I'm saddened by the fact that this wasn't written longer to make more room for character growth, it would've been a good plot otherwise.
I always feel broken after reading something that deals with a person losing his/her love to death because most of the time, the person 'saving' them would unfairly be in so much pain as well (ehem, given).
I understand how this has such low ratings tho. First, the storytelling. It was kinda messed up with how the timeline changes without much differences in art so it's kinda confusing. Second, the pacing. No need to explain further, it was fast forwarded too much that if you tend to rely on the manga to get all the info you need, you'll never understand the plot. Lastly, the translation. I thank and appreciate the the team who scanlated this but some of the translations were off so you have to reread them to understand. Nevertheless, it was an okay read so I'm giving it 4 stars since I can kind of relate to the story.
I'm straight but I know the feeling of hiding your feelings to keep the friendship and being content with seeing the one you love happy even if the reason for his happiness was not you. Dang Deguchi was one patient and resilient man I love him. Done this for the past 13 years and still counting. I tried letting go of him and moving on hundreds of times but it never worked. Not that I'm still hoping that I have a chance but I just resigned myself to the fact that I love him and I'm already happy enough to just be in love with him. Love love love (〜 ̄△ ̄)〜
It started like 'that' again but I admit, I enjoyed reading this and Reiji is kind of an okay guy actually. To people who found it ridiculous that Ao was okay after his life changed and got his job taken away from him, I don't know if you read through but it's not like that at all. He didn't want to become a full pledged omega because he was not confident enough if he would be able to have a child because of his 10/90 chances, and brothers, he didn't lose his job because he was still teaching before that 'congratulations' part. Anyways, this is ok coming from an omegaverse so I'm giving it a 4.