Hanami's manga / #First Love(6)

After breaking his leg, Morioka Sei befriends a calligraphy professor, Akimune, who’s staying in the same hospital. Akimune decides to make Sei the inheritor of his considerable fortune. When meeting with Akimune to discuss the matter of the inheritance, Sei reunites with his senpai, and first love Sugiura Takaki. However, Sugiura doesn’t seem to remember Sei and acts coldly towards him. This was a cute manga, if a tad too cliché. I liked it a lot, mostly because Sei is so precious. He’s like a little puppy, you just want to cuddle him. Even though he’s so fluffy and delicate, I like that he went after his first love, even when he was treated badly. Sugiura went overboard with the whole ‘keeping the distance’ thing but he wasn’t unbearable or anything. I see where he’s coming from but still. I was okay with him and his indifferent attitude. The side characters were great though. I loved the lawyer, Tateishi, he was awesome. I wanted to see more of him. I would recommend this if you’re in the mood for adorable protagonists and a light story.

I have read this manga more than five times now and the feeling it leaves me with is akin to biting down on a broken tooth. I felt like I was on a rollercoaster ride that crashed and burned at the end. The story involves three friends, whom I will refer to as seme, uke and friend since none of them have names. The gist of it is: uke likes the friend, seme likes the uke, there’s a weird love triangle and they’re all jerks that deserve no sympathy. Like seriously I couldn’t find anything likeable about any of them. The ending is okay in my opinion, sure we don’t get a clear resolution of what happens to the characters after those last pages, but knowing these characters it’s not hard to imagine where they’re going. Overall, even with that ending I liked watching those three hurt themselves, it was painful but oddly enjoyable. If you’re looking for something dark, bitter, angst-y, with a love triangle and you don’t mind an open ending, this should be right up your alley. Also here is my opinions on all of the characters. I didn't want to put it in here because it contains spoilers. http://www.mangago.me/home/mangatopic/854507/