actually, i think this is a more realistic bl manga at least compared to the others when it comes to the academic x delinquent trope. i've always wondered about what happens to the delinquents after highschool but they never show it and i just brush it off because, well, it's manga. it's a first (i think) where i got to see how both ended up after graduating bc mangas always end when they get together in hs. it's also realistic to me that they drifted off by the end of high school. after all, in reality, their differences are not easily overcome; their socioeconomic statuses are just way too different. the environment they were raised in, where they live, what they have is not something you can just overcome with love or whatsoever.
"i'm sure that if he wanted to, reiji could become anything." / "unlike the rest of us, he had so many paths available to him." I KINDA FELT THAT bc not everyone of us have the luxury to even dream of a good future and i know what it feels like to look at others my age who have so much to do while i've always felt like i have nothing ahead of me (mitski reference?!)
that said, ik i'm not supposed to take a manga THIS serious but i can't help it LMAO and i do agree that the romance felt rushed and akira is fucked in the head but that's the point I THINK
actually, i think this is a more realistic bl manga at least compared to the others when it comes to the academic x delinquent trope. i've always wondered about what happens to the delinquents after highschool but they never show it and i just brush it off because, well, it's manga. it's a first (i think) where i got to see how both ended up after graduating bc mangas always end when they get together in hs. it's also realistic to me that they drifted off by the end of high school. after all, in reality, their differences are not easily overcome; their socioeconomic statuses are just way too different. the environment they were raised in, where they live, what they have is not something you can just overcome with love or whatsoever.
"i'm sure that if he wanted to, reiji could become anything." / "unlike the rest of us, he had so many paths available to him." I KINDA FELT THAT bc not everyone of us have the luxury to even dream of a good future and i know what it feels like to look at others my age who have so much to do while i've always felt like i have nothing ahead of me (mitski reference?!)
that said, ik i'm not supposed to take a manga THIS serious but i can't help it LMAO and i do agree that the romance felt rushed and akira is fucked in the head but that's the point I THINK