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For a long while, my go to Manga before sleep is a BL that must have sex scenes or i try unique ones like Moritat (among other Manwha of course), Caste Game (why this keep popping up now and then idk geezz) etc etc etc. And then it went to anything mature and explicit, doesn't matter if it's BL or not. Just pure explicit or just simply djs with sex-scene without any plot at all. So it really really feel nice to read something like this out of nowhere. The plots, the characters, the very topic on a good single parent struggling but at long last he found a kind and warm-hearted person to help/love, the cute and little comedic out of ChizuChan that makes my heart fluffy...it's just sooo perfect to me. It didn't tear me up, but i do feel a little sad lingering at the end. Maybe i want it more, or maybe i wish to find a good family like this as friends in real life..or maybe i should try to find someone to put a flame in my heart. Lol.
Over 5yrs not having a serious relationship do makes me feel free but sometimes i admit i feel lonely because most of my friends have already married or/and become parents..while others have different priorities. The youngins I've been friends have different things to do. I could no longer talk about anime or manga with those of my age since they 'outgrew' them, and i stop playing games in 2009 so even if a few of em still play games..i can't really have a good conversation with em as idk any latest games. So sometimes i feel like i should stop all this and just concentrate on living like 'normal' find a husband, plan on travelling blablabla..but it didn't feel complete if i don't read a manga at least once a week. So reading this heartwarming manga really put me in a confusion state..atleast for my heart. *sigh*
A little late but...thank you very much for sharing this!
You didn't mention your age, but I'll tell you mine, I'm 47 and I read manga like I breathe air. I play video games, preferably older games that I know well, like Witcher, Bio-Shock, Red Dead Redemption, etc. I also love anime and animated movies for kids. My ID says I'm 47, but my heart and mind tell me I'm 25 - I'm pretty sure one of them is lying and I'd swear it's the ID. LOL You are not alone. Age should never affect the things you enjoy. Keeping yourself young through games, anime and manga is a wonderful thing. If your hobbies were mystery novels, embroidery and thriller movies, would you feel better about them? They are the same though. Reading, using your hands; eyes and mind, and movies. It is only the genres and items you touch or use that are different. No one is too old for reading, movies or using hand/eye co-ordination. Rest easy. You're not doing anything all that strange.
I agree with Mameiha , it doesn't matter age. I'm 37 . I've read Dickinson, all the Bronte sisters and Poe by the age of 11. I'm not so good at video games tho ..? I have 4 kids and my daughters and I watch anime and then my son also wants to watch anime with me (actually he's talking about watching Black Clover): And my six yr old son will sit beside me and watch anime with me and have me describe what's going on, ya know, because he can't read yet.... Oh.?? I forget to say I only watch anime with subtitles.... I watch t.v. and read at the same time... And I've done that for yeeeeeaaaars... so to me doesn't everybody do that?? Hehe.!
LOL My kids got me into anime and manga and I got them into video games! They are all grown now, but I watch anime with my 5 year old grandson and 11 year old granddaughter. I also read manga with my 11 year old granddaughter. She is into shounen ai more than yaoi because I limit her exposure to explicit sex scenes, but she still enjoys reading with Obaa-chan. LOL I am even teaching her Japanese as we learn together. She enjoys being able to understand some of what is said in the anime we watch, now that she has learned some Japanese. These are wonderful activities to share with children. It forges a strong bond between parent and child, or grandparent and grandchild, when you share things you love with them. As for video games, my grandson loves to play Sonic with me and my granddaughter is into otome games thanks to Obaa-chan. We play Dream Boyfriend together. (It's like the digital version of paper dolls with a character chat mixed in, but with guys instead of girls. LOL) I also read and watch TV! So, maybe you're right, everybody DOES do that! Hahaha!
