ok so in the anime, it was really fluffy and all but in the manga, wtf it's so fucked up. but i liked it. i like all the characters because it really shows and portrays teenagers(especially with a traumatic past) and you can surely see the character development of all the characters, what i really didn't like is how they made the process too long. like i know it's the editors job to guide the authors and that's why I'm angry. why didn't u fixed this editors of who knows what company. nevertheless, it was really cute and the ending proves that they really are soulmates. loved it.
edit: maybe the reason why the anime only had 12 episodes is bc majority of the ppl who watches romance anime (mostly minors) is just there for the fluff. the cuteness. the heart-warming moments. and if it continued, they wouldn't like the deep-big-deal-whole story of it. they wouldn't like how dramatic it is. well that's life eh. the fact that kou had a traumatic past is not that easy to be. and the manga was just the proof of it. oh and i hated narumi. i hated her so much. she used her trauma to manipulate kou just bc she didn't have anyone else and also she "loved" him. but i can say that narumi is just the most realistic character of the story. we all (especially teenagers with traumatic pasts) can't help it. it's kinda sad how narumi's development didn't show that much but i get it. the last meeting of kou and narumi where she decided that "you idiot" isn't the last thing she would say to kou is already a hint of her start of improvement and character developing. damn you, author.
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