Again, I’m back to review “Knite”! :D Did anyone enjoy the comic? Hope you did :)
Now, I’m going to review the second chapter! :D I’ve read it a few days ago, and it’s educational and AMAZING. :D
[WARNING: SPOILERS ALERT!!! SKIP FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN’T READ KNITE CH. 2!!!]
So, the story started with Kai greeting Sen who slept all night in the rooftop with no blankets. To Sen’s surprise, Kai said, “Let’s go to school.” Which was rejected quite coldly by Sen. Eventually, Kai managed to pull Sen to school with his “political charms”… okay, okay, just kidding. Kai told Sen that Sen’s father was still paying for the school’s tuition, saying that he still has hopes in Sen. The statement made a tiny bit of his cold heart melt and finally agreed to come to school.
Lunch arrived. Kai brought lunch for Sen that was made by Min-Min, his little sister, with love as Kai put it. Then the Class Rep came, surprised to see Sen at school. Kai replied, “Hey Class Rep! Thanks again for helping me find Sen.”
Sen who glared coldly at the ground as if it was it’s fault replied, “Ling, so you’re the traitor.”
Ling interjected by saying, “What? It’s not like that! I just…”
“Fell for my politician’s charisma!” Kai finished her sentence, resulting Ling to flush. She requested joining the group and was accepted.
They ate lunch together from Sen’s lunchbox. Kai teasingly wanted to take one of the sweets Min-Min served in the lunchbox, making one of Sen’s hand to land on Ling’s thigh, creating a large red angry mark of a hand on Sen’s cheek and Kai laughing with Ling apologizing for slapping Sen so hard.
“Hey Ling,” Kai broke the laughter. “Sen won’t tell me, but how did this antisocial little swallow form the Knites?”
“Haha,” Ling laughed. “Well, it was almost two years ago…”
A tall female with glasses stood next to her, asking what was she looking at in the night sky. Ling replied, “Look, Fei, stars!”
The woman not believing at what she was looking at replied, “They can’t be. No stars have been seen for over two decades.”
“Then… what are they?” Ling asked.
Fei smirked in an almost evil manner. “They must be the works of a dreamer.”
“Even if that’s the case, they’re still beautiful,” Ling responded. “But they look so lonely…. I wish more stars could join them….”
The older woman with all her spirit, pulled Ling’s hands, winking. “Alright! Let’s track down this dreamer and ask how it’s done!”
Both females finally found the dreamer and offered help. Sen nonchalantly ignored them and told them to leave. Fei was angry at how rude the short boy was, but Sen only replied, “I don’t need any thanks for help. I’m doing this for myself and I already have everything I need right here.”
Fei was a fierce woman; she made Sen regretted his own words. Sen told both Ling and Kai that Fei was terrifying. However, before he even set out the first kite, the sky was already filled with lights.
Sen knew it was the woman’s doing and he asked how, only to be replied, “Unlike you, I have friends.”
The sky was filled with lots of kites with Christmas lights attached. Small dots filling the dim midnight sky were absolutely stunning. And with that, Sen joined the group.
Ling explained that Fei and her were the ones who came up with the name “Knite”. Kai laughed jokingly, “So Sen didn’t do much at all! And you’re still such a loner. You need to make more friends!”
Kai scoffed, “More friends? I can barely stand the ones I have now.”
That afternoon, right when the class was empty. Sen demanded the truth from Kai. He knew that Ling wouldn’t tell people his whereabouts, and the fact that he knew Kai must’ve bribe her with something.
“Bribe?!” Kai faked gasp. “Oh no, I just used my poli – “
“And none of that politician’s charm crap!” Sen cut.
So finally Kai spoke, “Well, it’s no secret that the Knites were led by someone named Sen, but no one knew where to find you,” Kai paused. “One day I was asking around, and the Class Rep overheard me. I explained to her why I was looking for you and,” he paused again. “She agreed to help me if I promised to bring you back to school.”
The last words made Sen looked stunned, then he frowned. Which… ENDS THE CHAPTER! :D
[SPOILER END!!]
Yuumei wrote that in China, there’s no real free public education. Schools might be “free” until the 8th grade, but students have to pay a lot for their own books and uniforms. Many of them have to pay a “donation” to the school and the teachers so they won’t be mistreated. (It almost sounds like bribing)
In America, education is free until college, yet she sees people ditching school all the time. The fact saddens her to see people taking their free education for granted when some children have to work for it.
Now I feel bad about not being serious at school. Most of the time, for me, school was just a place to meet friends, gossip, and share information. I actually have seen kids selling newspaper and begging for money on the streets. I was kinda angry at their parents who weren’t there to give them any help.
I never really think that those kids wanted to have an education, they wanted to learn. But what about us – the children who are fortunate enough to go to school with parents who are paying our school’s fee? Most of us probably complained how boring school is and probably making fun of the teachers. We never really realized how our parents work everyday to grant our needs and useless wishes for useless things.
I’m probably one of the millions children who think that. To be honest, I wasn’t really not focusing to school, it’s just… I don’t want to go to this school. The focus of my life is art; whatever type it is. I like doing digital art, manipulating photos, directing a video, and creating packages. I think my future school is nothing like that. Instead of focusing at art, it focuses on was math, English, and science. Dude, I loathe math! I sometimes even wonder why did I register for that school! (Oh yeah, it was all because of the “English”.)
Crap, now I’m beginning to complain again… ==”
Oh well never mind. The thing is that don’t waste education! It’s worth it!
~PH