Anime News Network's Theron Martin commends the manga for having a " strong storytelling which carries good emotional appeal, fleshes out the original anime " but her criticises it for the unimpressive artistry and " unnecessarily adds on to the ending ".

He comments on Sahara's artwork saying " Character designs were not Shinkai's strong point, and Sahara's are only a slight improvement.

Her take on Mikako makes her look a lot taller and at least a couple of years older, while Noboru looks more or less the same but with sharper lines.

There's also inconsistency in the shading for the hair of the two leads, especially for Mikako, and some of the shading in other places obscures actions more than it should.

Background art, where present, is decent but unremarkable, as are designs for side characters ".

Manga Worth Reading's Johanna Draper Carlson commends the manga's art saying " the art is denser than in many manga, with toned backgrounds anchoring the drawn world.

Faces are often in shadow, suggesting separation and loss.

Wordless flashbacks capture everyday moments, such as kids taking shelter from a sudden shower.

There ’ s nothing particularly special about those incidents ; their significance is only in their absence, something never to be shared again and remembered more powerfully for that ".

Pop Culture Shock's Melinda Beasi commends Sahana's art saying, " the manga is absolutely beautiful.

The art is nicely detailed and very expressive, and the panel layouts, including the placement and style of dialogue and narrative text, make the story visually interesting and easy to follow ".

She also comments that " Sahara also spends more time exploring both Mikako ’ s and Noboru ’ s feelings about Mikako ’ s appointment to the Lysithea, which is very revealing for both characters ".