5 stars // This is it. If i could only ever read one BL manga for the rest of my life, this, is, it. I don't know why, it's such a short story, only six chapters, but maybe because of it's shortness that it gave me such feelings, that i could just re-read it over and over again and gush at this story.
Natsume Isaku-sama is amazing, this story grasped so many things, both characters are simple yet complex, one had a tragic trauma of being trapped in a car with his dead parents to only later be betrayed by people who he thought were family, making his view of the world changed forever, that he won't be loved by people unless he gives something back, and to make things worse the accident made him claustraphobic meaning he couldn't go to many places, so he's stuck in this place where his trauma all began. And then you have the other, a doctor who had suppressed trauma himself of his best friend committing suicide and he felt like it was his fault his friend died, making him waver between quitting before the guilt overcame him or to try and move forward.
It's just, oh how the stars have aligned and made them meet each other, though in the start not in the best of circumstances, they learned about each other and helped each other to separate and move on from the lingering traumas they had and move forward holding hands with each other. It's so heartwarming in the lightest way possible that when i feel a bothered by my own trauma, i read this to remind myself that like Sensei and the other people in the village, there are people out there that would still love me unconditionally, not a time is wasted reading this cute masterpiece, probably my favorite out of all the Natsume Isaku-sama's works! ╰(*´︶`*)╯
Kiraboshi Dial