Like someone scattering a box of childhood souvenirs onto a photo album going backwards. The chrysalis is obviously a metaphor for the relationship, but it's hard to parse the "story" of that relationship without rereading. I think, at the risk of forcing my own interpretation, that the story moves backwards in time from the first panel ("this brings back memories"), and that it's ultimately a tragedy ("but it died right after that"), but I'm curious what others make of it. An understated brainteaser, with gorgeous art that only manga and the descendants of the Year 27 can achieve.
Sensuishi To Kurage