Responses
- saeki moving on from serena is a big character development and it is in line with the message that he have to move on from his past life. sure he could still date yuuma and said it had nothing to do with the past.. but the message would be weaker
it has been years but this remain my fav shoujo manga about reincarnation. only now i am thinking to randomly talk about this
- ever since beginning saeki idolized serena too much
- their romantic interaction in past life feel a bit juliet-romeo-esques, not my cup of tea since it feel less real
- in the past, man-woman interaction are limited so there's a small question to me whether they will still end up together if it's not the past. well it kinda partially proven with serizawa end game
- serena wanted to be a man so she would be able to stand side by side with saeki. if they became lover in this life, well yuuma could still be that, but with saeki's personality, yuuma would be more protected and spoiled as lover rather than someone side by side to him... serizawa was a bit different that saeki used to still see and treat her like his past best bud... although that's why i am bit disappointed that he treated her a bit like serena after they dated, but i am sure serizawa will call him out if he went overboard (this is mostly my headcanon)
- so by that, saeki and serizawa made a good and more interesting combo in shoujo manga. meanwhile saeki and yuuma would make a kinda generic pair in BL manga. yumma (the uke) being the younger bratty tsundere one with overprotective relative and saeki the lover who will kiss the ground he walked on (although honestly it will still be interesting)
- serizawa's past life as his best bud and being reincarnated as a girl made me thinking, did the past life wanted to be a girl and stay by saeki's side as a girl?? tbh i forgot a bit about this story, so was it ever mentioned? but i remember thinking or headcanoning, oh it seemed his past life liked saeki, or something... so tbh this is more BL than saeki no longer care of serena's current gender... bc nevertheless i think saeki actually liked yuuma mostly bc he used to be serena, a girl. compare it to serizawa past life as a man who want to be a girl for saeki ... this one feels more BL.... okay sorry forgive me this is my actual real reason.. anyway go read uragiri wa boku no namae o shiteru...