estar's manga / #BitterSweet(3)

not rated it cause this has left me conflicted. what's for sure that this isn't a romance and to deem it so is doing the characters wrong and turns everything to something perverted and ugly. the kid is not only lonely he is looking for a mother figure, and the female lead has gone through something similar when younger and can identify with this kid. the love angel is ludacris not cute.

this was cute in its own way, understood where Shima was coming from given his past with the Ex who badmouthed him just to remind hidden, so i got why he was so weary of Togawa's attention, let alone acting on the mutual attraction between them, and their relationship development - and why he kept "shying" away instead of jumping in and enjoying the feeling and love - the beginning of a good relationship. but given all this still annoyed me how he kept backing away and i was worried that his actions would hurt Togawa unnecessarily - and given his back-story he deserved someone to love and take care of him and not play mind games cause they were hurting or afraid. the second love story was a major annoyance to me, cause i really liked Onoda's personality and i didn't think the way Deguchi came out to him was justified, get that he was frustrated cause he was "carrying a torch" for 3 yrs but that's not Onoda's fault, and dropping such a big bomb on him and that also in such a vague way, and then running away saying or insinuating that they wouldn't be friends cause of his confession, was cowardly and manipulative! Onoda's a bigger person then me, cause if i had a friend like that i wouldn't consider them a friend any more. and that's why the 3 star rating, even though all in all it was enjoyable but i dunno if it will be reread...

one chapter and it freaking broke my heart :(