Another Episode S / 0 by Yukito Ayatsuji

Summer, 1998. Mei Misaki, age fifteen, has gone with her family to their seaside vacation home. There she meets the ghost of Teruya Sakaki, her classmate from Yomiyama North Middle School Class 3-3 who, like Mei, witnessed the mysterious events that had transpired at the school. There begins an adventure of memory and mystery as they search for the ghost's body and his memories alike.

Episode S: 2 stars. Episode 0: 4 stars.

Another was one of my favorite reads last year. I was so in love with the story that I bought the manga adaptation and this book too. The manga was awesome, but this one was somewhat disappointing. Episode S was really boring at the beginning, almost until the end. I was about to give up when a plot twist appeared and left me dumbfounded. However, that twist alone doesn't mean that I changed my opinion about the story. By other side, I really enjoyed Reiko's side of the story in Episode 0. The art was great and I loved how it was related to the original main story.