well as soon as i saw the art i knew i was in some good and deep shit anw i read some of her works you can see me commenting there, knowing her stories i should’ve expected the ending.
For starters if anyone of you is wondering Sakura Miki is the one who dies in the first chapter with the long hair who is also the author of Utsubora with an alias Aki Fujino. They refer to her as “Aki” not because the author wanted her to be seen as Akiyama Fujiko but because the two of them, the “twins” are referred to as “Aki” which is the author that’s why it was so confusing (if u want to remember and not lose track of who is who try not to remember them using hair lengths bc at some point they switched and cut their hair/grew it)
Let’s refer the one who died Aki and the other one Akiyama. In ch. 9 we see Aki talking about her sneaking into the party w/ Mizorogi with Akiyama who hasn’t had the plastic surgery yet, and in ch. 13 you see they look identical the one with the short hair is Aki (Miki) the other one Akiyama who just took off the bandages from the surgery. Aki must have cut her hair and grew it back bc it makes no sense for her to die w long hair in the first chapters, Aki then gives the name Aki Fujino to Akiyama which then she replied with thanks Sakura, so we can confirm that im kinda right. But im baffled still with the hair but lets move on.
we all know the girls like Mizorogi well he is a fine man but the only thing he loves is his works, if he cant write, then he might as well die. That was his belief. Aki knowing this finally understood and went ahead to kill herself and calling Mizorogi before she jumped, so she could be in on his works, so she could be loved. The dialogue where she was confessing her love to Mizorogi, it was said in first POV, this really shows how the author doesn’t really like explaining but it’s so subtle that it makes you wonder what’s more to it and the next chapter it narrates with third POV which i will assume that it is Mizorogi’s real thoughts or that could be a piece of Utsubora he was writing. Nonetheless its a masterpiece. Akiyama’s intentions on killing herself i will not explain here bc i really dont understand it as much. Also the baby, in my mind i really think its Tsuji bc he took her virginity and its somewhat implied that Mizorogi is impotent as Aki was giving him a blowjob which he did not consent i believe (?) or it could be that he just couldn’t get it up, and we see them having sex with Akiyama in ch. 13 so there’s actually no way its him while he couldn’t be erect with Aki.
Anyhow its a beautiful tragedy, i couldn’t praise the art more i was already enticed by it in her work in inheritance of aroma (pls read it its similar to utsubora
idk why but i didn’t get attached w the main character thats why it left me no big impact whatsoever but this is truly a good read maybe i was js looking for more
kinda ironic because i honestly couldn’t pinpoint where jun truly lost himself bc when he addresses himself as jun was that shun (the killer) or was it them both. honestly i rushed reading it in the middle bc it became predictable but i really liked it tbh, the panel where he held two guns to his head with two different eyes was really genius. WAS NOT expecting them to have a baby tho his gf is the best one out there I'm telling you, kinda disappointing to see that we got to see shun more than jun himself struggling throughout which is understandable but i wanted him to have a more mental breakdown ig as he drifts in and out of his head but when u look at it its like a split personality cause he keeps on saying where jun is but that doesn't seem like a shun thing to say. Also the painting was a very significant piece in which he completed by purely being himself, i wish he got back to normal, the ending feels like something is missing anw i recommend
DAMN THIS IS SO CUTE i fr thought it would be the same typical stories which it is but its so funny and wholesome i love love love hyun woo he’s such a green flag and the way he’s willing to compromise and work with his bf god when is it my turn i need side stories (they still need to get married and show us the germany life)
i loooveee ittt smmm its such a refreshing read after all the toxic romance manhwas out there and its not unrealistic, some of you might say, but hating on it just because its a happy ending with no big twists aint cool lol it's just so wholesome it makes me think how lovely happiness is
THE STORY IS SO GOOD BUT THE BEGINNING IS WEIRD ASF but its so cute
THIS IS A GEM FUCK ITS SO CUTE GOT ME HAVING BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH OH MY GOD IM IN LOVE W THIS TROPE
this is so cute FR the delivery of the theme is amazing and aki didn't even force him to go explore outside but did it thru his pictures its so sweet im cryinf (︶︿︶)
i think some people are digging sm into this i personally think the author wanted his past to be so bad so he can be labeled as a devil but its honestly kind of cringe how the word devil was used so many times i mean