i like this manga so much bc while it did have really good romance, it wasn’t just focused on the main characters and it wasn’t shallow either; there was development for each character as a PERSON in both friendships, relationships, school, trauma, etc. like they really hit the mark, and i loved how we got everyone’s POV and their thoughts, not just through the mcs. it made me tear up reading about how haru’s perception of himself changed, or how shizuku realized she was lonely and started letting people in. and the time skips were so frikin cute. my one complaint is the blatant fucking pedophilia and weird age gaps (w/ multiple! side characters) like seriously why is japanese media so normal about that shit it’s gross !
the 20 chapters of miscommunication rlly killed it for me like i feel so bad for kikuchi and i felt weird when kou and futaba finally got together—like it felt wrong after all those chapters of weirdness and hurting everyone :( biggest complaint though is WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THE NORMALIZATION OF TERRIBLE AGE GAPS!?!? like why would it ever be okay for a teacher to think of a student that way ??? sure he’s a “young” teacher but the fact is that he was 25 and she was at most 16! like that’s so gross and it ruined his character for me… plus the ending foreshadowing of kominato’s sister and kikuchi’s relationship like dude he deserves more than this random pairing and the age gap is super fucking weird (again!). so in conclusion japan pls stop normalizing pedophilia in ur media thank u <3
yeah lots of walls put up... time for communication!
SOMEONE WRITE THEIR NUMBER ON MY HAND
WITH THE PEN CAP IN THEIR MOUTH OH MY GOSH
just finished all the chapters at 5am (Ｔ＿Ｔ) i’m sad that it’s over but weirdly happy; i’m so fucking happy for everyone ugh they’re like a piece of me seriously. i love them so much they mean so much to me