happy sigh... I'm glad people still enjoy this series as much as I do. My first time reading this was as a 13 year old boy, I only read it for the shounen ai tag and was frustrated, skipped a lot of chapters looking for only kiss scenes because I thought that was the only thing that could be solid proof of a love between people. I remember the ending as being slightly melancholic because 1. of the open ending and 2. because it was ending. A few years later, I decided to pick it up again because I was feeling sad and just wanted a feel good manga. I decided to reread a bunch of ones I read before and BOY I really didn't appreciate the nuances enough. Being older and more mature made me realize all the beautiful things woven into each page without necessarily being said out loud. Even now I dream of having a relationship as natural as breathing; it's my ideal. I still think this is abe miyuki's best work hands down no arguing. I still keep it really close to my heart to this day and always reread it when I feel something missing.
Same!!! I have the same thoughts and my mentality is that they don't need to kiss (they kiss here tho) or say the obvious words to show that they're in love and that's why I love slow building shounen ai or bromance where they ended up as life partner
I always go back to this manga every time I'm down!! This is the manga, I learned and loved the most. I wish that there is a sequel of this on their college lives. To all those people saying mean things to Hosaka and pointing that he will never put Takara 1st place on his heart, you obviously didn't get the ending. Remember HE CHOOSES to move in a dorm with Takara despite knowing that Kou and Ayako have something going on and Kou will be staying at their house for a while. Even Takara suggested they move so his father will have no problem with his love life. lol yet Hosaka still compromise. Also, both of them show romantic feelings for e/o. Remeber when Hosaka said "Sometimes an innocent partner scares me." Meaning, he obviously don't want to taint Takara knowing his sex life before and he wanted to respect him. Also, I can never imagine Hosaka letting anyone love or date Takara in the near future. As of Takara, He obviously feel uncomfortable when he sees Kiyomine with a girl. He always wanted to be no. 1 in Hosaka's heart and I don't think he can live without Hosaka at this point. Truthfully, Im so glad that abe gave as an open ending where we can conclude the story according to our understanding.