I like this. For me, it doesn't compare to her other works, but it's interesting. It took me a while to get into it and stop associating the characters with her others (and stop calling them "Misaki with Arikawa's eyes" and "The guy from Seven Days but older"). I wasn't invested in these characters until we got their back stories. When we found out about Kurose's past, I came to like him, and I was genuinely moved for the first time when he saw his neighbor again after so many years signing autographs in a bookstore (read: I was crying a lot). I want them to meet again, but I don't think they will.
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