My stepson got me into anime and he's 21 now and we still watch anime together. It's gonna be great to see what kind of father he's going to be. That's great you're passing that enthusiasm along to your grand children!! I hope I will turn out to be an awesome grandma also! My kids are , daughter 16, daughter 14, son 11, son 6, so I don't really want grandkids yet. Hehe. My stepson graduated college and is deciding whether to go to Norway for more schooling or become a teacher. My daughters laugh at the thought of him being a teacher! I think he'd do really well tho. My daughter (16yr old) wants to learn Japanese and I told her maybe we should learn together, because her school isn't offering that option. I guess I should stop saying maybe and just do it, ya know, because May bees don't fly in February. Corny joke, I know, but I couldn't resist!
There is a fantastic app called Human Japanese that I use with my granddaughter. It was created to teach Japanese as if you wanted to learn it fluently, unlike other apps that only teach you what a tourist would need on a visit. It was created by an actual Japanese Language teacher and, let me tell you, it is phenomenal. You learn all the hiragana, katakana and the first 80 kanji used most often. There is even a voice recognition feature to help with pronunciation. As you advance into words and sentences, English and romaji is replaced with katakana, hiragana and kanji. The three "alphabets" of Japanese. By the advanced app, you are reading even direction and explanation in Japanese. Human Japanese is not a free app like Duolingo, but it is far better and far more advanced. It is worth every penny of the $19.99 per level - Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. I have been self studying for two years and I am in the second chapter of Intermediate. I can read, write and speak Japanese at about a child's ability. Human Japanese doesn't just teach you the language, it teaches the culture and customs of Japan as well. How to properly introduce yourself with a correct bow and why, outside of business, shaking hands is not acceptable. It is truly an incredible app for the money. It really is like taking a Japanese Language class in your own home. I also recommend finding an online friend or IRL friend, someone you could voice chat with or talk F2F with, who also speaks Japanese natively. I have an aunt who was born and raised in Hiroshima. She has helped immensely with my pronunciation, speed and comfort with speaking Japanese. I used to hesitate and stutter when I tried speaking to her in Japanese. Now, we greet each other and make small talk in Japanese as if we BOTH have spoken it all our lives! LOL You really have to get your mouth used to making new sounds and conversation is the best way to do that.
I sincerely wish you and yours the best of luck with your endeavours in Japanese and I wish you and yours the very best in everything else as well. Ganbatte! (がんばって！)
I love that everyone is soooo pissed on the couple in the last story, but for me i cried because i can related to that. The difference is i already broke up with my ex after 7yrs together. Here's my opinion for anyone in their 3rd years of relationship but having more or less the same situations like the last story....you can make it work or you can make it worse.
I'm sure there's a time where one experience a worse breakup & makeup situation..which usually after a constant of 'negative things' happened. But when the couple overcome those 'hardship', after that change to be better people and compromise in other things...the relationship will work. Not saying their life won't have a problem in the future in terms of working or living in the conservative/double standard society or having a spat or two etc...but they will overcome it together and live with each other forever.
BUT if it's otherwise, I'm telling you the negatives will keep repeating itself and got way worse...until the both of them become tired of it. This is the time when one of the couple or both of them feel like they're wasting times. Usually they tend to think they should have a clean breakup back when shit got worse the first time. But since it's too late, the breakup can get real messy..and can make a person's feeling go numb or give a mentally unstable.
Im saying this because i experienced it just like the couple in the last story. But mine is worse than them, and we should have a clean breakup in our 3rd years. I emphasize that because that's the max limit for 'honeymoon' phase. Lol. I'm not the only one experienced it as that also happened to few people i know that had their heart broken and have to wait for a few years before they start to actually met a good person they married with. But the one i envy is the couple that can overcome their first worse situation, and they make it work like it never happened and live happily with kids and still very much in love with each other. Yes i met these people, one of em is my cousin and his wife, the other one is my gay friends and the rest is just acquaintance.
That's why it made me cried, because i experienced it yet I'm not lucky to have a great ending like certain couples. Also it made me envy those people who finally found the right one after experienced their worse romance ever. Am i feeling lonely? Lol. But i do feel glad the author make that story; it's like telling the world there is that kind of relationship and whether it works in the end or not, will be up to you and you partner and what you both really want.