An extremely heartwarming story exploring the different aspects of friendship, love and gr...

An extremely heartwarming story exploring the different aspects of friendship, love and growing up. I love, love, love the relationship between Choco, Bun-chan and Suzu—it felt so genuine, the author really captured the essence of being a 'childhood friends trio'. The unconditional support they all have for each other is wonderful to read.

Many yaoi mangas with the premise of the 'childhood friends' trope always seem to be fraught with so many miscommunication, or simply a gaping lack of communication, it sadly casts doubt onto that friendship, which supposedly lasted and persisted from childhood until adolescence, or in some cases, adulthood—which would not have been possible without compromising, understanding and communication. But in contrast, this author handled this extremely well!

The interactions between Bun-chan and Choco is realistic and very down-to-earth. Of course, it came with its own hitches like every other friendship, but I'm glad that they always quickly resolved it through their thoughtfulness for each other, and of course with ample communication: Choco cares for Bun-chan in his own impulsive, air-headed way, whereas Bun-chan expresses care for Choco in his silent, and often surprising way. It's so toothrottingly cute, I'm going to have cavities.

I'm also glad Suzu is so loveable in her own way even though she wasn't the main focus of the manga, she wasn't made into that antagonistic, egocentric female friend that appears all too often in the yaoi tag.

This definitely warrants a reread in the future.