I really enjoyed the exploration of what it means to fall in love! However, because we spent so much time on that it was hard for me to see Satoru fall in love. It was so clear throughout the manga Shishio was falling and he was always upfront about it. But we really never got so much of an inkling of romance from Satoru until maybe chapter 8. I get the purpose of this manga was to show growth from Satoru repressing his feelings and avoiding love, fine great love that for him! But I was hoping for a little more of the growth to come through after he sorted out his feelings since they got together and BAM it ended. It would have been nice for the romance part to come after the struggle to admit you're in love. Also, there was such a build-up to Satoru and the meaning of the words I love you, I was hoping part of his growth would be saying those words out loud. If I'm going to be honest Chapter 10 about Satoru's brother gave me more mutual love than the other 9 chapters combined.
tldr; It was a really interesting read, but I wish it was longer to see some actual romance develop after they both clear up their feelings.
I really enjoyed the exploration of what it means to fall in love! However, because we spent so much time on that it was hard for me to see Satoru fall in love. It was so clear throughout the manga Shishio was falling and he was always upfront about it. But we really never got so much of an inkling of romance from Satoru until maybe chapter 8. I get the purpose of this manga was to show growth from Satoru repressing his feelings and avoiding love, fine great love that for him! But I was hoping for a little more of the growth to come through after he sorted out his feelings since they got together and BAM it ended. It would have been nice for the romance part to come after the struggle to admit you're in love. Also, there was such a build-up to Satoru and the meaning of the words I love you, I was hoping part of his growth would be saying those words out loud. If I'm going to be honest Chapter 10 about Satoru's brother gave me more mutual love than the other 9 chapters combined.
tldr; It was a really interesting read, but I wish it was longer to see some actual romance develop after they both clear up their feelings.