nah I agree with u I understand their teenagers and with Kous family situation it’s difficult, but some of these characters ahem *narumi* ahem *kou* even futaba sometimes like girl yall really wanted me to rip my hair out of my head. I was honestly rooting for that other guy and you but whatever I think since the situation Kou was in it was pretty difficult for him to like understand how to like someone properly, you saw how he was with narumi and he just kissed her without having any feelings for her so I don’t think boy has any knowledge liking someone properly but still. This manga pissed me off greatly but it was one of my first so ig it has a pass
yes i completely agree with you. I feel Kou should have not even touched before healing his trauma first. Like they were still teenagers The back and forth Kou did literally made me go bald i swear.
DUDE I SWEARR like I put my phone down so many times this mf was acting no chalant one second the other he’s like “I’m gonna steal her back” boy syabu you had like how many chances again? Right, I need you to heal first look after yourself especially cause your a teenager rn going through a difficult time and what we’re not going to do is have a relationship with someone solely on trauma bonding ( we all saw how that went with narumi) and that girl had the audacity to tell futaba to stop b*tching, GIRLLL shush be quiet omg.
LMFAOO this is exactly how i felt
Why? He is a realistic flawed teenager who made mistakes, learns and grows from them. The guy got emotionally manipulated, felt guilty for moving on from his mother's death and thought a relationship whilst he was stuck in a dark place would harm Futaba. He even asked Futaba to comunicate, what he should do but she refused to. Only thanks to Kominato and his friend did Kou realise time doesn't stand still, that it's okay to be happy, that he can make Futaba and tried to fix everything again. He literally looked for Futaba in the crowd but Touma noticed that, hugged her so they wouldn't meet and demanded a YES as an answer.
Actually reading this as an adult makes one understand that rhe characters are just teenagers trying to do their best and navigating their feelings (I'm 26).
With that I do agree but I guess it’s just how many shoujo manga I’ve read and the repetitive nonchalant male lead ignoring the female lead/ not communicating or just not acknowledging her feelings etc, etc that made me pissed off at Kou as he did most of that in half of manga. Although I do understand that does stem from most of his past trauma, it’s good he has improved thanks to those around him though. But then again they are teenagers as I’ve mentioned in my comment above so it’s completely normal, I’m just tired of reading the same personality male lead over and over again but this was just me rereading for funsies.
Kou never ignored the female lead and even beggd her to communicate saying "You are always going on about talking so let's talk", Futaba herself rejected his attempt despite Kou chasing after her. He frequently asked her how she felt too but Futaba refused him each time. In the end they are just teenagers navigating life and growing. I personally like that Kou took his time to heal and didn't treat Futaba as his therapist. A relationship whilst he was stuck in deep depression and full of doubts would.have backfired for both of them.
okay i read this a long time ago and have refused to reread it since but i don't remember this part can you remind me again? also what was the whole plot with like Kou's childhood friend girl? i only remember that futaba thought that Kou "chose her" over herself (or smth like that maybe he actually did choose her).
i read and reread a lot of mangas and manhwas of all genres but oh my god i don't think i've read anything that has pissed me off like this one. I first read this back in 2018 bc my mom loves it and she recommended it to me after we watched the anime. I hated the anime too but I didn't want my mom to be sad so I reluctantly read it, and OMG i regret it. I hate not finishing stories (manga and anime both) when i've already started them and if I do drop them then there must be a good reason why. I have gotten so close to dropping ts so many times but I persevered to the end and let me tell yall this. DONT PICK TS UP UNLESS U WANT UR BLOOD TO BOIL!! When I was watching the anime I actually liked Kou at first, he was ur standard nonchalant black haired anime boy, but i started disliking him towards the end. I thought i would just feel neutral abt him but OH MY GOD WHY IS HE SUCH AN ASS. it's as if the author wanted the readers to hate him, because the way he does everything the exact OPPOSITE of what you want him to do just makes my blood boil. Like part way through I wasn't even sure he liked Futaba anymore despite it supposedly being for her sake or smth. Also the amount of emotional and mental roller coasters that this story had was not worth it for the ending and also it just was not necessary for the story. The author should have just kept it simple, or at least not have inflated such a simple story to one of this size and drama, regardless of whether it was generic.
Feel free to debate me on this hot take as I know a lot of ppl like this story, but I promise if you reread this in a mind of someone who has matured since their middle school days, u will also realize how shitty this story and all the characters are, and how this is not a shoujo romance but a psychological thriller for the readers
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