totally agree. readers will tend to channel past experiences, and feel that you can relate to the character. either you are Imagase or Kyouchi (in the past or present), the author took all the words from my mouth and feelings from my heart, laid it out and made a fantastic manga out of it.
this is one of my fav. and I agree . This manga shows what it is like to be desperate and in love. It is about a gay couple, but the feelings and emotions written about shows how irrational people can become where love is involved and the lengths that people will go to for it. It shows just how human we are. We hurt, get hurt and hurt others all for love.
I liked this a lot! I understand this might not be to everyone's tastes, it's fairly hard-hitting overall, but honestly I feel this really highlights the painful hardships that relationships go through - especially gay relationships. People can be insecure and irrational, letting things get messy and out of hand... and most of all, it's so easy to hurt the ones we love if you know the right words to hit with. No one's perfect, it's a human thing to do.
What I love about this manga is the morbid sense of humour each character has to desperately hide their emotions. I feel like everyone tries their best to appear more understanding than they want to be, when all they really want to do is give in to their selfishness and throw tantrums. Especially when it comes to love. It's bittersweet, and so relateable.
I've been in Imagase's shoes before and it does not feel good - loving too much in a doomed 'casual' relationship and erratically throwing our loved ones through a loop with our mood swings, totally plagued by the question; 'how much love is enough to satisfy me?'. I'm happy it worked out for him. Even if the ending doesn't promise good things in the future, because it's just like a real relationship. As addictive and beautiful love makes us feel, oh my god the fear and the uncertainty... it's the most difficult thing.
This was a one-of-a-kind yaoi, What a rollercoaster! Definitely not the kind to get emotionally invested in, for sure. But I liked its brutal honesty and the incoherent pacing that breaks through the usual yaoi tropes. While it's not a perfect read, there's tons of aspects worth its praise!