I read it after I read the manga (I had watched the anime long before), which had revived my annoyance at the ending. I needed any writing that could provide me with a satisfactory "after story", and for a while I entertained myself with writing my own fan fiction. However, I have to admit that I'm worse at writing fan fiction than I am at original stories, so I gave up midway. It was by chance that I googled and found The Season of the Daffodils. Back then, it felt as a healing oasis, and now that I speed-read the whole thing again, it felt like visiting an old friend.
As the writers say, it truly is a "prosaic love tale full of clichés", and perhaps there are details in characterization that don't agree with my perception of the characters (especially Terrence), but over all I believe it was a very well written story that provided me with a chance to detox the accumulated stress from the ending of the original story.
If you watched Candy Candy in your childhood and were depressed, or want a good read about what happened afterwards - 40 years since the publication of the first manga volume - then go ahead to this link, and enjoy the story!
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| Fan art by Rosemary555 |
