
After a certain point, the order of the chapters became messed up. The latest update (intermissions 54-55) are sandwiched between intermissions 39 and 40, chapter 41.3 jumped to intermission 57 then chapter 42 went back to intermission 42. I know this has been picked up by different scanlators but I don't know what the hell's going on anymore. In the latest update, they talked about Kazuki moving but I don't recall anything leading up to that. wtf

There's actually a 1-chapter prequel that shows how the couple in this manga got together. Hope it gets translated soon
https://myreadingmanga.info/nikutaiha-bl-jp/

I'm gonna fucking lose it if they die. I'm still traumatized by what happened with Haru wo Daiteita Alive. I can't take losing another couple of a series I've been following for years

Nobody saw it coming because it had no business getting a tragic ending in the 1st place. The 1st series ended peacefully and happily and Alive made it seem like it was majorly gonna be about Iwaki coming to terms with being a dad. It's as if in the middle of writing the sequel, Youka Nitta suddenly thought it was a great idea to kill off the main characters. There was no damn point to it but a gut-punch to people who've read and loved a 23 year old series. I'm still so livid about it.

The publisher's? Was it really? I always thought it was her personal decision 'cause when I called her out on twitter for that terrible ending, her assistant blocked me so I assumed it was something she was firm on doing. Same, it would've been nice to see Yousuke's story because I liked him but that ending ruined any interest I would've had. I only hope Youka and her team have been made aware of the magnitude of distaste the readers especially the japanese ones have towards how she ended the series. To that end I'm lowkey even hoping Spare Key would flop.

Since mangas are products to sell, publishers are always involved in deciding if a story must be ended or not. At least, this is what I think. I don't know if you are aware there is a scene in Spare Key that ruined the mood completely to many fans (Yousuke finds Iwaki sleeping and he remembers when Iwaki gave him a handjob when he was still a kid). This was so disgusting to me that it left me with no words. TT TT

After all that talk about how Yousuke was like a son to him. Youka's team apparently wasn't satisfied with just killing him off, they also had to ruin his character when he was alive. What a mess. Shame how literally everything went to shit. I like to pretend everything past the 1st series doesn't exist but all this is just reminding me of the time AND money I wasted on hwd.
Uploaded Little Miss Scans' version because the previous version of the current chapter was horrendously blurry that my eyes were actually hurting the 1st time I read it I understand people's passion but unless the scanlation team that's working on a series states that they've stopped working on it or they've been mia, can y'all please wait for a proper version before uploading terrible quality content next time