5 stars // Again i am here announcing my ever-lasting love for Natsume Isaku-sama's works, but damn do they deserve it. This one in particular sits in one of my most favorites of her work and BL in general because again-- It's so good, it's so light and everything is just so nicely put together.
We're introduced with a studyholic bothered by his neighbor who apparently is fucking noisy, drinks a lot, and causes inconveniences to him since they're only separated by a wall. One day, the dude's apartment fucking wrecked and thus making him not have a place to sleep, thus making the landlord lady force the studyholic to let this noisy dude stay for a couple nights with him. We start from there.
I love how naturally it just progresses? It's not like an instant "the moment they stayed the night together, sex ensues" and then they try to build something out of that, no, nothing happened but them getting to know each other and try to build some sort of connection to one another. I especially loved and appreciated it even more since Iida actually knew Sakamoto from way way before and went through all the trouble of trying to find him, so in that first night together, his feelings were already there, but nothing happened.
I seriously love when we're just sitting, reading through, anticipating, and then got rewarded with satisfying resolution. The build-up to the conflict was nice too; Not seeing each other for awhile made Sakamoto realize that he, too, has fallen. And seriously the words of this manga?? A person whose visions of the world are limited to only that that fit people's expectations of him, and a person with a big and broad view of the world, chasing after someone that he wants to show the world to, bitch a girl is crying in the corner.
I think with Natsume Isaku's works, the sex feels like, it's weird to call it a reward but something like a result of them acknowledging their feelings for one another and are ready for that next step, so while i do sometimes enjoy cultured reads of lightsabers everywhere, i almost kind of prefer the soft ones where they just love each other so much.
And also Iida is so fucking smitten, and honestly, holy shit? To be able to even form the kind of words of "I wont say 'we've got time', just that 'what time we have', 'we'll spend it together" BITCH I AM CRYING?!?! That's so sweet! It's so simple-minded but i was so swayed by it i had to take a breather.
All in all, yes, go read this, an absolute five stars, ten stars, it's so cute, it's light, it'll make your heart full and would just make you want to cuddle your significant other for awhile because you're so overwhelmed by the cuteness, if you're single, hug your pillows soldier! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
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