Haruna's manga / #Student x Student(97)

I've known this manhwa since way back when I first started reading manhwa and it was a story I had wanted to read. But the art style wasn't to my taste and so I found it difficult to enjoy. That was back in like 2018-2019 ish. Finally decided to finish the whole story when I saw it on tiktok after so long. Because I hadn't seen this manhwa ever since I left it, never finishing it. But I'm glad I did. As all the comments say, it's a really good story. Rarely do you find stories this good imo. The angst is done really well and there's a realistic aspect to how much trauma can affect a person and follow them even after so much time has passed. It delves deep into the reasons why Skyler treated Yeonduk the way he did and it also speaks about why Yeonduk followed Skyler everywhere despite being treated like shit. How the characters resolve their issues and trauma was also really well done. Their trauma wasn't brushes aside after feelings were made clear and they still had a lot to go through. Not every character got their happy endings and rightfully so. It's very realistic to showcase Skyler's mum as someone who still holds grudges from the past and is unable to move on. It's not right but it's realistic. Because not everyone is able to forgive and forget. Until the very end, she was an asshole. A horrible person through and through. The only thing I'm sad we won't get to see is if Leo ends up alright since he was forced to move with his mum to America, leaving behind his older brother whom he had just begun to get closer to. I wish there was more. I wish we had a continuation talking about their relationship after they had resolved everything and updates into their future. But on it's own, it's still an amazing story.

I've only ever watched small clips of the anime here and there, actually. But I was reading a manga by the same author and decided to just read doukyuusei on a whim LOL. I'm not surprised at how much it made my heart flutter bcs I've always known it was a good story. I don't think the last 2 chapters were ever animated but when they bought rings for each other, it was so cute. I was literally like squealing over it and saying how cute it was. Absolutely love it :> it's so adorable