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Marina did it for a while longer though it wasn't specified?(I came from the anime adaptation) But I assumed that it didn't last long to the middle school cuz Marina's dad finally left her family and married Shizuka's mom, making them move to another place before Shizuka came back to the hometown and attend highschool where the three reunited and scenes unfold
Honestly don't know how to feel about this one. The artstyle is beautiful but it does fall a bit into a genre I call grief porn where the worst possible thing will always happen, similar to that one Magical Girl Site series.
It's a little bit messy, could anyone clarify for me if in the original timeline where Takopi was helping Marina, did she still bully Shizuku in middle/elementary school prior to 2022? It's mentioned Shizuku still attempted in that timeline but the rope snapped and I'm just assuming that means she still experienced the bullying, unless it was just the rest of her shitty life events that influenced her.
Overall I did enjoy it but I don't come away from it feeling satisfied, the ending is a bit of a cop out. The author also seems to bounce back and forth over Takopi being a metaphor/coping mechanism and I wish they had committed harder. The anime this has gotten though is great stylistically and maybe when its completed I'll binge to see if they cleaned up the story too!