The last story. The moment I laid my eyes on the characters, I knew that this was the couple they had chosen to make an ova about. I had never watched the ova nor had I ever read the manga until now. It made me cry. I knew it was sad but I didn’t think it would make me feel as much pain and sadness as I do right now. I felt so sorry for Kuroda. Until the very end, he never truly told Tsukishima that he loved him. Tsukishima died too young. The world was cruel to the both of them. When Kuroda’s first ever hybrid child spoke it’s first words, that’s when I broke down in tears. It’s just a sentence. A sentence that held so much love and emotion even if it wasn’t said directly. I think Kuroda regrets not chasing after him. He regrets all the things he said the night before Tsukishima committed seppuku. The fact that everyone else thought it was natural for Tsukishima to sacrifice himself for the clan is terrible. To make someone commit forced suicide. I don’t think I’ll ever get over this. I’ll cry every time I read it.
Hybrid Child