Shima, Egashira, and Nao-Chan have my whole heart. Just because I see myself in them, but I see Mitsumi in my friends and I feel so blessed. I love that this manga presents each character as a person with multifaceted personalities and complicated pasts and feelings. Shima is such a sensitive soul, I really feel for his self loathing and lack of confidence. If you put up a front if a "good person" for too long, it becomes all too easy to lose sight of any individualism or "purity." You lose touch with what you like, what you dislike, and once you find out you've been putting on this mask, your whole world view can crumble and leave you feeling like the biggest phony on earth. But even that within itself is what makes Shima so complex and interesting- not to mention, the desire to be a good person comes from a sincere a pure place. :(( too real. Egashira is just such good representation of girls everywhere, I can’t even cover everything. But she is such a good friend and turned out with so much growth, I’m so proud of her. Whenever she talked about how hard it was for her to get where she is, how she understands her flaws better than anyone else, and feels bitterness towards those who are "better than her" I get choked up fr. And Nao's literally the love of my life. No explanation needed tbh. But it’s so healing watching her go through her adult life and enjoying it thoroughly, because she worked so hard to get there in the first place. Her relationship with Mitsumi is the cutest I sob whenever I see them interact in the past. Basically this manga is peak. Mitsumi is who everyone wants to be, and honestly I want to be that type of person, but I find myself loving the characters who reflect myself the most, which is healing in its own way. I LOVE THIS MANGA!!!!!
Shima, Egashira, and Nao-Chan have my whole heart. Just because I see myself in them, but I see Mitsumi in my friends and I feel so blessed.
I love that this manga presents each character as a person with multifaceted personalities and complicated pasts and feelings.
Shima is such a sensitive soul, I really feel for his self loathing and lack of confidence. If you put up a front if a "good person" for too long, it becomes all too easy to lose sight of any individualism or "purity." You lose touch with what you like, what you dislike, and once you find out you've been putting on this mask, your whole world view can crumble and leave you feeling like the biggest phony on earth. But even that within itself is what makes Shima so complex and interesting- not to mention, the desire to be a good person comes from a sincere a pure place. :(( too real.
Egashira is just such good representation of girls everywhere, I can’t even cover everything. But she is such a good friend and turned out with so much growth, I’m so proud of her. Whenever she talked about how hard it was for her to get where she is, how she understands her flaws better than anyone else, and feels bitterness towards those who are "better than her" I get choked up fr.
And Nao's literally the love of my life. No explanation needed tbh. But it’s so healing watching her go through her adult life and enjoying it thoroughly, because she worked so hard to get there in the first place. Her relationship with Mitsumi is the cutest I sob whenever I see them interact in the past.
Basically this manga is peak.
Mitsumi is who everyone wants to be, and honestly I want to be that type of person, but I find myself loving the characters who reflect myself the most, which is healing in its own way. I LOVE THIS MANGA!!!!!