mwoa's manga / #Romance(1939)

The story was GREAT. I like the realistic approach of it; nothing in life will goes according to plan, there will always be twists and surprises. But yhe ending, hiw everyone ended up, was just not satisfying. I root deeply for Chika×Hotaka, but we know that Hotaka himself had no feelings for Chika and only developed so bcs their togetherness. As for Masato, I think they're compatible physically and psychologically so it's easier for their love to bloom. Maybe I'm just dissapointed that there were not much angst and drama, I mean love triangle within childhood bestfriend? That's some beef right there, right?

This end with less than typical happily ever after. Sure they ended up happy together but not as a de jure lovers.

Yukihiko fell in love with his own father and to repressed his feeling, he pushed his father aside. But when his father died, he was in shambles and the only person who could put him together is his nephew and only family left, Tooru. When Tooru finally fell for Yukihiko, he left, leaving both of them alone and miserable. But eventually they came to known each others feelings and they lived happily together again. Dang. Is it that easy to just accept that you love your own blood relative romantically and then having an incestuous relationship with your own sister's son? But that aside, I feel that the story is still lacking in its climax. The incestuous relationship is the core element of the conflict in this story, and because of the nature of incest, I expect that the problem won't be resolved by just a mere confession! Don't the characters have some morals? Their inner battles are just too weak compared to the problem that they're having. For comparison, I think Not Equal did better in playing with this taboo subject.