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was gonna continue after taking a break from this but i guess not after reading the comments :P i’m too emotionally attached to seth and i don’t wanna read the heart-breaking scene cuz i know it’s gonna hurt and i don’t ever want to see seth unhappy. wake me up when the author makes a sequel featuring seth and the person who deserves him :3 he deserved his own story after being used as a plot device to make two people realize their love for each other lol. i hope it’ll be spring for seth soon <3 and for him to experience all four seasons with a person who’ll love him as much as he does
it's always such a treat to read lgbtq+ stories from lgbtq+ authors, especially as a gay man. first off, i think we all really need to set our perspective into seeing this story as a real life one when reading this manga, cuz i can see some of you guys reading this with a mindset that this is a typical yaoi manga. you can't really predict what's gonna happen because its all set in stone already so i think we should all enjoy the ride and go with the flow. that being said, its wonderful to see the author to lay bare his feelings and share his experience. this manga shows him as a very human character, who experienced a myriad of emotions in the face of hardships being a gay person. he tells us of his flaws to show that he has grown as a person, and that everyone has different ways to cope with their feelings and emotions. even the way his friend reminded him that it was not hase's gf's fault for making him feel that way is proof enough that he knows of his immaturity back then. and he couldn't help it! because being a closeted gay is so difficult and i understand the way he felt back then. not everyone can tolerate mushy late night calls of your roommate, and i can see myself kicking mine out of the room if he does it in my face even if i'm not in love with him. i'm quiet and socially awkward so i don't really have random bursts of anger but i can never be mad at gay characters expressing their raw emotions after bottling them for so long or pushing people away because they were hurt before. that's why we need to keep in mind that everyone in this story is based on a real life person and portrayed as actual humans with their own traits and behaviors. i saw someone bashing ho-chan for calling hase every night but don't you think that it was hase's fault for talking to her in the room instead of bringing that conversation outside or something? it may be annoying but things like this happen. even if you get mad at hase now it already happened and you can't really change anything? so it's not like our feelings will bring the story to wherever we want it to go. i believe it's going to be a long journey since hase is not nanasaki's husband. seldom do gay people find actual happiness in life with the person they love so i know it's going to be hardships after hardships for nanasaki before he meets with his husband. it's going to be a bumpy ride but i'm sure it'll be worth it because the cover is just so gorgeous and heart-warming and i'm glad nanasaki found his happiness.
anyways i'm really excited to find out how nanasaki met ryousuke... the first scene of their marriage filled my heart with so much warmth and fuzziness i want to bask myself in their happiness.
also another reminder. there's nothing wrong with you if you're gay. some of us had to face so many things in order to accept us as who we are even though we never chose to be this way so please remember. the people who are against you are the ones in the wrong.