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For four years, Shougo Natsuka has loved his popular, perfect, and handsome classmate Hiro Hakushima...
Pretty interesting how many people agree that in the end the unrequited love is still apparent. The story is so.. human! So realistic. We are naturally selfish creatures and willfully choose to love others based on precious childhood love or even the fantasy of being with the one you loved. It really is like that and this story captures it beautifully. It doesn’t indulge you in fantasy it brings you down to earth and makes you see all the flaws of the characters. Seno is extremely flawed but we root for him. Natsukis has a good heart but over all makes dumb decisions but is surrounded by loved ones. Truly an antagonist in his own right. And we see the whole relationship through his lens it’s so interesting to be blinded from what is real and what is your desires. Because of his passion for loving Hakushima we never get to see how Hakushima feels and who he is as a person. Being the center of attention and still not knowing the character is brilliant writing. Is he even straight is he actually stronger than we realized? Is he actually Hakushima? The mystery is fantastic to read. The author really lets you dwell and come to your own conclusion. A movie adaption would be so fantastic to see.