In a world where four humans are gifted the godly powers of the seasons, not everyone is happy about it. While the godly humans, known as agents, are bestowed incredible powers, they are also highly regulated by the government. In a world of such chaos, can the agents of the seasons find happiness?
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Info about this series (ongoing)
There are currently six volumes in English.
TL;DR thoughts
I loved this so much more than I thought I would! The slow burn romance was introduced beautifully, and I can’t wait to watch it slowly unfold.
Official Synopsis
Once upon a time, there was Winter. Winter was once the only season in the world-but such an existence was too lonely to bear, and so it created Spring to love. Before long, the earth wished for more time to rest in the cycle, and Summer and Autumn were born. The ones who carry the cycle are called the Agents of the Four Seasons. Hinagiku, the Agent of Spring, disappeared from this land ten years ago, taking the season of spring with her. Now, after incredible hardship, she has returned to restore the cycle to its proper state-and, as in the myth passed down since the dawn of time, she sends her love to Winter.
My thoughts on this volume (Slight Spoilers!)
I think this is one of the most beautifully written light novels I’ve ever read. It’s written in a fairytale fashion, telling the story of the four godly humans who possess the powers of the four seasons. While this volume focuses on the goddess of Spring’s story, we are still shown glimpses into the other three agent’s lives. I have no doubt that as the volumes go on, the focus will move on to feature more of the other agents.
I went into this series rather blind, only having a vague understanding of what the series was about. While it was quite a bit darker than I had anticipated, the fairytale-like storytelling does a beautiful job of making the darker tones palatable. We’re introduced to this world of godly humans through Hinagiku, the agent of Spring. After being kidnapped at the age of 6 and held captive in isolation for 10 long years, she has finally been returned to her homeland of the town of Spring. Even though she’s physically safe now, she suffers from a severe case of PTSD.
All of the people who were present when Hinagiku was kidnapped are shown to be greatly affected by it in various ways, and the volume spends a lot of time exploring this grief. I found this to be very tastefully done, especially with Hinagiku’s character. Her referring to the “old” Hinagiku prior to the kidnapping as now being dead was absolutely heartbreaking, but I was very glad to see those around her so ready to accept her.
I also found Hinagiku and Sakura, her retainer’s, relationship to be incredibly interesting. They are clearly trauma bounded as they have gone through so much both together and apart, but the story paints them more as sisters than anything else. Sakura’s character is clearly special, even for the retainer of an agent. While all the other retainers we’ve been shown seem to at least have casual relationships outside of their agent, Sakura is barely able to bring herself to even talk to anyone besides Hinagiku. It’s clearly due to her trauma forcing her to be fully attentive of Hinagiku all the time now that they’re reunited, but this really can’t be healthy.
The biggest thing that surprised me in this volume was the existence of the insurgents—groups of people who are against the agents of the seasons. Be it because they resent how their powers are being used, or because they hate the seasons themselves, these are very angry, violent groups of people. Hinagiku and her retainer spend the volume overly cautious of the insurgents, as they were the ones that kidnapped her all these years ago.
I had no idea just how big of a role these villains would have in this series, but their evil deeds continue ramping up chapter after chapter. At first I was astounded by the needless chaos—why in the world would someone go out of their way to kidnap a young girl who brings about Spring, I thought to myself. But after thinking about it for a little while, I found it to be rather realistic. I feel like there will always be groups of people who find something to be angry about, and these people just so happened to fixate on the agents of the seasons.
With all of this strife, I quickly grew to become incredibly worried about poor Hinagiku. Even though she is traumatized, she still spends the volume doing her best to complete her godly duties as the agent of Spring. And while I was worried for a while, I realized that it was quite a bit more of a hopeful story than I realized. Rather than sit in fear and worry, our agents are instead using all of this chaos as a means to begin exacting revenge for Spring! Oh how I hope it all goes well…
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